PRELIM EXAM PART 1

Instructions:
Read each question and answer choice carefully and choose the ONE best answer. Try to answer all
questions.
1. _________ mean approaches e.g. qualitative, quantitative and the
academic discipline in which you
have been trained.*
1 point

Validity
Unbiased and objective
Philosophies
Reliability

2. _________ means that correct procedures have been applied to find

answers to a question.
*
1 point

Validity
Unbiased and objective
Philosophies
Reliability

3. _________ refers to the quality of a measurement procedure that

provides repeatability and accuracy.
*
1 point

Validity
Unbiased and objective
Philosophies
Reliability

4. _________ means that you have taken each step in an unbiased

manner and drawn each conclusion to the best of your ability and
without introducing your own vested interest.
*
1 point

Validity
Unbiased and objective
Philosophies
Reliability

5. _________ is a structured enquiry that utilizes acceptable scientific

methodology to solve problems and create new knowledge that is
generally applicable.
*
1 point

Research
Research methodology
Research method
Research application

6. This implies that the procedure adopted to undertake an

investigation follow a certain logical sequence.
*
1 point

Systematic
Valid and verifiable
Empirical
Critical

7. This concept implies that whatever you conclude on the basis of

your findings is correct and can be verified by you and others.
*
1 point

Systematic
Valid and verifiable
Empirical
Critical

8. This means that any conclusions drawn are based upon hard
evidence gathered from information collected from real life
experiences or observations.
*
1 point

Systematic
Valid and verifiable
Empirical
Critical
9. _________ is a process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting
information to answer questions.
*
1 point

Research
Research methodology
Research method
Research application

10. What are the two broad categories of research?

*
1 point

Pure research and applied research

Pure research and application research
Applied research and application research
None of the above

11. It is a structured enquiry that utilizes acceptable scientific

methodology to solve problems and create new knowledge that is
generally applicable.
*
1 point

Research
Application
Pure research
Applied research

12. It involves developing and testing theories and hypotheses that are
intellectually challenging to the researcher but may or may not have
practical application at the present time or in the future.
*
1 point

Applied research
Pure research
Research
Descriptive research

13. It is done to solve specific, practical questions; for policy

formulation, administration and understanding of a phenomenon.
*
1 point

Explanatory research
Descriptive research
Applied Research
Pure research

14. It attempts to describe systematically a situation, problem,

phenomenon, service or program, or provides information about , say,
living condition of a community, or describes attitudes towards
an issue.
*
1 point

Descriptive research
Explanatory research
Correlational research
Exploratory research

15. It attempts to discover or establish the existence of a relationship/

interdependence between two or more aspects of a situation.
*
1 point

Correlational research
Exploratory research
Explanatory research
Descriptive research

16. It attempts to clarify why and how there is a relationship between

two or more aspects of a situation or phenomenon.
*
2 points

Explanatory research
Correlational research
Descriptive research

17. It is undertaken to explore an area where little is known or to

investigate the possibilities of undertaking a particular research study
(feasibility study/pilot study).
*
2 points

Descriptive research
Exploratory research
Explanatory research
Correlational research

18. It is an investigation on basic principles and reasons for

occurrence of a particular event or process or phenomenon.
*
2 points

Research
Detailed research
Basic research
Applied research

19. It is based on the measurement of quantity or amount.

*
2 points

Qualitative research
Quantitative research
Action research
Applied research

20. Itis concerned with qualitative phenomenon involving quality

*
2 points

Action research
Applied research
Quantitative research
Qualitative research

PRELIM EXAM PART 2

Instructions:
Read each question and answer choice carefully and choose the ONE best answer. Try to answer all
questions.
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1. It concerns about resources of whole operations and not only to
insure that the operation is working.*
1 point

Production Process
Theory Building
Conceptual Abstract
Empirical Level

2. What are the needs to investigate how the industry treats the IT
systems?
*
1 point

Mind set and Power

Allegation and Believed
Integration Losses and Adaptive
Empirical Level and Process

3. There is a lack of empirical studies explaining of how should the

maintenance integrating with?
*
1 point

Researcher System
Theory System
Company System
Data System

4. It usually requires more expertise and resources to collect ______?

*
1 point

System
Data
Abstract
Method

5. It can use these methods as thematic analysis to interpret patterns

and meanings in the data.
*
1 point

Quantitative
Quantitative Data
Qualitative
Qualitative Data

6. Can often adjust your methods as you go to develop new knowledge

*
1 point

Quantitative
Quantitative Data
Qualitative
Qualitative Data

7. All the operational resources that transform that satisfy customer

needs.
*
1 point

Input to Output
Output to Input
Input to Input
Output to Output

8. The approach begins with a theory and uses theory to guide which
observations to make it moves from the general to the particular.
*
1 point

Purpose
Integration Process
Relevance
Theory Testing

9. Is any original information that you collect for the purposes of

answering your research question.
*
1 point

Primary Data
Delimitation
Descriptive
Data

10. It can allow describing your research subject without influencing

it.
*
1 point
Technique
Relevance
Descriptive
Experiments

11. Is information that has already been collected by other researcher?

*
1 point

Primary Data
Quantitative Data
Secondary Data
Qualitative Data

12. Can eliminated or reduce the overlapping and frictions within

specific process.
*
1 point

Suitable Integration Practices

Variation In Demand
Maintenance Process
Method and Techniques

13. Can be used to systematically describe large collections of things

*
1 point

Quantitative
Experimental
Qualitative
Explanatory

14. This is supporting the suitable within the complicated conditions

*
1 point

Mixed Method
Limitation and Delimitation
Method and Techniques
Presentation of the Problem

15. Which tries to insure that plant, systems, machines and equipment
are working?
*
1 point
Integration Process
Maintenance Process
Production Process
Human Management Process

16. It deals with employment aspects

*
1 point

Integration Process
Maintenance Process
Production Process
Human Management Process

17. They shall describe the difference between existing system’s

capabilities with the lacks
*
1 point

Author
Student
Researcher
Producer

18. Refers to the overall strategy that you choose to integrate the
different components.
*
1 point

Research Design
Research Method
Research Data
Research Description

19. Descriptions can be concrete or abstract.

*
1 point

Descriptive Research
Explanatory Research
Research Method
Experimental Research

20. It is quite a different thing to develop explanations about why the

crime rate is as high as it is.
*
1 point

Experimental Research
Descriptive Research
Explanatory Research
Research Method

21. There is a lack of empirical studies explaining of how should the

maintenance integrating with company systems.
*
1 point

Purpose
Methods
Relevance

Process

22. The scope may focus on specific variables, specific participants

and specific sites,
*
1 point

Formulation
Scope
Limitation
Delimitation

23. Adequate and user-friendly model for identifying the integration

losses is one of the motivating reasons.
*
1 point

Working Ability
Systematic
Theoretically Crystallite
Feasibility

24. One of powerful feature of the model to show that increasing the
recognition of integration role.
*
1 point

Working Ability
Systematic
Theoretically Crystallite
Feasibility

25. Aim to identify potential weaknesses of the study for all statistical
procedures and research strategies.
*
1 point

Delimitation
Limitation
Mixed Method
Feasibility