Review Ready? Let’s Test Your Skills

Q1. What is a systematic review?

• A. A creative summary of research findings

• B. A list of personal opinions on studies

• C. A structured method to find and analyze studies

• A brief article with no clear method

Q2. What is the first step in a systematic review?

• A. Write a focused research question

• B. Collect all available literatureC. Summarize the most cited papers

• C. Summarize the most cited papers

• D. Create tables of all known studies

Q3. What does PICO stand for?

• A. Plan, Interpret, Combine, Organize

• B. Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome

• C. Paper, Index, Category, Overview

• D. Participants, Inquiry, Concept, Output

Q4. Which is a good systematic review question?

• A. Does exercise reduce anxiety in teenagers?

•  I want to learn more about anxiety

• C. Exercise is good for health

• D. Why do some teens dislike exercise?

Q5. What’s the purpose of inclusion criteria?

• A. To decide which studies will be included

• B. To write about interesting results only

• C. To reject all low-quality journals

• D. To make the review shorter in length

Q6. Which is a proper exclusion rule?

• A. Studies published before 2010

• B. Studies that mention the topic

• C. Any journal article from a top journal

• D. Studies that use methods you dislike

Q7. Which search string has NO mistake?

• A. (“bilingual” OR “dual language” OR) AND (“test scores”)

• B. bilingual & “academic achievement”

• C. (“bilingual” OR “dual language”) AND (“achievement” OR “test scores”)

• D. “bilingual education” AND OR “achievement”

Q8. Why use Boolean operators like AND / OR?

• A. To find articles quickly without reading

• B. To combine or broaden search terms

• C. To organize your bibliography

• D. To avoid reading full articles

Q9. Which of these is a reliable database for medical research?

• A. JSTOR

• B. WebMD

• C. PubMed

• D. Wikipedia

Q10. Which of the following is NOT part of a systematic review?

• A. Screening and selecting relevant studies

• B. Synthesizing findings across multiple sources

• C. Discussing author perspectives and theoretical opinions

• D. Extracting data using a pre-defined form