Business Research Methods

MCQs

1. ………………….provides the needed information that guides managers to make informed decisions
to successfully deal with problems.
a. Research
b. Business Research
c. Decision Support System
d. Business Intelligence

2. …………………. is a computer-based information system that supports business or

organizational decision-making activities.
a. Research
b. Business Research
c. Decision Support System
d. Business Intelligence

3. …………….. serve the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization and help
to make decisions, which may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance.
a. Research
b. Business Research
c. Decision Support System
d. Business Intelligence

4. A properly designed ……………. is an interactive software-based system intended to help decision

makers compile useful information from a combination of raw data, documents, and personal
knowledge, or business models to identify and solve problems and make decisions.
a. Research
b. Business Research
c. Decision Support System
d. Business Intelligence

5. The term ……………….. represents the tools and systems that play a key role in the strategic
planning process of the corporation. These systems allow a company to gather, store, access
and analyze corporate data to aid in decision-making.
a. Research
b. Business Research
c. Decision Support System
d. Business Intelligence
6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the scientific method?
a. Empirical
b. Systematic
c. Replication
d. Subjective

7. ………………………is a "top-down" approach.

a. Deductive Approach
b. Inductive Approach
c. Neither of above
d. Both of above

8. ………………………is a “bottom up" approach.

a. Deductive Approach
b. Inductive Approach
c. Neither of above
d. Both of above

9. …………………….are mental representations and are typically based on experience.

a. Constructs
b. Concepts
c. Variables
d. None of the above

10. …………………..are based on observations but which cannot be seen either directly or indirectly.
a. Constructs
b. Concepts
c. Variables
d. None of the above

11. …………………..means by which independent variable affects the dependent variable.

a. Extraneous variables
b. Moderating variable
c. Intervening variable
d. Confounding variable

12. ……………………. is the second independent variable that will have contributory or contingent
effect on the IV-DV relationship.
a. Extraneous variables
b. Moderating variable
c. Intervening variable
d. Confounding variable
13. ………… are undesirable variables that influence the relationship between the variables that an
experimenter is examining.
a. Extraneous variables
b. Moderating variable
c. Intervening variable
d. Confounding variable

14. ……………………….consists of series of actions or steps necessary to effectively carry out research.
a. Research
b. Research process
c. Research design
d. Research proposal

15. ……………..refers to some difficulty which a researcher experiences in the context of either a
theoretical or the practical situation & wants to obtain a solution to the same.
a. Research
b. Research process
c. Research design
d. Research problem

16. ………….a mere assumption or some supposition to be proved or disproved.

a. Research problem
b. Hypothesis
c. Research Question
d. Investigation Question

17. If you wrote a ………………….., the hypothesis will by your tentative answer to your question.

a. Research problem
b. Hypothesis
c. Research Question
d. Investigation Question

18. ………………………….is usually the prediction that there is no relationship in the population.
a. Null Hypothesis
b. Alternative Hypothesis
c. None of the above
d. Both of the above

19. ……………………….. says there is a relationship in the population.

a. Null Hypothesis
b. Alternative Hypothesis
c. None of the above
d. Both of the above

20. ……….. is the branch of inferential statistics that is concerned with how well the sample data
support a null hypothesis and when the null hypothesis can be rejected in favor of the
alternative hypothesis.
a. Hypothesis
b. Null Hypothesis
c. Alternative Hypothesis
a. Hypothesis Testing

21. …………………….. tells you the probability of your result or a more extreme result when it is
assumed that there is no relationship in the population.
a. Level of significance
b. Level of confidence
c. P-value
d. Critical value

22. ……………………is just that point at which you would consider a result to be "rare."
a. Level of significance
b. Level of confidence
c. P-value
d. Critical value

23. ……………………is the level of committing Type I error.

a. Level of significance
b. Level of confidence
c. P-value
d. Critical value

24. ………………………is rejecting the true null.

a. Type I error
b. Type II error
c. Neither of the two
d. Both of the two

25. ………………………is accepting the false null.

a. Type I error
b. Type II error
c. Neither of the two
d. Both of the two
26. …………………………. is the method or the conceptual structure within which the research is
conducted.
a. Research
b. Research process
c. Research design
d. Research problem

27. The major emphasis in these studies is on the discovery of ideas and insights.
a. Exploratory Research
b. Descriptive Research
c. Causal Research
d. Diagnostic Research

28. Research designs for such studies must be flexible enough to provide opportunity for
considering different aspects of a problem under study.
a. Exploratory Research
b. Descriptive Research
c. Causal Research
d. Diagnostic Research

29. ……………concerned with describing the characteristics of a particular individual, or of a group.

a. Exploratory Research
b. Descriptive Research
c. Causal Research
d. Diagnostic Research

30. ………… determines the frequency with which something occurs or its association with
something else.
a. Exploratory Research
b. Descriptive Research
c. Causal Research
d. Diagnostic Research

31. In Descriptive and Diagnostic Research, the research design must be……………………
a. Rigid
b. Flexible
c. Either of the above
d. Neither of the above

32. ………. Seeks to relate specific outcome to the variable that caused the outcomes.
a. Exploratory Research
b. Descriptive Research
c. Causal Research
d. Diagnostic Research

33. …………………is format and detailed statement of intent of the researcher.

a. Research
b. Research process
c. Research design
d. Research proposal

34. ………………..presents and justifies a plan of action and shows the investigation plan.
a. Research
b. Research process
c. Research design
d. Research proposal

35. Business research can be conducted in

a. Only in marketing organization
b. Only in profit organization
c. Only in non-profit organization
d. In any type of organization

36. Which of the following statements are true?

a. Business research cannot be carried out without questionnaire.
b. Business research can only be carried out with interview.
c. Business research can only be carried out through observation.
d. There are various methods of collecting data.