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Practical Research 1

The document is a midterm examination for a Practical Research 1 course, consisting of multiple-choice questions that assess students' understanding of research concepts. Topics covered include the nature of research, qualitative research methods, participant selection, and criteria for formulating research problems. The exam is prepared by Maria Teresa M. Leal, a teacher in the subject.

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Practical Research 1

The document is a midterm examination for a Practical Research 1 course, consisting of multiple-choice questions that assess students' understanding of research concepts. Topics covered include the nature of research, qualitative research methods, participant selection, and criteria for formulating research problems. The exam is prepared by Maria Teresa M. Leal, a teacher in the subject.

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ESTI/PCIC/ESC

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1
Select the letter of the best answer.
1. What makes research a systematic?
A. Research follows certain process or standards.
B. Research is just looking for answers.
C. Research is based from previous knowledge.
D. Research is a source of knowledge.
2. Why research is not new to our experience?
A. because we think
B. because we find explanation for answer
C. because we have research subject
D. because we know how to read
3. What do you call a research that does not follow the usual format of researching?
A. formality research
B. formal research
C. informal research
D. both formal and informal research
4. Why research is not only concern with discovering or creating new things? It is because…
A. we also seek for explanations.
B. we also search for old things.
C. we are abiding citizens.
D. we learned
5. How do we conduct research in usual human experience?
A. by conducting investigation with the use of different platform
B. by reflection of what has been done for a day
C. by giving importance to the things that we do at present
D. by reading all important details
6. How does our usual and personal process of conducting inquiry and problem solving become research?
A. It has process before drawing up conclusion.
B. It follows our innate intuition in solving problem.
C. It uses a non-understandable and complicated process.
D. It answers questions.
7. How existing knowledge becomes basis for new knowledge?
A. It serves as ground or support to the new knowledge.
B. It actually doesn’t have any connection to the new knowledge.
C. It becomes the only source of explanation.
D. It serves as source of information.
8. How simple internet searching or observation became research? It can be considered as…
A. literature review C. obsolete referencing
B. non-essential review D. source of learning
9. What makes informal research differs from the formal way of researching?
A. does not have process C. does have system
B. follows process D. it does not seek information
10. What is the purpose of collecting data in research? It is to gather information
A. necessary for the problem C. obsolete and outdated.
B. non-related to the issue D. not related to the topic of interest
11. How can qualitative research be done in a naturalistic manner?
A. It should control the data.
B. It should manipulate the data.
C. It should focus on artificial responses.
D. It should solicit responses from real-life situations.
12. How can a researcher select participants in a purposive manner?
A. Select the participants randomly.
B. Select the participants by means of “draw lots.”
C. Select the participants who can pass the set criteria.
D. Select the participants based on mere convenience of the researcher.
13. Which of the following does not characterize a qualitative research?
A. The research follows an inductive procedure.
B. The research focuses on personal experiences and insights.
C. The research considers a thick description of the gathered data.
D. The research is done using a linear and cause and effect relationship approach.
14. Why does the use of small number of participants become a weakness of a qualitative research?
A. It cannot be a source of data.

B. It requires more resources; hence, it is not cost-efficient.


C. It cannot provide detailed information of the phenomenon to be investigated.
D. It cannot provide sufficient information of the phenomenon to be investigated.
15. What is the strength of qualitative research?
A. Qualitative research is time consuming.
B. Qualitative research is more difficult to analyze.
C. Qualitative research cannot generalize the findings to the study population.
D. Qualitative research provides more detailed information to explain complex issues.
16. What is the objective of a phenomenological research?
A. to develop a theory
B. to understand the past events
C. to characterize the culture of the subjects
D. to explore the lived experiences of the subjects
17. Which of the following qualitative researches requires an in-depth examination of an individual subject?
A. narrative
B. historical
C. case study
D. grounded theory
18. Which of the following researches requires an immersion?
A. historical B. ethnographic C. grounded theory D. phenomenological
19. What kind of qualitative research can be best done when the researcher seeks to conceptualize the
survivorship process of COVID-19 patients?
A. historical B. ethnographic C. grounded theory D. phenomenological
20. Which of the following fields can qualitative research be beneficial?
A. business B. medicine C. education D. all of the above
21. Who is a practitioner?
A. a student C. a critically ill patienT
B. a professional D. anyone who belongs in a community
22. Which of the following is the most efficient way to determine a research gap?
A. interviewing at least a person
B. immersing oneself in a community
C. reading relevant literature and studies
D. synthesizing ideas from a day-to-day experience
23. What does “novelty” suggest?
A. fairness B. newness C. conciseness d. completeness
24. What criterion in the selection of research problem emphasizes the security and safety among the
participants?
A. novelty C. ethical considerations
B. time factor D. availability of equipment
25. Which of the following is an external criterion in the selection of the research problem?
A. time factor C. availability of subjects
B. costs and returns D. interest of the researcher
26. Which of the following is not an internal criterion in the selection of the research problem?
A. time factor C. qualification of the researcher
B. costs and returns D. support of the academic community
27. What does “substantive” mean?
A. important B. subjective C. interesting D. researchable
28. Which of the following should be avoided in the formulation of a research title?
A. subtitle B. key variables C. incomplete sentence D. abbreviation of terms
29. Which of the following should always be capitalized in a research title?
A. first letter of a noun C. first letter of an adjective
B. first letter of an article D. first letter of a preposition
30. What is not indicated from the given research title below?
“Maninindigan ako”: A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Single Parents
A. setting B. method C. participant D. main variable

Prepared by:

MARIA TERESA M. LEAL


Teacher in Practical Research 1

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