NITTT Module 7 Quiz Answers for 2024 (April – May) Session

2024 (Batch 9) —– 2023 (Batch 8)

Graded Assessment I

Assessment due date is 2024-04-10, 23:59 IST

1. The process of sensing gaps or disturbing missing elements, forming ideas or hypotheses concerning them, testing these hypotheses and communicating the results, possibly modifying and retesting the hypotheses is referred to as:

• Creativity
• Research
• Education research
• Innovation

Accepted Answer
Creativity

2. Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of divergent thinking?

• Fluency
• Flexibility
• Elaboration
• None of the above

Accepted Answer
None of the above

3. Problem solving technique that addresses a challenge or problem in a creative manner is referred to as :

• Creative problem solving
• Innovation
• Research
• Education research

Accepted Answer:
Creative problem solving

4. Which of the following is an idea generating technique?

• Evaluation matrix
• Must versus wants
• Paired comparison technique
• Synectics

Accepted Answer
Synectics

5. Creating new business opportunities through new technologies, products, services, processes, business models etc. is the process of:

• Research
• Innovation
• Education research
• Creative problem solving

Accepted Answer
Innovation1 point

6. Development of new method to achieve a given production is referred to as :

• Product innovation
• Market innovation
• Process innovation
• Organizational Innovation

Accepted Answer
Process innovation

7. Customer feedback regarding the developed prototype is obtained in the process of design thinking at the stage of;

• Create
• Design
• Evaluate
• Discover

Accepted Answer
Evaluate

8. Interaction or cooperation giving rise to the whole which is greater than the simple sum of parts is referred to as:

• Collaboration
• Interdependence
• Synergy
• Group work

Accepted Answer
Synergy

9. in the process of team building, establishing procedures for handling conflicts, making decisions and selecting methods for accomplishing the project takes place at the stage of:

• Forming
• Storming
• Norming
• Performing

Accepted Answer
Norming

10. Which of the following are the principles of effective teams:

• Clarity of purpose, mission & approach
• Communication
• Coordination
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

Graded Assessment II

Assessment due date is 2024-04-17, 23:59 IST

1. Which of the following Boolean operators are used to narrow down the search for review of related literature?

• AND
• OR
• NOT
• Both AND & NOT

Accepted Answer
Both AND & NOT

2. In review of related literature, Edited books are categorized as:

• Primary source of information
• Secondary source of information
• Preliminary source of information

Accepted Answer
Secondary source of information

3. Which of the following questions can be answered by educational research for teachers?

• Whether autonomy needs to be provided to technical institutions?
• How efficiently the laboratory resources are used by the teachers of various disciplines?
• What is the effect of Project based learning on the problem solving skills of Electronics & Communication Engineering students?
• What are the competencies expected by the industry from the graduate engineers?

Accepted Answer
What is the effect of Project based learning on the problem solving skills of Electronics & Communication Engineering students?

4. The process of research involves:

• Inductive reasoning
• Deductive reasoning
• Both inductive & deductive reasoning
• Neither inductive nor deductive reasoning

Accepted Answer
Both inductive & deductive reasoning

5. Educational research can help in taking informed decisions by:

• Policy makers
• Administrators
• Teachers
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

6. The first step in educational research is:

• Analysing data & interpreting the results
• Collecting Data
• Selecting research design & describing the research procedure
• Selecting & defining a research problem

Accepted Answer
Selecting & defining a research problem

7. Finding solution to the classroom problem by the teacher himself/herself is referred to as:

• Basic research
• Applied research
• Action research
• Evaluation research

Accepted Answer
Action research

8. Following are the various steps in undertaking review of related literature:

(i) Analyzing, Organizing & reporting the literature
(ii) Abstracting the information
(iii) Identifying key words
(iv) Identifying the sources of information

The correct sequence of steps followed in the process of review of literature is:

• (i)- (ii)-(iii)- (iv)
• (i)-(ii)-(iv)-(iii)
• (i)-(iii)-(ii)-(iv)
• (iii)-(iv)-(ii)-(i)

Accepted Answer
(iii)-(iv)-(ii)-(i)

9. Which of the following is an example of preliminary source of information?

• Books
• Journals
• Annotated Bibliography
• Thesis

Accepted Answer
Annotated Bibliography

10. Which of the following is a primary source of information?

• Books
• Encyclopaedia
• Journal
• Research report

Accepted Answer
Journal
Research report

Graded Assessment III

Assessment due date is 2024-04-24, 23:59 IST

1. The sources for identification of a research problem include:

• Personal practical experience
• Critical review of the relevant literature
• Interaction with others
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

2. Which one of the following is a directional hypothesis?

• There is no significant effect of emotional intelligence on occupational stress among teachers working in degree institutions.
• There exists significant relationship between emotional intelligence and occupational stress among teachers working in degree institutions.
• There exists no significant relationship between emotional intelligence and occupational stress among teachers working in degree institutions.
• There exists significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and occupational stress among teachers working in degree institutions.

Accepted Answer
There exists significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and occupational stress among teachers working in degree institutions.

3. While selecting a research problem, the researcher should avoid:

• Moral questions
• Philosophical questions
• Theological questions
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

4. Which of the following hypotheses is a non-directional hypothesis?

• There exists no significant relationship between gender and achievement in Physics.
• There exists significant positive correlation between gender and achievement in Physics.
• There exists significant relationship between gender and achievement in Physics.
• There are no significant differences in the achievement in Physics of boys and girls.

Accepted Answer
There exists significant relationship between gender and achievement in Physics.

5. Descriptive research studies aim at determining the:

• Existing conditions, processes, opinions, reactions etc.
• True cause and effect relationships between independent and dependent variable.
• The relationship between predictors and criterion variables.
• Tentative cause and effect relationships where both cause and effect has already occurred.

Accepted Answer
Existing conditions, processes, opinions, reactions etc.

6. Population survey refers to a survey for which:

• Data is collected from every member of the population.
• Data is collected from a sample drawn from the population
• Data is collected from the samples of various sub groups existing in the population at a same point of time.
• Data is collected from the different samples drawn from the same population over a period of time.

Accepted Answer
Data is collected from every member of the population.

7. Which of the following questions can be answered by a case study?

• What are the students’ perceptions regarding role of artificial intelligence in Education?
• What instructional resources are used by teachers of various disciplines in the degree level technical institutions in the State of Punjab?
• How did the top ranking institution in NIRF i2022 established international collaborations for research?
• What competencies are expected of undergraduate students of ECE by the industry?

Accepted Answer
How did the top ranking institution in NIRF i2022 established international collaborations for research?

8. An empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon in its real life context, where the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not evident and in which multiple sources of evidence are used, is referred to as a:

• Survey study
• Case study
• Experimental study
• Correlation study

Accepted Answer
Case study

9. If you take up a study to find out as to which levels of learning outcomes as per Bloom’s taxonomy are being assessed in the last five years of end term question papers of one of the subjects offered at undergraduate level by one of the universities, the study can be categorized as:

• Survey study
• Case Study
• Content Analysis Study
• Correlation study

Accepted Answer
Content Analysis Study

10. Which of the following hypotheses is Null Hypothesis?

• There exists no significant relationship between gender and achievement in Physics.
• There exists significant positive correlation between gender and achievement in Physics.
• There exists significant relationship between gender and achievement in Physics.
• There exists significant differences in the achievement in Physics of boys and girls.

Accepted Answer
There exists no significant relationship between gender and achievement in Physics.

Graded Assessment IV

Assessment due date is 2024-05-01, 23:59 IST

1. Studies that aim at determining the relationship between two or more than two variables are referred to as:

• Survey studies
• Case studies
• Content analysis studies
• Correlation studies

Accepted Answer
Correlation studies

 2. In a study on Predicting career success of mechanical engineers on the basis of their educational qualifications, communication skills and creative problem solving ability, which of the following variables is a criterion variable?

• Communication skills
• Creative Problem Solving ability
• Career success
• Educational qualifications

Accepted Answer
Career success

3. A study on Predicting career success of mechanical engineers on the basis of their educational qualifications, communication skills and creative problem solving ability is an example of:

• Correlation study
• Survey study
• Case study
• Content analysis research

Accepted Answer
Correlation study

4. When, with a change in one variable, there is a change in another variable in the same direction, correlation between the two variables is said to be :

• Positive correlation
• Negative correlation
• No correlation
• Perfect negative correlation

Accepted Answer
Positive correlation

5. If with an increase in scores on emotional intelligence, there is decrease in the scores on occupational stress of teachers, the correlation between emotional intelligence and occupational stress is said to be:

• Positive correlation
• Negative correlation
• Perfect positive correlation
• No correlation

Accepted Answer
Negative correlation

6. Which of the following studies is an example of ex-post facto study?

• Perceptions of teachers regarding the criteria of grading used for accreditation of Programmes by NBA.
• Emotional intelligence and occupational stress among teachers working in technical institutions in the State of Maharashtra.
• Effect of educational qualifications and pre-service training in educational technology on the teaching effectiveness of teachers working in Polytechnics of Haryana.
• A case study of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

Accepted Answer
Effect of educational qualifications and pre-service training in educational technology on the teaching effectiveness of teachers working in Polytechnics of Haryana.

7. A study undertaken to determine the tentative cause and effect relationship between variables and where both cause and effect have already occurred, is referred to as:

• Case study
• Correlation study
• Ex-post Facto study
• Survey study

Accepted Answer
Ex-post Facto study

8. Identifying student, teacher and family related factors affecting the achievement in Applied Mathematics among first year students of diploma in Electrical, Civil & Mechanical Engineering is an example of:

• Survey study
• Case study
• Correlation study
• Ex-post Facto study

Accepted Answer
Ex-post Facto study

9. A comparison group is selected in case of an ex-post facto study, which:

• Possesses the same defined characteristics of dependent variable as the defined group
• Does not possess the defined characteristics of dependent variable as possessed by the defined group.
• Is not subjected to any treatment
• Is selected from a different population

Accepted Answer
Does not possess the defined characteristics of dependent variable as possessed by the defined group.

10. Which of the following variables cannot be manipulated by the researcher?

• Educational qualifications of students
• Type of school attended by students
• Parental income of students
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

Graded Assessment V

Assessment due date is 2024-05-08, 23:59 IST

1. Experimental research aims at determining;

• Existing conditions, processes, reactions etc.
• Relationship between two or more than two variables
• Tenative cause and effect relationship between variables
• True cause and effect relationship between variables

Accepted Answer
True cause and effect relationship between variables

2. Experimental research involves:

• Random selection of groups
• Random allocation of treatment
• Manipulation of an independent variable
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

3. Which of the following experimental design would yield more reliable results?

• Post- test only one group design
• Pretest- Post test control group design
• Pretest -post test one group design
• Post test only control group design

Accepted Answer
Pretest- Post test control group design

4. Which of the following variables can be manipulated by the researcher?

• Age of subjects
• Gender of subjects
• Weight of subjects
• Yoga & meditation training

Accepted Answer
Yoga & meditation training

5. External validity in case of experimental research refers to:

• Generalization of findings in other settings
• Random selection of groups
• Random allocation of treatment
• Control of extraneous variables

Accepted Answer
Generalization of findings in other settings

6. The characteristics of action research includes:

• Undertaken by a practitioner
• Undertaken in a specific context
• Findings of research implemented by the practitioner
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

7. Findings of research undertaken by a teacher in his/her class to improve student learning will be applicable to:

• All the students in the institution
• All students studying in the various sections of same class taught by different teachers
• All students studying in the same class in the state
• Only to students of his/her class

Accepted Answer
Only to students of his/her class

8. In evaluating video based lectures, action researcher should:

• Allow focussing themes to emerge as the video lectures are viewed.
• Focus only on his/her own communication in the video based lectures.
• Select focussing themes before viewing video based lectures
• Verify the video based lectures by a disinterested third party.

Accepted Answer
Select focussing themes before viewing video based lectures

9. A study undertaken by a trainer that aims at implementing training strategies on the basis of their effectiveness to enhance collaboration among the training participants is an example of:

• Case study
• Survey research
• Experimental research
• Action research

Accepted Answer
Action research1 point

10. To investigate a self selected issue in your classroom to effect positive changes in your teaching and improve student learning is an example of:

• Action research
• Case study
• Correlation research
• Experimental research

Accepted Answer
Action research

Graded Assessment VI

Assessment due date is 2024-05-15, 23:59 IST

1. Which of the following is an example of probability sampling?

• Snowball sampling
• Purposive sampling
• Quota sampling
• Systematic random sampling

Accepted Answer
Systematic random sampling

2. A small proportion of population will be adequate as a sample when:

• Population is heterogeneous
• Population is homogeneous
• Population is large
• When population is homogeneous and large

Accepted Answer
When population is homogeneous and large

3. If your population for a study comprises of children, adolescents and adults and among them some are literate and others are illiterate, which of the following sampling technique would you prefer?

• Simple random sampling technique
• Stratified random sampling technique
• Cluster sampling technique
• Systematic random sampling technique

Accepted Answer
Stratified random sampling technique

4. In case, you are interested in determining reasons for use of malpractice in class examination by ten of your students, you will use:

• Simple random sampling technique
• Quota sampling technique
• Purposive sampling technique
• Snowball sampling technique

Accepted Answer
Purposive sampling technique

5. Sample for a research study need to be:

• Representative of population
• Free from biases
• Adequate
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

6. Specific items to be included in the questionnaire or interview schedule are derived directly from:

• Purpose of the study
• Objectives of the study
• Criterion questions
• Hypotheses for the study

Accepted Answer       
Criterion questions

7. Semi -structured interview schedule consists of:

• Both broad and specific questions
• Only broad questions
• Only specific questions
• Only alternate response type questions

Accepted Answer
Only broad questions

8. Questionnaires can include items such as:

• Alternate response type
• Multiple response type
• Multiple choice type
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

9. If the researcher is interested in determining the nature and sequence of instructional events used by the teachers in class, he/she should prefer a/an:

• Observation schedule
• Structured Interview schedule
• Questionnaire
• Semi-structured interview schedule

Accepted Answer
Observation schedule

10. Standardised measuring tools need to be preferred when measuring:

• Opinions regarding use of technology
• Reactions towards NPE 2020
• Obtaining feedback from students regarding difficuly in end term question paper
• Psychological constructs such as intelligence, aptitude etc.

Accepted Answer
Psychological constructs such as intelligence, aptitude etc.

Graded Assessment VII

Assessment due date is 2024-05-22, 23:59 IST

1. Which of the following measurement scales have an absolute zero?

• Nominal scale
• Ordinal scale
• Interval scale
• Ratio scale

Accepted Answer
Ratio scale

2. In case you have scores of your students out of 100 in end term examination, the data is available on a/an :

• Nominal scale
• Ordinal scale
• Interval scale
• Ratio scale

Accepted Answer
Interval scale

3. In case you are interested in finding out a score on Achievement Test below which and above which 50% of the students lie in your class, you will find out the:

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

Accepted Answer
Median

4. For which of the following hypotheses, you will use one tailed t-test?

• There exists significant differences in the mean achievement scores of male and female students in the course on Digital Electronics.
• Mean achievement score of female students in Applied Mechanics is significantly higher than the mean achievement score of male students
• There are no significant differences in the mean achievement score of male and female students in the course on Soil Mechanics.
• There are significant differences in the communication skills of students from rural and urban areas

Accepted Answer
Mean achievement score of female students in Applied Mechanics is significantly higher than the mean achievement score of male students

5. If a Company has selected ten students in campus interviews and you are interested in determining the relationship between the scores obtained by selected students in written test and the interview, you would prefer:

• Rank order correlation
• Pearson Product moment correlation
• Chi square
• Bi-serial correlation

Accepted Answer
Rank order correlation

6. If the class mean achievement score is 65 and SD is 10. As per the normal distribution, how many cases would lie between the scores of 55 and 75

• 68.26 %
• 34.13%
• 95.44%
• 99.72%

Accepted Answer
68.26 %

7. Which of the following is NOT a part of a Research proposal?

• Research Problem
• Resources required
• Analysis of Data & Interpretation of Results
• Research Outcomes

Accepted Answer
Analysis of Data & Interpretation of Results

8. The key elements included in the funding proposal include:

• Rationale for the study
• Financial resources required
• Methods & Procedure
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

9. After the researcher has written a funding research proposal, the next step is to:

• Send it to the funding agency
• Send it to the competent authority for forwarding the same to the funding agency
• Ask a colleague to critically evaluate it
• Start working on the study

Accepted Answer
Ask a colleague to critically evaluate it

10. One of the differences between a research proposal for funding and thesis is:

• Review of related Literature
• Methodology for undertaking the study
• Research questions
• CV of the researcher

Accepted Answer
CV of the researcher

Graded Assessment VIII

Assessment due date is 2024-05-29, 23:59 IST

1. Which of the following is NOT a part of Introduction in the research report?

• Rationale for the study
• Significance of the study
• Objectives of the study
• Data Analysis

Accepted Answer
Data Analysis

2. Which of the following is a part of preliminary section in a research report?

• Abstract
• References
• Appendices
• Sample of the study

Accepted Answer
Abstract

3. Sample of the study is a part of :

• Methods and Procedure
• Introduction
• References
• Preliminary material

Accepted Answer
Methods and Procedure

4. While writing a research report, the researcher should take into account:

• Purpose of the study
• Objectives of the study
• Audience for the report
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

5. ‘Suggestions for further research’ is a part of:

• Analysis of Data
• Introduction
• References
• Summary & Conclusions

Accepted Answer
Summary & Conclusions

6. Which of the following is NOT a major section of a research report?

• Introduction
• Review of related Literature
• Methods and Procedure
• Annexure

Accepted Answer
Annexure

7. The criteria for evaluation of the measuring tools in the research report should include:

• Reliability
• Validity
• Both reliability & validity
• Neither reliability nor validity

Accepted Answer
Both reliability & validity

8. Analysis of Data and Interpretation of results include evaluation of:

• Presentation of results
• Tables and/or Illustrations
• Interpretation of Results
• All of the above

Accepted Answer
All of the above

9. Which one of the following is NOT the aspect of evaluation of Review of Related literature?

• Statistical techniques to be used
• Literature
• Gaps in research
• Conclusions

Accepted Answer
Statistical techniques to be used

Researchability is one of the parameters of evaluation in case of:

• Sample
• Statistical techniques
• Analysis of data
• Statement of research problem

Accepted Answer
Statement of research problem

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