Exam 10: Planning, Researching, and Documenting Reports

A report that starts by discussing a problem as it affects an organization and then moves to discussing the problem's parts and solutions to those parts uses the __________________ organizational pattern.

Explain when you should choose to quote a source rather than put it into your own words.

If you need to probe for complexities of a topic for a survey, you should use closed questions.

You need to survey students on their time-management habits for a research project.How would you go about doing this? What sorts of questions would you ask (closed or open)? Would you conduct interviews? If so, how? If you rely on surveys, how would you choose your sample?

In Canada, fair dealing means that, as long as you cite sources properly, you can use them however you want.

You have a solution to a problem; however, your solution is unpopular, and likely to be met with many alternate suggestions.Which of the following would be the most appropriate organizational pattern for your report?

Open questions on a survey have the advantage of being easy and quick for subjects.

What are the pros and cons of online surveys?

Which of the following is NOT a quality to check for when you evaluate your research?

A _____ question follows up an original question to get at specific aspects of a topic.