DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

Multiple Choice: Read each of the following statements /questions and choose the item that answers correctly the question
or the best completes the statements. Write the letter of your choice.

1. The purpose of research presents a picture of the specific of the details of a situation, social setting or relationship.
a) Exploratory c) Explanatory
b) Descriptive d) Quantitative
2. Educational qualifications of teachers affect their socioeconomic status because the higher the educational qualification, the higher the salary will be.
Educational qualification is.
a) Intervening variable c) Dependent variable
b) Independent variable d) Moderator variable
3. The characteristics of good research that any conclusion drawn is based upon hard evidence gathered from information collected from real life experience or
observation is?
a) Rigorous c) Systematic
b) Empirical d) Critical
4. A type of applied research that is a discipline process of inquiry conducted by and for those taking the action.
a) Impact assessment research c) Evaluation research
b) Action research d) Basic research
5. The third type of research aims to explore and describe.
a) Quantitative method c) Qualitative method
b) Mixed method d) Scientific research

6. This type of qualitative research describes experiences as they lived.

a) Ethnography c) Historical
b) Phenomenology d) Case study
7. An abstract form _________or idea, often conveyed on a single word which serves as a springboard or building blocks of theory.
a) Theory c) Framework
b) Concept d) Paradigm

8. The research considers the protection of research participants by obtaining approval from participants through voluntary written consents.
a) Validation c) Reliability
b) Informed consent d) Interview
9. Since a study involves people, special care is taken into consideration to ensure that respondents are treated ethically in all aspects.
a) Open coding c) Benchmarking
b) Ethical consideration d) Bracketing
10. A research process that uses more than one source of data to strengthen the validity of research by telling a more comprehensive story of the things to be
examined.
a) Correlation c) Complementarity
b) Triangulation d) Expansion
11. Civil status affects the performance of teachers in performing their duties. To which of the variables does civil status belong?
a) Dependent variables c) Intervening variable
b) Control variable d) Moderate variable
12. The purpose of research is to formulate more precise questions that future research can answer.
a) Descriptive c) Explanatory
b) Exploratory d) Combination
13. Treatment of time is another dimension in research. Researcher capture features of people or other unit at more than time.
a) Cross- sectional c) Summative
b) Longitudinal d) Formative
14. One important goal in conducting research is to
a) Advance the personal and professional qualification of practitioner c) Focus direction of the research
b) Produce evidence based practice d) Describe characteristics of a population
15. The first step in the research process begins with generating research ideas for research problems and synthesis.
a) Formulating research designs and methodology c) Collecting data
b) Establishing problems and synthesis d) Drawing conclusion and recommendations
16. A statement that makes a specific prediction between one to two variables.
a) Problem c ) Gap in literature
b) Hypotheses d ) Proposition
17. The problem statement is
a) Background of the study
b) The verbalization and articulation as well as the analysis of the “question” in which the researcher wants the research to answer.
c) Description of the issues
d) Analysis of the question
18. The purpose of a background study is to
a) Report observation or research results. c) Go to the library to gather data
b) Help you to prove the relevance of your research d) Complete the research
question and to further develop the thesis
19. A hypothesis is NOT the research answer , but rather
a) A theory to be tested c) Imaginary terms or situations
b) A proposal to be tested and evaluated d) It is an assumption in a thesis
20. A statement about the population or populations being examined that states that there is no effect, no change or relationship.
a) Alternative hypothesis c) research hypothesis
b) Null hypothesis d) Independent and dependent hypothesis
21. Component of research process wherein it describes properly the relationship of variables is
a) Assumptions c) Research design
b) Data processing d) Theoretical framework
22. Plagiarism is to
 a) Use inappropriate statistical techniques in order to obtain favorable results and enhance the significance of one’s research.
b) Present someone else’s ideas or work as your own.
c) Publish the same paper in two different journals without informing the editor.
d) Discuss with your colleagues data from the paper that you are reviewing for a journal
23. Paraphrasing is
a) Harm that is physical, financial, or psychological experienced by the participants.
b) Using someone’s idea in own words to restate the author’s ideas and acknowledge to give credits to the original author.
c) Minimizing harm and risk to human lives
d) Making derogatory comments and personal attacks in the review of author’s submitted work.
24. Written documents such as books, periodicals, magazines, journals, newspapers and legal citations.
a) Primary sources c) Secondary sources
b) Related literature d) Related literature
25. Previous studies that involves similar variables including theses, dissertations, scholarly written papers, studies, published and unpublished.
a) Primary sources c) Related literature
b) Related studies d) Secondary sources
26. The purpose of review of related literature and studies is to inform the reader about what already is known, what is not known or research blank spots.
a) Blind spots/ conflicting areas c) Research gap
b) Unexplored areas d) irrelevant statement
27. A written or visual presentation that explains either graphically or in narrative form, the main things to be studies, the key factors, concepts or variables and
the assumed relationship among them.
a) Independent variable c) Theoretical variable
b) Conceptual variable d) Dependent variable
28. One of the qualities of good researcher that he keeps on inventing unique, new, and original researches is
a) Efficient c) Resourceful
b) Creative d) Scientific
29. It is response variable which is observed and measured to determine the effect of stimulus variable is
a) Intervening variable c) Independent variable
b) Moderate variable d) Dependent variable
30. A statement showing the research design and methodology or the entire process of research using a theory or theories for developing a hypothesis.
a) Conceptual framework c) Independent variable
b) Theoretical framework d) Dependent variable

31. In a non-random sampling technique, the researcher uses _________ sampling when they include people that are available as they are easily recruited.
a) Quota c) Convenience
b) Purposive d) Cluster
32. This technique is NOT a non-random sampling technique
a) Quota c) Convenience
b) Purposive d) Cluster

33. The element in the front matter of a thesis that ensures the use of other works cited is in accordance with legal requirements.
a) Title page c) Copyright page
b) Approval sheet d) Acknowledgement

34. In writing the front matter of a thesis, the ________carries the names and signature of adviser and panel of examiners.
a) Title page c) Copyright page
b) Acknowledgement d) Approval sheet
35. Which of the following qualitative approaches describe individual experiences of a phenomenon?
a) Phenomenology c) Case studies
b) Ethnography d) Grounded theory
36. In organizing the research report, the chapter title assumes the ____________headings.
a) Multilevel headings c) First level
b) Third level d) Second level
37. For appropriate sub - heading of thesis elements, the statistical tools or treatment are cited in.
a) Sampling techniques c) Data gathering procedure
b) Data analysis d) Research problem
38. Which is NOT validating procedure?
a) Triangulation c) Reliability testing
b) Focus group discussion d) Clustering
39. In citing references, the notes- bibliography format list using __________ as heading.
a) Bibliography c) References
b) Work cited d) End notes
40. Which contain s the brief summary of a research report?
a) Acknowledgement c) Dedication
b) Abstract d) Approval sheet
41. This qualitative approach provides comprehensive description of the culture of group of people in a study.
a) Case studies c) Grounded theory
b) Ethnography d) Phenomenology
42. In the preliminaries, which elements provide the list of all content of front matter, body and back manner?
a) Acknowledge c) Abstract
b) Table of contents d) Copyright page
43. The sentence style capitalization of book title and other references are associated with form and style of a
a) Chicago style c) Modern Language
b) APA d) Turabian Form and Style
c) Modern Language
44. It refers to the following ethical considerations below, the “no harm”, “do good”, the focus in
a) Informed consent c) Justice and fairness
b) Non- malefience and beneficence d) Right to full disclosure
45. “Giving credit where credit is due”, illustrative which of the following ethical concerns.
a) Informed consent
b) Non- malefience and beneficence
c) Justice and fairness
d) Right to full disclosure
46. This is unethical when a researcher copy material intensively from others.
 a) Informed consent
b) Non- malefience and beneficence
c) Justice and fairness
d) Right to full disclosure
47. Sampling design in which the investigator simply takes the closest individuals as subjects of the study because they are most available is
a) Quota sampling c) Incidental sampling
b) Purposive sampling d) Cluster sampling
48. Sampling design in which the population is grouped into small units such as blocks or districts is
a) Cluster sampling c) Cluster sampling
b) Quota sampling d) Incidental sampling
49. The best random sampling design since every member in the population is given equal chance of inclusion in the sample is.
a) Systematic random sampling
b) Restricted random sampling
c) Stratified random sampling
d) Unrestricted random sampling
50. Sampling design intended to improve the validity of the sample and is applicable when the population being studied is homogeneous is.
a) Unrestricted random sampling
b) Stratified random sampling
c) Restricted random sampling
d) Systematic random sampling

51. It refers to the following ethical considerations below, the “no harm”, “do good”, the focus in
c) Informed consent c) Justice and fairness
d) Non- malefience and beneficence d) Right to full disclosure
52. “Giving credit where credit is due”, illustrative which of the following ethical concerns.
e) Informed consent
f) Non- malefience and beneficence
g) Justice and fairness
h) Right to full disclosure
53. This is unethical when a researcher copy material intensively from others.
e) Informed consent
f) Non- malefience and beneficence
g) Justice and fairness
h) Right to full disclosure
54. Sampling design in which the investigator simply takes the closest individuals as subjects of the study because they are most available is
e) Quota sampling g) Incidental sampling
f) Purposive sampling h) Cluster sampling
55. Sampling design in which the population is grouped into small units such as blocks or districts is
e) Cluster sampling g) Cluster sampling
f) Quota sampling h) Incidental sampling
56. The best random sampling design since every member in the population is given equal chance of inclusion in the sample is.
e) Systematic random sampling
f) Restricted random sampling
g) Stratified random sampling
h) Unrestricted random sampling
57. Sampling design intended to improve the validity of the sample and is applicable when the population being studied is homogeneous is.
e) Unrestricted random sampling
f) Stratified random sampling
g) Restricted random sampling
h) Systematic random sampling
ANSWER KEYS IN FINAL EXAMINATION IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

1. B 31. B

2. B 32. B

3. B 33. B

4. B 34. B

5. B 35. B

6. B 36. C

7. B 37. B

8. B 38. D

9. B 39. C

10. B 40. B

11. B 41. D

12. B 42. B

13. D 43. C
14. B 44. C

15. B 45. D

16. B 46. D

17. B 47. A

18. C 48. B

19. B 49. B

20. B 50. D

21. B 51. A

22. B 52. C

23. B 53. B

24. B 54. B

25. B 55. B

26. B 56. A

27. B 57. A

28. B 58. B

29. D 59. C

30. B 60. C