THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
BRMK557 – Research Methodology & Intellectual Property Rights
2024 – 2025 (ODD)
QUESTION BANK
Textbook
1. Dipankar Deb • Rajeeb Dey, Valentina E. Balas “Engineering Research Methodology”, ISSN 1868-4394 ISSN 1868-
4408 (electronic), Intelligent Systems Reference Library, ISBN 978-981-13- 2946-3 ISBN 978-981-13-2947-0
(eBook), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2947-0
Reference Book:
1. David V. Thiel “Research Methods for Engineers” Cambridge University Press, 978-1-107-03488-4.
Q.No Marks Chap
From Book 1 ( Chapter 1,2, 3, 4, 5,6) Reference book (Ch 1,2)
1. What is research ? Explain with supporting analogy. 06 Ch 1
2. Explain the research activity flow with neat diagram. 08
3. Identify the categories of knowledge in research and explain. 08
4. What is engineering research ? Explain. 05
5. List & explain the objectives of Engineering research. 06
6. How researcher gets motivation ? Explain. 08
7. What are the types of engineering research ? Explain. 06
8. How a researcher selects a worthwhile problem for its solution ? 06
9. What is Literature review ? Explain. 06 Ch 2
10. How existing knowledge helps for research activity ? Explain with an example. 08
11. Indicate the significance of good literature study with an example. 08
12. What is Bibliographic database ? Explain 04
13. Explain literature survey grid. 05
14. What is the support of Web of Science(WoS) in literature review ? Explain. 10
15. What is the indication of Google scholar ? Explain. 06
16. Mention the advantage of effective search in research activity. 06
17. What is technical reading ? Explain. 08
18. How research can be conceptualized ? Explain. 08
19. Write note on Critical & Creative reading. 06
20. Mention the advantages of taking notes while reading. 04
21. What is Citation ? Explain with an example. 06 Ch 3
22. What are the main functions of citations ? Explain. 08
23. Mention the impact of title and keywords on citation. 05
24. Explain the process of citation based knowledge flow with neat diagram 08
25. Indicate the styles used for citation & Explain. 06
26. Briefly describe Acknowledgement and Attributions. 06
27. What is Intellectual Property (IP) ? Explain. 04 Ch 4
28. List major types of IP and give example. 06
29. Define trade mark and explain the significance of it. 05
30. What is Patent and explain the significance of it. 06
31. What are the requirements of Patentability ? Explain. 06
32. Describe the process of Application preparation & filing for Patent 08
33. Describe the Government project “Make in India”. 10
34. Why Ethics is very important in research ? Explain. 06 Ch 5
35. How ethics make engineering research practice smooth ? Explain. 05
36. What are the types of research misconduct ? 06
37. Mention the issues related to Authorship & Explain. 06
38. What is Technical writing ? Explain. 05 Ch 6
39. List & Explain the categories of technical writing documents. 08
40. Write note on i) Mining for Ideas 04
41. Indicate the fundamental elements of writing strategies. 06
42. Show the structure of a Journal Paper & Explain the parts. 08
43. What is importance of Title for a research work ? Explain. 06
44. How objectives are identified in research work ? Explain. 06
45. Mention the scope of research article publication. 05
46. What is research design? Explain. 08 RCh 1
47. List the main parts of research design. Explain. 06
48. Mention the features of good research design. 06
49. List the types of research design & explain. 08
50. What are various validity types available for research methodology ? Explain. 08
51. List the types of research design & Explain any one of them. 08
52. What are design rights ? explain. 06
53. What are the components of research report? Explain. 10 RCh-2
54. What are the components of an analytical report ? Explain. 06
55. Why Abstract is important ? Explain with an example. 08
56. What is the function of conclusion ? Explain. 06
57. What is the message carried by Future enhancement ? explain. 06
58. What is Infringement ? Explain. 06
59. What is copyright violation ? Explain. 06
60. What is an International Patent ? Explain. 05
61. Describe the International patenting procedure. 10
