GENERAL SANTOS DOCTORS’ MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION, INC.

PRELIM EXAMINATION
2ND SEM: SY: 2017-2018
RESEARCH 1

SUBJECT DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: RESEARCH 1

DEPARTMENT: NURSING DEPARTMENT
INSTRUCTOR: MS. ESTER R. RODULFA, RN, MM. MAN

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Write your answers on the answer sheet provided.

2. Strictly no erasures.
3. Use of friction pen is not allowed.

Name : _______________________________________________ date : _____________

Answer sheet:
Test 1
1 11 21 31 41 51
2 12 22 32 42 52
3 13 23 33 43 53
4 14 24 34 44 54
5 15 25 35 45 55
6 16 26 36 46 56
7 17 27 37 47 57
8 18 28 38 48 58
9 19 29 39 49 59
10 20 30 40 50 60
Test II
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TEST III
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TEST I. Select the letter of the best answer and write it on the answer sheet provided. (60 points)

1. Which of the following is an element of the title of the study?

a. Expected outcome of the study
b. Variables those are included in the study.
c. Constraints that may affect validity
d. The significance of the study

2. The title of the study gives the idea of what the research is all about. Polit and Beck (2008)
suggests that it shall consist of not more than how many words?
a. 21 c. 45
b. 15 d. 25

3. The Title of the study must consist of the following components Except:
a. The variables or scope of the study.
b. The population of the study
c. The setting or place where the study will be conducted
d. Non of the above. Everything are important in the study title.

4. Which among the descriptions below best describe the research problem?
a. Clear c. Concise
b. Feasible d. Specific

5. The purpose of the study is declared by the author and is found in which of the following parts
of the manuscript?
a. At the last paragraph of “The Problem and its Setting”
b. It is included in the conceptual framework.
c. It is declared as the delimitation of the study,
d. It is declared in the hypotheses since it is tested in the study.

6. Which of the following is included in the description of “The problem and its setting”?
a. It states the rationale of the study or inquiry
b. It requires wordings that elicit emotional reactions
c. It determines the hypothesis of the study
d. It states assumptions that serves as framework for the study..

7. The following subjects are components of the introduction particularly, “The Problem and It’s
Setting”, Except
a. Identification of the problem,
b. the gaps in knowledge,
c. the variables of the study
d. the scope of the problem worldwide, nationwide and locally.

8. Which of the following component of research will determine the research design to be used
in the study?
a. Statement of the problem
b. Introduction
c. Scope and delimitation
d. Review of related literature

9. The research must declare the scope and delimitation of the study. The scope of the study is
also the:
a. Main variable under study
b. The independent variable
c. The dependent variable of the study
d. The purpose of the study.
10. The scope and delimitation will answer which questions?
a. Closed ended question
b. Open ended question
c. The 4 W’s and 1 H
d. Any of the above.

11. The significance of the study is a part of chapter one (1) of the research manuscript. What is
the purpose of this part of the thesis paper?
a. It is a declaration of the author of the contribution/s that the study will provide
b. It is a declaration of the urgency of the study
c. It provides a rationale that the study is worth spending money, time and effort.
d. It provides information about the supporters of the study.

12. The Webster Dictionary (2005) defines biomedical test as a laboratory test to determine the
blood cholesterol level of human and animal subjects. What type is this definition?
a. Operational definition
b. Conceptual definition
c. Denotative definition
d. Lexical definition

13. The significance of the study is a component of a research paper. Which of the following
factors below are included in this part of the manuscript?
a. Literatures that back-up the study.
b. Background and nature of the problem
c. What is not known that will be made known by the study to different segments of the
population.
d. The place where the study will be conducted

14. Which of the following is NOT a component of the scope and delimitations of the study?
a. Time frame of the intervention
b. Constraints of the intervention
c. Steps in the research procedure
d. The population especially if it is a special sector.

15. APA style is a method of citation of references. Which of the following is the meaning of APA?
a. American Professional Association (APA)
b. Association of Professional Academicians (APA)
c. American Psychological Association (APA)
d. Association of Publishers for the Academe (APA)

16. Descriptive research is pursued in which of the following objective or purposes of the study?
a. To document the prevalence rate and level of intensity of soil transmitted
helminthiasis in General Santos City as basis for identification the predominance of
the condition.
b. To determine the effects of tetracycline antibiotics to intracellular microorganisms as
basis for future antibiotic therapy
c. To test the effects of the implementation of a weekly debriefing program in the level
of stress of clinical scientists.
d. To recommend the most practical laboratory diagnostic method.

17. The following are characteristics of the research except:

a. Systematic
b. reproducible
c. Observed though the five senses
d. Imaginative and curious
18. Which of the researches fit the criteria of being feasible for a third year college student in
terms of time, resources and availability of participants ?
a. An 8 year-incidence of Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Outcomes of Identified
high risk Individuals in General Santos city
b. A review of technical challenges in obtaining accurate results in the diagnosis of
intestinal parasites.
c. The lived experience care givers of patients with Ebola the Philippines.
d. All of the above

19. Conclusions made from the research process are based on empirical evidence. What do you
by empirical?
a. Observable c. subjective
b. Scientific d. feasible

20. One of the main principles of scientific method reproducibility. A scientific research is
reproducible. What is meant by this term?
a. It can be duplicated by an independent researcher
b. The results of the study can be verified
c. The study used standard reliable measurement tools.
d. It can be done by the researcher.

21. An important characteristic of the researcher is one that value the truth and accuracy. The
following actions manifest these characteristics EXCEPT:
a. The researcher influence the behavior of the subjects in the study.
b. Researchers are able to observe research protocol in gathering precise data.
c. Properly observe the variables under study.
d. Avoid mistakes in data interpretation.

22. A good researcher maintains a good relationship with respondents and other researchers.
Which of the following factors manifest a quality that leads to maintenance of good
relationship?
a. Must show understanding of his/her capabilities and limitations
b. Approachable with other people who provide assistance and research data.
c. Provides incentives for the subject that give time and participation.
d. B and C Only

23. What is the APA recommended format of the in-text citation of a reference?
a. Author, date
b. Author date and page
c. Author date, page and publication
d. Maintain a hanging indent.

24. What is the basis of the order of the references in the bibliography or reference list?
a. Alphabetical order based on the first letter of the title of the book, journal or article.
b. Alphabetical order based on the first letter of the family name of the author
c. Chronological order based on the date of publication
d. Chronological order based on the date the article was retrieved from the internet

25. In listing a book with no author, which of the following will be written in lieu of the author?
a. The title of the book
b. The publisher of the book
c. Anonymous
d. Date of publication only.
 26. When a book has ten authors, how many of the authors will be cited in the bibliography?
What will be written in lieu of the other authors not mentioned?
a. All of the authors will be listed in the bibliography.
b. Only 8 author are written and period in lieu of the names not cited
c. Only 6 authors are written and the word et.al. will replaced the unwritten name.
d. Only one author is written and the followed by et.al

27. Which of the following hypotheses is NOT testable?

a. Terminal cancer patients that manifest optimism will increase their life expectancy.
b. Women with pre-natal education will have longer breast feeding duration that those
were able to attend pre-natal education
c. The level of work motivation is higher among nursing students than those who are
going to the party
d. The longer the health care professional stay on duty, the higher the possibility of errors
committed in the ward.

28. Which of the following is a collection of interrelated assumptions about the variables in the
study that are ready made?.
a. Conceptual framework
b. Theoretical framework
c. Conceptual paradigm
d. Theoretical paradigm

29. Which of the following types of research do not always have a hypothesis?
a. Quantitative research
b. Qualitative research
c. Comparative research
d. Descriptive research

30. The hypothesis must be written in which tense of the verb?

a. Future tense
b. Past tense
c. Present tense
d. Future perfect tense

31. The following are purposes of referencing EXCEPT:

a. To fully understand the cited work of the author
b. To avoid the crime on intellectual property rights
c. To verify quotations made by the author
d. To have a full ownership of the idea cited.

32. Which of the following is an example of a primary source of related literatures?

a. Undergraduate or master’s thesis
b. Peer reviews journals
c. Abstract of research studies
d. All of the above

33. A replication of a previous studies can be acceptable with which of the following reasons?
a. When the methodology is tested on a bigger population
b. To be able to update results
c. To refine the procedures
d. All of the above

34. Researchers must be able to choose sources of literatures to have a good grasp of issues related
to their study. Articles written by credentialed authors about their opinions on certain matters
taken from lifestyle magazines or interest journals are considered as:
a. Empirical literatures
b. Research literatures
 c. Theoretical literatures
d. None of the above

35. Discussions and critiques of studies done about herbal plants have been extensively discussed
in the book “Herbal Plants: The amazing cure”, by Flavier (2006). What kind of literature is this?
a. Empirical literature
b. Theoretical literature
c. None of the above
d. All of the above

36. If no author is identified in the bibliographic details of the source of the idea, in what format
will the researcher cite the source in the reference list?
a. Title of the book, date of publication, place of publication, publisher
b. Write anonymous as the author, write the title of the book, date of publication, place of
publication and publisher.
c. Write the publisher in the place of the title, date of publication, place of publication
d. Do not use books with no author as source of literatures.

37. APA has described a definite indention and spacing for writing the bibliography or reference
list. What is the specific indention and spacing which is required in the APA format for writing
a reference list?
a. Right indention and double space all through out.
b. 1.5 indention and double space all throughout.
c. Hanging indention and double space
d. Hanging indention and single space

38. The hypothesis is the subject for observation in a scientific study. What are the characteristics
of an acceptable hypothesis?
a. verifiable
b. Reproducible
c. Generalizable
d. Reliable.

39. The independent variable is any of the following EXCEPT:

a. The treatment
b. The response
c. The cause
d. The stimulus

40. The null hypothesis is preferred in scientific studies because :

a. Research bias is encouraged
b. It shows the impartiality of the researcher
c. It show the testability of the investigation
d. Makes the investigation reproducible.
41. The statement of the problem must be stated in which of the following type of sentence?
a. Interrogative only
b. Declarative
c. Imperative
d. Either interrogative or declarative

42. The definition od terms must include the meaning which of the following?
a. All possible variables in the study
b. All technical terms in the study
c. The population, intervention and effect
d. All words in the title of the study.
43. Which of the following is true about research?
a. Research is an accidental inquiry.
b. Research is a scientific inquiry
c. Research is a personal inquiry.
d. All of the above
44. The nurse participates in research one whom the intervention where his/her reactions are
observed plays which role?
a. Principal investigator
b. Evaluator
c. Subject
d. Consumer of research
45. The intervention, cause or treatment in the study is called :
a. Moderator variable
b. Dependent variable
c. Independent variable
d. Extraneous variable
46. Theories are:
a. Tested and proven ideas
b. Concepts that are considered true not yet tested.
c. Ideas of the researcher which are made up by grouping what has been written in
literatures.
d. Ideas that are needed to e proven by research.

47. In research which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a researchable problem?

a. Feasible
b. Ethical
c. Debatable
d. Interesting

48. The lexical definition of terms is from which of the following?

a. Taken from the dictionary or textbook
b. Taken from how the researchers use the term in the research
c. Taken from how the experts define the term
d. Taken from any of the above.

49. Which of the following should be written in the scope and delimitation?
a. The segment of the population who will benefit from the research
b. The restrictions in the study that decreases the generalizability of the results
c. The results of the study which can be used by the different population
d. The predicted relationship of variables in the study.

50. Which component of research gives idea to the reader what the study is all about?
a. Title of the study
b. Scope and delimitation
c. Hypothesis
d. Research Framework

51. Which of the following characteristics of the researcher means that he/she values the truth
and accuracy of the findings?
a. Organized and systematic
b. Self aware
c. Imaginative and curious
d. Honest and credible

52. Which of the following is the purpose of the theoretical and conceptual framework?
a. To support the rationale for developing the research question.
b. To describe the situation in the environment that needs to be addressed.
c. To determine the type of research design to be used for the study
 d. To identify the gaps which will be filled in by the results of the study.

53. The conceptual framework is made up of which of the following?

a. Different theories which makes the direction of the study
b. Different ideas of culled out in literatures
c. Different concepts that were assumed to be true even if they are not yet proven
d. Different results of the study which answers the problems of the study.

54. In which of the following statements the hypothesis is written?

a. In present tense
b. In interrogative form
c. In imperative form
d. In the future tense

55. The characteristic of the hypothesis described as observable and quantifiable is called which
of the following?
a. Clarity
b. Testability
c. Simple
d. concise.
56. The nursing profession exist to provide a service to the society. Ts service should be based
on accurate knowledge. Which of the following s determined to be the most reliable means of
obtaining knowledge?
a. Research
b. Scientific method
c. Questionnaire
d. Interview

57. Sonia is a nurse conducting a study on diabetic ulcers. In writing her paper, she cut and paste
in some materials she submitted without citing the author. In this case, Sonia maybe charged
of :
a. Plagiarism
b. Intellectual property rights
c. Copy cat
d. Copying

58. What is meant by “credibility” of a research study?

a. Truth of the findings as judged by the participants
b. The appropriateness of the interview question posed.
c. Faithfulness of the everyday reality at the participants
d. The adequacy of the coding system used.

59. Jay is a researcher who conducted a study on the effects of Dengvaxia in preventing
occurrence of dengue fever among patients age 9 to 45 years old. What is the appropriate
research
a. Applied research
b. Basic research
c. Exploratory research
d. Qualitative studies
60. In jay’s research on the effects of Dengvaxia , the researcher uses a questionnaire and
observation checklist in data gathering. The results will be analyzed by means of statistical
tools. What type of research design is used in the study?
a. Quantitative research design
b. Qualitative research design
c. Descriptive research design
d. Exploratory research design.
Test II - Identify the independent and dependent variables in the following studies. Write your
answer on the answer sheet provided. (10 points)

1. The Effect of Audiovisual Presentation Method on the Knowledge on Chikungunya of

Mothers in an Urban Community.

2. Comparative Analysis of Malunggay Decoction and Permethrin as Treatment of Scabies in

children at Manila Boys Town.

3. Corn Rice as Dietary Management for Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus.

4. Stress Debriefing and Coping Strategies of Fishermen Survivors of Typhoon Yolanda.

5. Effect of a Nurse-led Education Program to the knowledge on wound care of post-operative

patients at JPRHospital..

Test III – Identify

Listed below are hypotheses of several studies. Identify whether it is an acceptable hypothesis or
not acceptable. Write AH if it is acceptable and NA if not acceptable. Write your answer on the
answer sheet provided. (10 points)

1. Ampalaya decoction results to a low glycemic level in hyperglycemic albino mice

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2. There is a significant relationship between the academic performance of students and and
their emotional quotient.

3. The post-operative patients and their significant others manifests high knowledge on wound
care after the nurse-led educational intervention.

4. There is a relationship between the educational attainment of parents and the presence of
soil transmitted helminthiasis infection among pre-school children.

5. Cord dressing with Chlorhexydine results to prevention of omphalitis in high risk newborns