Here are the answers to your questions:
The Statement of the Problem (SOP) is a A. short description of the issues that need to be addressed by the researcher.
It should be a A. General statement of the whole problem followed by the specific questions or sub-problems into which the general problem is broken up.
The problem statement is the research C. guide during the research process.
The problem statement is the A. Verbalization of the specific question which the researcher wants to answer.
The researcher should do library and internet readings so that there will be sources of information for the background of the study. A. True