METRO MANILA COLLEGE
U-Site Brgy. Kaligayahan, Novaliches, Quezon City
BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Senior High School
1ST SEMESTER S.Y. 2021 – 2022
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2
I. Multiple choice: Directions: choose the best answer to the following questions.
1. Which of the following reflects that a research is quantitative?
a. if the research gathers the opinions of the respondents
b. if the research uses statistical treatment in stating generalization
c. if the research uses open-ended questions
d. if the research is more on words when stating generalization
2. It is an overall strategy or method that you will use to effectively answer your research questions.
a. Introduction c. Input-Output Method
b. Qualitative Research d. Research Design
3. It is a type of experimental research design that uses purposive sampling technique in choosing their
participants and is prone to bias.
a. True Experimental Research Design c. Quasi-Experimental Research Design
b. Descriptive Research Design d. Survey Research
4. Lisa and Rose started an experiment with two groups by measuring the prior knowledge of the
respondents by giving them a test. What test was administered by the researchers to both groups?
a. Formative Test c. Pre-Test
b. Post-Test d. Summative Test
5. Which of the following types of non-experimental research design is the given example, “The main
distinctive traits of organizational culture of Jollibee-Philippines”.
a. Descriptive Research c. Survey Research
b. Correlational Research d. Causal-Comparative Research
6. These types of non-experimental research design may be done in various ways like face-to-face, phone,
mail, and online.
a. Descriptive Research c. Survey Research
b. Correlational Research d. Causal-comparative Research
7. It is an analytical function within financial services companies that involves a good deal number
crunching.
a. Financial research c. Social science
b. Market research d. Academic research
8. Why is a quantitative research difficult to do?
a. Most of the researchers are non-mathematicians.
b. Most of the researchers are young.
c. The number of respondents is small.
d. The respondents may be unwilling to cooperate with the researchers.
9. In the research question “What is/are the effect(s) of eating more vegetables to your weight?”, which is
generally considered as the dependent variable?
a. effects c. weight
b. more vegetables d. eating
10. In the research question “What brands of popcorn pops the greatest number of popcorns?”, which is
generally considered as the independent variable?
a. brands of popcorn c. popcorn pops
b. most number of popcorns d. most number
11. Which of the following is NOT nominal variables?
a. types of learners c. kinds of religion
b. clothing size d. eye colors
12. Which of the following is NOT included in the background of the study?
a. Recommendation of the Study c. Significance of the Study
b. Statement of the Problem d. Scope and Delimitation
13. Which of the following DOES’NT HAVE the research title?
a. research problem c. the place where the study will be conducted
b. solution d. the people who are included in the study
14. Which of the following sentence does NOT describe the specific research problem?
a. It must be written in imperative form.
b. It must include the intended output of the research study.
c. It must define the population of the study
d. It must identify the variables being studied
15. Which of the following is TRUE about the general problem of the study?
a. It includes questions that will be answered by conducting a research study.
b. It sets the parameters of the study.
c. It presents the main tasks of the researcher in the study
d. It has a 15-word limit.
16. Why is research considered as a broad field?
a. All the things that people enjoy today are products of different research studies.
b. It is used to discover new medicine and other advancements in the medical field.
c. Research can be found in the school which is a fount of knowledge,
d. People from all fields use research to discover new knowledge.
Items 17-20 Identify the Independent and Dependent Variables of the following examples.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
17-18. You want to see which fertilizer makes plants grow the fastest, so you give each plant a different
brand of fertilizer and measure how tall they grow.
a. Type of fertilizer given to the plant-IV
b. Plant height-DV
c. How tall they grow
_____17. Independent Variable
_____18. Dependent Variable
19-20. A social scientist wonders if there is an association between a person's national origin and their
wealth, measured as net worth.
a. Social Scientist
b. a person's country of origin-IV
c. a person's financial net worth-DV
_____19. Independent Variable
_____20. Dependent Variable
21-22. You are studying on the impact of using social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) on the
procrastination in answering the given task.
a. quantity of time in browsing on social media-IV
b. study of social media
c. answering the given task on time-DV
_____21. Independent Variable
_____22. Dependent Variable
23-24. A medical researcher wonders if the amount of airline travels a person engages in impacts how
likely they are to catch influenza during flu season.
a. person engages
b. amount of airline travel-IV
c. influenza infections-DV
_____23. Independent Variable
_____24. Dependent Variable
II. True or False:
Directions: Read the statement carefully. Write T if the statement given is TRUE and write F if it is
FALSE.
25. The introduction summarizes the main ideas of the study. F
26. Title does not need to be stuffy; it should be interesting and straightforward. T
27. A good research title must be written in complete sentence. F
28. Background research requires investigation, appropriate interpretation of the research, and citations to
support the findings. T
29. A specific problem must be written in declarative form. F
30. Causal questions are questions on the kind, qualifications and categories of the subjects or
participants. F
