ATMAKUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE

NELLOREPALEM, ATMAKUR, NELLORE (DT), AP-524322 INDIA.

II-I B.TECH IMID EXAMINATIONS

Subject: HVPE
Date : 29/09/2014(F.N)

Duration: 20 Min
Branch: MECH
OBJECTIVE TYPE

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Signature of the Invigilator:

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The ability to draw new conclusions on the basis of already known facts is
A) sensory experience
B) expert opinion
C) logic.
D) Scientific method.
A defining characteristic of studies that use the scientific method is
A) that the research B) The
acceptance
of C) results that lead to D) That
stated
procedures
and
expert opinion when
cause-and-effect
hypotheses
are
outcomes are public.
results are inconclusive.
conclusions.
proven true.
A characteristic of the scientific method is that
A) any researcher can B) the methods used C) conclusions
are D) findings frequently
replicate the study.
can be understood
tentative
and
contradict personal
only by experts
subject to change.
experience.
The variable manipulated by the researcher in an experiment is called the
A)

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independent
C) dependent
D) Extraneous
variable
variable
variable.
A researcher conducted an experiment to see if increasing water consumption lessens the visible effects of [
rosacea, a common skin condition. The dependent variable in this experiment was
A) rosacea. B) increased
water C) the amount of water D) the visible condition of the
consumption.
consumed.
skin.
Which of the following would not be an appropriate synonym for the dependent variable?
[
A)

Response variable.

outcome variable

B)

B)

response variable

C) effected variable

D) experimental variable

An example of a quantitative variable is the

A)
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month
of B) highest educational C) time taken to complete a D) Telephone area
birth
degree earned.
spatial reasoning task.
code.
Which of the following is the foremost ethical question a researcher must address?
[
A) Can I keep the names B) Are participants C) Will other scientists be D) Is
deception
of the participants
protected from
able to replicate my
absolutely
confidential?
harm?
study?
necessary?
When does the scientific community permit research that may cause participants harm?
[
A) When the participants B) When the participants C) When
the D) The
scientific
are under the care of a
agree to participate in
potential value
community never
legal guardian who
exchange
for
of the study for
permits research
signs a consent form.
substantial
humans is very
that may cause
remuneration.
high.
harm.
The ethical principle that data collected from subjects should be kept confidential means that
[

A)

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data should be B) Researchers

should C) Names
can
be D) participants should not
collected from
never reveal the names
released with the data
be told how they scored
anonymous
of participants when
only to other research
on
the
study's
participants.
they report results.
professionals.
measuring instruments.
Who is protected by the law of privileged communications?
[
A) researchers,
B) researchers,
C) researchers, attorneys, D) attorneys, physicians,
physicians,
and
attorneys, and
and members of the
and members of the
members of the clergy
physicians
clergy
clergy
The Education Index is one example of a
[
A) general reference B) primary source
C) secondary source. D) professional journal.

Which of the following is least likely to be a primary source?

A) an article in a professional B) a dissertation
C)
journal

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a textbook

D)

a paper presented
at a professional
conference

]
]

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Which of the following descriptor combinations will produce the most references?
A) peer editing and peer B) peer editing or peer C) (peer editing or D) (peer editing and
groups and writing
groups or writing
peer groups) and
peer groups) or
instruction
instruction
writing instruction
writing instruction
The most directly pertinent information to read in a literature review will usually come from
A) Scholarly books and B) Journal articles and C) Research reports and D) the World Wide Web
journal articles.
research reports.
the World Wide Web.
and scholarly books
The primary advantage that the World Wide Web has brought to literature reviews is
A) more time efficiency B) a
strong C) Increased
certainty D) Immediate access
when conducting a
classification system
that information is
to a wide variety
literature search.
that
is
globally
reliable and credible.
of
current
accepted.
materials.
Which of the following best describes how research should usually be presented in the body of a literature
review report?
A) The major findings of B) Most of the details of C) The abstract of D) Only
the
the study should be
how the study was
the
research
reference to the
briefly reported.
conducted should be
should
be
study should be
carefully described.
paraphrased.
provided.
A meta-analysis is a method researchers use to
A) Obtain a complete B) Determine
the C) Combine
the D) Verify
the
set of references
credibility of another
results of selected
accuracy of their
about a specified
researcher's
studies of one
research results.
topic.
conclusions.
topic.
Researchers need to be familiar with these three basic types of sources:

A)

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general references, B) general

references, C) tertiary references, D) general references,
historical resources,
primary resources, and
primary resources,
primary resources,
and
secondary
secondary resources.
and
secondary
and
statistical
resources.
resources
resources.
Which of the following is not one of the steps involved in a literature review?
A) ignore secondary B) define the research C) select and peruse one D) obtain and read
sourcesry sources
problem as precisely
or two appropriate
relevant primary
as possible
general
reference
sources
works
The degree to which results of a study can be extended to other settings or conditions describes
A) population
B) Conclusions researchers C) Conclusions researchers D) Ecological
generalizability
make about a random
make about information
generalizability
sample.
uncovered in research
.
study.
Population generalizability refers to
A) Conclusions
B) Conclusions
C)
The degree to D) the degree to
researchers
make
researchers
make
which a sample
which results of a
about a random
about
information
represents
the
study can be
sample.
uncovered in research
population
of
extended to other
study.
interest.
settings
or
conditions.
The purpose of stratified random sampling is to make certain that
A) every member of the B) the
sample C) the
participants D) the sample is more
population has an equal
proportionately
chosen for the
representative of
chance
of
being
represents
study are the ones
the
target
selected for the sample.
individuals
from
most likely to
population
than
different categories
react
to
the
the
accessible
of the population.
treatment.
population.
Which of the following is an example of a nonrandom sampling method?
A) convenience sampling
B) stratified random C) simple random
D) cluster random
sampling
Which of the following is an example of a random sampling method?
A) purposive sampling
B) two-stage
C) systematic
D) convenience
random sampling
sampling
sampling

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Which of the following is not an example of a random sampling method?

A) systematic sampling
B) stratified random
simple random D)
sampling
sampling
The greatest threat to external validity in this study is
the
use
of D)
students
from
only one district.

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A) the division of the sample B) the use of only C)

into two groups of 25.
50 students in the
sample.
The method of sampling used in the study is
A) simple random sampling.

cluster
sampling.

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D)

B) convenient.

C)

representative of D)
the population.

Which of the following is an example of a random sampling method?

A) systematic sampling
B) convenience
C) purposive
sampling
sampling

D)

the use of only

two
different
study techniques.
convenience
sampling.

The best sample is one that is

A) a systematic sample.

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B) stratified random C)
sampling.

[
cluster random

purposefully
selected.

cluster random