Question 1. Research skills are primarily valued for which of the following reasons?
Their role in aiding memorization
Improving problem solving ability
Impressiveness for entry-level job positions
Creating beliefs and faith-based opinions
Question 2. How are method sources MOST relevant to researchers?
They provide readers with claims to dispute evidence.
They provide readers with materials to accept basic premises as truthful.
They offer readers a particular procedure or perspective to assess usefulness.
They offer readers concrete data or examples to assess claims.
Question 3. A good thesis statement begins with, "In this essay, I will..."
True
False
Question 4. Which of the following considerations is NOT an important question to ask when choosing a database?
Does the database provide full-text or abstracts?
Are the articles in the database difficult to understand?
Does the database offer electronic delivery?
How current are the publications?
Question 5. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a thesis?
To respond to one or more researchers' positions
To prove a point
To present a straightforward definition of the topic
To cite relevant evidence to support your argument
Question 6. Which of the following is NOT considered a viable criterion for evaluating sources?
Credibility
Relevance of subject matter
Ease with which it was found online
Expertise of author
Question 7. Researchers can BEST develop and refine their research question in which ONE of the following ways?
Keep the original wording the same.
Use the successful search terms in gathered sources to rewrite the question.
Make the research question as detailed as possible, including all possibilities.
Rewrite the research question to cover a larger issue.
Question 8. Which of the following DOES NOT describe a characteristic of news, trade, and popular sources?
They may be subject to editorial review or review by industry practitioners.
They make assertions without always providing readers with verification of evidence.
They are written primarily to educate or entertain.
They use a broad citation system to document sources.
Question 9. What is the best way to describe the concept of a "community of thinkers"?
Insistence of the truth of one's own beliefs on a subject
Exchange and contribution of ideas among critical thinkers
Discussion within groups of like-minded individuals
Heated debates where one side clearly wins the argument
Question 10. Researchers are LEAST likely to want to know which of the following from their sources?
How other researchers have framed their questions
What existent data proved useful in previous research
Popular opinions on their topic
False starts other researchers have taken
Question 11. The concept of "search construction" allows researchers to do all of the following, EXCEPT:
Find synonyms for key words
Identify potential search terms
Specify relationships between key terms
Keep their searches as broad as possible
Question 12. When writing a thesis paragraph, you should AVOID
explaining the significance of your thesis.
claiming other authors' ideas as your own.
establishing your own perspective in a scholarly debate.
articulating your thesis as a response to established research.
Question 13. Using the acronym "BEAM" helps researchers in which of the following ways?
It teaches students how to find sources in the library and how to use them in research.
It helps students remember the different types of sources by using an everyday term.
It makes the different types of writing abstract and complex.
It helps students learn new vocabulary words.
Question 14. Synthesizing research is important work for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Diversity of opinion
Comprehensive scope
Freedom from complications
Open-ended interpretations
Question 15. We can expect that the work of research will NOT provide us with which of the following?
New and exciting perspectives
Inspiration for related research projects
Clear and definitive solutions
New insight into the research topic
Question 16. Course textbooks are useful resources for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT:
They provide a short overview of the topic.
They help researchers understand the specialized language of a field.
They feature the most recent academic debates on the topic.
They give readers a general sense of the important topics in the field.
Question 17. "Classic" and "Rogerian" are types of what?
Argument
Syllogism
Logic
Music
Question 18. Valuable research writing is expected to do all of the following EXCEPT:
Provide new information to reinterpret previous researchers' findings.
Examine corrections to possible errors in previous research.
Repeat well-established information without further discussion.
Explore answers to questions arising from previous research.
Question 19. The primary purpose of a literature review is to do which of the following?
Expose the errors of researchers from a competing institution.
Offer the final word on a controversial topic.
Personally contribute to an ongoing field of inquiry.
Publish and earn scholarly income.
Question 20. Which search option is NOT part of the academic databases?
Subject search
Keyword search
Dictionary search
Author/title search