Question 1

Why is a systematic review more useful than a general review of a topic?

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Which of the following topics should a social work researcher give priority to?

Accepted Answer

A)  how sugar impacts diabetes 
B)  clinical benefits of CBT 
C)  whether biking or walking is better for leg muscle definition 
D)  which dog food is best for long lives

Question 3

Which of the following criteria might cause you to exclude an article from your research?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is free to see the full article. 
B)  It is dated 1924. 
C)  It is a 30-page article. 
D)  It is dated 2018.

Question 4

Why must research be empirically based?

Accepted Answer

A)  to include the researcher's opinion 
B)  It provides international values. 
C)  to legitimize the information 
D)  This mandates what a researcher reads.

Question 5

In practice professions, such as social work, the research problems are often conceptualized as practice problems that could be ______ in some way.

Accepted Answer

A)  improved 
B)  altered 
C)  stopped 
D)  studied

Question 6

Existing ______ on a topic can be determined through a literature review.

Accepted Answer

A)  fundraisers 
B)  experts 
C)  students 
D)  teachers

Question 7

If the literature is well-developed with many articles published, what might you examine?

Accepted Answer

A)  who cares about this problem 
B)  existing assumptions about the problem 
C)  whether the research matters 
D)  whether there is a problem at all

Question 8

What problem might occur if a literature review is poorly executed?

Accepted Answer

A)  redoing someone else's identical research 
B)  not knowing the results before beginning the research 
C)  not finding research assistants 
D)  being unclear about who will benefit from the research

Question 9

A literature review determines how other researchers have defined and ______ key concepts in the research question.

Accepted Answer

A)  proven 
B)  argued 
C)  supported 
D)  measured

Question 10

Every researcher starts their study by conducting a ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  study 
B)  focus group 
C)  literature review 
D)  conversation with supervisors

Question 11

When considering COPES, why is prevention an important area?

Accepted Answer

A)  to avoid harmful situations 
B)  to stop worthless research from taking place 
C)  to encourage clients to avoid getting attached to clinicians 
D)  to deter funding sources from wasting their money on bad research

Question 12

A ______ question is used to address a research problem.

Accepted Answer

A)  theory 
B)  study 
C)  research 
D)  problem

Question 13

A research problem is what the researcher wants to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  know 
B)  study 
C)  argue 
D)  debate

Question 14

What might hinder a researcher's ability to complete the research appropriately?

Accepted Answer

A)  interest in the topic 
B)  other similar research 
C)  personal opinion 
D)  education credentials

Question 15

How can a researcher narrow down search results in a database?

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Question 16

The most common way of searching for literature on one's topic is using ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  electronic databases 
B)  focus groups 
C)  existing textbooks 
D)  word of mouth

Question 17

Which of the following should a researcher work to understand?

Accepted Answer

A)  participants favorite color 
B)  how racism impacts Asian participants 
C)  whether participants like birds 
D)  what participants prefer to eat for lunch

Question 18

A ______will give you a good overview of the theories used to explain the topic and the methods previously used to study the topic.

Accepted Answer

A)  degree 
B)  literature review 
C)  research study 
D)  focus group

Question 19

What might it mean if a topic is not well-researched?

Accepted Answer

A)  The topic is pointless. 
B)  No one cares about the topic. 
C)  It may be a new topic to explore. 
D)  All research has been done on that topic.

Exam 4: Problem Formulation