310+ Business Research Methods (BRM) Solved MCQs

1.

Research is only ………..enquiry into the system of knowledge to disapprove or approve or to arrive at new conclusions for the betterment of the existing system.

A. Systematic
B. computerized
C. general
D. none of these
Answer» A. Systematic
2.

Business research means the discovery of new knowledge in the field of ….

A. Management
B. administration
C. business
D. none of these
Answer» C. business
3.

In ……..research, the researchers try to find out answers for unsolved questions related with business problems.

A. Management
B. administration
C. business
D. none of these
Answer» C. business
4.

A ………..analysis determines the cost of each production item used to produce goods and services.

A. Marketing
B. financial
C. technical
D. investment
Answer» B. financial
5.

……….is a set of logically interrelated statements in the form of empirical assertions about properties of infinite class of events or things.

A. Abstract
B. theory
C. conclusion
D. none of these
Answer» B. theory
6.

A theory explains and predict about a …………

A. Phenomenon
B. principles
C. conclusion
D. none of these
Answer» A. Phenomenon
7.

……..theory represents the common view of the nature of the relationship between theory and research.

A. Induction
B. deduction
C. rational
D. none of these
Answer» B. deduction
8.

…….. is regarded as reasoning from the general to particular

A. Induction
B. deduction
C. rational
D. none of these
Answer» B. deduction
9.

A ……….is an abstraction formed by generalizations from particulars

A. Constructs
B. concept
C. induction
D. deduction
Answer» B. concept
10.

A ………is a statement about observable phenomena that may be judged as true or false.

A. construct
B. concept
C. proposition
D. hypothesis
Answer» C. proposition
11.

A hypothesis is a …… about the predicted relationships among events or variables

A. Statement
B. conclusion
C. prediction
D. none of these
Answer» A. Statement
12.

………..research deals with practical problems.

A. Basic
B. exploratory
C. applied
D. experimental
Answer» C. applied
13.

……………research is mainly concerned with generalizations and with the formulation of a theory.

A. Basic
B. exploratory
C. applied
D. experimental
Answer» A. Basic
14.

……………research is a preliminary study of a new problem about which the researcher has little or no knowledge.

A. Basic
B. exploratory
C. applied
D. experimental
Answer» B. exploratory
15.

The ……………..research leads to discovery of new theories and development of existing theories.

A. Pure
B. exploratory
C. applied
D. experimental
Answer» A. Pure
16.

……………research is a fact finding investigation.

A. Formulative
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. none of these
Answer» C. descriptive
17.

…………research seeks to explain what is happening in a particular situation.

A. Formulative
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. none of these
Answer» B. causal
18.

……research is a management tool that can be used for creating business strategies, managing production and managing growth.

A. Social
B. business
C. educational
D. none of these
Answer» B. business
19.

A set of logically interrelated statements in the form of empirical assertions about properties of infinite class of events or things is known as………..

A. Theory
B. concept
C. construct
D. hypothesis
Answer» A. Theory
20.

………….building broadly consists of observation, induction and deduction.

A. Theory
B. concept
C. construct
D. hypothesis
Answer» A. Theory
21.

……………follows an approach which is from “general to specific”.

A. Retroduction
B. induction
C. deduction
D. none of these
Answer» C. deduction
22.

The …………..method consists of studying several individual cases and drawing generalization.

A. Retroduction
B. induction
C. deduction
D. none of these
Answer» B. induction
23.

……………follows an approach which is “top-down”.

A. Retroduction
B. induction
C. deduction
D. none of these
Answer» C. deduction
24.

A …………….is an abstraction formed by generalizations from particulars.

A. Theory
B. concept
C. construct
D. hypothesis
Answer» B. concept
25.

A ……… is a concept that is not directly observable.

A. Theory
B. concept
C. construct
D. hypothesis
Answer» C. construct
26.

An ……….is a procedure agreed upon for translation of a concept into measurement of some kind.

A. Operational definition
B. concept
C. proposition
D. hypothesis
Answer» A. Operational definition
27.

A ……….is a statement about observable phenomena that may be judged as true or false.

A. Operational definition
B. concept
C. proposition
D. hypothesis
Answer» C. proposition
28.

………research is also known as basic research because it is related with a particular project and problem.

A. Pure
B. exploratory
C. applied
D. action
Answer» D. action
29.

The ………research leads to discovery of new theories and development of existing theories.

A. Pure
B. exploratory
C. applied
D. experimental
Answer» A. Pure
30.

…………research is a preliminary study of a new problem about which the researcher has little or no knowledge.

A. Pure
B. exploratory
C. applied
D. experimental
Answer» B. exploratory
31.

The major use of ………..research is explanation of the state of affairs, as it exists at present.

A. Formulative
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. none of these
Answer» C. descriptive
32.

The objective of …………research is to test hypotheses about cause and effect relationships.

A. Formulative
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. none of these
Answer» B. causal
33.

The …………..study is always adopted where only little knowledge or information about a problem is available.

A. Situational
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. exploratory
Answer» D. exploratory
34.

Exploratory research is a ……….study of an unfamiliar problem.

A. Final
B. preliminary
C. causal
D. none of these
Answer» B. preliminary
35.

………..is a method or technique or an approach of exploring or analyzing the life of a social unit.

A. Preliminary study
B. secondary study
C. case study
D. pilot
Answer» C. case study
36.

A ……….study is a small scale preliminary study conducted before the main research, in order to check the feasibility or to improve the design of the research.

A. Preliminary
B. secondary
C. case
D. pilot
Answer» D. pilot
37.

A ………..analysis is a preliminary investigation or informal gathering of background information.

A. Situational
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. exploratory
Answer» A. Situational
38.

……..research is mainly concerned with discovery and with generating or building theory.

A. Situational
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. exploratory
Answer» D. exploratory
39.

………….research helps determine the best research design, data collection method and selection of subjects.

A. Situational
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. exploratory
Answer» D. exploratory
40.

Secondary data analysis is another form of ………….research.

A. Situational
B. causal
C. descriptive
D. exploratory
Answer» D. exploratory
41.

…………is a preliminary study conducted on a limited scale before the original studies are carried out in order to gain some primary information.

A. case study
B. pilot study
C. descriptive study
D. diagnostic study
Answer» B. pilot study
42.

Correctly defining the problem is the essential ……….step in the business research process.

A. First
B. second
C. third
D. last
Answer» A. First
43.

…………is a tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation.

A. Theory
B. concept
C. construct
D. hypothesis
Answer» D. hypothesis
44.

Plan of study of a researcher is called the…………….. .

A. Research design
B. research method
C. research procedure
D. research problem.
Answer» A. Research design
45.

If one variable depends upon another variable is termed as ……………variable.

A. Independent
B. dependent
C. extraneous
D. none of these.
Answer» B. dependent
46.

…………….. Research seeks to find cause and affect relationships between variables.

A. Descriptive
B. explorative
C. causal
D. none of these.
Answer» C. causal
47.

………………. Are the variables that may have some affects upon a dependent variable but yet are not independent Variables.

A. Dependent variables
B. independent variables
C. Extraneous variables
D. none of these.
Answer» C. Extraneous variables
48.

The survey is a non- experimental, ………………. Research method.

A. Descriptive
B. non descriptive
C. causal
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Descriptive
49.

………….. Surveys gather data over a period of time.

A. Cross- sectional
B. longitudinal
C. sample
D. none of these.
Answer» B. longitudinal
50.

……….. often is used to measure causality.

A. Experiment
B. survey
C. research design
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Experiment
51.

………………. Data can be obtained by communication or by observation.

A. Secondary
B. primary
C. sample
D. none of these.
Answer» B. primary
52.

A ……….. Design is a definite plan for obtaining a sample from a given population.

A. Research
B. sample
C. popular
D. none of these.
Answer» B. sample
53.

Probability sampling is also known as …………. Sampling.

A. Chance
B. non random
C. restricted
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Chance
54.

Under …………. Sampling method the population or universe is divided into number of clusters or large groups.

A. Restricted
B. random route
C. cluster
D. none of these.
Answer» C. cluster
55.

Research …………is the blue print for the study.

A. variable
B. problem
C. design
D. none of these.
Answer» C. design
56.

If the independent variable is not manipulated, is called ……hypothesis testing research.

A. Non-experimental
B. experimental
C. working
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Non-experimental
57.

…………studies does deal with testing of proposition or hypothesis.

A. Descriptive
B. analytical
C. Causal
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Descriptive
58.

………….research seeks to find cause and affect relationships between variables.

A. Causal
B. Descriptive
C. analytical
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Causal
59.

The survey is a………….. descriptive research method.

A. experimental
B. non- experimental
C. both (a) & (b)
D. none of these.
Answer» B. non- experimental
60.

………… surveys are used to gather information on a population at a single point in time.

A. cross-sectional
B. historical
C. Longitudinal
D. none of these.
Answer» A. cross-sectional
61.

The ………..method involves a complete enumeration of all units of the population or universe.

A. census
B. sample
C. both (a) & (b)
D. none of these.
Answer» A. census
62.

…………………….variables are undesirable because they add error to an experiment.

A. dependent
B. Extraneous
C. independent
D. none of these.
Answer» B. Extraneous
63.

………………..error is known as non- cumulative error.

A. Unbiased
B. biased
C. technical
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Unbiased
64.

………….. is the generation of continuum upon which measured objects are located.

A. Ranking
B. measurement
C. scaling
D. rating
Answer» C. scaling
65.

When a ……………… scale is used for the purpose of the identification, there is strict one to one correspondence between the numbers and the objects.

A. Nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval
D. ratio
Answer» A. Nominal
66.

Which of the statistics is not permissible with nominally scaled data?

A. Chi square
B. median
C. range
D. both (b) and (c) are not permissible.
Answer» D. both (b) and (c) are not permissible.
67.

In business research, attitudinal data obtained from rating scales are often treated as …………….. Data.

A. Nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval
D. ratio
Answer» C. interval
68.

Which of the following scale is not a type of comparative scale?

A. Semantic differential
B. constant sum
C. likert
D. both (a) and(c).
Answer» D. both (a) and(c).
69.

The term ………… is used to indicate measuring of something.

A. Scaling
B. ratio
C. rating
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Scaling
70.

The …………. Scale places events in order.

A. Nominal
B. ordinal
C. interval
D. ratio.
Answer» B. ordinal
71.

…………. Scale is used to draw out a yes or no answer.

A. Lickert
B. rating
C. dichotomous
D. category.
Answer» C. dichotomous
72.

This type of scale makes extensive use of words rather than numbers.

A. Sematic
B. likert
C. rating
D. numerical.
Answer» A. Sematic
73.

A questionnaire is a devise that is most frequently used in collecting ………. Data.

A. Secondary
B. primary
C. both
D. none of these.
Answer» B. primary
74.

These questions are also called fixed alternative questions.

A. Open ended
B. closed
C. both
D. open response-option questions.
Answer» B. closed
75.

……………. Questionnaires contain definite, concrete and direct questions.

A. Unstructured
B. structured
C. closed form
D. none of these.
Answer» B. structured
76.

Data processing consists of …………., coding and tabulation.

A. Editing
B. entry
C. classification
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Editing
77.

………….. helps to become the data accurate, consistent with the intent of the question and other information in the survey, and to see the data is complete in all respects.

A. Coding
B. tabulation
C. editing
D. classification.
Answer» C. editing
78.

………. Is the process of assigning figures or other symbols to answers so that responses can be put into a limited number of categories or classes.

A. Editing
B. coding
C. tabulation
D. classification.
Answer» B. coding
79.

Data classified on the basis of some attributes are known as…………..classification.

A. Qualitative
B. Quantitative
C. Geographical
D. chronological
Answer» A. Qualitative
80.

…………. Is the process of summarizing raw data and displaying it in a compact form for further analysis.

A. Classification
B. coding
C. tabulation
D. editing.
Answer» C. tabulation
81.

In statistics, a ………….. is a graphical display of tabulated frequencies.

A. Histiogram
B. bar diagram
C. histogram
D. none of these.
Answer» C. histogram
82.

If the study is related one variable it is called………… analysis.

A. Bivaralite
B. correlation
C. casual analysis
D. unidimensional
Answer» D. unidimensional
83.

……………… is the middle value in the distribution when it is arranged in descending or ascending order.

A. Mode
B. mean
C. median
D. range.
Answer» C. median
84.

……….. is the most common measure of central tendency.

A. Mode
B. median
C. mean
D. range
Answer» C. mean
85.

When the study is related with more than two variables it is termed as ……………. Analysis.

A. Bivaraite
B. multivariate
C. casual analysis
D. unidimensional.
Answer» B. multivariate
86.

…………. Report is a report prepared for a layman.

A. Technical
B. popular
C. general
D. specific.
Answer» B. popular
87.

A ………. Is a list of the sources used by the researcher to get information for research report.

A. Bibliography.
B. Content
C. appendix
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Bibliography.
88.

There are ……… primary scales of measurement.

A. One
B. two
C. three
D. four
Answer» D. four
89.

………… is a systematic way of assigning numbers or names to objects and their attributes.

A. Measurement
B. classification
C. scaling
D. tabulation.
Answer» A. Measurement
90.

The ……………. Scale is known as nominal scale.

A. Interval
B. ordinal
C. ranking
D. ratio.
Answer» C. ranking
91.

……………. Scales is also known as the cardinal level of measurement.

A. Interval
B. ordinal
C. ratio
D. ranking
Answer» A. Interval
92.

Nominal variables allow for ………….. classification.

A. Quantitative
B. qualitative
C. both (a) & (b)
D. none of these.
Answer» B. qualitative
93.

A ………………….. is a device that is most frequently used in collecting primary data.

A. Schedule
B. questionnaire
C. both (a) & (b)
D. none of these.
Answer» C. both (a) & (b)
94.

………… ended questions are called free answer questions.

A. Closed
B. open
C. multiple choice question
D. none of these.
Answer» B. open
95.

A ......................refers to one which provides several set of alternatives for its answers.

A. Closed
B. open
C. multiple choice question
D. none of these.
Answer» C. multiple choice question
96.

A ………………. Is a set of questions which are asked and filled in by the interviewer in a face to face situation with another person.

A. Schedule
B. questionnaire
C. check-list
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Schedule
97.

Mail survey is the other method of collecting ……………… data.

A. Secondary
B. primary
C. both
D. none of these.
Answer» B. primary
98.

……………. Is the process of assigning figures or other symbols to answers so that responses can be put into a limited number of categories or classes.

A. Coding
B. editing
C. tabulation
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Coding
99.

…………….. Is the process of summarizing raw data and displaying it in a compact form for further analysis.

A. Classification.
B. Editing
C. coding
D. tabulation.
Answer» D. tabulation.
100.

……………. Are specialized types of database.

A. Spreadsheets.
B. Microsoft word
C. Microsoft office
D. none of these.
Answer» A. Spreadsheets.
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