Quiz 1

Question 1

3 ways to present a fact.

Answer 1

Description
Predict
Explain

Question 2

A group of people that possess a common characteristic.

Answer 2

Population

Question 3

Spread of scores.

Answer 3

Variance

Question 4

A portion that represents the population.

Answer 4

Sample

Question 5

A score in which the majority of the population tend to obtain.

Answer 5

Average

Question 6

Sources of knowledge.

Answer 6

Authority
Priori
Tenacity
Scientific

Question 7

Accepting new ideas because some authority figure states that they are true.

Answer 7

Authority

Question 8

Knowledge that a person can have without needing experience of any kind to justify it.

Answer 8

Priori

Question 9

Knowledge in which the truth is considered true even if the evidence is against in that truth.

Answer 9

Tenacity

Question 10

A generalized body of laws and theories to explain a phenomenon or behavior of interest that are acquired using the scientific method.

Answer 10

Scientific

Question 11

Reflection of what the research is all about.

Answer 11

Title

Question 12

Gap in the knowledge; fact exists; answerable by yes or no; conflicting results.

Answer 12

Statement of the Problem

Question 13

Group that will not receive any experimental treatment.

Answer 13

Control group

Question 14

Manipulated variable; could stand alone; caused the change of another variable.

Answer 14

Independent variable

Question 15

Variable that is observed; could be affected by another variable.

Answer 15

Dependent variable

Question 16

Provides an explanation for a particular phenomena.

Answer 16

Theory

Question 17

2 formulation methods.

Answer 17

Induction
Deduction

Question 18

Small details to bigger details; starts from the data.

Answer 18

Induction

Question 19

Bigger details to smaller details; starts from theory

Answer 19

Deduction

Question 20

Which question is best assigned to physical science field?

a. Will work influence the empowerment of women?
b. Why do we have morality?
c. What is the journey of the poor?
d. How does bird migration of occurs?

Answer 20

D

Question 21

All are examples of pure scientific process except:

a. Theorizing about how the mind works
b. Studying the season of the year
c. Knowing when and where the storm will hit
d. Migration of birds

Answer 21

A

Question 22

This knowledge has priory as a source.

a. Filipinos are resilient
b. water if heated will evaporate
c. gravitational pull in 9.8 m/sec
d. children are not supposed to lie

Answer 22

B

Question 23

Which one is the best example of tenacity?

a. dark clouds means rain
b. water if heated will evaporate
c. vampires are afraid of garlic
d. men should always rule the society

Answer 23

D

Question 24

All are examples of theories thru induction except:

a. the stiffness of the body tells the onset of death
b. neglected children become dysfunctional
c. the average height of Filipino males is 5’4”
d. when a person dies, the spouse is the usual suspect

Answer 24

D

Question 25

This is a branch of psychology that scientifically investigates basic psychological processes such as intelligence, cognition, learning, etc., and establish their relationships with other variables.

a cognitive psychology
b. social psychology
c. experimental psychology
d. I don’t know… I deserve to die

Answer 25

C

Question 26

Which one is a discrete variable?

a. average number of residents per barangay
b. number of houses per barangay
c. number of pets in a family
d. cockroaches killed by cats everyday

Answer 26

B/C/D

Question 27

This knowledge has authority as a source.

a. Filipinos are resilient
b. water if heated will evaporate
c. gravitational pull is 9.8 m/sec
d. children are not supposed to lie

Answer 27

D

Question 28

Which one is the best example of scientific knowledge?

a. dark clouds means rain
b. neglected children become dysfunctional
c. the average height of Filipino males is 54”
d. individuals change when the environment changes.

Answer 28

C

Question 29

Which one is the best example of independent-dependent variable relationship?

a. time and the number of people in the canteen
b. number of people in the canteen and time
c. distance of school and intelligence of students
d. taste of food and number of pets at home

Answer 29

A

Question 30

The variable that can influence the change in value of another variable is known as:

a independent variable
b. dependent variable
c. discrete variable
d. continuous variable

Answer 30

A

Question 31

If the mean height of males is 1.88 meters and the mean height of females is 1.52 the best evaluation is:

a. males grow faster than females
b. the mean height of males is higher than that of females
c. the gap in terms of height between the sexes is wide
d. there is a 35 cm difference in height between males and females

Answer 31

C

Question 32

Which question is best assigned to metaphysical field?

a. How vast is the universe?
b. Why do we have morality?
c. When did Jesus Christ exist?
d. When will the world end?

Answer 32

B

Question 33

Which question is best assigned to social science field?

a. What was the diet of brontosaurus?
b. What happens to us after we die?
c. When did Jesus Christ exist?
d. How do monks live spiritually?

Answer 33

D

Question 34

If the mean for height is 1.5 meters with the standard deviation of .5, the person with a height of 2.1 meters is considered as:

a. normal
b. taller than the majority
c. slightly taller than the rest.
d. very tall

Answer 34

C