Quiz – Clarify the Question and Research Design
1. Which of the following is a decision rule?
a. The oldest machine with the lowest production rate
b. Machine’s brand
c. Machine’s age
d. Machine’s maintenance record
e. Machine’s production rate
2. A Google search can be classified as which type of information source?
a. Primary
b. Statistical
c. Secondary
d. External
e. Tertiary
3. All of the following are examples of primary sources of information except ______.
a. Transcripts of speeches
b. Economic data
c. Google searches
d. Memos
e. Letters
4. Which of the following is an example of a primary source of information?
a. Newspaper articles
b. Google searches
c. Encyclopedias
d. Internal sales reports
e. Newscasts
5. Maurice is beginning a new research project. As he begins exploration, Maurice will most
likely begin with _____.
a. Designing a survey
b. Preparing measurement questions
c. An expert interview
d. A literature search
e. Brainstorming
6. What is a type of the following management question? “Should we introduce a mint
flavor of Oreos?”
a. Evaluation of Solution
b. Choice of Purpose/Objective
c. Troubleshooting
d. Control
e. None of these choices is correct
7. A management question asks “Why is product A’s sales below projections?” This is an
example of a(n) ____ type of management question.
a. Troubleshooting
b. Choice of purpose or objectives
c. Control
d. Evaluation of solution
e. None of the above is correct.
8. A management question asks “Should we hire a search firm to fill our engineering
positions or conduct the search ourselves?” This is an example of a(n) ______ type of
management question.
a. Choice of purpose or objectives
