ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES PROGRAM REVIEWER

1. Which of the following describes a position paper?

➢ IT PROVIDES ARGUMENTS THAT SUPPORT THE WRITER'S OPINION BASED ON THE
FACTS GATHERED.

2. Should not be considered in writing a position paper.

➢ PROVIDE THE ARGUMENT BUT NOT THE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE.

3. The part of the position paper may restate both sides of the argument, summarize the arguments, or provide a
call for action.
➢ CONCLUSION

4. An idea or arguable opinion that you have come up with on a given issue.
➢ CLAIM

5. An error in making an argument.

➢ FALLACY

6. NOT a characteristic of an issue to be chosen in writing a position paper.

➢ VAGUE

7. What statement supports the claim “Rice importation is seen as a solution to rice shortage in the country”?
➢ FEWER PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE HUNGER

8. What statement supports the claim “Homework should not be regarded as a required component of
education”?
➢ HOMEWORK MAKES LEARNERS CONCENTRATE LESS AT SCHOOL

9. What statement supports the claim “Technology has negative impacts on the youth”?
➢ TECHNOLOGY DESTROYS THE SOCIAL SKILLS OF THE YOUTH

10. In the statement “We must reduce the amount of money we spend on space exploration. Right now, the enemy
is launching a massive military buildup, and we need additional money to purchase military equipment to help
match the anticipated increase in the enemy’s strength, the conclusion of the following argument is,
➢ WE MUST REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPEND ON SPACE EXPLORATION

11. Opponent: We should relax the law governing the allowed smoking areas in the city.
Fallacy: We should not do so, because the number of smokers might increase.
What type of fallacy is observed in the given argument?
➢ STRAWMAN EFFECT

12. The movie has had horrible reviews. My sister saw it and said it was boring and her friend spotted three
mistakes. Pick a different movie- I am sure we can find something better. What is the conclusion in the
following argument?
➢ THE MOVIE IS BORING

13. The basic form of evidence that is created by thinking about facts and authoritative opinions.
➢ LOGICAL EVIDENCE

14. will help us make our readers believe in our claim.

➢ REASONS WITH GOOD EVIDENCE

15. The part of a position paper where we should we write the action plan or recommendation.
➢ CONCLUSION
16. The part of a position paper should we refute the counterclaim.
➢ ARGUMENT

17. Type of report that aims to gather the opinions of the respondents about a particular issue or topic.
➢ SURVEY REPORT

18. Type of report that presents the results or findings from experiments.
➢ LABORATORY REPORT

19. Type of report that uses a standard scientific report format describing methods, results, and conclusions to
report upon an empirical investigation.
➢ FIELD REPORT

20. Rosalie would like to find out the level of awareness and practices in solid waste management of Grade 11
students. In order for her to collect the necessary information, Rosalie should
➢ DESIGN A SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

21. Which of the following is considered a good questionnaire item?

➢ D. HOW OFTEN DO YOU SUBMIT YOUR LEARNING OUTPUTS IN ENGLISH?

22. Which of the following is considered a good questionnaire item?

➢ RATE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE SERVICE PROVIDED?

23. Mark is conducting research about the self-efficacy of working students from Grade 12. To gather the
necessary information for his research, he wrote a letter of consent from the school principal to ask
permission. The school principal allowed him to disseminate his questionnaire to the respondents and told him
to collect the questionnaire next week. What method of survey was administered in the given situation?
➢ C. PAPER-AND-PENCIL SURVEY

24. In research class, Alma’s teacher asked them to conduct a survey about an issue in their community among her
friends on Facebook. After formulating her questionnaire using Google forms, Alma sent the link to her
Facebook friends. Which of the following is the survey approach utilized by Alma?
➢ B. ONLINE SURVEY

25. Which of the following is a data collection method where the researcher will randomly select people and they
need to split them into experimental and control groups?
➢ A. EXPIREMENT

26. Which is a survey method that involves the researcher to probe the answers of the respondents and to observe
their behaviors?
➢ ONLINE SURVEY

27. In the research conducted by Mae Ann’s group, one of the questions included was “How do you cope with
your studies while doing a part-time job?” What type of question is this?
➢ OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS

28. Ethan asked his classmates to answer his survey questionnaire. One of the questions he asked from them was
“Have you played mobile legend during your free time? ____YES _____NO. The type of survey question
Ethan created is called.
➢ DICHOTOMOUS QUESTIONS

29. Referred to as a collection of facts such as values or measurements, observation or even just descriptions of
things.
➢ DATA
30. Group 1 administered an online survey among Grade 12- ABM students about their motivation and attitude
towards academic writing. After two days, Group 1 harvested the data from Google forms. The type of data
did Group 1 collected is called
➢ PRIMARY DATA

31. Which of the following rules is violated by the question, “Playing video games is not a good habit. Do you
agree?”
➢ AVOID LEADING QUESTIONS.

32. Mr. Atienza asked his class to write a letter of consent addressed to the school principal should they wish to
conduct the survey among the students in their school. Mr. Atienza’s class will observe this if they adhere to
his instructions.
➢ ETHICS

33. Which of the following refers to a short statement that includes the main purpose of the study, the
respondents, period of study, method of research, research instrument and sampling design?
➢

34. In writing the summary of findings, which of the following should NOT be included?
➢ THINKING THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION

35. A graphical display of data using bars of different heights.

➢ BAR GRAPH

37. Which of the following statements best describes what is shown in the
graph?
- THE NUMBER OF LEARNERS WE’VE HAD IN OUR COLLEGE
HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
38. Which of these statements best describes what is shown in the graph?
- THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE NUMBER
OF LEARNERS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

39. To help our readers understand the significance of our survey, which of the following should be considered?
➢ REPORT THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY IN A SEPARATE SECTION
40. The purpose of writing a survey report is
➢ TO CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF A RESEARCH TOPIC
41. Which of the following is a characteristic of a survey?
➢
42. Which of the following parts of a survey report presents the respondents, the method of data collection
utilized, and sampling technique?
➢ C. METHODOLOGY
43. In the survey report written by Marcela, she would like to highlight the interesting trends of the data she
gathered. Which part of the survey report should Marcela include this information?
➢ B. ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS
44. After the results of the survey have been reported, the next step that should be taken by the researchers is to
➢ SUMMARIZE THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY
45. Which of the following should NOT be included in the executive summary?
➢ ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
46. Part of a survey report that should include the graphs, charts, surveys, and testimonies is the
➢ APPENDICES
47. The part of a survey report that shows what we think are the solutions to the problem.
➢ RECOMMENDATION
48. Which of the structure of a survey report presents the data gathered and analyzed?
➢ B. MAIN BODY
49. Which of the following structures state the aim/purpose of the report, when and how the report was
gathered is called
➢ D. INTRODUCTION
50. Which among the sentences is NOT structurally correct?
➢ FINDINGS REVEALED THAT THE PARTICIPANTS CONSIDERED THEIR OUTPUT AN
ACHIEVEMENT AND THEY ALSO BELIEVED IT ENHANCED THEIR SELF-ESTEEM.