Instructor Resource
Pajo, Introduction to Research Methods
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Chapter 1: The Purpose of Research
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The form of knowledge that we inherit from the culture in which we grow up is best
described as ______.
a. everyday knowledge
b. experiential knowledge
c. authoritative knowledge
d. traditional knowledge
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Scientific Research and Its Purpose
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. ______ is the form of knowledge that we believe to be true.
a. Scientific knowledge
b. Falsified
c. Paradigms
d. Authority
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Scientific Research and Its Purpose
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. A child learns that it is dangerous to play with fire after he or she learns it can burn.
Which of the following terms best fits this example?
a. scientific knowledge
b. experimental knowledge
c. traditional knowledge
d. authority
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Scientific Research and Its Purpose
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. What is the name of Karl Popper’s theory of knowledge?
a. falsifiability
b. structure of scientific revolution
c traditional knowledge
d. authoritative knowledge
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Theories of Knowledge
, Instructor Resource
Pajo, Introduction to Research Methods
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. What is the name of Thomas Kuhn’s theory of knowledge?
a. paradigms
b. falsifiability
c. structure of scientific revolution
d. empirical evidence
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Theories of Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Normal science may be shattered and a new paradigm will be created when which of
the following series of events occur?
a. normal science, revolution, crisis, anomalies
b. crisis, anomalies, normal science, revolution
c. normal science, anomalies, crisis, revolution
d. anomalies, normal science, revolution, crisis
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolution
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. Which of the following best fits Karl Popper’s definition of knowledge?
a. the final product of conducting rigorous research
b. a specific method and obeying a set of rules
c. detailed guidelines to reach conclusions
d. a summary of general truths and laws about the world that are scientifically proven
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Popper’s pages
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Ms. Frimpong was worried about her son’s constant sneezing, runny nose, and
watery eyes. She called up her friend Martha who told her, “I have read about those
symptoms in WebMD, and that information surely proves that your son is suffering from
allergies.” Which error does Martha make?
a. premature closure
b. appeal to tradition as a basis of knowledge
c. overgeneralization
d. appeal to authority as a basis of knowledge
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Scientific Research and Its Purpose
Difficulty Level: Medium
Pajo, Introduction to Research Methods
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Chapter 1: The Purpose of Research
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The form of knowledge that we inherit from the culture in which we grow up is best
described as ______.
a. everyday knowledge
b. experiential knowledge
c. authoritative knowledge
d. traditional knowledge
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Scientific Research and Its Purpose
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. ______ is the form of knowledge that we believe to be true.
a. Scientific knowledge
b. Falsified
c. Paradigms
d. Authority
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Scientific Research and Its Purpose
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. A child learns that it is dangerous to play with fire after he or she learns it can burn.
Which of the following terms best fits this example?
a. scientific knowledge
b. experimental knowledge
c. traditional knowledge
d. authority
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Scientific Research and Its Purpose
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. What is the name of Karl Popper’s theory of knowledge?
a. falsifiability
b. structure of scientific revolution
c traditional knowledge
d. authoritative knowledge
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Theories of Knowledge
, Instructor Resource
Pajo, Introduction to Research Methods
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. What is the name of Thomas Kuhn’s theory of knowledge?
a. paradigms
b. falsifiability
c. structure of scientific revolution
d. empirical evidence
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Theories of Knowledge
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Normal science may be shattered and a new paradigm will be created when which of
the following series of events occur?
a. normal science, revolution, crisis, anomalies
b. crisis, anomalies, normal science, revolution
c. normal science, anomalies, crisis, revolution
d. anomalies, normal science, revolution, crisis
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Thomas Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolution
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. Which of the following best fits Karl Popper’s definition of knowledge?
a. the final product of conducting rigorous research
b. a specific method and obeying a set of rules
c. detailed guidelines to reach conclusions
d. a summary of general truths and laws about the world that are scientifically proven
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Popper’s pages
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Ms. Frimpong was worried about her son’s constant sneezing, runny nose, and
watery eyes. She called up her friend Martha who told her, “I have read about those
symptoms in WebMD, and that information surely proves that your son is suffering from
allergies.” Which error does Martha make?
a. premature closure
b. appeal to tradition as a basis of knowledge
c. overgeneralization
d. appeal to authority as a basis of knowledge
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Scientific Research and Its Purpose
Difficulty Level: Medium
