Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region X
Division of Misamis Oriental
CABALANTIAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Cabalantian, Manticao, Misamis Oriental

THIRD QUARTER EXAM

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

Name:__________________________________ Date:___________
Year & Section: __________________________ Score: ___________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Directions: Choose the letter that best answers the given question. Box the letter of your answer.

1. Why is research important to life?

a. Research has the potential for providing quality life.
b. Research assesses individuals or groups plan of actions as basis for accurate inventions and decisions in life.
c. Research helps professionals deliver quality education services.
d. All of the above.

2. Which of the following describes a qualitative research?

a. It examines the context or situation of an individual’s life.
b. It explores a phenomenon to better understand it.
c. It requires non-numerical data.
d. All of the above.

3. Which is the correct process of conducting a research?

I – Reviewing Related Literature
II – Designing Research
III – Collecting and Analyzing Data
IV – Formulating Hypothesis
V – Defining Problem
VI – Reporting Results
a. I – II – III – IV – V – VI c. V – I – IV – II – III – VI
b. V – IV – I – II – III – VI d. IV – V – III – I – II – VI

4. What is the scientific investigation of phenomena which Includes collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of
facts that lines an individual's speculation with reality?
a. Research b. Qualitative Research c. Quantitative Research d. Scientific Method

5. Which of the following is the first step in formulating a Qualitative research title?
a. Concept Making b. Citing a Problem c. Formulation of ideas d. Reading Journal Articles

6. What kind of question should Qualitative Research start with?

a. Do or Does b. Does or Did c. Is or Are d. Why or How

7. What kind of research is used to quantify attitudes, opinions, behavior and other defined variables and generalize
results from a larger population?
a. Research b. Qualitative Research c. Quantitative Research d. Scientific Method

8. What kind of Qualitative Research emphasize on this title “Understanding Addiction: A Study of Adolescent
Drug-users”?
a. Case Study b. Content Analysis c. Ethnography d. Phenomenology

9. This kind of Qualitative Research refers to a particular group in which it reveals the nature or characteristics of
their own culture through the world perceptions of the cultural group’s members.
 a. Content Analysis b. Case Study c. Ethnography d. Historical Research

10. This kind of Qualitative Research involves a long-time study of a particular person in psychology, medicine and
education. It seeks to find answers to why such thing occurs to the subject.
a. Content Analysis b. Case Study c. Ethnography d. Historical Research

11. Which of the following is most appropriate to a qualitative approach?

a. Describing the relationship between students’ math attitudes and their math achievement
b. Describing the effect on students’ achievement of creating a student/centered assessment environment.
c. Identifying the characteristics that differentiate students who drop out of high school from students who do
not drop out.
d. Understanding what it is like to work in a school that is changing the decision-making process from a top-
down, administratively driven model to a bottom-up, teacher/driven model

12. Ethics in research ensures that participants have informed consent. Which of the following actions best
example of informed consent?
a. talking to him or her privately c. writing him or her a letter
b. surprising him or her with questionnaire d. using a padrino system

13. Confidentiality of a participant is best exemplified in which of the following actions?

a. Asking the participant to write his or her name in the questionnaire
b. Not mentioning his or her name in the Participants of the Study section
c. Introducing himself or herself in an interview
d. Taking his/her picture and placing it in the appendix

14. Which states the how the term is determined in the study?
a. Conceptual definition c. Operational Definition
b. Delimitation d. Problem
15. It sets the boundaries of the study or scope?
e. Statement of the problem c. Review of Related Literature
b. Delimitation of the Study d. Significance of the Study

II. IDENTIFICATION

Directions: There are two broad categories of research methodology: qualitative research and quantitative research.
Determine what type of research methodology is being referred to. Write QUALITATIVE or QUANTITATIVE on the space
provided before the item.

______________16. Identify patterns, features, themes

______________17. Answers question of “why” or “how”
______________18. Purpose is to test hypotheses, look at cause & effect, & make predictions
______________19. Purpose is to understand & interpret social interactions
______________20. Group studied is smaller & not randomly selected
______________21. Group studied is larger & randomly selected
______________22. Narrative report with contextual description & direct quotations from research participants
______________23. Statistical report with correlations, comparisons of means, & statistical significance of findings
______________24. Answers “how many”, “when” and “where”
______________25. Objectivity is critical

III. TRUE or FALSE

Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the sentence is not correct. Write the corresponding
answer on the blank space provided before the item.

__________26. Research must be hurriedly conducted.

__________27. There should be enough data before conducting research.
__________28. Research must observe a step-by-step process.
__________29. The researcher must have the final say in his or her findings.
__________30. A person's opinion is acceptable and considered as an answer to the questions asked by the
researcher.
__________31. Any concern or issue confronted by the students is researchable.
__________32. The causes why students fail in quizzes are worth researching.
__________33. The student-researcher must read literature related to the problem he or she is studying.
__________34. The researcher must avoid listening to another researcher to have an objective view of his or her study.
__________35. The steps in conducting research are patterned.

IV. MATCHING TYPE TEST

Directions: Match column A with the correct answer on column B. Write the corresponding answer on the blank space
provided before the item.
A B

a. focused on studying shared practices and belief systems

___________36. Historical Analysis
b. refers to a set of inductive data collection and analytic method
___________37. Ethnography c. a systematic investigation of any social or natural phenomena
d. is the scientific investigation of phenomena which Includes
___________38. Grounded Theory
collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of facts that lines
___________39. Phenomenology an individual's speculation with reality.
e. involves a long-time study of a person, group, organization, or
___________40. Case Study
situation. It seeks to find answers to why such thing occurs to the
___________41. Inductive Thematic subject.
f. studies naturally-occurring discourse and shared meaning from
Analysis
such discourse
___________42. Discourse/Content g. designed to advance knowledge with no application to existing
problems in view
Analysis
h. takes place when you discover a new theory to underlie your study
___________43. Research at the time of data collection and analysis.
i. uses knowledge acquired through research
___________44. Applied Research
j. is the examination of primary documents to make you understand
___________45. Basic Research the connection of past events to the present time.

V. ESSAY
1. Write a short essay about your important insights/learnings/reflections while experiencing the process of research.
(5 pts.)

“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.”

-Benjamin Spock

Prepared by: Checked by:

SARAH MAE G. MACARANDAN ALFREDO O. INOTAO, JR., HT-V

Subject Teacher School Head