Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Schools Division Office – Valenzuela
VICENTE P. TRINIDAD NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Ruby St., Sta. Lucia Village Phase V, Punturin, Valenzuela City
THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION IN INQUIRIES, INVESTIGATIONS, AND IMMERSION
SY: 2022 – 2023

Shade the letter of your answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following statements is correct about the importance of research?
A. Grades cannot fuel the mind of a student to ask and to seek answers to all of his questions.
B. Inquiry to a certain matter triggers the interest of an individual to pursue and continue to discover
other things.
C. Only localization requires us to push further in technological discovery, high agricultural productions,
and more.
D. After discovering the answers to his inquiry, no other questions will be formed, and the cycle of
searching for answers never stop.

2. Which among the following is a false statement about the importance of research?
A. Research serves as the bridge in achieving the goal of discovering many technological advances.
B. Research writing became an instrument to transfer knowledge and facilitates learning in everyday life
of an individual.
C. Research equipped us some skills in learning management. It thought as a system on how to process
knowledge and turn it into wisdom.
D. Formal education on research expose the students on different issues making them unfamiliar to
problem solving and some popular solution.

3. This refers to the moral principles designed by the society based on the cultural understanding of human
on what is moral to do.
A. Ethics B. Quality C. Quantity D. System

4. Which among the characteristics of research describes as a study that requires critical examination in all
data?
A. Analytical B. Controlled C. Numerical D. Systematic

5. In the academe, which is an example of an unethical objective of research?

A. to alter the result C. to give information
B. to assess theories D. to contribute on all disciplines

6. Which among the following research concepts should you do if you need to quantify the research problem
by reciprocating numerical data?
A. Historical Research C. Quantitative research
B. Hypothesis and Coding D. Qualitative research

7. Which characteristic of research is displayed if a study was not influenced by the personal beliefs or
motives of its researcher and all its findings are logically based on realistic data?
A. Controlled B. Empirical C. Numerical D. Objective

8. Which of the following words can complete the word analogy? Qualitative: _____, Quantitative: Ranking
A. Coding B. Computing C. Scoring D. Testing

9. What kind of data a researcher should collect for the analysis of his qualitative research?
A. Result of voting C. Narratives from people
B. Quantifiable data D. Answers from ranking survey

10. Which of the following steps in qualitative research can be done to analyze its data?
A. Count the number of polls C. Rank the answers of participant
B. Analyze the quantifiable data D. Code and identify the patterns

11. Which is not a characteristic of a qualitative research?

A. pure research C. exploratory in nature
B. ranking of orders D. used to analyze reasoning

12. Which of the following statements is considered as weakness of qualitative research?

A. Allows the subjects to discover more the situations that surrounds them through the process.
B. Data gathering is more rigid and time-consuming compared to quantitative studies.
C. Can clarify different situations or factors that is existing.
D. This research is flexible and can adapt to modifications.
13. Which among the statements is considered as strength of qualitative research?
A. The gathered data are based from the subjects’ own perspectives.
B. The outcome can be affected by the researchers’ personal point of view.
C. Data gathered by the subjects, is sometimes affected by the presence of the researchers while
answering.
D. The researcher is demanded to be always versatile whenever a progress leads to another
interesting or valuable subject.

14. Alfredo is writing his case study about the reasons for the absenteeism of a Senior High School student.
After his interview with his respondent, he transcribed his interview and started the coding of the data. He
realizes that his data is not enough. So, he created a survey instrument for 30 more people, presumably as an
addition to his respondent. If Alfredo is writing a qualitative study, which among in his steps is wrong?
A. Coding of data C. Interview of his subject
B. Choosing a case study D. Surveying for 30 students

15. What kind of qualitative research takes a dip in the subjects’ field to understand the background, where
the respondents are coming from and what kind of culture do they belong or grew up to?
A. Ethnography B. Grounded Theory C. Narrative D. Phenomenological

16. If researcher describes the subjects’ stories or experiences through sets of interviews and series of
interviews are undertaken to be able to know the full story or sequence of events that happened on the
subjects’ life, what kind of qualitative research it is?
A. Ethnography B. Grounded Theory C. Narrative D. Phenomenological

17. Which kind of qualitative research is referring to the study of series of events and the researcher may opt
to use the past events that occurred in connection with a certain type of subject?
A. Phenomenological B. Grounded Theory C. Ethnography D. Case Study

18. If the researcher tries to look at the probable cause on how and why an event or phenomena exists, what
kind of qualitative research it is?
A. Case study B. Ethnography C. Grounded Theory D. Narrative

19. This tackles the different previous studies or research that serve as a guide in writing down the
researcher’s chosen topic.
A. Introduction C. Scope and Delimitations
B. Literature Review D. Methodology

20. Which of the following citations is found in the reference list?

A. Direct Quotation B. In-text Citation C. Multiple List entry D. Reference Citation

21. This is the short citation found in the text where concepts are adapted to.
A. Direct Quotation B. In-text Citation C. Multiple List entry D. Reference Citation

22. Which of the following statements best describes the research problem?
A. It summarizes the ideas of the researcher’s study.
B. It is the justification of the study to be labelled as important research.
C. It discusses the gap of the study and clarifies its importance to specific area of discipline.
D. These are boundaries including the limits in your variable, certain procedures which you include
or did not include in your study.

23. This consists of the details of when the research is published and is written alphabetically.
A. Direct Quotation C. Multiple List entry
B. In-text Citation D. Reference List Entry

24. It is one of the components of research problem write -up that place the research problem into the bigger
setting.
A. Rationale of the problem C. Significant of the study
B. Background of the study D. Research question

25. In the statement, “The enrollment date given by the school registrar is tentative so the students have
several days more to catch up before the deadline”, what is the conceptual definition of the word tentative?
A. Fixed B. Temporary C. Slowly D. Recorded

26. Which of the following methods of citation follows the APA referencing style?
A. Full surname first, then followed by initials of first and middle name
B. Full surname first, then followed by full first name and optional middle name
C. Full name first, then followed by initials of first and middle name
D. Full name first, then followed by full first name and optional middle name

27. This refers to any variable that is not part of the investigation in the study that can potentially affect the
outcomes of the research.
A. Independent Variable C. Dependent Variable
B. Extraneous Variable D. Confounding Variable
28. Which citation style below is true about MLA referencing style?
A. Full surname first, then followed by initials of first and middle name
B. Full surname first, then followed by full first name and optional middle name
C. Full name first, then followed by initials of first and middle name
D. Full name first, then followed by full first name and optional middle name

29. Which of the following statements describes the conceptual framework of the study?
A. Is a theory regarding the topic under investigation usually shown as diagram.
B. It explains the hypothesized relationships among variables thus making it easy to understand the
arguments advanced by the study.
C. Is a theory regarding the topic under investigation usually shown as figures.
D. It explains the relationships among variables thus making it easy to understand the arguments
advanced by the study.

30. In the study of “Sleep behavior and its relationships to Academic Achievement”, what would be the scope
and delimitation of the study?
A. This study is delimited on the sleep behavior and its relationships to academic achievement of
Grades 7-10 junior high school students in Upper Tumapok National High School for the School
Year 2017.
B. This study is delimited on the sleep behavior and its relationships to academic achievement of
students in Upper Tumapok National High School for the School Year 2017- 2018. The
participants in the experiment were chosen by purposive sampling.
C. This study is delimited on the sleep behavior and its relationships to academic achievement of
Grades 7-10 junior high school students in Upper Tumapok National High School for the School
Year 2017- 2018. The participants in the study were chosen by purposive sampling.
D. This study is delimited on the sleep behavior and its relationships of Grades 7-10 junior high
school students in Upper Tumapok National High School for the School Year 2017- 2018. The
participants in the experiment were chosen by purposive sampling.

31. How can you differentiate a dependent variable from an independent variable?
A. Dependent variable is missing, independent variable is present.
B. Dependent variable does not depend on changes in the independent variable.
C. Dependent variable is the variable being manipulated, while independent variable is the variable
being tested.
D. Dependent variable is the outcome variable, independent variable is the treatment variable.

32. Which of the following is a best example of discrete and continuous variables?
A. The number of fingers we have, the number of women in a family.
B. The distance from the school, the time travel by the students.
C. Number of employees of a company, delivery cost of fast food to the company.
D. The number of students in the school, the length of the tallest building of the school.

33. Arrange the following questions below to represent a statement of the problem in the study
“Sleep behavior and its relationships to Academic Achievement”.
1. What is the relationship of sleep behavior to the academic performance of the students?
2. What is the academic achievement of the student?
3. What is the sleep behavior of the students?
4. Is there a significant relationship between the sleep behavior and the academic performance
of the students?
A. 2-3-1-4 B. 3-2-4-1 C. 3-2-1-4 D. 2-3-4-1

35. If you are to design/create research that is useful in daily life, what guidelines should you follow?
A. Consider the acceptability and the applicability in choosing a research topic.
B. Consider the area affected that you would like to investigate, whether historically, descriptively, or
experimentally.
C. Researchers should select a research topic that they are not interested in.
D. Required data can be made available to the researcher and the entire research agenda is
manageable in size.

36. Why is it important for a researcher to maintain the integrity of the research protocol?
A. To provide a better work environment for the research team
B. To make the study look more professional
C. To ensure the study is conducted correctly
D. To guarantee publication of the study results

37. What is the purpose of writing a background of the study?

A. To give readers an overview of the topic
B. To explain to the readers why the study should be conducted
C. To identify research gaps that can be filled in by the study
D. All of the above
38. This part of the background of the study explains the goal of your research study.
A. Context of the Topic C. General information about the topic
B. Rationale/Justification of the Topic D. All statements are correct

39. Which part of the background of the study discusses the specific topic/issue that you want to address, as
well as the persons directly or indirectly involved in the issue?
A. Context of the topic C. General information about the topic
B. Rationale/justification of the topic D. General topic of the study

40. In the study “Sleep behavior of Senior High School Students and its relationships to their Academic
Achievement”, who will be the focus of the study?
A. Sleep behavior of the students
B. Senior High School Students
C. Senior High School students with Sleeping Behaviors
D. Relationship of sleeping behavior to Academic performance of the students

41. Which of the following can be the first statement of the problem for the research problem “A study on the
relation between age and internet search engine preference” ?
A. What are the internet search engine preferences of the respondents?
B. Is there a significant difference between the age and internet search engine preference of the
respondents?
C. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age?
D. Is there a significant difference between the age and internet search engine preference of the
respondents?

42. This part indicates the major purpose and the specific objectives for the conduct of the study.
A. Context of the study C. Scope of the study
B. Significance of the study D. Rationale

43. In the study “Early reading matters: A study of Effective Reading Strategies for Every Learner”, who
benefits the most?
A. Teacher B. Learner C. Parents D. School Administrators

44. In the study on “Different Ways of Teaching Mathematics”, which of the following is not the research
focus?
A. Parents study habits C. Teaching Strategies
B. Math Achievement Level D. Math Anxiety

45. It is a process where the researcher is restating or rewording someone’s ideas, passage, or statements.
A. Paraphrase B. In-text Citation C. Summary D. Direct Quote

46. It is a tentative theory regarding the topic under investigation usually shown as a diagram.
A. Significance of the study C. Conceptual framework
B. Scope and delimitations of the study D. Background of the Study

47. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work (has
no citation).
A. Paraphrase B. Primary Source C. Plagiarism D. Database

48. It is a written synthesis of the related reference materials read for the study such as journal articles,
books, and other documents that describe the past and current state of the information about the focus of the
study.
A. Literature Review C. Related literature
B. Referencing Styles D. Grey Literature

49. Jessa found a passage that she wanted to copy as a related literature for her research paper, what
process of condensing the passage must she do to avoid plagiarism?
A. Outlining the passage C. Getting the secondary Source.
B. Summarizing the passage D. Paraphrasing the passage.

50. This refers to the subject matter of the study and the population from which they will be selected. This
population needs to be large enough to be able to generalize.
A. Respondents B. Questions C. Place D. Process