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1. Which of the following research questions is too broad for a graduate level research paper?

a. How do generational differences affect communication in virtual teams at IBM Corporation?

b. How has technology improved educational practices in the United States?

c. How does customer service outsourcing affect retail sales of computers?

d. How does Mexican immigration affect restaurant businesses in the United States?

2. You are writing a graduate research paper about the use of vaccines against weapons of biological warfare. Which source is the most appropriate for further investigation?

a. an article in The Humanist entitled "America the Beautiful’s Germ Warfare Rash”, written by an award winning journalist and military veteran

b. a book titled “Bad Medicine for Biological Terror,” written by an American political scientist specializing in international relations, security studies, American foreign policy, and American diplomatic and military history

c. an article titled “Long-Lasting T Cell Response to Biological Warfare Vaccines in Human Vaccines,” published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, and written by researchers from the Department of Immunobiology at King’s College London School of Medicine

d. None of the above

3. If you are doing research on technology and pharmaceuticals, the best database to consult would be:

a. JSTOR

b. Health Source: Consumer Edition

c. BIOSIS Previews

d. AgeLine

4. You find an article in a journal and are not certain whether or not the journal is scholarly. Which of the following databases will best help you decide if the journal is a scholarly publication?

a. Academic Search Complete

b. MasterFILE Premier

c. Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory

d. JSTOR

5. As you are conducting research on the free Web for your paper on the benefits of good communication between management and employees, you find a fascinating article written by Dr. Ralph Shrader. He is stated to have over a 45-year career of managerial consulting and is now the chief executive of one the most well-known management-consulting firms in the world. Make the best decision about the use of this material.

a. Use the material, because it is written by one of the world's foremost experts, who has worked with a wide-variety of organizations for many years.

b. Do NOT use the material, because it may promote the biased perspective of one person.

c. Use the material, but only after validating the key points of Dr. Shrader's article.

d. Do NOT use the material, because Dr. Shrader's perspective may be too commercial.

6. You are writing a research paper on the dangers of using cell phones while driving as compared to driving while intoxicated. Your initial search for scholarly articles gives you a small number of relevant articles. Which of the following are useful for broadening your search to find more results?

a. truncation

b. synonyms for my original search terms

c. a more narrow search statement

d. a and b

e. a, b, and c

7. You are writing a paper on firearms in the workplace and you find some statistics on the National Rifle Association site (www.nra.org/). What is the best strategy to apply if you want to use those statistics in your paper?

a. You shouldn't use the statistics at all because they come from the free Web.

b. Check the statistics against other sources before you use them because they may be biased.

c. Use the statistics because they support your thesis statement and the National Rifle Association is well-known.

d. none of the above

8. You use the following article from Business Source Complete in your research paper: Determining the Impact of Capitalising Long-Term Operating Leases on the Financial Ratios of the Top 40 JSE-Listed Companies, by Rikus R. de Villiers and Sanlie L. Middelberg, in the International Business & Economics Research Journal, June 2013, Vol. 12, Issue 6, pages 655-670. How would you cite it in APA 6th edition format?

de Villiers, R. R., & Middelberg, S. L. (2013). Determining the impact of capitalising long-term operating leases on the financial ratios of the top 40 JSE-listed companies. International Business & Economics Research Journal, 12(6), 655-670. Retrieved from Business Source Complete database

de Villiers, R. R., & Middelberg, S. L. (2013). “Determining the impact of capitalising long-term operating leases on the financial ratios of the top 40 JSE-listed companies.” International Business & Economics Research Journal, 12(6), 655-670. Retrieved from http://journals.cluteonline.com/index.php/IBER

9. If you were researching human causes of global warming and your search using the search term, “global warming,” produced too many irrelevant results, how might you change your search statement to cover the key concepts more thoroughly and find the most relevant search results?

a. “global warming” AND (human OR man-made)

b. “global warming” OR (human AND man-made)

c. (“global warming” OR “climate change”) AND (human OR man-made)

d. (“global warming” AND “climate change”) OR (human AND man-made) \

10. You are doing research on the impact of employee incentive programs on improving the economic performance of a financial organization. Which of the following sets of keywords would be the best for retrieving relevant information?

a. impact, employee, incentive programs

b. incentive programs, improve, performance

c. employee incentive programs, financial organization, economic performance

d. research, impact, financial organization, employee incentive programs

11. According to the Academic Levels of Progress policy, A student on probation is limited to a maximum enrollment of how many hours per semester?

a. 9

b. 3

c. 7

d. 15

12. If you are searching for federal food regulations, the best place to search would be:

a. the Food Info Net Regulations Web site (http://www.foodinfonet.com/regs.htm)

b. the USDA Agriculture Web site (http://www.usda.gov)

c. the Library of Congress Science Reference Guides Locating Health and Medical Information (http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/medicalinfo.html)

d. Health Source: Consumer Edition database

13. You are doing research on the impact of teacher beliefs on the education of sustainable agriculture. Which of the following groups of subject terms would be the best for searching the subject field of a database like Environment Complete on this topic?

a. agriculture teachers, agriculture, teacher influence

b. teacher education, beliefs, sustainable agriculture

c. sustainable agriculture, agricultural education, teachers

d. all of the above

14. If you mention in a conference discussion assignment that the U.S. civil war ended in 1865, you do not have to cite your source.

a. True

b. False

15. If you were researching how learning theory is applied to game-based learning and your search using game-based learning AND learning theory didn’t produce enough articles, how might you change your search statement to retrieve more articles?

a. (“game-based learn*” OR “video games”) AND “learning theor*”

b. (“game*” OR “video games”) AND “learning theor*”

c. (“game theory” OR “video games”) AND “learning theory”

d. all of the above

16. The main idea of SMART Goals is that they allow you to create goals that are specific, measureable, action-oriented, realistic, and timely.

a. True

b. False

17. According to the UMUC Code of Student Conduct, the initial review period of an initial inquiry must not exceed how many business days from the receipt of the initial complaint?

a. 7

b. 10

c. 14

d. 30

18. You are writing a research paper on the effect of employee benefits on retention and job satisfaction. Your initial search for scholarly articles gives you too many articles. Which of the following is most useful for narrowing your search and finding a smaller number of more relevant results?

a. Use subject terms from a relevant database record.

b. Use more synonyms with OR in your search statement.

c. Use more concepts with AND in your search statement.

d. a and c

e. a, b, and c

19. You are using an electronic book (e-book) that you read on January 12, 2012 in the UMUC database Sage Online Reference Collections at http://www.sage-ereference.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/hdbk_workmentor/. The author is Katherine Giscombe and the book is titled Advancing Women Through the Glass Ceiling with Formal Mentoring. How would you cite the information in in your reference list in APA 6th edition format?

Giscombe, Katherine. "Advancing Women through the Glass Ceiling with Formal Mentoring." The Handbook of Mentoring at Work. Eds. Ragins, Belle Rose, and Kathy E. Kram. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007. 549-575. Sage Online Reference Collections. Web. 12 Jan. 2012.

Giscombe, K. (2007). Advancing women through the glass ceiling with formal mentoring. In B. R. Ragins & K. E. Kran, (Eds.), The handbook of mentoring at work (pp. 549-575). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://www.sage-ereference.com/

Giscombe, K. (2007). “Advancing women through the glass ceiling with formal mentoring.” In B. R. Ragins & K. E. Kran, (Eds.), The handbook of mentoring at work (pp. 549-575). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://www.sage-ereference.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/hdbk_workmentor/

Giscombe, K. (2007). Advancing women through the glass ceiling with formal mentoring. In B. R. Ragins & K. E. Kran, (Eds.), The Handbook of Mentoring at Work (549-575). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://www.sage-ereference.com/

20. According to the UMUC Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy how many days does a unit director have, after being notified of a charge, to inform the student, in writing, of the charge and proposed sanction?

a. 7

b. 10

c. 30

d. 60

21. As a graduate student at UMUC you are expected to be an independent learner. This means that you __________.

a. critically analyze information presented to you

b. actively engage in the opportunity to master the subject area of your chosen discipline

c. don’t need to spend as much time in the online classroom as an undergraduate student would

d. a and b

e. all of the above

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