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Nursing Education Quiz – 1
1. When considering philosophy of education, John Dewey was a proponent of
A. Existentialism
B. Pragmatism
C. Idealism
D. Realism
2. Who advocated removing children from their mothers' care and raising them
as wards of the state, with great care being taken to differentiate children
suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that
they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able?
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Immanuel Kant
D. Jean Piaget
3. Cognitive domain in Bloom’s Taxonomy includes all the following, except
A. Evaluation
B. Synthesis
C. Analysis
D. Criticism
E. Application
F. Comprehension
G. Knowledge
4. A type of educational assessment which is generally carried out throughout a
course or project is
A. Summative assessment
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C. Criterion-referenced assessment
D. Ipsative assessment
5. Which of the following is an example of Criterion-referenced assessment ?
A. Driving test
B. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
C. SAT
D. Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
6. Who stated “education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself” ?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Bertrand Russell
C. Helen Keller
D. John Dewey
7. Trained Nurses Association of Indian (TNAI) was formed in the year
A. 1920
B. 1947
C. 1908
D. 1888
8. In India, first MSc Nursing programme was started in RAK college in the year
A. 1959
B. 1947
C. 1946
D. 1968
9. Characteristics of Problem Based Learning include all, EXCEPT:
A. Learning is driven by challenging, open-ended, ill-defined and ill-structured
problems.
B. Students generally work in collaborative groups.

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C. The teacher is the authority
D. Teachers take on the role as "facilitators" of learning
10. In India, the first four year basic Bachelor Degree nursing program was
established in
A. 1910
B. 1940
C. 1946
D. 1880
11. "Democracy and Education" (1916) was authored by
A. Sigmond Freud
B. Jean Piaget
C. John Dewey
D. Ravindra Nadh Tagore
12. The type of discussion where a group of 6-8 qualified experts discuss a topic
in front of an audience is called:
A. Group discussion
B. Symposium
C. Panel discussion
D. Workshop
13. Who proposed that education be designed on the basis of a theory of
experience?
A. Socrates
B. John Dewey
C. Bertrand Russell
D. Jean Piaget
14. Which of the following is not a 2-way communication?
A. Lectures

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B. Group discussion
C. Panel discussion
D. Symposium
15. To increase awareness of rural population towards small family norm, the
best method is
A. Film show
B. Charts and exhibits
C. Role playing
D. Television
16. Which of the following is Socratic method of teaching?
A. Lecture
B. Film
C. Exhibition
D. Panel discussion
17. When giving health education to a community, the most important step is:
A. Contact doctors
B. Community discussion
C. health education
D. Knowing of local needs
18. In a education programme, a group of 10 people are speaking on a topic of
common interest is called as:
A. Workshop
B. Panel discussion
C. Group discussion
D. Symposium
19. The following statements are true about group discussion, except:

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A. It is a two-way communication
B. An effective group is composed for 6-20 people
C. The leader initiates and guides the discussion
D. Each member prepares a topic for speech
20. Which of the following is NOT a feature of mass media education?
A. Deals with local problem of the community
B. Easily understandable
C. Widely approachable
D. Rapid and controlled
21. Andragogy refers to:
A. Adult learning
B. Action Learning
C. Experiential learning
D. Child learning
22. All that is learnt during school/college activities that is not a designated part of
official curriculum is
A. The vocational curriculum
B. The hidden curriculum
C. The observed curriculum
D. The curriculum-as-experienced
23. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Process Model of curriculum?
A. Emphasis on means rather than ends
B. Learner should have part in deciding nature of learning activities
C. More individualized atmosphere
D. Assumption that learner makes unique response to learning experiences
E. Makes assessment more precise

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24. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) was established in the year:
A. 1867
B. 1899
C. 1950
D. 1962
25. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is headquartered in:
A. New York, US
B. London, UK
C. Geneva, Switzerland
D. Toronto, Canada
26. Areas of philosophical inquiry include
A. Metaphysics concerned with questions about the nature of reality
B. Epistemology concerned with the nature of knowledge
C. Axiology concerned with the nature of values
D. All the above
27. Behavioral objectives model is also referred as:
A. Product model
B. Process model
C. Classical model
D. Competence model
28. The concepts of curriculum include:
A. The official curriculum
B. The hidden curriculum
C. The observed curriculum
D. The curriculum-as-experienced

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E. All of the above
F. None of the above
29. Problem-based learning was first introduced in:
A. Case Western Reserve University (USA)
B. Mc Master University (Canada)
C. Manchester University (UK)
D. Stanford University (USA)
30. Which philosophical thought states that ultimate reality is spiritual rather than
physical, mental rather than material?
A. Idealism
B. Realism
C. Pragmatism
D. Constructivism
ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. A
6. D 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. C
11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. C
16. D 17. D 18. C 19.D 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. E 24. B 25. C
26. D 27. A 28. E 29. B 30. A