This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Tools > Redesigning Research Tools Interviews – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Redesigning Research Tools Interviews Quiz 1 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of questions do structured interview consist of? A) Easy questions. B) Closed-ended questions. C) Strict questions. D) Open-ended questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed-ended questions. 2. What is a 'leading question'? A) When the interviewee can only answer from a list of questions. B) When the interviewer tells the interviewee the answer to the question. C) Where the wording tells the interviewee how to answer the question. D) When the sociologist asks the interviewee all the questions before they can answer one of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where the wording tells the interviewee how to answer the question. 3. Who prefers structured interviews? A) Positivists. B) Functionalists. C) Interpretivists. D) Marxists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positivists. 4. What type of interview am I?the interviewer has freedom to vary questions, their wording and the order of their questions. interviewers may ask follow-up questions or probe more deeply on some questions. A) Un-structured interviews. B) Group interviews. C) Semi-structured interviews. D) Structured interviews. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Un-structured interviews. 5. What is the problem that structured and un-structured interviews face because of artificiality? A) It is sometimes doubtful whether interviewees answers are truthful and valid. B) It makes interviewees feel under pressure during their interview. C) It often results in low response rates as interviewees do not like the setting that the interview will take place in. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is sometimes doubtful whether interviewees answers are truthful and valid. 6. What is the social desirability effect? A) When sociologists want to please their interviewees. B) When people see to win approval. C) When an individual wants to be popular in school. D) When people want to please people older than them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When people see to win approval. 7. Diego is a a psychology student who conducts a research on students' thoughts about the struggles they face during the pandemic. He wants answers to be spontaneous so he decided not to prepare a standard question. He just asked students to share then he listened and took important notes. What kind of interview was done by Diego? A) Structured Interview. B) Unstructured Interview. C) Semi-structured Interview. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unstructured Interview. 8. Which of the following is an open-ended question? A) Why were the renovations necessary?. B) How much did the renovations cost?. C) When was the decision made?. D) Who is in charge of the group?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why were the renovations necessary?. 9. Which is a practical issue of structure interviews? A) Not representative. B) Very little freedom to explain questions or clarify misunderstandings. C) Cannot match the potentially huge sample numbers reached by questionnaires. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cannot match the potentially huge sample numbers reached by questionnaires. 10. Which of the following points is NOT the way to establish rapport? A) Treat interviewees with respect. B) Invade their space. C) Dress and behave appropriately. D) Give firm eye contact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invade their space. 11. Which type of interview is most reliable? A) Structured. B) Un-structured. C) Both as reliable as each other. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structured. 12. What type of interview has open-ended questions in it and interviewers can further their questions by going more into depth with the interviewee? A) Structured interviews. B) Un-structured interviews. C) Half-structured interviews. D) Semi-structured interviews. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Un-structured interviews. 13. What is step one of interviewing? A) Figuring out what you want to find out. B) Do your background research. C) Picking out your outfit. D) Compile a list of questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figuring out what you want to find out. 14. Which of these is a closed question? A) What were you doing last Wednesday?. B) Can you tie your shoes?. C) Where do you live?. D) What is your name?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you tie your shoes?. 15. Which of the following is not the type of interview questions? A) Structured interview. B) Partial-structured interview. C) Unforeseen interview. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unforeseen interview. 16. How could a sociologist increase the likelihood of increasing the reliability of his/her interview? A) Previous to the interview, ask the interviewees what type of questions they believe would be suitable to ask when talking about a certain topic. B) Conduct a pilot study. C) Ask another sociologists advice on the questions to ask. D) Conduct a Pre-examination study before the interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conduct a pilot study. 17. Why do structured interviews suffer from inflexibility? A) Because the interviewer can ask as many questions as they like so may get lost and go off subject. B) Because researchers have to draw up the questions in advance and therefore have already decided what is important and this might not coincide with what the interviewee thinks. C) The interviewer may be biased to a certain topic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because researchers have to draw up the questions in advance and therefore have already decided what is important and this might not coincide with what the interviewee thinks. 18. Which sociologist carried out a structured interview on the extended family in east London? A) Parsons. B) Young & Willmott. C) Durkhiem. D) Opie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Young & Willmott. 19. Why interview is particularly used? A) To only get facts. B) To gauge basic information on topic. C) To get detailed story behind one's experiences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get detailed story behind one's experiences. 20. Bea is going to conduct an interview to her relatives in Spain about their experience there during the pandemic. She wanted to call them via video call but poor internet connection gives her a hard time. She decided to send the set of questions and asked them to send back their answers according to the order of the questions. What type of interview was used by Bea? A) Structured Interview. B) Unstructured Interview. C) Semi-structured Interview. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structured Interview. 21. Which sociologists used an un-structured interview to investigate the sensitive topic of domestic violence. A) Mark & smith. B) Opie & Parson. C) Dobash & Dobash. D) Young & Willmott. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dobash & Dobash. 22. An open-ended question accomplishes which of the following? A) Prompts the source to give a short, usually one-word response. B) Prompts the source to give an open response with irrelevant information. C) Prompts the source to give long and rambling answers. D) Prompts the source to respond openly and comfortably with a conversational response and useful information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prompts the source to respond openly and comfortably with a conversational response and useful information. 23. What do we call the approach used when analysing interviews? A) Interview analysis. B) Deductive content analysis. C) Inductive content analysis. D) Transcription data analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inductive content analysis. 24. Which of the following is NOT a type of interview? A) Structured interview. B) Semi-structured interview. C) Non-structured interview. D) Unstructured interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-structured interview. Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesApplication Of Ict In Research QuizRedesigning Research Tools Observation QuizRedesigning Research Tools Questionnaire Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books