Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ROMBLON
España National High School
España, San Fernando, Romblon

Second Quarter Examination

Grade 7-Research

Name: _______________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section__________________ Score: ____________

DIRECTION: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space
provided before the number.

_____1. It is considered as the foundation of research process?

a. Hypothesis c. Variable
b. Research question d. Objectives

_____2. The following are aspects where a research question can be drawn, except:
a. Curiosity c. Controversy
b. Replication d. Prediction

_____3. What characteristic of a research problem is shown if it is timely and it is the interest
of someone investigating it?
a. Relevant c. Feasible
b. Ethical d. Clear

_____4. When a research problem is investigated without an undue amount of time, energy
and money, the problem is said to be________?
a. Relevant c. Feasible
b. Ethical d. Clear

_____5. A characteristic of research problem wherein the words used are exact and can be
easily understand.
a. Relevant c. Feasible
b. Ethical d. Clear

____6. The research question is worth investigating in terms of time needed, energy required
and effect on or for subjects.
a. Relevant c. Feasible
b. Significant d. Clear

_____7. The question is said to be _______ if it does not involve physical or psychological harm
or damage to the respondents.
a. Relevant c. Feasible
b. Ethical d. Clear

_____8. Which of the following factors should not influence the decision when one is selecting
a topic or problem for research?
A) Will solution of the problem advance knowledge in my field?
B) Will I be able to prove that my previously held beliefs are true?
C) Will the study lead to the development of other investigations?
D) Is the topic or problem amenable or worty to research?
____9. "Students taught first aid by programmed instruction will achieve at a higher level than
those taught first aid by the traditional method." The independent variable in this hypothesis
is:
A) Students
B) level of achievement
C) programmed instruction
D) method of instruction

___10. In the example in question 9, the dependent variable is:

A) students
B) level of achievement
C) programmed instruction
D) method of instruction

____11. A research report states that Group A was exposed to a new teaching method and
Group B was exposed to a traditional method. At the end of a four-month period, each group
was given the same achievement test. Group A had a mean score that was higher than the
mean score for Group B. The dependent variable in this study was the:
A) achievement scores of the students
B) motivation of the students
C) type of teaching
D) length of the period of instruction

____12. Which of the following is likely to be of greatest value in formulating hypotheses for a
scientific investigation?
A) A high level of emotional involvement in the research problem
B) A rigorous statistical design
C) Clear indication of the variables involved
D) A problem statement that is broad in scope

____13. A manipulated variable is one that:

A) uses equipment
B) requires subjects to arrange materials
C) is arranged by the researcher
D) makes a study hard to interpret

_____14. A student wants to conduct an experiment to find out how pulse rate changes as the
length of time spent exercising increases. The dependent variable will be –
A. breathing rate
B. pulse rate
C. time spent exercising
D. the kind of exercise

_____15. A student hypothesized that the amount of sunlight a sunflower plant receives
determines the number of sunflower seeds the plant produces. In her experiment, the
number of seeds produces is the –
A. dependent variable
B. independent variable
C. controlled variable
D. manipulated variable

_____16. In an experiment studying how increasing amounts of acid rain affect the number of
organisms in a pond, which of the following would be the dependent variable?
A. number of organisms in pond water
B. acid rain and non-acid rain
C. a mixture of pond water and acid
D. organisms in rainwater

_____17. It is considered as a tentative explanation for certain behaviors, phenomena, or

events that have occurred or will occur.
 a. Question
b. Variable
c. Hypothesis
d. Conclusion

_____18. What is a scientific question?

a. A question that is written in a way that is helpful for completing scientific
investigations - a question that is testable.
b. A question asked by a scientist.
c. A question with a goal of better understanding of the universe.
d. This question is a scientific question.

____19. What is a testable question?

a. Any question that encourages you to collect tangible data through experiment.
b. A question which asks about specific objects, organisms, or events in the world.
c. A question which asks about specific objects, organisms, or events in the world, and
can be answered by experiment through measuring and analyzing data.
d. None of the other answers are correct.

____20. In stating the hypothesis, the researcher states his/her own expectations concerning
the relationship between the variables and_________?
a. Research problem
b. Conclusion
c. Observation
d. Experimentation

____21. The following are characteristic of a good research hypothesis except:

a. Agreement with the observed facts.
b. Does not conflict with any law of nature which is known to be true.
c. Do not affect the variables in the experiment.
d. Stated in the simplest possible term.

____22. It is essentially a statement of the object of the inquiry and the strategies for
collecting the evidences, analysing the evidences and reporting the findings.
a. Research question
b. Research design
c. Hypothesis
d. Variables

____23. The research design includes the following component, except:

a. Research method or research strategy.
b. Sampling design.
c. Choice of research tools
d. hypothesis

____24. Which of the following is NOT an example of a testable, scientific question?

a. How does the amount of water provided affect the growth rate of a geranium plant?
b. How do plants grow?
c. Which wavelengths of light do we receive from a blue sky?
d. How does dietary fiber affect life expectancy?
____25. What do you call the research question that seeks to describe phenomena or
characteristics of a particular group of subjects being studied?
a. descriptive
b. difference
c. relationship
d. none of these

____26. What do you call the research question that investigates the degree to which two or
more variables are associated with each other?
a. descriptive
 b. difference
c. relationship
d. none of these

____27. What do you call the research question that seeks to make comparisons between or
within groups of interest?
a. descriptive
b. difference
c. relationship
d. none of these

____28. It is an organized inquiry carried out to provide information for problem solving.
a. hypothesis
b. research
c. procedure
d. materials

____29. Which of the following is NOT correct with the term “PROCESS”?
a. step by step
b. in order
c. phases
d. abrupt

____30. Variable that are distinct, mutually exclusive categories example: Religions;
Christians, Muslims, Jews,
a. Concrete variables
b. Nominal variables
c. Dichotomous variables
d. Ordered variables

____31. Mutually exclusive categories, but with an order, sequence, or hierarchy.

a. Concrete variables
b. Nominal variables
c. Dichotomous variables
d. Ordered variables

____32. Variables that include constant increments or gradations, which can be arithmetically
compared and contrasted.
a. Concrete variables
b. Nominal variables
c. Continuous variables
d. Ordered variables

____33. _______ are variables like true/false, female/male, democrat/republican.

a. Concrete variables
b. Nominal variables
c. Dichotomous variables
d. Ordered variables

____34. A type of variable that is categorical in nature.

a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Nominal
d. Concrete

____35. It is a type of research that focuses on the statistical and mathematical or

computational techniques.
a. quantitative research
b. qualitative research
c. Historical research
 d. None of the above

____36. It is a type of research that focuses on the observable data rather than the numerical
data.
a. quantitative research
b. qualitative research
c. Historical research
d. None of the above

____37. ___________ refers to the plan, structure, and strategy of research--the blueprint that
will guide the research process.
a. Research design
b. Research process
c. Variables
d. Hypothesis

____38. ________ refers to the extent of researcher’s ability to draw accurate conclusions from
the research.
a. External validity
b. Conclusion validity
c. Variables
d. Research design

____39. __________ generalizability of the findings to the intended/appropriate

population/setting.
a. External validity
b. Conclusion validity
c. Variables
d. Research design

____40. ______ refers to the correctness of conclusions regarding the relationships among
variables examined.
a. internal validity
b. external validity
c. error variance
d. systematic variance

____41. Variance of the independent & dependent variables.

a. Error variance
b. Systematic Variance
c. Confounding variance
d. Nuisance variance

____ 42. Variance attributable to ERROR IN MEASUREMENT.

a. Error variance
b. Systematic Variance
c. Confounding variance
d. Nuisance variance

____ 43. The following are elements of research design, EXCEPT.

a. Approach
b. Population and sample
c. Methods of data analysis
d. Money

Guiding principle for effective control of variances is MAXMINCON Principle:

44. MAX-
45. MIN-
46. CON -

Direction:
Based from the research problem presented identify the Independent and Dependent
variable used in the experiment.

An experiment that tests how quickly different temperatures will dissolve sugar cubes.

(47) IV-

(48) DV-

An experiment that explores how different colors impact plant growth.

(49) IV-

(50) DV-