This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Variables > Dependent And Independent Variable – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dependent And Independent Variable Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Developmental Psychologists want to know if exposing children to public television improves reading skills. What is the DV? A) Reading skills. B) Public TV. C) Children watching TV. D) Random children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading skills. 2. The factors that stay the same or are constant throughout the experiment. A) Controlled Variable. B) Dependent Variable. C) Independent Variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controlled Variable. 3. What is the constant? A) What we are changing or testing. B) What we are observing or measuring. C) What we keep the same to make the experiment fair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What we keep the same to make the experiment fair. 4. When experimenting with plants to see if they grow better with or without fertilizer, a scientist uses six bean plants and one type of fertilizer. What type of variable is the fertilizer? A) Dependent. B) Control. C) Compound. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent. 5. Two plants are grown using the same light and pots. One plant is given water that has been microwaved and the other plant is given regular tap water. Their height is measured after 2 weeks. What is the INDEPENDENT variable? A) Light. B) Height. C) Pots. D) Type of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Type of water. 6. Tom earns $ 12 per hour. Which statement is correct? A) The hours he works is the independent variable. B) There are no independent or dependent variables in this example. C) The hours he works is the dependent variable. D) The money he earns is the independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hours he works is the independent variable. 7. Behavioral Psychologists want to know if reinforcing comments will make people work harder on n assembly line. IV? A) Assembly line. B) Reinforcing comments. C) Level of work effort. D) Work attendance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reinforcing comments. 8. The part of the experiment that remains the same for the control and experimental group. A) Constants. B) Control. C) Dependent. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constants. 9. A variable that helps to explain the association between the conditions or treatments and the response, but is not the explanation that the study was designed to test. A) Treatments. B) Response variable. C) Double blind. D) Lurking variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lurking variable. 10. Does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball affect how well they will do on their math test. What is the dependent variable? A) How far they kick the soccer ball. B) Who the person is. C) How well they do on the math test. D) Type of soccer ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How well they do on the math test. 11. Input is also known as what? A) Independent Variable. B) Dependent Variable. C) Additive Relationship. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Variable. 12. The step by step directions of the experiment are found in the: A) Procedure. B) Hypothesis. C) Conclusion. D) Data table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procedure. 13. Why do scientist use the scientific method? A) To make sure they get credit for their discoveries. B) To make sure their results are valid and can be performed by other scientists. C) So that other scientist don't get mad at them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make sure their results are valid and can be performed by other scientists. 14. The factor that you measure in an experiment is the A) Independent Variable. B) Dependent Variable. C) Constant. D) Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Variable. 15. A study was done to see if different tire treads affect the braking distance of a car.What is the dependent variable? A) Model of car. B) Tire treads. C) Braking distance. D) Road conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Braking distance. 16. Mrs. G set up an experiment to see how the type of ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the In dependent Variable in this experiment. A) Distance traveled by the ball. B) Height of the ramp. C) The type of ball. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The type of ball. 17. How many independent variables can be tested in a controlled experiment? A) Two. B) Three. C) As many as possible. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One. 18. What effect does high temperature have on radish germination increase. Which is the independent variable A) Radish germination increase. B) High temperature and radish germination increase. C) High temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High temperature. 19. The variable that is being tested, counted, or measured is known as A) Controlled Variable. B) None of these. C) Independent Variable. D) Dependent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent Variable. 20. Ms. Stowe set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the responding variable. A) Distance traveled by the ball. B) Height of the ramp. C) Mass of the ball. D) Where the experiment took place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distance traveled by the ball. 21. Pillbugs are placed in a container where they have a choice of a wet or a dry environment. Researchers record how much time was spent on each side. What is the INDEPENDENT variable? A) Time spent on each side. B) Type of pillbugs. C) Environment (wet or dry). D) Type of container. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment (wet or dry). 22. Read the title and identify the INDEPENDENT variable.Research Title:Various Study Habits and their Effects on the Level of Performance in Management Subject A) Management Subject. B) Level of Performance in Management Subject. C) Various Study Habits. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Various Study Habits. 23. The more time that I spend reading, the more pages I have read. Which variable is independent? A) Number of pages because they do not depend on the reading time. B) Time spent reading because it doesn't depend on the number of pages. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time spent reading because it doesn't depend on the number of pages. 24. Scientific Question:Does the type of sneaker you wear affect how fast you can run? What is the independent variable? A) Type of sneaker. B) How fast you run. C) Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of sneaker. 25. The blood pressure of a soldier is measured while he is resting. The soldier is then exposed to a stressful environment and his blood pressure is measured again. What is the INDEPENDENT variable? A) Blood pressure. B) Blood type. C) Environment (resting or stressful). D) Soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment (resting or stressful). 26. Research as shown to support that if students pay attention in class have higher test scores. What is the independent variable? A) Research. B) Paying attention. C) Test scores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paying attention. 27. Danny wants to test the effects of temperature on number of cricket chirps per minute. What is the problem Danny is testing? A) What is the effect of different temperatures on number of cricket chirps per minute?. B) What is the effect of cricket chirps on temperature?. C) How many chirps do crickets chirp a minute?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is the effect of different temperatures on number of cricket chirps per minute?. 28. George loves to ride his bike. He has several routes he likes to ride. He can travel 6 miles per hour. Which variable is independent? A) Number of hours you ride because it doesn't depend on the route. B) The route George takes because the route doesn't depend on the speed. C) Speed of the bike because the speed doesn't depende on the route. D) 6 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The route George takes because the route doesn't depend on the speed. 29. How many independent variables should be tested at a time in a scientific investigation? A) None. B) One. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One. 30. A variable that has an effect on the outcome of a study but was not part of the investigation. A) Explanatory Variable. B) Residual. C) Explanatory Variable. D) Lurking Variable. 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