TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.

1) In most studies objectives are best set after deciding on methodology. 1) _______

2) A research objective always has to precede the research question. 2) _______

3) The research objective will start with the word To and a verb. Com mon verbs in research 3) _______
objectives are To identify; To establish; To determine; and To develop.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
4) In academic research, at University level, a verb best avoided in the research question is 4) _______
________.
A) To describe B) To establish C) To identify D) To determine

5) Which of these words is most closely associated with timing? 5) _______ A) Harvard B) Gallup C)
Hawthorne D) Gantt

6) What is the main advantage of producing a written research proposal? 6) _______

7) Helps keep people e mployed B) Helps the institution
C) Helps with credibility D) Informs all interested parties

8) Which of the following is not a prima ry purpose of a research proposal? 7) _______

A) Contracting with a client B) Summary of the dissertation
C) Convincing an audience D) Organising ideas

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statemet is false.
9) It is a good idea to generate numerous ideas and develop them before choosing one in particular. 8)
_______

10) It is unacceptable to take a previous study and repeat some aspects. 9) _______

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11) Idea generation by two or more people thinking as freely as possible is formally known as 10) ______
________.
A) The learning curve B) Clap -trapping C) Gap analysis
D) Brainstorming
E) Forced relationships

12) If we take two or more words of interest and consider them together they will suggest new 11) ______
topics. This is formally called ________.
A) The learning curve
B) Forced relationships C) Brainstorming
D) Clap -trapping
E) Gap analysis

13) Looking at past project titles, searchi ng relevant sources and engaging in discussion is associated 12) ______
with what?
 A) Creative thinking B) Rational thinking C) Brainstorming D) None of the above
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
14) Creative thinking is a technique for generating and refining research ideas. 13) ______

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
15) A symmetry of potential outcomes means that the project ________. 14) ______
A) Starts with a quantitative stag e and ends with a quantitative stage B) Will be valuable whatever the
outcome
C) Starts with a qualitative stage and ends with a quali tative
stage D) Will be reliable whatever the outcome

16) Which of the following attributes is NOT ass ociated with a good research topic? 15) ______
A) Timely B) Feasible C) Repetitive D) Fascinating

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
17) Practicality should not be an attribute of a good research topic. 16) ______

18) Once a good research topic has been chosen it should not be revisited or refined. 17) ______

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
18) The title of the section of a proposal (or a final report) which has a discussion of the possible 18) ______
ways to carry out a research project is ________.

A) Hypothesis B) Method C) Hypotheses D) Methodology

19) Which of these is NOT a reporting format? 19) ______

A) Email report
B) Spoken presentation C) Focus
group
D) Poster display
E) Typed report

20) What is the difference between research questions and research objectives? 20) ______
A) No difference, they are the same
B) Th e wording of one is likely to be more specific than
the other C) One of these is proposed by a supervisor
D) The question is worded by the researcher, the objective is not

21) Understanding the relationship between followers and leaders. What does this statement 21) ______
resemble?
A) A research objective B) A research question
C) Both D) None
 22) "How does the presence of interviewers influence the answers of interviewees?" This is a 22) ______
________.
A) A research question B) A research objective
C) Both D) None

23) These research tasks are slightly out of order. Which one should be moved? The study asked 23) ______
2000 people about Christmas shopping.
A) The costs of research were calculated B) People interviewed
C) A timetable was created D) The questionnaire was written
E) Tables produced F) Secondary sources consulted
24) Which one of these is NOT a section of a proposal? 24) ______
A) Timing B) Methodology
C) Background to the problem D) Research question and objectives
E) Costs F) Abstract

25) What helps to agree timing, agree resource allocation and also draws boundaries? 25) ______
A) The proposal B) The final report
C) The questionnaire D) The observatio n form

26) All of these may appear in a research proposal, but which one will ALWAYS appear? 26) ______
A) Creative Objective B) Business Objective,
C) Research Objective D) Marketing Objective

27) Which word fills all the blanks in this extract: We talk about generating ________, 27) ______
testing_______, rejecting ________.
A) Questions B) Aims C) Hypotheses D)
Objectives

28) In research we have null ________. 28) ______

A) Objectives B) Questions C) Hypotheses D) Aims

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
29) A hypothesis is a proposition. 29) ______

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
30) Projects do go wrong. In one case a student left everything until the last minute. This could have 30) ______
been avoided by reasonable measures. Which ONE of the following would have been realistic
and would have helped the most with this problem?
A) Asking for the deadline to be changed
B) Being less ambitious C)
Using SPSS
D) Using a Gantt Chart
E) Setting a clear objective
 31) Projects do go wrong. In one case a student was indecisive and collected anything, just in case it 31) ______
came in useful: Web sites, photocopies, brochures, the questionnaire even included irrelevant
questions, just in case the information could be useful. Which ONE of the following would have
been realistic and would have helped the most with this problem?
A) Using a Gantt Chart
B) Using SPSS
C) Being less ambitious
D) Setting a clear objective
E) Regular progress re ports to the supervisor

32) Projects do go wrong. In one case a students conclusion was not acceptable. She jumped to that 32) ______
conclusion because it seemed to her to be the right answer. Which ONE of the following would
have been realistic and would have helped the most with this problem?
A) Being less ambitious
B) Regular progress reports to the supervisor C) Asking for
the deadline to be chang ed
D) Using SPSS
E) Working closely with the information collected
33) Projects do go wrong. In one case a student could not analyse the data collected, she was not 33) ______
capable. Which ONE of the following would have been realistic and would have helped the most with this
problem?
A) Being less ambitious
B) Asking for the deadline to be changed C) Using SPSS
D) Using a Gannt Chart
E) Regular meetings with the supervisor

34) A student plans a research project, it is called A Description of Im. On the limited information we 34)
______ have (the Title) which ONE of these best applies to the idea?
A) It is wide B) It has an acceptable purpose
C) It has an acceptable method D) It is narrow

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
35) Research objectives will start with one of the words: What, Why and How. 35) ______

36) It is generally accepted that Research objectives require more rigorous thinking which derives from the 36)
______ use of more formal language.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
37) What is a possible explanation that we may or may not agree with.? 37) ______
A) The Objective B) The Research Question C) Grounded theory D) The
Hypothesis

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
38) The proposal will talk in the past tense, the final report is written in the future tense. 38) ______

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
39) The timing section of a re port will NOT include ________. 39) ______
 A) Deadlines for submitting the final report B) Progress report dates
C) Guidelines on ethics D) Deadlines for ending data collection

40) Which of the following is not a type of theory ________. 40) ______
A) Grand theory B) Middle -range theory
C) Substantive theory D) Small -range theory

1) FALSE
2) FALSE
3) TRUE
4) A
5) D
6) D
7) B
8) TRUE
9) FALSE
10) D
11) B
12) B
13) TRUE
14) B
15) C
16) FALSE
17) FALSE
18) D 19) C
20) B
21) A

22) A
23)
E 24) F
25) A
26) C
27) C
28) C
29) TRUE
30) D
31) D
32) E
33) E
34) A
35) FALSE
36) TRUE
37) D
38) FALSE
39) C
40) D