Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
GRACEVILLE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATIONS – PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2
School Year 2017-2018

General Directions: Choose only the letter of the best answer. ERASURE MEANS WRONG.
1. Which of the following best describes research?
a. Scientific b. experimental c. inductive manner of thinking d. All of these
2. Which of the following reflects the activities of a research?
a. Identifying the problem c. analyzing data and drawing conclusions
b. Gathering data, making theories d. All of these
3. Which of the following is the advantage of quantitative over qualitative research?
a. Quantitative research hardly uses statistical treatment in stating generalizations.
b. Quantitative research uses numbers as a result of objective scales of measurements.
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
4. One of the following does not describe quantitative research.
a. Methods of procedures of data gathering include items like age, gender, educational status
b. Standardized instruments guide data collection, thus, ensuring the accuracy, reliability and validity
c. Puts emphasis on proof, rather than discovery
d. None of these
5. Identify which of the following is the strength of quantitative research.
a. Most reliable and valid way of results c. Both a and b
b. Costly, difficult and time-consuming d. None of these
6. One of the following illustrates the weakness of a quantitative research.
a. Requires extensive statistical treatment
b. Tend to turn out only proved or unproven results
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
7. Among the types of descriptive researches, which of the following is used when the researcher intends to
provide a quantitative or numeric description of trends, attitudes or opinions of a population?
a. Comparative b. Correlational c. Survey d. Evaluative
8. This type of descriptive research is conducted to elicit useful feedback from a variety of respondents from
various fields to aid in decision making or policy formulation.
a. Comparative b. Correlational c. Survey d. Evaluative
9. People do research to find solutions, even tentative ones, to problems, in order to improve or enhance
ways of doing things, to disprove or provide a new hypothesis. Which of the following is the reason why
quantitative research has been widely used in most disciplines?
a. its emphases on proof c. Both a and b
b. Its emphasis on discovery d. None of these
10. Which of the following best describes a variable?
a. Can be measured c. Has quality that varies
b. Anything that has quantity d. All of these
11. One of the following variables is believed to affect the dependent variable.
a. Dependent b. Independent c. Confounding d. Extraneous
12. Which of the following variables is caused by the interference of another variable?
a. Dependent b. Independent c. Confounding d. Extraneous
13. What do we call the variable other than the dependent and independent variables?
a. Dependent b. Independent c. Confounding d. Extraneous
14. Which of the following is the work of a moderator variable?
a. Variable that is dependent on the independent variable
b. Variable that can increase or decrease the relationship between the independent and dependent
variables
c. Accounting for and controlling confounding, extraneous, and moderator variables by controlling
Variables
d. None of these
15. Which of the following is the dependent variable on the situation “how light affects plant growth”?
a. amount of sunlight b. growth of plant c. effect d. None of these
16. Which of the following is the independent variable on “lemon trees receiving the most water produces
largest lemons”?
a. lemon trees b. water c. largest lemons d. None of these
17. Which of the following experimental research designs controls for both time-related and group-related
threats?

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 a. Pre-Experimental b. Quasi-Experimental c. True Experimental d. Non-Experimental
18. One of the following research designs happens when the researcher observes the phenomena as they
occur and no external variables are introduced.
a. Pre-Experimental b. Quasi-Experimental c. True Experimental d. Non-Experimental
19. Which of the following is a simple reason why we need research?
a. Research affects society and the lives of each one of us
b. For us to make sense of our world and even in our lives
c. The ever expanding natural phenomena, complex theorems
d. All of these
20. Which of the following is not appropriate to be a research topic related to daily life?
a. Age-old problems on poverty alleviation
b. unemployment, homelessness, gender equality
c. approaching problems from the interdisciplinary point of view and sharing knowledge gathered
d. None of these
21. The following are broad topics that we need to narrow down, except one.
a. Effect of Vegetarianism on Social Networking and Online Selling
b. Blended Learning in English Classes
c. Presidential Election Results
d. Agri-Business
22. Which of the following best describes the Background of the Study ?
a. It sets the time and scope of the research
b. an overview of the research
c. states the findings of the research
d. a part of the research where conclusions are expressed
23. Aside from scientific findings, cultural developments and debates or arguments, which developments
could give rise to your research questions, the background of the study locates your study in the context of
specific field you are in?
a. historical b. academic c. recent developments d. All of these
24. Whenever you do a research whether it is qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods, which of the
following will be the recipient of your help?
a. people so that they can understand better phenomena, human behavior, human interactions
b. the research questions are not clearly formulated, you will find yourself with too much data
c. The research questions express clearly the specific direction of your problem of inquiry.
d. You make crucial decisions as researcher particularly in the choice of methods of data collection
25. Which of the following best describes the Scope and Delimitation of the Study?
a. It sets the time and scope of the research
b. an overview of the research
c. states the findings of the research
d. a part of the research where conclusions are expressed as well as recommendations
26. Too broad topics will lead the research nowhere, that’s why we need the scope and delimitation of the
study is an essential part of the research, why?
a. It sets boundaries and parameters of the problem inquiry
b. It narrows down the scope of the inquiry.
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
27. Skim from the excerpt below the correct Scope and Delimitation of the Study, as follows:
Title of the Study: Consumer’s Response to PETA’s Advocacy Advertisements of Vegetarianism
The study was conducted to find out the consumer’s responses toward vegetarianism in advocacy
advertisements. The researcher chose vegetarianism among many advocacy issues; the reason for this is a growing
consumer market. The aspects studies were the respondents’ feedback to selected most popular advertisements of
PETA toward vegetarianism.
a. Consumer’s response toward vegetarianism c. Vegetarianism among many advertisements
b. Respondent’s feedback to selected ads d. None of these
28. Which of the following activity of the researcher delimits the specific topic to a specific area?
a. Formulating research questions c. Reviewing related literatures
b. Writing the research title d. Enumerating the significance of the study
29. The “Introduction” is the first item in every first chapter of the research, which of the following is the
function of the introduction?
a. states briefly the background of the study c. begins with a general statement of the problem
b. Identifies the rationale of the research problem d. All of these
30. “Who are to be benefited and how they are going to be benefitted?” are the questions that we need to
answer when writing what part of the research ?
a. Statement of the Problem c. Scope and Delimitation of the study
b. Significance of the Study d. Background of the study
31. Which of the following is not true about the literature review?
a. it is a major part of any research
b. to establish the state of current “knowledge” or agreement about your research
c. not merely a chronicle of who wrote, what and when but an in-depth examination of texts
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32. The ability to review and to report on relevant literature is a key academic skill. What does literature
review do?
a. Reports your critical review of the relevant literature
b. Identifies a gap within the literature that your research will attempt to address
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
33. Selecting relevant literature will entail looking at the various purposes the review can serve. There is a

need to discuss what the literature is, where to find it and what it contains. Why?
a. to compare b. to replicate c. to criticize them for weaknesses d. All of these
34. After you locate the study or article, you need to read and evaluate the material. One of the following is a

guideline to find out the merits of the materials and decide whether to include it in your research or not.
a. Examine the title. b. Read the abstract c. Read the article d. All of these
35. The term “sources” refers to print, electronic or visual materials necessary for your research. Sources are

classified into primary, secondary and tertiary. Which of the following is true about sources for the literature
review?
a. The sources will your read and give you the materials relevant to your topic.
b. Being selective you do not list everything, but only the most relevant studies.
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
36. Which of the following is the first step of the literature process?
a. Select and choose literature c. Write the review
b. Select a topic d. Analyze and interpret literature
37. Look for materials relevant to the chosen topic. Document sources you encounter. Finally, develop your

argument and critique materials gathered for your literature review. Which of the following is true about
grammatical guide to review of literature?
a. Write your review in the present tense c. Write your review in the future tense
b. Write your review in the past tense d. All of these
38. When writing a research paper, literature citation is important for what reason?
a. To avoid plagiarism (which is against the student code of conduct or ethical/moral standards)
b. To assign proper authority to a statement (this adds weight to the paper that you are writing)
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
39. Giving credit to the source of any information of ideas needs to be done in the text, this is known as citing
literature. Which of the following is the most popular format of citing literature?
a. e-journals b. text c. books d. dissertations or theses
40. Referencing your sources means systematically showing what information or ideas you are quoting or

paraphrasing from another author’s works and where they come from. Which of the following is the
importance of referencing?
a. Add authority to your work by supporting it with previous research
b. Demonstrates reading and understanding of relevant literature.
c. Enables the reader to track down the original sources to check its quality.
d. All of these
41. At the end of your report, before the appendix is where you put the reference section. It is an alphabetical

list of all the references you cited in the text of your research. When do you need to cite your reference?
a. When using a direct quote c. If you do a paraphrasing
b. When you use facts that are relatively less known d. All of these
42. To synthesize an article means that in your literature review, you examine a number of studies on a shared

topic and note aspects that are of interest for your own work. What is the purpose of synthesizing?
a. It may mean that you draw and state a conclusion about the similarities and differences in the studies
that you review.
b. To provide your reader with a better understanding of the literature related to your topic.
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
43. Which of the following best describes “synthesis”?
a. a discussion that draws on one or more sources
b. bringing together of materials from different sources
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
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 44. Coherence refers to how well a manuscript holds together as a unified document. It is important to ask
yourself how well the elements of your review connect with one another. This requires that you carefully
evaluate the effectiveness of the rhetorical elements, which rhetorical elements refer to “the next example”
or “in a related study”?
a. subheadings b. rhetorical markers c. transitional expressions d. None of these
45. The literature review is an informative, critical and useful synthesis of a particular topic that helps identify

what is known in the subject area. In the absence of specific section heading requirements, use the three
main components consistent across most literature reviews. Which of the following is often a single
paragraph that introduces the general topic and provides an appropriate scholarly or societal context for
the review?
a. Introduction b. Body c. conclusion d. None of these
46. Research ethics are standardized rules that guide the design and conduct of research. Which of the

following best describes ethics?

a. to questions of right and wrong
b. being in accordance with rules or standards for right conduct and practice.
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
47. Researchers should acquaint themselves with the relevant quantitative methods available for processing

data. Which of the following is the simplest method of presenting data when there are only a few numbers
to be presented, the results are explained in paragraph form?
a. Textual b. Tabular c. Graphical d. All of these
48. Which of the following is not the role of conceptual framework?
a. It provides an outline of the plan on how to conduct the research.
b. It is presented in a flow chart, map or diagram.
c. It helps to guide fellow researchers or advisers who are analyzing your research.
d. None of these
49. Why do we need to write the conceptual framework?
a. To clarify concepts and propose relationships among the concepts in a study.
b. To inform the audience/readers of your research
c. it is helpful to supplement a definition, where appropriate, to clarify further the meaning of the term
d. None of these
50. Definition of key terms will help clarify the purpose and direction of the study being conducted.

Sometimes you need to adopt the definitions or else come up with your own. One of the following of the
few principles to keep in mind is
a. To clarify concepts and propose relationships among the concepts in a study.
b. To inform the audience/readers of your research
c. it is helpful to supplement a definition, where appropriate, to clarify further the meaning of the term
d. None of these

***End of Test***** Have A Nice Day! ***

Prepared by: Approved:

JENNIFER D. LORENZO ROSALYN E. FILIO, D.B.A.

Teacher, PR2 Coordinator, SHS

Noted:

GERONIMO M. GUILALAS, JR.

Principal I