San Francisco De Sales School

National Highway, San Pedro, Laguna

S.Y.2021-2022

Research in Daily Life 1

Second Monthly Exam

Name: ________________________________________ Date: _____________________________________

Gr. & Sec.: ____________________________________ Teacher: ___________________________________

Direction: Read and analyze each question carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided.

1. Research is a very noble undertaking if it makes significant contributions to the community and to the
academic field or discipline where the researcher is affiliated with.
a. Significance of the Study c. Rationale of the Study
b. Statement of the Problem d. Research Problem
2. Why is there a need for the researcher to conduct the significance of the study?
a. Because it determines the relevance of their study.
b. Because it is a noble undertaking.
c. Because it makes significant contributions to the community.
d. All of these.
3. The significance of the study presents the valuable contribution of the study to a particular body of
knowledge or area of specialization. This could be in the form of the following except _____.
a. a new knowledge in the field c. research gap
b. analysis of trends over time d. validation of other findings using different methodologies
4. After identifying the general significance of the study, the researcher also has to determine the who will
directly gain from the results of the study. Who are they?
a. Givers b. Beneficiaries c. Payers d. Donors
5. The following are the benefits that can be gained by educational beneficiaries from the study except _____.
a. Learning about issues and methods in the chosen field.
b. Learning new specialized techniques and skills.
c. Furthering creative and scholastic achievement
d. Applying concepts from courses to real-life situations.
6. Which of the following can be a source for a literature review?
a. book b. article c. dissertation d. all of the above
7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a research literature to be used for own study?
a. It is outdated. b. It has clear scope.
c. It shows accurate results. d. It identifies a research gap.
8. Choose among the following is a type of reading that employs skimming strategy?
a. analytic reading b. systematic reading c. elementary reading d. comparative reading
9. Coding strategy uses marks and symbols. Which of the following is that?
a. reading b. annotation c. highlighting d. synthesis matrix
10. What is a table that can be used to organize ideas from groups of reviewed literature?
a. reading b. annotation c. highlighting d. synthesis matrix
11. When previous researches related to the study currently conducted by a researcher, it should be
summarized comprehensively. Which of the following makes this process ?
a. history review b. novel review c. article review d. literature review
12. Choose from the following the purposes of reviewing a literature.
a. It serves as the basis for establishing concepts presented in the study.
b. It justifies the need for conducting the study.
c. It provides the researcher a clear understanding of the study to be investigated.
d. All of these.
13. He/she must clearly know the topic as well as the rationale of the study to be conducted. This will allow the
researcher to focus on articles and books that are relevant and can help him/her substantiate the work.
a. Decide on the area of research. b. Search for the literature.
c. Find relevant excerpts in books and articles. d. Code the literature.
14. In searching for the literature which can be used for a study, the researcher may utilize printed materials and
references which can normally be found in the libraries. On the other hand, online sources, which also offer
scholarly articles and books, must likewise be considered for these can make the researcher saves more
time.
a. Decide on the area of research. b. Search for the literature.
c. Find relevant excerpts in books and articles. d. Code the literature.
15. Reading the abstract of a scholarly work will help the researcher determine whether it is relevant or not to
the study under investigation.
a. Decide on the area of research. b. Search for the literature.
c. Find relevant excerpts in books and articles. d. Code the literature.
16. Which of the following is a type of reading pertains to word-recognition type of reading wherein sentences
are literally comprehended?
a. Comparative reading. b. Analytic reading
c. Systematic reading. d. Elementary reading.
17. This type of reading requires the researcher-reader to break the whole scholarly work into parts for better
understanding.
a. Comparative reading. b. Analytic reading.
c. Systematic reading. d. Elementary reading.
18. He/she may also look into the title of the sample and will try to see if similar variables of the current study
are presented. If yes, he/she may consider the sample as relevant to his/her own work.
a. Comparative reading. b. Analytic reading.
c. Systematic reading. d. Elementary reading.
19. Which type of reading pertains to word-recognition type of reading wherein sentences are literally
comprehended?
a. Comparative reading. b. Analytic reading.
c. Systematic reading. d. Elementary reading.
20. Categorizing the themes of the concepts found in different literature must be done for better analysis and
evaluation.
a. Decide on the area of research. b. Search for the literature.
c. Find relevant excerpts in books and articles. d. Code the literature.
21. This tool uses marks and symbols that will help the researcher to easily revisit the important ideas found in a
scholarly work. Which type of tool is used for reading and review purposes?
a. Highlighting b. Coding c. Annotation d. Marking
22. Annotation is one of the commonly tools used for reading and review purposes. How is it used?
a. it uses words, phrases, and sentences b. it uses marks and symbols
c. it uses emoticons d. it uses gifs
23. The researcher may utilize a literature review synthesis matrix to better see how the gathered data from
literature review will be presented in the study.
a. Decide on the area of research. b. Search for the literature.
c. Find relevant excerpts in books and articles. d. Create conceptual schema.
24. The following are examples of academic beneficiaries except _____.
a. educational staff b. teachers c. students d. stakeholders
25. Which of the following are examples of non-academic beneficiaries?
I. stakeholders II. researchers III. policymakers IV. students

a. I only b. II only c. I and III d. II and IV

26. Exploring potential careers, learning new specialized techniques and skills, enhancing professional
communication skills, and networking same interests with others are the benefits of which type of
researcher-research users?
a. Educational b. Professionals c. Personal d. None of these

27. Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence? “Deserts cover one fifth of the surface of the Earth.”
a. Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth. b. One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert.
c. Deserts cover a one fifth of the Earth. D. None of these.
28. Choose the best paraphrase of this sentence: “Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, has been an important
market and trading place for hundreds of years.”
a. The Uzbekistan capital city of Tashkent has been a major market and trading place for centuries.
b. Tashkent and Uzbekistan are important places to trade hundreds of things in the market.
c. For hundreds of years, Tashkent has been the capital of Uzbekistan and trading places now is
important for the market.
d. All of these
29. Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence? “Dragonflies have six legs, but they can’t walk.”
a. Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk, and I think that this is odd.
b. Even though they have six legs, dragonflies can’t walk.
c. Although Dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk at all
d. None of these
30. How direct plagiarism is committed?
a. copying word-for-word of others’ work b. properly citing other work from the internet
c. mentioning others idea supported with citation d. none of these
31. How can we avoid self-plagiarism?
a. using intuition when citing from others work b. properly citing your previous work
c. following personal way of making citation d. all of these
32. How is direct plagiarism committed?
a. when you copy word-for- word a section of others’ works without quotation marks
b. when you mix your previous works to come up with new article without proper citation and
permission to the teacher you previously submitted the work
c. when you take phrases from a source without using quotation marks or citation
d. when unintentionally neglected to cite a source or quoted by using similar words or sentence
structure.
33. How can accidental plagiarism be avoided?
a. through responsible writing and running your work in an initial plagiarism test available in internet
b. just find synonyms to the authors’ words while keeping the same though as it is in the original
c. come up with new article without proper citation
d. none of these.
34. Among the choices, which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence? “A type of shark called a shortfin
mako can leap 20 feet above the surface of the water.”
a. The shortfin mako shark can jump above the surface of water.
b. A shark can leap 20 feet out of the water, it is called a shortfin mako.
c. A shortfin mako is a kind of shark that can leap 20 feet out of the water.
d. All of these.
35. “Brazil is the largest country in South America and Suriname is the smallest.” Choose from the following the
best paraphrase for it.
a. Suriname and Brazil the largest and smallest countries in Brazil.
b. The two countries of Brazil and Suriname are two countries in Brazil.
c. The biggest country in South America is Brazil, while the tiniest is Suriname.
d. All of these.
36. How mosaic plagiarism be avoided?
a. through responsible writing and running your work in an initial plagiarism test available in internet
b. just find synonyms to the authors’ words while keeping the same though as it is in the original
c. come up with new article without proper citation
d. none of these.
37. Which of the following type of plagiarism happens when you read, cite others work and put them on your
research without proper citation?
a. mosaic plagiarism b. direct plagiarism c. self-plagiarism d. accidental
38. Careful reading of the text enables you to grasp the meaning of the sentence you are going to paraphrase. It
is recommended to read it three times or even more. This is to give you enough time to comprehend the
meaning of what you are reading.
a. Take time to read. b. Take note of the key points.
c. Rewrite what you have read but use your own words. d. Make citation
39. This is done through highlighting or listing the points or ideas presented in the text that you are reading.
Through this, you will see the things that the author wanted to impart in his or her write ups.
a. Take time to read. b. Take note of the key points.
c. Rewrite what you have read but use your own words. d. Make citation
40. Rewriting what you have read does not mean you will just copy it. Nevertheless, you are going to write what
you have read based from what you have understood from it.
a. Take time to read. b. Take note of the key points.
c. Rewrite what you have read but use your own words. d. Make citation