Title: Research
Course: Question Banks

Q: Ann is writing a report for her manager. Her report is to help her manager decide on which inventory software system will be purchased in the next quarter. Which strategy will help her manager the most?
- Spending as much time as is needed researching each software, even if the research process runs into the next quarter, then preparing an analytical report for her manager.
- Looking briefly at each software option and getting her manager a recommendation as quickly as possible.
- Looking up the top-used software companies and only researching those, then preparing an analytical report for her manager.
- Spending a month researching each software company, what the software does, and the cost of each, then preparing an analytical report for her manager.
A: Spending a month researching each software company, what the software does, and the cost of each, then preparing an analytical report for her manager.

Q: Pedro is preparing a newsletter-type report for his company outlining new purchasing requirements. The report will be read by everyone that purchases any items for the company. What will help Pedro create a good informational report?
- Pedro will research industry purchasing requirements and then put together a report on what he has found.
- Pedro will research the company’s closest competitors purchasing requirements and report them to everyone.
- Pedro will prepare a short report describing the new purchasing requirements.
A: Pedro will prepare a short report describing the new purchasing requirements.

Q: Lauren’s manager has requested that she research sales strategies for the company’s new market launch. How can Lauren make sure that the data she finds is useful to her manager?
- She can prepare a factual report sharing all the data she has found.
- She can prepare a concise report of her opinion of the data she has collected about sales strategies.
- She can prepare a multi-page report detailing each of their competitors’ sales strategies.
- She can prepare a factual, concise report that addresses the best sales strategies
A: She can prepare a factual, concise report that addresses the best sales strategies

Q: Christopher wants to address the issue of his local animal shelters being overcrowded and how to get people to adopt animals. He has defined the question he is researching along with doing general background research. What should he do next?
- Conduct research on his issue
- Evaluate what he has learned
- Keep a list of research sites
- Develop a research strategy
A: Develop a research strategy

Q: Daniel is preparing to research the kinds of outreach his company can be involved in. He has his research question. What would be his next step?
- Develop primary resources
- Analyze his data
- Present his finding to his manager
- Review existing secondary sources
A: Review existing secondary sources

Q: Katrina is looking for a charity to devote extra time to. She knows her search parameters and has reviewed secondary sources. What does she need to do next?
- Analyze all the data she has collected
- Prepare a spreadsheet with all her findings
- Visit the charities on her list
A: Visit the charities on her list

Q: Marcus is creating a report based on last quarter sales for his manager. The type of data Marcus will use in his report is:
- external quantitative
- internal qualitative
- external qualitative
- internal quantitative
A: internal quantitative

Q: Maria is a new employee, and her manager has asked her to prepare a report with information about the company’s last quarter. The manager would like a story or two along with all the required factual data. The types of data Maria would need to include in her report would be:
- internal and external
- internal and quantitative
- external and qualitative
- qualitative and quantitative
A: qualitative and quantitative

Q: Xander is trying to put together information on the feasibility of opening a new store in a small town in Ohio. He has all the numerical information he needs but he has no idea how the town feels about his company. What would be the best primary research for him to do?
- Xander could create a survey that is mailed to the town’s residents.
- Xander could spend a week in the town observing the residents.
- Xander could do an analysis of the town.
- Xander could interview as many people in the town as he can.
A: Xander could interview as many people in the town as he can.

Q: Jamal designed a new ad campaign for a new shoe coming out from a major company, but wants to test it out on consumers before the campaign is launched nationally. What primary research could he conduct?
- He could send out a survey to random people and ask them to log in and watch the marketing campaign and give their opinion.
- He could interview people about their shoe preferences.
- He could do an analysis of the campaign results after the marketing campaign launched.
- He could show clips of the marketing campaign in malls and observe the reaction of the people in the mall.
A: He could show clips of the marketing campaign in malls and observe the reaction of the people in the mall.

Q: Which is the best description of primary research?
- research done by a group
- research authorized by a group you want to study
- research done primarily by other people that is analyzed by you
- research you conduct yourself
A: research you conduct yourself

Q: Josh needs to gather information about the best software companies for managing medical data. Where should he go to find information?
- the local library
- Google or other generic general internet search engines
- to outside sources, conducting interviews with other medical companies and providers.
- specific internet searchers, journals, business periodicals, and newspaper articles.
A: specific internet searchers, journals, business periodicals, and newspaper articles.

Q: Giselle needs to gather information about the performance and sales of frozen yogurt shops both locally and nationally without spending too much money or time. She should conduct ________.
- primary research
- qualitative research
- interviews and surveys
- secondary research
A: secondary research

Q: Clarence needs primary sources for his report. What would qualify as a primary source?
- Google search engine results
- journal articles
- books
- experiment results
A: experiment results

Q: ________ is primary data that could be collected to prepare an annual fiscal report for a company.
- Employee information
- Hiring practices
- Competitors
- Financial information
A: Financial information

Q: ________ would be the best primary sources to consult when preparing a presentation about how the company culture has changed and evolved over time.
- Employee information and interviews
- Library databases
- Articles about the company in business magazines
- Historical documents and communications
A: Historical documents and communications

Q: Anthropologists collect data by ________.
- watching from a distance
- gathering information from secondary sources
- conducting surveys
- embedding themselves in the organization
A: embedding themselves in the organization

Q: When trying to put information into a useful format to analyze data sets using statistical methods, one helpful tool is/are ________.
- paper surveys
- personal interviews
- internal questionnaires
- Survey Monkey
A: Survey Monkey

Q: Analyzing a data set from anthropological data will be more
- quantitative than qualitative
- quantitative than external
- external than internal
- qualitative than quantitative
A: qualitative than quantitative

Q: Isaiah is creating a sales forecast in Excel. He wants to include last quarter’s sales, projected sales for next quarter, and the salespersons that are in the top 10%. In order to have Excel calculate the top 10% he would use ________.
- sparklines
- COUNTIF
- IF/THEN
- conditional formatting
A: conditional formatting

Q: Excel is used to keep track of a lot of numerical information. If you have a worksheet that includes numbers but not dollar amounts, what is the most useful way to format the information?
- General Style
- Accounting Style
- Currency Style
- Comma Style
A: Comma Style

Q: David wants to make his data from Excel look more visually pleasing for a presentation. What would be an easy-to-read format he could utilize?
- Conditional Formatting
- Worksheet
- Flash Fill
- Clustered Column Charts
A: Clustered Column Charts

Q: To find specific categories of information inside of an Excel spreadsheet, use the ________ feature.
- IF
- clustered column charts
- IF/THEN
- COUNTIF
A: COUNTIF

Q: One of the biggest differences in using Google Sheets over Excel is that
- Google Sheets is free.
- Google Sheets is easier to format.
- Google Sheets does not automatically save your work.
- Google sheets offers online functionality.
A: Google sheets offers online functionality.

Q: To add functionality and different looks to a Google sheet, use ________.
- extra worksheets
- automatic formatting
- the project management gallery
- add-ons
A: add-ons

Q: Valerie needs to make a to-do list for all of her work but isn’t sure how to format Google sheets to make a nice spreadsheet for this purpose. Where should she look?
- the project management gallery
- the worksheet gallery
- at automatic formatting
- the template gallery
A: the template gallery

Q: In order to have solid research you must have
- A good research strategy
- A good research library
- A well-defined research question
A: A well-defined research question

Q: If Mikayla is doing work for her college’s freshman office on drop-out rates and freshman retention, what is a good first-step to her research strategy?
- Create a good research strategy.
- Consult the right sources.
- Know where to find primary source material.
- Have well-defined research question.
A: Have well-defined research question.

Q: Which is the best example of a well-defined research questions?
- Who eats the most hamburgers in America?
- What makes a successful company?
- How do celebrity preferences determine consumer trends in fashion choices?
- How do early preschool programs like Head Start affect student preparedness for the statewide 2nd grade exams?
A: How do early preschool programs like Head Start affect student preparedness for the statewide 2nd grade exams?

Q: To search for the 2018 annual report for Apple, Inc. what would be the best Google search?
- Annual report Apple, Inc.
- Apple, Inc. annual report
- Apple report
- Apple, Inc. annual report 2018
A: Apple, Inc. annual report 2018

Q: Beckham needs to do some research about GMOs and student health for his nutrition internship at the school district. He’s tried searching for “GMO” and “health” but can’t quite find the information he needs. What would you recommend?
- Use new keyword searches, particularly using the Boolean operator OR to yield more specific results.
- Search for things like “GMO” and “filetype:.pdf” to get only academic articles.
- Read about GMOs on Wikipedia.
- Try new keyword searches, including things like “GMO” AND “children” or “GMO risks for students”
A: Try new keyword searches, including things like “GMO” AND “children” or “GMO risks for students”

Q: Gillian needs to do some research about the changes in national educational policy for work, but she knows next to nothing about educational policy before she starts her research. What’s a helpful first step she could take to get started?
- Use Google Advanced Search to find more generic information about policy.
- Use Google to search for information on education reform and filter for just information from educational websites (using filetype:.edu)
- Use Google Scholar to find academic articles related to educational policy.
- Read Wikipedia articles about education reform and education policy.
A: Read Wikipedia articles about education reform and education policy.

Q: Nancy is new at research. She will be using library databases. Once she has found a scholarly source, what is a way she can find multiple sources?
- Keep doing searches until she has enough information.
- Search for new subject headings.
- Develop a clear research question.
- Use the bibliography information from the article she found.
A: Use the bibliography information from the article she found.

Q: Bill wants to find information on the symbolism used in Dracula. What search engine would be the most useful?
- Google
- Bing
- Internet Explorer
- Google Scholar
A: Google Scholar

Q: Google scholar and library databases differ from regular search engines in that
- they focus on returning the most-possible results for the topic from the entire Internet.
- they cost money to use.
- they require specific keyword searches.
- they focus on returning results from peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly works.
A: they focus on returning results from peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly works.

Q: Stephan remembers the acronym IAP GEMP to help him recall all of the steps in the Seven Pillars of Information Literacy. He’s completed the first few steps of identifying a topic, assessing what he already knows, and planning out his research, but can’t remember what to do next. What is his next step?
- Gauge the importance of each piece of information.
- Go forward with evaluating sources.
- Present information.
- Gather data.
A: Gather data.

Q: Lei is following the seven pillars of information literacy to work on the report her manager has asked her to prepare. She has no idea where to start. What should she do first?
- Assess what she already knows.
- Present data on her topic.
- Evaluate her information.
- Identify what she needs to find out.
A: Identify what she needs to find out.

Q: Brandon is following the seven pillars of information literacy to work on his research paper. So far he has identified a topic and assessed what he knows. What does he need to do next?
- Gather data.
- Evaluate the data.
- Present his information.
- Plan out his research.
A: Plan out his research.

Q: After gathering data and information needed about organic farming in the United States, Shelby should
- present on what she discovered.
- plan out her research.
- identify what she needs to know.
- evaluate and compare data.
A: evaluate and compare data.

Q: Dana is putting together a “How to Work in Microsoft Excel” document. It is very important that her document has accurate information. What is one way the she can be more assured that the information from a particular website is reliable?
- Look at websites that sell you something.
- Look for websites by popular t.v. personalities or celebrities with endorsements.
- Look at the website copyright.
- Look at the purpose of the website.
A: Look at the purpose of the website.

Q: Dallas is putting together a report for the marketing department analyzing the impact of social media on marketing. Which of the following sources should she NOT incorporate in her report?
- an article from an online newspaper about social media usage
- the website of a marketing consultant who touts a "fool-proof" approach to social media marketing
- a psychology journal article on marketing
- a blog post from a popular instagrammer
A: a blog post from a popular instagrammer

Q: Josiah is adamantly opposed to driving diesel cars, so when his boss asks him to write a research article about car emissions, Josiah recognizes his personal bias. When searching online and finding sources, Josiah decides to assess his preconceived notions and put his feelings aside to approach each article with an open mind. This is called
- bias-blocking
- phenomenology
- mindfulness
- bracketing
A: bracketing

Q: Monica is using the CRAAP analysis process for evaluating sources. She is looking at the source of the information to see where it comes from and who wrote it. Which component in the analysis process is she utilizing?
- accuracy
- purpose
- reliability
- authority
A: authority

Q: Vincent is using the CRAAP analysis process for evaluating sources and is careful to check for a date of when the information was written. Which component in the analysis process is he utilizing?
- Accuracy
- Purpose
- Reliability
- Currency
A: Currency

Q: Tobias is reading an article about medicine and doctors when he sees a footnote at the end explaining that it was funded by a pharmaceutical agency. This makes Tobias skeptical of some of the information. Which criteria of the CRAAP analysis is Tobias using to analyze the article?
- Accuracy
- Authority
- Reliability
- Purpose
A: Purpose

Q: When using a quote or paraphrased text from another source, it’s best to
- provide multiple quotes that can reiterate the same point.
- summarize because then a citation is not required.
- avoid using direct quotations.
- make a claim and then support your claim with evidence.
A: make a claim and then support your claim with evidence.

Q: Tomas has a writing assignment. His directions were to take the main ideas and write a short paper in his own words about what he found in his research. Based on this description, Tomas will
- paraphrase his research.
- directly quote his sources.
- not need to include citations from his research.
- summarize his research.
A: summarize his research.

Q: John wants to make sure that all his sources flow since integrating materials into a paper can sometimes make the paper sound awkward. A good way to test out his paper would be to
- turn the paper in and hope for the best.
- use the writing center that the school provides.
- ensure that there is a direct quote in every paragraph.
- read the paper aloud to someone to see if the paper reads like conversation.
A: read the paper aloud to someone to see if the paper reads like conversation.

Q: Belinda was preparing a report for her manager. What is one way that Belinda can make sure that her report is written with integrity?
- Belinda can make up ideas if she can’t find a reputable source.
- Belinda can prepare her report without citing her sources.
- Belinda can present her information with authority.
- Belinda can make sure that all copyright laws are followed.
A: Belinda can make sure that all copyright laws are followed.

Q: In order to act with professional integrity, you should
- imagine you are writing something your grandmother would read.
- always get a second opinion about your work.
- take on projects that are just outside your skillset so you are pushed to grow.
- consider the CRAAP test when writing reports.
A: consider the CRAAP test when writing reports.

Q: When writing an internal memo to her statistics research company about maintaining professional integrity, Marissa reminds her employees to always use proper citations but to also protect their clients and themselves from issues by
- synchronizing and protecting data.
- always considering the purpose and relevance of the data.
- never disclosing the results of their data analysis.
- anonymizing and protecting data.
A: anonymizing and protecting data.

Q: Zuri prepared a paper for her English class. In her paper she included the sentences “Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, with only one species, the Galapagos penguin, found north of the equator.” from the Wikipedia article on penguins without citing them. Is this plagiarism?
- No, this is common knowledge.
- No, she didn’t reuse enough material for this to count as plagiarism.
- Only if she removes the quotation marks.
- Yes, absolutely.
A: Yes, absolutely.

Q: Clint prepared a paper for his Astronomy class. In his paper he wrote the sentence “Astronomy is the study of stars, planets, moons and galaxies.” without citing it. What is this, and which is the best reason why?
- Intentional plagiarism; it is clearly a direct quote from another source.
- Plagiarism; he just paraphrased something he read.
- Unintentional plagiarism; he probably didn’t mean to do it.
- Not plagiarism; it could be considered common knowledge.
A: Not plagiarism; it could be considered common knowledge.

Q: Liliana prepared a paper for her History class. In her paper she used the sentence “The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain.” without citing it. What is this an example of?
- Intentional plagiarism; it is clearly a direct quote from another source.
- Plagiarism; she just paraphrased something she read.
- Unintentional plagiarism; he probably didn’t mean to do it.
- Not plagiarism; it could be considered common knowledge.
A: Not plagiarism; it could be considered common knowledge.

Q: Kalini wrote a paper for the city council about creating more green space in her community. She used facts and data from other communities and news articles but chose not to include citations since it was only for a community meeting. Was this plagiarism?
- No, as long as she rewrote the material in her own words
- No, citations are only necessary for school or work assignments.
- No, data and figures cannot be plagiarized.
- Yes, absolutely.
A: Yes, absolutely.

Q: When citing sources in a business environment what is the general rule?
- There is no need to cite any sources.
- Cite every source in either Chicago, APA, or MLA format.
- Use footnotes instead of parenthetical citations.
- Attribution should fit with the visual and general style of your company and industry.
A: Attribution should fit with the visual and general style of your company and industry.

Q: Ruthie is an intern at a small company and has been tasked with writing an informal report for her boss about quarterly sales. She uses mostly internal data, but pulls in two quotes from outside sources. How she should cite her sources?
- The more formal the better! That way no one can doubt her integrity.
- If it’s just for her boss, it’s not important to cite sources.
- Use footnotes only so the citations don’t get in the way of the text.
- Use her best judgement to ensure proper attribution.
A: Use her best judgement to ensure proper attribution.

Q: Derek is writing an email to a colleague about new research that puts some of their previous work into question. While he is clearly not writing a formal paper, how can he still ensure he attributes the work he summarizes in his email?
- He could attach a works cited page so his colleague can find the same sources later.
- He doesn’t need to attribute sources in an email.
- He should pick one of the standard citation methods (APA, MLA, etc.) and cite his work accordingly.
- He could provide links to the articles he read and summarized.
A: He could provide links to the articles he read and summarized.