PASAY CITY NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
Second Summative Test of Learning Outcomes in Research I
S. Y. 2020 - 2021
Directions: Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the BEST answer.
Shade the circle that corresponds to the letter of your choice on your answer sheet.
1. Which BEST shows proper biological
safety protocol inside the laboratory?
A. BSL – 1 laboratory contains/isolate
biological agents that causes serious
disease
B. BSL – 2 laboratory handles dangerous
biological agents that poses life-
threatening disease
C. BSL – 4 laboratory risk group contains
biological agents that is often
untreatable
D. BSL – 1 laboratory requires to have at
least two biosafety cabinet and laminar
flow hood
2. Which set of words will complete the
guideline: Use the __________ when
referring to work that has been published,
but use ___________ to talk about
general background information?
A. present tense; past tense
B. active voice; passive voice
C. present tense; past perfect tense
D. present tense; present perfect tense
3. Which quotation BEST shows
Introduction?
 Curcumin has been widely used in
color textiles but not like hematoxylin
and saffron as biological stain
 A review of curcumin as biological
stain and as a self-visualizing
pharmaceutical agent
 M. Hope-Roberts and HW Robin,
2017
A. “Curcumin has been widely used in
color textiles but not like hematoxylin
and saffron as biological stain.” – (M.
Hope-Roberts and HW Robin, 2017)
B. M. Hope-Roberts and HW Robin,
2017: “Curcumin has been widely
used in color textiles but not like
hematoxylin and saffron as biological
stain.”
C. They said, “Curcumin has been
widely used in color textiles but not
like hematoxylin and saffron as
biological stain.” (M. Hope-Roberts
and HW Robin, 2017)
D. M. Hope-Roberts and HW Robin, in
their journal, A Review of Curcumin
as Biological Stain and as a Self-
visualizing Pharmaceutical Agent,
discusses Curcumin as color textiles
but not like hematoxylin and saffron
as biological stain.
4. Which subtopic of research writing states
the benefits and beneficiaries of the
study?
A. Introduction
B. Scope and limitations
C. Statement of the problem
D. Significance of the problem
5. Which online resource is NOT
recommended as source of reference in a
research study?
A. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
(Pubmed)
B. https://www.sciencedirect.com/
(Science Direct)
C. https://scholar.google.com.ph/
(Google Scholar)
D. https://www.wikipedia.com
6. Which techniques allows the researcher to
rewrite a specific part/ paragraph/ idea in
their own words?
A. paraphrasing C. retelling
B. quoting D. summarizing
7. When is direct quoting BEST used?

A. When quotation reveals something of
the speaker’s character.
B. When the speaker says something
with unusual emotion, wit, rhythm, or
color.
C. When you put the information, you
have gathered into your own writing
to add weight on your arguments.
D. When the editor tells you to have at
least five quotations in every
paragraph so that more arguments
will be included.
summary and synthesis in a writing a
review of related literature on which can
be obtained in a local and foreign studies?
I. trace the intellectual progression of
the field, including major debates
II. evaluate the sources and advise the
reader on the most pertinent or
relevant,
III. identifies where gaps exist in how a
problem has been researched to
date.
IV. give a new interpretation of old
material or combine new with old
interpretations

A. I, II C. III, IV
8. Which does NOT describe summarizing? It B. I, II, II D. I,II, III, IV
_____.

A. can be spoken or written

B. says the same thing, but in different
words
C. preserves the sequence and 12. Which format BEST shows front in - text
important details of a story citations?
D. shorter than the original, but must
include certain ideas I. Author’s Last Name (publication
9. Which is NOT a component of a Scientific year) + signal phrase +
RRL? paraphrased text/direct quotations.
A. preferred experimental trials and set – II. Signal phrase + Author’s Last
up of the researcher Name (publication year) +
B. additives/chemicals/reagents to be paraphrased text/direct quotations.
used by the researchers III. Paraphrased text/direct quotations
C. target experimental variables such as + (Author’s Last Name, publication
plant and animal samples year, page number[s])
D. main and active
component/properties from the A. I only C. III only
variables used such as presence of B. I and II D. I, II and III
phytochemicals and anti – microbial
properties.
13. Which format BEST shows end in - text
citations?
10. Which type of abstract is a commonly- I. Author’s Last Name (publication
used form of scientific communication year) + signal phrase +
used to report research findings and it
paraphrased text/direct
helps author to organize their ideas, and to
present them with clarity? quotations.
II. Signal phrase + Author’s Last
A. General abstract Name (publication year) +
B. Stratified abstract paraphrased text/direct
C. Structured abstract quotations.
D. Unified abstract III. Paraphrased text/direct
quotations + (Author’s Last Name,
11. Which BEST shows the effect of including publication year, page number[s])
organizational patterns and conceptual
 A. I only C. III only
B. I and II D. I, II and III
14. Which is the CORRECT APA Reference
list entry for book references?
A. Reese, G. (2000). Database
Programming with JDBC and Java.
Beijing: O'Reilly Media.
B. Reese, George. Database
programming with JDBC and Java.
Beijing: O'Reilly Media. 2000.
C. Reese, George. Beijing: O'Reilly
Media. Database programming with
JDBC and Java. 2000.
D. Reese, George. 2000. Database
programming with JDBC and Java.
Beijing: O'Reilly Media.
15. How should a source from an online
database cited in a CMS in – text format?
A. The author’s name should be written
right after the signal phrase.
B. The author’s last name and publication
year must be enclosed in a parenthesis.
C. Copy exactly the full URL address of
the source after the hanging number in the
footnote.
D. The hanging/elevated number after the
text must correspond to the full citation of
the source in a footnote/endnote.
16. Which is an appropriate citation using
CMS to cite a journal article?
7
Therese Blas; Article: The Martini Age; Bartender’s
Today; L54 – 67;October 20, 1998; 33; accessed
September 4, 1999
A. 7Blas,T., “The Martini Age,” The
Bartender’s Today 33:L54 – 67, 20
October 1998;available from
http://www.bar.org/journal; accessed 4
September 1999.
A. 7Blas,T., “The Martini Age,” The
Bartender’s Today 33:L54 – 67, 20
October 1998;available from
http://www.bar.org/journal; accessed 4
September 1999.
B. 7Therese Blas, “The Martini Age,” The
Bartender’s Today 33:L54 – 67,
September 4,
1999;http://www.bar.org/journal;
available from October 10, 1998.
C. 7Therese Blas, “The Martini Age,” The
Bartender’s Today 33:L54 – 67, 20
October 1998; available from
http://www.bar.org/journal; accessed 4
September 1999.
17. Which of the following cases is NOT
considered as plagiarism?
A. Using the exact words of the author.
B. Reproducing in your paper a chart
contained in the author's work.
C. Using data that the author has
compiled through his/her independent
investigation.
D. Using information from the author's
work that is regarded as common
knowledge in the discipline.
18. What would be the maximum years
granted patent to a researcher/inventor as
a sole manufacturer, distributor, owner of
the invention that they created?
A. 15 years
B. 20 years
C. 25 years
D. 30 years
19. How patent information differs from non -
patent information?
Patent info is __, while non – patent info is__
A. Bound to scientific papers and design
and documents; bound to legal
status of inventions, utility
models, designs and trademarks
B. bound to legal status of
inventions, utility models,
designs and trademarks; bound to
scientific papers and design and
documents
C. large information retrieval system that
contains technical information
presented in papers, books; large
database retrieval system and
protected under legal services
 D. web based info that made a
connection with Springer, PubMed,
ProQuest Scopus; web based info as
a source of data from WIPO, LEXIS,
WESTLAW
20. Which online resources is NOT advisable
to use when looking for non - patent
search?
A. I and III C. II
and IV
B. I and IV D. II
and III
21. What should contain a review of
literature?
A. The results obtained from the analysis
of a literature topic.
B. The use of all relevant and current
sources or evidences from literature.
C. The use of all relevant research
instruments existing in the literature.
D. The results obtained from the
application or research instruments and
data analysis
22. Which part of CACAO strategy does
check the reliability and truthfulness of
the information?
A. Accuracy
B. Coverage
C. Currency
D. Objective
23. Which situation below DOES NOT utilize
a CACAO strategy?
24. How does experimental group differs from
control group?
Experimental group is___, while Control
group is ___
A. negative response set - up,
guaranteed positive response group
B. guaranteed positive response group,
negative response set – up
C. referred as group being manipulated,
defined as group that does not
receive any treatment
D. defined as group that does not
receive any treatment, referred as
group being manipulated
25. Which demonstrate to the reader a
comprehensive detail of the identified
variables?
“Women who used birth control pills
have 78.8% high chances of developing
stroke versus women not taking birth
control pills”
A. Women not taking birth control pills
will not develop stroke.
B. Women who used birth control pills
will likely develop stroke.
C. Women who used birth control pills
has a high yield result of 78.8%
chances of having stroke.
D. Women not taking birth control pills
will have less chance of not
developing stroke than women taking
it.

A. Cited a reference from a research

article that was published last 2002
B. A researcher made sure that the
sources of information that he had
read was proofread.
C. Before reading the journal article, the
students check the
credentials/qualifications of the author
D. A student checks the date of the
article she searched online and when
was the last time the database was
updated.