This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Research Vocabulary – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Research Vocabulary Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (n) anything-such as a database article, magazine article, web page, video, person, or book-that provides information for a research paper. A) Summary. B) Periodical. C) Source. D) Citation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Source. 2. An organized collection of data for research purposes is called: A) Database. B) Spreadsheet. C) Document. D) Presentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Database. 3. What is the use of more than one type of media, such as newspapers, magazines, the Internet, radio, and television, called? A) Visual displays. B) Context. C) Multimedia. D) Formal English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multimedia. 4. To use and pass the ideas or writings of another as one's own, results in a FAILING GRADE A) Paraphrase. B) Plagiarism. C) MLA format. D) Direct quotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plagiarism. 5. Definition:To quote from a source or sources, requiring proper formatting with quotation marks for academic integrity. A) Cite. B) Sight. C) Site. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cite. 6. Which term means-a strong, lasting feeling of sadness and exhaustion? A) Majority. B) Diverse. C) Via. D) Depression. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depression. 7. The investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. (a) A) Credible. B) A. Research. C) Synthesize. D) Cite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. Research. 8. What is a "double blind study" ? A) A study where both the researcher and the participants are unaware of the group assignments. B) A study where the participants are blindfolded. C) A study where the researcher is blindfolded. D) A study where the participants are unaware of the group assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A study where both the researcher and the participants are unaware of the group assignments. 9. An agriculturist wants to determine the effect of fertilizer type on the yield of tomatoes. There are four types of fertilizer under study. She plants tomatoes on five plots of land, one plot receives no fertilizer. Each plot is treated identically except for receiving a different type of fertilizer. What are the treatments? A) Tomato plants. B) Plots of Land. C) Types of fertilizer. D) Yield of tomatoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Types of fertilizer. 10. What is the goal of brainstorming? A) To find the one and only solution to a problem. B) To generate a large variety of ideas. C) To include everyone. D) To write an excellent essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To generate a large variety of ideas. 11. Fill in the blank:Paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader's claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text is called ..... A) Text evidence. B) Main idea. C) Summary. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Text evidence. 12. Boolean Operator's are used for A) Helping you type faster. B) Combining search terms to refine search results. C) Correcting spelling mistakes. D) Saving documents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Combining search terms to refine search results. 13. What example below uses concrete details best? A) A large pizza sat on the counter ungaurded. B) A piping hot pizza sat on the counter unguarded, and it had steam rising from its bubbling cheese and curling pepperoni. C) A piping hot pizza sat on the counter; it had steam rising from it. D) A hot pizza sat on the counter; it had bubbles rising from the steam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A piping hot pizza sat on the counter unguarded, and it had steam rising from its bubbling cheese and curling pepperoni. 14. They ..... a list of students who didn't bring laptops. A) Evaluated. B) Referred. C) Summarized. D) Compiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compiled. 15. Explain the term 'data analysis' and its significance. A) Data analysis is the process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data to discover useful information, inform conclusions, and support decision-making. B) Data analysis is the same as data entry. C) Data analysis is irrelevant to decision-making. D) Data analysis is only about collecting data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Data analysis is the process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data to discover useful information, inform conclusions, and support decision-making. 16. A reference made within the body of text. It alerts the reader to the source of the information, evidence or quotation. A) Evidence. B) In-Text Citation. C) Works Cited Page. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In-Text Citation. 17. A list of resources that you create to give credit to the author A) Works cited. B) Citation. C) Direct quote. D) Plagiarize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Works cited. 18. Choose the term to match this definition:a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. A) Analysis. B) Summary. C) Hypothesis. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 19. What are primary sources? A) Documents that come directly from people who were present during an event. B) A type of AI that generates conversation. C) A set of moral guidelines around safety. D) Questions that help focus the information that is being gathered about a topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Documents that come directly from people who were present during an event. 20. Could the following claim be supported with evidence?Schools should limit the amount of homework given to students. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 21. To ..... is to suggest, by the expressed CLUES given in the text. A) Inference. B) Imply. C) Analyze. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imply. 22. Set of beliefs of a group of people, including worship, god(s), and ideas of what is right and wrong A) Population. B) Agriculture. C) Religion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religion. 23. Why is plagiarism considered unethical? A) Plagiarism is considered unethical because it involves taking someone else's work or ideas without giving them proper credit. B) Plagiarism is not considered unethical because it helps spread knowledge. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plagiarism is considered unethical because it involves taking someone else's work or ideas without giving them proper credit. 24. ..... often appeals to the 5 senses. A) Formality. B) Irony. C) Genre. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 25. Public domain A) Works owned by a single individual. B) Works whose intellectual property rights have expired. C) Works owned by an estate or corporation. D) Works with copyright still intact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Works whose intellectual property rights have expired. 26. Word or term that represent the topic being researched A) Keyword. B) Outline. C) Paraphrase. D) Thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keyword. 27. Calm and assured A) Imperturbable. B) Increment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperturbable. 28. What do we call the resource which is extra information appearing at the end of a book to add to the material in the chapters? A) Table of contents. B) Glossary. C) Appendix. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendix. 29. Definition:Support from sources that backs up a writer's claim and points in a paper or project. A) Textual evidence. B) Implicit. C) Context clues. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Textual evidence. 30. An account of someone's life written by someone else A) Bibliography. B) Accomplishment. C) Biography. D) Plagiarism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biography. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesResearch Vocabulary Quiz 1Research Vocabulary Quiz 2Research Vocabulary Quiz 3Research Vocabulary Quiz 4Research Vocabulary Quiz 5Research Vocabulary Quiz 6Research Vocabulary Quiz 7Research Vocabulary Quiz 9Research Vocabulary Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books