This document contains the mid-semester examination for a course on advanced research methods. It consists of 3 questions assessing different aspects of research. Question 1 asks to examine the nature of 3 research questions and suggest suitable research approaches and strategies. Question 2 asks about differences between tenacity vs intuition methods, qualitative vs quantitative research, and realism vs pragmatism. Question 3 asks why significance and limitations are written in a thesis and to provide details from one's own research work.