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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
BUSINESS RESEARCH

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read the directions and choices carefully then choose the letter of the best answer.
1. It is rather an intimidating word for many. It strikes fear in the heart of those who perceive it as something daunting
and would rather leave the task to intellectual to pursue.
a. Marketing Research
b. Research
c. Business Research
d. Action Research

2. It refers to the step by step activity carried out in critical, organized, logical and systematic manner to analyze a
problem and issue to find effective ways to mitigate the problem faced.
a. Marketing Research
b. Action Research
c. Business Research
d. Correlation Research

3. This type of research aims to find solutions or understand a problem faced by the organization.
a. Applied Research
b. Basic Research
c. Descriptive Research
d. Correlational Research

4. In Business Research, it refers to the manner in which research is conducted such that research is conducted
morally without compromising the rights of any parties.
a. Ethics
b. Ethices
c. Ethiecs
d. Ethisc

5. It is an important step in developing the research project since it is given an overview of the research other people
can understand the scope of the research.
a. Role of the Supervisor
b. Specific Objectives
c. Research Proposal
d. Statement of the Problem

6. It gives one a basis for understanding preliminary search for a research idea.
a. Subject-to-Subject Analysis b. Scanning the media
b. Brainstorming d. Looking at the past researches
7. One is highly interested in a particular subject and has performed extremely well on all the assessments of the
subjects. This is an example of what kind of analysis?
a. Strength c. Opportunities
b. Weaknesses d. Threats

8. The proposal is about the effect of oil prices in petroleum consumption, then the subject is economics, the sector is
energy and the geographical area is Malaysia. Identify what particular parameter was not included in the data?
a. Subject c. Geographical Area
 b. Author and Publication Period d. Economic Sector

9. This style was established when a group of psychologist, anthropologist and business managers met to establish a
system of writing aimed at increasing the cease of reading and comprehension.
a. The Chicago Style
b. The MLA Style
c. The APA Style
d. The Turabian Style

10. It concerns the uniformity in the elements of the manuscript such as selections of the headings, tones and length,
punctuation and abbreviations presentation of numbers and statistic construction of tables and figures, citations of
references and many elements that are part of the manuscript.
a. The APA Style
b. The MLA Style
c. The Turabian Style
d. The Oxford

11. You are asked to formulate a specific research problem for this topic: “Incentives has an effect on the level of Job
Satisfaction of Employees in the Selected Municipal Offices of Pinamalayan” What will you formulate?
a. A Quantitative Study on the Perceived Effects of Incentives on the Level of Job Satisfaction of the
Employees in the Selected Municipal Offices of Pinamalayan
b. A Quantitative Study on How the Employees of the Selected Municipal Offices of Pinamalayan is Affected
by Incentives
c. A Quantitative Study on How Level of Job Satisfaction of the Employees in the Selected Municipal Offices
of Pinamalayan Affects Incentives
d. A Quantitative Study on How Incentives can be Effective on the Level of Job Satisfaction of the Employees
in the Selected Municipal Offices of Pinamalayan

12. If you were asked to construct a Statement of the Problem (SOP) for this research topic: “Impacts of Bargain Pricing
Strategy of the RTW Store Owners and Its Relationship to the Customer’s Buying Decision in PInamalayan Public
Market, what will be your specific statement of the problem?
a. What are the Impacts of Bargain Pricing Strategy to the Customer’s Buying Decision of RTW Products In
Pinamalayan Public Market?
b. What is the Level Net Profit of the RTW Store Owners in Pinamalayan?
c. What is the Performance of Customers in Relation to the Bargain Pricing Strategy of RTW Store Owners in
Pinamalayan?
d. What must be the Strategies to be applied by the RTW Store Owners in Relation to the customer’s buying
decision in Pinamalayan Public Market?

13. Even if farm production is good, if the attitude towards payment is negative, loan repayment would be low,
whereas, if the attitude towards repayment is positive or favorable, loan repayment would be high. If you were to
write a hypothesis for these research findings, what would be your statement?
a. There is a significant relationship between the attitude towards payment and loan repayment while there is
a significant relationship between loan repayment and attitude towards load payment.
b. There is a zero relationship between the attitude towards loan repayment and loan payment therefore loan
repayment is positive
c. There is a significant relationship between the attitude towards loan payment and loan repayment therefore
null hypothesis is accepted and alternative hypothesis is rejected.
d. The hypothesis is rejected because hypothesis exists between loan payment and loan repayment.

14. Putting up your own business can be exhilarating: you become your own boss and, maybe for the first time in your life,
you will be running your own show. Once you get your business off the ground, however, you find that as your business
grows, you may find yourself overburdened with the many challenges faced by small businesses. In order to maintain
your success in the field of business, what kind of research should you conduct?
a. Research that focuses on the successful businesses in the Philippines
b. Research that focuses on trends, needs, wants, and customer preference
c. Research that focuses on how to avoid failures in business
d. Research that focuses on the success and failures of business owners.
15. Your research is entitled, FACTORS AFFECTING BARGAIN PRICING STRATEGY OF RTW STORE OWNERS
OF PINAMALAYAN PUBLIC MARKET”, what research problem will you eliminate?
a. What are the factors affecting bargain pricing strategy of RTW Store Owners in Pinamlayan Public Market?
b. What is the level of Gross Profit of RTW Store Owners in Pinamalayan Public Market?
c. Is there a significant relationship between the factors affecting Bargain pricing strategy and the level of Gross
profit of RTW Store Owners?
d. Is there any other way to improve bargain pricing strategy of RTW Store Owners in Pinamalayan Public
Market?

16. A research worker plans to evaluate high school students' reactions to a new policy on closed campus stations. He
locates himself near the office of the dean, where he interviews every fourth student who visits the dean. He
eventually secures data from 100 interviews and publishes his findings as the "Reactions of high school students to
a new policy for a closed campus." which was considered wrong by the research experts. If you are the researcher,
what would you do to address this wrong approach?
a. Look for a larger sample c. Utilize adequate techniques of analysis
b. Avoid the biased sample d. Address Inadequately defined problem

17. “Impact of Social Media Marketing on the Profit of the Milk Tea Stores in Pinamlayan” The researcher wishes to find
out how Social Media Marketing Affects the Level of Net Profit of Milk Tea Stores in Oriental Mindoro, however this
title was rejected. If you were to propose a title with the same focus, what should you propose?
a. Impact of Facebook Marketing On the Net Profit of The Milk Tea Stores in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
b. Impact of Facebook Live Selling on the Net Profit of the Milk Tea Stores in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
c. Impact of Social Media Marketing on the Level of Net Profit of the Selected Milk Stores in Pinamalayan,
Oriental Mindoro
d. Level Net Income of Milk Stores in Pinamalayan Oriental Mindoro and their Social Media Marketing Strategies

18. You presented a research proposal during your title defense with the title, “Impacts of Business Management on the
Performance of Consumers of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro” and were rejected by the panelists. What do you
think is the reason?
a. The proposal is not researchable because the topic is too broad.
b. The proposal is not researchable because there is no specific performance to be measured.
c. The proposal is not researchable because the respondents are not specified.
d. All of the above

19. You wish to find out the cause and effect relationship between the Impacts of Advertisement on the level of Net
Profit of Department Stores in Pinamalayan. What research method would you apply?
a. Experimental Research c. Descriptive Research
b. Correlational Research d. Ex-post Facto Research?

20. In research questions and hypotheses, both are related to your research but they are not exactly the same. Their
difference lies in the amount of stock knowledge you have about the focus of your study. If you know much about
the variables or have lots of knowledge about other factual data involved in the research through your review of
related literature, what will you formulate?
a. Research hypothises c. Research hypothesis
b. Research hyphotesis d. Research hyphothesis

21. You are required to conduct a quantitative research about the increasing Loan Delinquency in Oriental Mindoro.
What must be your research problem?
a. What is the Level of Effectiveness of Collection Strategies in Oriental Mindoro?
b. What is the percentage of Loan Delinquency in Oriental Mindoro?
c. Are there Loan Delinquent cases in Oriental Mindoro?
d. What are the ways that can help prevent Loan Delinquency in Oriental Mindoro?

22. Given the null hypothesis, “There is no significant relationship between impact of social media marketing and the
level of Net profit of Beutea Milk Tea Shop in Pinamalayan Oriental Mindoro.” What research title are you going to
formulate?
 a. Impact of Facebook Marketing On the Net Profit of The Milk Tea Stores in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
b. Impact of Facebook Live Selling on the Net Profit of the Milk Tea Stores in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
c. Impact of Social Media Marketing on the Level of Net Profit of the Selected Milk Stores in Pinamalayan,
Oriental Mindoro
d. Level Net Income of Milk Stores in Pinamalayan Oriental Mindoro and their Social Media Marketing Strategies

23. Given the research title, “Impact of Collection Strategies and the Level of Loan Delinquency of The Country Bank
Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro” what would be your research hypothesis?
a. There is a significant relationship between the collection strategies and the level of loan delinquency of the
Country Bank, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
b. There is no significant relationship between the collection strategies and the level of loan delinquency of the
Country Bank, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
c. The level of Loan Delinquency is closely related to the collection strategies of the Country Bank Oriental
Mindoro
d. The collection strategies and the level of Loan delinquency of the Country Bank Pinamalayan is not related to
each other.

24. A researcher investigated the relationship between mushrooming of fast food chains and obesity, as well as the
intervention needed to prevent children’s obesity from reaching serious proportions. The research focused on the
children’s physical activity and physical inactivity and the concomitant impact on the children’s amount of adipose
tissue (fat mass) and the endurance fitness. The study is used to analyze certain the effect of physical activity in
weight control. The researcher is an Accountancy and Business Management (ABM) student and he was able to
pass the final defense because the panellists believed in the level of intelligence of the student. Do you think the
Panelists’ decision is right?
a. No, because the student must conduct a research based on his strand
b. Yes, because the student is good that he was able to pass the final defense
c. No, because critiquing a research work must not be based on the student’s intelligence but on the reliability of
the result of the study
d. Yes, because being intelligent helps him in passing the final defense.

25. During the conduct of your research, you cited an article from the book entitled, “Race in equality and Health Care
and Education” which was written by C. Baxter and published by Balliere Tindall I 1997. Your professor asked you
to write the reference using the APA Referencing Style. How are you going to rewrite the reference?
a. Baxter, C. (1997). Race in Equality and Health Care and Education. Philadelphia:Billiere Tindall.
b. C. Baxter,. (1997).. Philadelphia:Billiere Tindall. Race in Equality and Health Care and Education
c. Philadelphia:Billiere Tindall. Race in Equality and Health Care and Education , C. Baxter,. (1997).
d. Philadelphia:Billiere Tindall. (1997). Race in Equality and Health Care and Education , C. Baxter,.

26. You are going to rewrite the reference into APA style: “The World Famous Mountain Site. (July 7, 1999) from
Philadelphia Billiere Tindal by Baxter C. How are you going to rewrite the reference?
a. Philadelphia, Billaire Tindal. July 7 1999. The World’s Famous Mountains
b. Baxter, C. (1997). The World’s Famous Mountain Site. Philadelphia:Billiere Tindall.
c. The world’s Famous Mountains, July 1999, Billaire Tindal. Baxter C.
d. Baxter C. Billlaire Tindall. World’s Famous Mountain Site, Philadelphia

27. Due to the millions, in fact, billions of literature items available in the WWW, the student needs to have a search
strategy. He/she must be ready with the set of parameters in order to help narrow down the search to specific
articles. In literature, databases, the data also has been classified into these parameters. In these parameters, what
must be excluded?
c. Economic Sector c. Language of Publication
d. Site, Link or URL d. Literature Type

28. You submitted a research with a bibliography using the Chicago and Turabian Style Referencing and was marked
“Revise” by your professor. Your reference includes the Notes and bibliography, and the Author date with the
Publication date as reference. What will you do to revise your bibliography?
a. Remove the publication date
 b. Remove the notes and bibliography
c. Remove the Author-date
d. Remove the date only

29. Theory and practice are not separate spheres; rather, theories and distinctions are tools and maps for finding our
way in the world. As John Dewey puts it, there is no question of theory versus practice but rather of intelligent
practice versus informed stupid practice, as a researcher, what would you do?
a. Do not focus on absolute unity
b. Do no depend on the duality between independent reality and what is in your mind
c. Stop spending time wondering about the nature of reality of any situation or problem
d. All of the above

30. Positivists and post positivism lies in the fact that positivists believe that using science we can measure, classify
and understand a particular phenomenon, while post-positivist suggest that this is true to a certain extent, while
taking into consideration that many interpretations may be based on assumptions and conjectures, especially in
business research. As a researcher using positivist approach what would you do?
a. Focus on cause and effect, and what are usually called deterministic approaches.
b. focus on finding the causes that could have produced the specific outcomes of an experiment or a relationship
c. Conduct additional tests. Start with a theory, collect and analyze the data which eventually supports or refutes
the theory and then possibly conduct additional tests.
d. All of the above
31. If two or three specific variables are enough to explain 45% of the variation of the purchase intention of socially
responsible products, then it is not important to use 10 variables to explain 48% of the same phenomenon. This
approach is done when the researcher is using what kind of approach?
a. Constructivist
b. Positivist
c. Deductive
d. Inductive

32. If the researcher is so convinced that this is a fact, then there is no need for the hypothesis in the first place.  A lot
of damage could be sustained by organizations that implement "gut-feeling" or "impulsive" conclusions which are
not based on data and can cause misleading conclusions drawn from research. This example represents what
hallmarks of research?
a. Generalizability
b. Positivist
c. Deductive
d. Inductive
33. If in this research the researchers are able to claim confidently that 95% of the time Perceived personal behaviour
predicts consumers' intention to purchase socially responsible products (Hypothesis 3), and that the results are
true, then there is only a 5% chance that the claim is wrong. In this case, the researcher is considering what
hallmarks of scientific research?
a. Confidence
b. Positivist
c. Deductive
d. Inductive

34. Testability involves developing a set of research questions or hypotheses that can be scientifically (in this case
statistically) tested, meaning that these research questions can be analyzed in some scientific methodology.  These
research questions and hypotheses are developed after taking a random sample from the targeted population of
study and then asking the right questions, as a form of measurement to be analyzed using some form of test to
ascertain the validity of these hypotheses. If you are asked to formulate hypothesis based on this, what would you
formulate?
a. Attitude towards behavior predicts consumer's purchase intention of socially responsible products
b. Subjective norm predicts consumer's purchase intention of socially responsible products
c. Perceived personal behavior predicts consumer's purchase intention of socially responsible products
d. All of the above
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TEST II. TRUE OR FALSE

DIRECTIONS: Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if otherwise.
_ 41. When an investigation to a current issue was carried out in a critical, organized and systematic manner, the
solutions proposed will help the decision makers make informed decisions. There is however no guarantee that
the decision may be right once but at least the process the decision process that was made was thought through
deeply.
________ 42. In deductive reasoning, a researcher is narrower in his approach whereby he is more concerned with testing
or confirming hypothesis. The researcher must have in place a developed, testable hypothesis and using statistical
test.
________ 43. Research that is rigorous will apply appropriate instruments to meet the stated objectives for the level of
precisions for the analysis. For this research example, a research cannot simply ask any random shopper why he
or she buys socially responsible products before defining the exact term, “socially responsible products.”
________ 44. One of the examples of testability is the closeness of the findings to the reality based on sample. In other
words, testability reflects the degree of accuracy or exactitude of the results on the basis of the sample to what
really exist in the population.
________ 45. In the APA referencing style, the researcher uses the footnotes and reference list system. In text, the
reference is indicated as superscript number at the point where the references is. The reference list which is
arranged in alphabetical are cited at the end of the manuscript. The reference has the last name of the first author
first, followed by the subsequent authors.
________ 46. Before attempting any research, one must learn about plagiarism. Find out what constitutes plagiarism. The
rules are never easy to understand and follow. If there is any question about missing attribution, a person can
change the article and not include them in the study.
________ 47. In terms of strategy research can be carried out customer preferences and competitors in order to assist the
organization to set up strategic goals to make them competitive while meeting customer’s need. Organizations can
conduct a research in the field of business and management that is similar to that in other disciplines.
________ 48. Applied research provides an option to solve a localized problem. The research usually is time-bound as
there is typically timeline set to find solutions. The outcome of applied research is localized to a setting done by
practitioners of the industry.
________ 49. Inadequate level of market research carried out before launching new product usually decision making.
Market research will help decision, makers gauge if their intention to introduce a new product in the market is likely
to promote healthy sales.
________ 50. When research is carried out based on respondent’s feedback, their identities can either be protected or
exposed depending on the purpose of the researcher. Thus it is for the researcher to exhibit and practice good
conduct throughout the research endeavor.

Prepared by: Approved by:

JENNIVIE S. FAMARANGLAS KEVIN ADAM D. CABRAL, Ph.D.

Instructor Academic Dean