This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Research Vocabulary – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Research Vocabulary Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An article, book, website, etc. that you plan to quote in your paper A) Outline. B) Paraphrase. C) Revision. D) Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Source. 2. Imagine Luna and Sophia are on a detective mission in their science project. What does "Observation" involve in their research? A) The clues that help prove their hypothesis. B) The final answer after gathering all the evidence. C) Using their senses to gather information. D) The most important message in a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using their senses to gather information. 3. What does the term credible mean? A) Proof of something. B) Summarizing. C) Trustworthy; believable. D) Fake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trustworthy; believable. 4. Rewording of something written by someone else A) Direct quote. B) Credible source. C) Paraphrase. D) Plagiarism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paraphrase. 5. What should show after I enter my keywords and hit search? A) Error message. B) Results page. C) Nothing. D) Item Not Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Results page. 6. What is Paraphrase? A) The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work. B) To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit. C) A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date. D) To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words. 7. Fill in the blank: ..... is looking for new information and learning cool things by asking questions and exploring. A) Research. B) Cooking. C) Sleeping. D) Drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Research. 8. True or false:It's okay to drop in a quote all by itself, without any of your own words before. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. The type of primary research where you collect information without interacting with the participant. A) Experiment. B) Focus Group. C) Observation. D) Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observation. 10. A tendency to lean to one or the other side of an argument. A) Bias. B) MLA format. C) Controversial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 11. Locating facts about a topic using books, the internet or database sources A) Nonfiction. B) Research. C) Source. D) Works cited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Research. 12. The published articles in an academic field A) Measure. B) Hypothesis. C) Sample. D) Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Literature. 13. What is the primary purpose of an archive? A) B) To provide a place where people can examine a collection of primary sources to gather facts, data, and evidence. B) A) To store large amounts of data, especially audiovisual data. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B) To provide a place where people can examine a collection of primary sources to gather facts, data, and evidence. 14. Definition of a claim A) Will NOT offer facts and reasons to show the author's point of view and is NOT backed up with evidence. B) Argumentative text. C) The main idea, or arguable statement, that represents the author's position on a topic. D) A type of writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The main idea, or arguable statement, that represents the author's position on a topic. 15. Research can be defined as A) A careful or diligent work to reach a new understanding. B) Non-fiction text. C) Give credit to someone else's words. D) Your personal experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A careful or diligent work to reach a new understanding. 16. Which word means:To judge the quality or importance of information? A) Evaluate. B) Truth. C) Informational text. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaluate. 17. What do we call the resource which is a short introduction located at the beginning of a book? A) Index. B) Glossary. C) Preface. D) Table of contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preface. 18. An expression whose meaning means something elseIt is raining cats and dogs. A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 19. Which word means writing only someone's key ideas? A) Summarize. B) Quote. C) Paraphrase. D) Cite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summarize. 20. General subject area chosen or assigned for research A) Tranistion words. B) Keyword. C) Topic. D) Accurate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Topic. 21. A predator hunts other animals for food. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. A previous statement of factor assertion that serves as the basis for a further argument. A) Qualifiers:. B) Warrant:. C) Premise:. D) Simple argument:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Premise:. 23. Josh asked the same set of questions to a his geometry class to find out how many like football. A) Mean. B) Median. C) Survey. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Survey. 24. What is the best keyword if we want to find where something lives? A) Habitat. B) House. C) Office. D) Dwelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 25. What role do "Icons" play on web pages? A) They work the same way as hyperlinks. B) They serve as decorative graphics only. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They work the same way as hyperlinks. 26. To cite something is to ..... A) Quote as evidence giving credit to someone else. B) Give it a ticket. C) Put it in quotation marks. D) Yell out a name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quote as evidence giving credit to someone else. 27. What is the term for 'the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics'? A) Ambiguity. B) Fragility. C) Hostility. D) Credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credibility. 28. Wisener, Kathy, '' Wildlife Federation" www.wildlifefederation.org/pandas. A) Paraphrase. B) Citation. C) Infer. D) Implicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Citation. 29. Copying words and ideas from a source and presenting them as your own is? A) Quoting. B) Summarizing. C) Paraphrasing. D) Plagiarism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plagiarism. 30. Excessive frivolity; a lack of seriousness; joking A) Levity. B) Mortify. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Levity. 31. A taxi company in Atlanta puts a new type of tire with a special tread on a random sample of 50 cars, and the regular type of tire on another random sample of 50 cars. What is the dependent (response) variable in this experimental research study? A) Gas mileage. B) Taxi company. C) Type of Tire. D) Type of Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas mileage. 32. Which of the following is an example of citing a source? A) Ignoring other research. B) Making up data. C) Writing your own opinion. D) Quoting an expert in the field. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quoting an expert in the field. 33. Mya thought the water cycle diagram was confusing at first, but she figured it out after reading the ..... on the next page. A) Thesis. B) Annotation. C) Paraphrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annotation. 34. The places from which you get information A) Review. B) Topic. C) Synthesize. D) Sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sources. 35. A sentence stating the main idea of your paper A) Works cited. B) Research report. C) Paraphrase. D) Thesis statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thesis statement. 36. True or FalseIf you keep any of the same vocabulary without direct quotations, you are plagiarizing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. An object, event, idea, belief, time period, or any other type of category you are trying to measure A) Citation. B) Variable. C) Limitation. D) Instrument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable. 38. When a person adopts the ways of another culture and fully becomes part of a different society, country, etc. A) Asylum. B) Assimilate. C) Refugee. D) Settlement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assimilate. 39. Tells what a paragraph will be about. Every sentence supports it. A) Graphic Sentence. B) Cover Page. C) Topic Sentence. D) Footnote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Topic Sentence. 40. A retraction happens when: A) In your works cited. B) When sensational articles get published. C) When Miss Grimmick has a headache. D) A legitimate news source realizes that they made a mistake and want to fix it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A legitimate news source realizes that they made a mistake and want to fix it. 41. Which marketing research term is defined as:'Research that explores attitudes, motivations, and opinions through non-numerical data like interviews or observations.'? A) Descriptive Research. B) Experimental Research. C) Quantitative Research. D) Qualitative Research. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Qualitative Research. 42. The person who writes the story A) Publication. B) Copyright. C) Rough draft. D) Author. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Author. 43. To give a brief statement of the main points of something A) Source. B) Relevant. C) Paraphrase. D) Summarize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summarize. 44. What occupational ..... do Taylor need to become a fashion designer? A) Responsibilities. B) Qualifications. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qualifications. 45. Which word means correct in all details, exact, or right? A) Accurate. B) Credible. C) Author. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accurate. 46. Imagine you're a detective like Samuel, Luna, and Ethan, solving the mystery of your research. What would "Conclusion" represent in your detective work? A) The recipe for your research. B) The most important message in a text. C) Your final answer after gathering all the clues. D) The information you collect during your investigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your final answer after gathering all the clues. 47. Research process A) The process of objectively investigating and collecting information regarding a particular subject. B) A method of gathering opinions from a group of people. C) A technique for analyzing data without any bias. D) A way to summarize existing knowledge on a topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process of objectively investigating and collecting information regarding a particular subject. 48. If something is taken out of context, it may ..... A) Change the meaning of what was originally said. B) Get published. C) Be a source. D) Give you strep throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change the meaning of what was originally said. 49. The beliefs and ideas of a PROFESSIONAL in a certain field. (someone who studied the issue.) A) Statistic. B) Expert opinion. C) Argument. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expert opinion. 50. Fill in the blank: ..... is information about something that someone else already wrote about; getting the information second-hand. A) Eyewitness account. B) Primary source. C) Secondary source. D) Original document. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary source. 51. Restatement in your own words of specific ideas and information must ALWAYS be cited A) MLA format. B) Proofreading. C) Direct quotation. D) Paraphrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paraphrase. 52. Imagine Emma, Sophia, and Luna are on a treasure hunt. In research terms, what would "Data" be? A) The clues that help prove your hypothesis. B) The most important message in a text. C) The final answer after gathering evidence. D) The information you collect during your research. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The information you collect during your research. 53. What is a word that relates to 'investigate'? A) Examine. B) Analyze. C) Ignore. D) Conclude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Examine. 54. Difference, disagreement, dissimilarity, distinction, diverseness have the same meaning with ..... A) Similarity. B) Contrast. C) Typical. D) General. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 55. Fill in the blank:A method of gathering information from a large group of people by asking them a series of questions about a specific topic is called ..... A) Surveys. B) Observations. C) Interviews. D) Experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surveys. 56. First version of a written assignment that is revised and improved in later drafts A) Rough draft. B) Thesis. C) Topic. D) Outline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rough draft. 57. What does "empirical" mean? A) Related to the empire or an emperor. B) Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic. C) Related to the empirical formula in chemistry. D) Based on emotions or feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic. 58. Imagine James and William are on a treasure hunt. They come across an ancient scroll that asks, "What does it mean to "Contrast" in research?" Help them decode the scroll to continue their adventure! A) To find how things are similar. B) To collect data. C) To explain a code. D) To find how things are different. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To find how things are different. 59. A periodical is a magazine ..... A) Published daily but not regularly. B) Published only on Christmas. C) Published regularly but not daily. D) Published online only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Published regularly but not daily. 60. The relationship between two variables is such that as one variable's values tend to increase, the other variable's values also tend to increase A) Negative correlation. B) Positive correlation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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