1. Although the Internet and its search engines present extensive amounts of information, the informations quality and credibility must be continuously evaluated. This reflects which of the following factors that stimulate the interest in studying research methods?

1. Information overload
2. Government intervention
3. Computing power and speed
4. Technological connectivity

2. Which of the following statement (s) is (are) not the definition of research?

1. Research is the scientific and systematic approach to obtaining and confirming used and unreliable knowledge
2. All are correct definitions.
3. Research means finding answers to the questions.
4. Research is a systematic search for the truth.

3. Which of the followings doesnt indicate a characteristic of good research?

1. High ethical standard
2. Credentials
3. Unambiguous presentation
4. Limited analysis

4. Loyalty to a Swapno Grocery store increases the probability of purchasing that stores private brand products is an example of ____ hypothesis.

1. exploratory
2. explanatory
3. descriptive
4. causal

5. Which of the following is not true about variables?

1. Salary is an example of continuous variable.
2. Dependent variable is regarded as consequence where independent is regarded as antecedent.
3. Number of chocolates in a box is an example of continuous variable.
4. Heights of family members are an example of continuous variable.

6. Does the hypothesis provide a framework for organizing the conclusions that result?- This statement reflects which of the following criteria for developing a strong hypothesis?

1. Adequate for its purpose
2. Testable
3. Better than rivals
4. Statistically justified

7. Which of the following is not correct?

1. Choosing one management dilemma on which to focus may be difficult.
2. Declining sales is a problem not a symptom.
3. Increasing employee turnover in a restaurant is a symptom.
4. Management dilemma is usually a symptom of an actual problem

8. Government agencies, not-for-profits, and the private sector alike willfrequently manage research activities out of functional budgets which is referred as

1. Rule-of-Thumb budgeting.
2. Departmental budgeting
3. Task budgeting
4. Ad-hoc budgeting

9. Which of the following requires that the researcher examine or count all elements in the target population?

1. Sample
2. Target population
3. Census
4. Pilot testing

10. Recording license plates in a restaurant parking lot and using an online survey among owners of laptops returned after servicing are examples of ___ and ___ respectively.

1. experiment; monitoring
2. communication; monitoring
3. communication; experiment
4. monitoring; communication

11. In order to consider individuals as customers for the research, the individuals must possess intention of spending 500 Taka per visit and visiting the shops at least 4 times a week before the research study begins. This is an example of ______.

1. mediating variable
2. conceptual framework
3. hypothesis
4. operational definition

12. Researchers who might be interested in whether installation of video surveillance cameras on the receiving dock and in stockrooms would reduce employee theft in mall stores are using

1. descriptive study
2. causal-predictive study.
3. causal explanatory study.
4. reporting study.

13. There are approaches adaptable for exploratory investigations such as to study body-motion communication and to evaluate historical or contemporary confidential or public records. These approaches are called ____ and ____ respectively.

1. ethnography; case study
2. kinesics; document analysis
3. projective technique; participants observation
4. proxemics; depth interview.

14. Research design is ____ that includes an outline of what the investigator will do from writing hypotheses and their operational implications to the final analysis of data.

1. the plan
2. the framework
3. the blueprint
4. the guide