PREPARING FOR THE EDAC EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
EDAC - ANS Evidence-based Design Accreditation and Certification; an educational program
from The Center for Health Design focusing on teaching a process to find and use research
during design, hypothesize outcomes, gather metrics, and evaluate and report results.
Mission and Vision - ANS Mission: Develop a community of certified industry individuals
through education and assessment of an evidence-based design process. Vision: A world where
all healthcare environments are created using an evidence-based design process.
Exam Content - ANS Consists of 110 multiple-choice questions (100 scored and 10 pretest);
questions types include Recall, Application, and Analysis, with a focus on the evidence-based
design process.
Pretest Questions - ANS Not scored; used to gather statistics for future examinations and are
scattered throughout the exam.
Question Types - ANS Recall requires memorization, Application involves interpretation and
recognition, Analysis requires synthesis and problem-solving.
Exam Duration - ANS Candidates have two hours to complete the exam and must maintain a
steady pace to finish.
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, Exam Strategy - ANS Candidates should not linger on one question, skip and come back after
going through the entire exam.
Domains - ANS The exam covers five domains contained on the Exam Content Outline, with
varying numbers of questions for each domain.
Vendor Inclusion - ANS There is disagreement on whether to include vendors in the project
team due to potential bias or objectivity concerns.
Research Plan Development - ANS Involves determining appropriate research methods,
establishing hypotheses, and evaluating outcomes for design strategies.
Post-Occupancy Evaluation - ANS To increase credibility, firms should conduct their own post-
occupancy evaluation for completed projects.
Observation Tool Reliability - ANS Researchers should ensure the observation tool's reliability
by validating it through multiple settings and users.
Physical Building in EBD - ANS In evidence-based design, the physical building is viewed as a
sunk cost during the business case development.
Research Project Reliability - ANS Reliability is ensured through the use of multiple methods
to strengthen validity and inform post-occupancy evaluations.
Environment of Care Factors - ANS Economic and social factors in the Environment of Care
must be considered when designing the physical environment.
Design Development Justification - ANS Economic factors, return on investment, and final
design strategies must be documented to justify evidence-based design features.
Triangulation - ANS Method using multiple data sources to validate findings
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
EDAC - ANS Evidence-based Design Accreditation and Certification; an educational program
from The Center for Health Design focusing on teaching a process to find and use research
during design, hypothesize outcomes, gather metrics, and evaluate and report results.
Mission and Vision - ANS Mission: Develop a community of certified industry individuals
through education and assessment of an evidence-based design process. Vision: A world where
all healthcare environments are created using an evidence-based design process.
Exam Content - ANS Consists of 110 multiple-choice questions (100 scored and 10 pretest);
questions types include Recall, Application, and Analysis, with a focus on the evidence-based
design process.
Pretest Questions - ANS Not scored; used to gather statistics for future examinations and are
scattered throughout the exam.
Question Types - ANS Recall requires memorization, Application involves interpretation and
recognition, Analysis requires synthesis and problem-solving.
Exam Duration - ANS Candidates have two hours to complete the exam and must maintain a
steady pace to finish.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Exam Strategy - ANS Candidates should not linger on one question, skip and come back after
going through the entire exam.
Domains - ANS The exam covers five domains contained on the Exam Content Outline, with
varying numbers of questions for each domain.
Vendor Inclusion - ANS There is disagreement on whether to include vendors in the project
team due to potential bias or objectivity concerns.
Research Plan Development - ANS Involves determining appropriate research methods,
establishing hypotheses, and evaluating outcomes for design strategies.
Post-Occupancy Evaluation - ANS To increase credibility, firms should conduct their own post-
occupancy evaluation for completed projects.
Observation Tool Reliability - ANS Researchers should ensure the observation tool's reliability
by validating it through multiple settings and users.
Physical Building in EBD - ANS In evidence-based design, the physical building is viewed as a
sunk cost during the business case development.
Research Project Reliability - ANS Reliability is ensured through the use of multiple methods
to strengthen validity and inform post-occupancy evaluations.
Environment of Care Factors - ANS Economic and social factors in the Environment of Care
must be considered when designing the physical environment.
Design Development Justification - ANS Economic factors, return on investment, and final
design strategies must be documented to justify evidence-based design features.
Triangulation - ANS Method using multiple data sources to validate findings
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