1. Who coined the term “PHILOSOPHY”?

a) Pythagoras
b) RenéDescartes c) Socrates
d) Plato
2. The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology and
________.
a) Bioethics
b) Logic
c) Aesthetics d) Ontology
3. _________ a)
b)
c) Logic
d) Axiology 4. _________
a)
b)
c) Logic
d) Axiology
5.
a)
b) c) d)
6.
a)
b)
c) d)
7. Epistemology refers to
a) A term used in social sciences b)
c)
is the branch of philosophy that seeks to organize reasoning.
Metaphysics
Epistemology
is the branch of philosophy that considers the physical universe and the nature
of ultimate reality.
Metaphysics
Epistemology
The philosophical study of being in general, or of what applies neutrally to everything that
is real is known as _______.
Ontology
Cosmology
Cosmogony
Aesthetics
Which of the following is not a sub-category of metaphysics?
Ontology
Value theory
Cosmology
Cosmogony
Nature and origin of knowledge and truth
The study of the universe at its largest scales 8.
9.
d) All of above
“Episteme” refers to
a) Wisdom
b) UltimateReality
c) Knowledge
d) Ethical behavior
The idea that knowledge comes from experience is ________. a) Rationalism
b) Deductivereasoning
c) Logic
d) Empiricism
10. The theory that holds reason as the source of knowledge is ________. a) Idealism
b) Rationalism
c) Empiricism d) Ontology
11. The Greek word “pragma” means
a) Truth
b) Act or deed
c) Utility
d) Beauty
12. The two branches of metaphysics are:
a) Religion and theology
b) Rationalism and empiricism
c) Ontology and cosmology
d) Materialism and spiritualism
13. ________ refers to “Nothing can be known at all and all knowledge is impossibility”. a)
Empiricism
b) Rationalism c) Pragmatism d) Skepticism
14. According to skepticism knowledge is________.
a) Certain
b) Possible
c) Uncertain
d) None of above
15. Which of the following is not a sub-category of Value theory? a) Ethics
b) Aesthetics
c) Ontology
d) None of above
16. Which of the following branch of philosophy is concerned with the question of morality?
a) Axiology
b) Epistemology c) Metaphysics d) Logic
17. Who developed pragmatism philosophy?
a) Aristotle
b) Plato
c) John Dewey
d) RenéDescartes
18. Existentialism is a philosophical theory which emphasizes,
a) The existence of individual person as a free agent determining their development
through acts of will.
b) Theevaluationoftheoriesorbeliefsintermsofsuccessoftheirpracticalapplication.
c) Universe exists whether mind perceives it or not.
d) Nothing is real except for an idea in the mind.
19. Whatdoestheterm‘philosophy’thatisderivedfromtheGreekwords‘philia’and‘sophia’ mean?
A.Love of wisdom B. Love of books C. Love of truth D.Love of beauty
20. Which of the following statements about philosophy is incorrect?
A. Philosophy is a process of reflecting on and criticizing our most deeply held conceptions
and beliefs.
B. A genuine philosophical attitude is critical yet open-minded and tolerant.
C. To philosophize means to master the skills of argumentation merely.
D. Philosophy combines the conclusions of the various sciences and human experience into
some kinds of consistent worldview.
21. Which of these is not a branch of philosophy?
A. Philology
B. Axiology
C. Epistemology D. Metaphysics
22. Aesthetics deals with A.The nature of reality
B. The nature of knowledge
C. The nature and structure of arguments D.The nature of beauty and art
23. Ontology is a study of A.The nature of the universe B. The nature of spirituality C. The
origin of the universe D.The nature of existence
24. Which of the following statements is correct with reference to the rationalist school of
thought?
A.Human reason alone can discover the basic principles of the universe.
B. Use of experiments or experiences as the basis for ideas.
C. All knowledge is ultimately derived from sense experience. D.Our knowledge is limited to
what can be experienced.
25. Which of these is not a sub-division of ethics? A.Descriptive ethics
B. Normative ethics
C. Metaethics
D.Subjective ethics
26. Who was the leading proponent of pragmatism? A.Friedrich Nietzsche
B. Charles Darwin
C. Plato
D.Rene Descartes
27. Which amongst the following is not a type of scientific literature? A. Primary literature
B. Secondary literature
C. Formal Literature
D. Grey literature
28. Review journals are example of ________ A. primary literature
B. Secondary literature
C. Tertiary literature
D. Grey literature
29. Grey literature refers to ________
A. More to limited distribution and difficulty of accessing the publication then to its
contents
B. To the publications which are based of primary or secondary sources and written in
popular style
C. To the publications rely on primary sources for information
D. Today publications published in peer-reviewed scientific journals
30. ________ explorers the implications of your finding and judges the potential limitations
of your experimental design.
A. Method
B. Introduction
C. Research design D. Discussion
31. Which is not important from ethical point of view? A.To be sure to cite anything that
influenced your work B. To report all safety concerns
C. Double dip submission
D.Avoid fragmentation
32. Science magazine article written by Nobel laureate and encyclopaedia are examples
of_________
A.Primary literature B. Secondary teacher C. Tertiary literature D.Grey literature
33. __________ is a domain of ethics that include professional ethics and practical ethics.
A.Positive ethics
B. Applied ethics
C. Normative ethics
D. Metaethics
34. Analysis about the nature and status of ethical theories is the subject matter of A.Positive
ethics
B. Applied ethics
C. Normative ethics
D.Meta ethics
35. Which of the following is opposite of normative ethics? A.Micro ethics
B. Beta ethics
C.Meta ethics
D.Virtue ethics
36. What is the ethics to do with? A.The wider community
B. Business
C.Right and wrong
D. Nothing
37. A _______ is a problem, situation or opportunity requiring an individual, group or
organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong. A.
Crisis
B. Meta ethics
C.Ethical issue
D. Fraud
38. Most companies begin the process of establishing organizational ethics programs by
developing;
A.Ethics training programmes
B. Code of conduct
C. Ethics enforcement mechanism D.Hidden agendas
39. At which stage of the research process should you think about ethics?
A. When designing the questions and planning the research.
B. When collecting data
C. When disseminating the research
D. All of the above.
40. A written state of policies and principles that guides the behaviour of all employees is
called
A. Code of ethics
B. Word of ethics
C. Ethical dilemma
D. None of the above
41. An empirical inquiry into the actual rules or standards of particular groupis
A. Normative justice
B. Descriptivejustice
C. Interpersonal justice
D. None of the above
42. The HR policy which is based on the philosophy of the utmost good for the greatest
number of people is covered under the
A. Utilitarianapproach
B. Approach based on rights
C. Approach based on justice
D. None of the above.
43. Which of the following is not usually the objective of a code of ethics?
A. To create an ethical workplace
B. To evaluate the ethical components of the proposed actions of the employees.
C. To improve the public image of the company.
D. To enhance the profits of the business continuously.
44. Which of the following is not a core principle of the Society for Human resource
Management’s Code of ethics?
A. Professional responsibility
B. Fairness and justice
C. Professional development
D. None of the above
45. Which of the following factors shapes the ethical behaviour of the members of an
organization?
A.The supervisor’s behaviour B. Organizational culture
C. Code of ethics
D.All of the above.
46. ‘Informed consent’ is considered as one of the fundamental principles of
A. Legal ethics
B. Medical ethics
C. Business ethics
D. Media ethics
47. _____ is the study of appropriate business policies and practices.
A. Corporate ethics
B. Business ethics
C. Business policy
D. Corporate analog
48. Which among the following is not a core principle of media ethics?
A. Truth and accuracy
B. Independence
C. Impartiality
D. Subjectivity
49. _________ is a reasonable extension of the ethical principles in the actual circumstances
of the moral life.
A. Character
B. Free will
C. Behaviour
D. Casuistry
50. ______ deals the specific ethical principles and standards of media.
A. Practical ethics
B. Applied ethics
C. Journalist ethics
D. Mediaethics
51. Right of the author or creator is known as
A. Intellectual property right
B. Creator right
C. Author right
D. Copyright
52. ______ is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties,
statements, attitudes and judgements.
A. Normative ethics
B. Meta ethics
C. Applied ethics
D. Virtueethics
53. The
notion ‘oxymoron’ is related to
A. Business ethics
B. Media ethics
C. Medical ethics
D. Legal ethics
54. ____ is considered as the principle of media ethics. A. Bias
B. Subjectivity
C. Accountability D. Popularity
55. ‘The greatest happiness of the greatest number’ is the motto of
A. Utilitarianism B. Intuitionism
C. Emotivism
D. Deontology
56. Epistemology is concerned with ________ of knowledge. A. Origin
B. Validity C. Limitation D. All these
57. _________ is an area of applied ethics. A. Metaethics
58.
B. Cyber-ethics
C. Descriptiveethics D. None of these
Metaphysics is a branch of _______. A. Physics
B. Metaethics
C. Philosophy D. None of these
59. The study of philosophy stimulates ___________.
A. Dogmatism
B. Critical thinking
C. Blind faith
D. All these
60. Each science deals with _______ of reality.
A. A part
B. Thewhole
C. All parts
D. None of these
61. Ultimate reality is the concern of ________. A. Metaphysics
B. Skepticism C. Aesthetics D. Pragmatism
62. The philosophical area which deals with the problem of Being is called__________. A.
Axiology
B. Epistemology C. Materialism D. Ontology
63. Ontology is related to _______ as Ethics is to Axiology. A. Aesthetics
B. Cosmology C. Idealism
D. Metaphysics
64. Etymological meaning of the term ‘metaphysics’ is __________. A. After Physics
B. BeforePhysics
C. OfPhysics
D. Other than physics
65. According to the law of karma, every karma leads to _______. A. Moksha
B. Phala C. Dharma D. All these
66. Esthetic experience is ________.
A. Immediate and intuitive
B. Dictated by others
C. Not spontaneous
D. Not pure
67. ________ is a normative discipline. A. Ethics
B. Aesthetics
C. Both (A) and (B) D. Neither (A) nor (B)
68. The portion of Vedas that deals with rituals is known as _________. A. Mantras
B. Brahmanas C. Aranyakas D. Upanishads
69. _________ does not belong to Oriental tradition. A. India
B. China
C. Japan
D. None of these
70. _______ is an Oriental system. A. Buddhism
B. AbsoluteIdealism C. Scholasticism
D. All these
71. Science is not based on __________. A. Experiment
B. Faith
C. Observation D. Hypotheses
72. According to dualism, Reality is ________. A. Twofold
B. Many
C. One
D. Indivisible
73. ________ is the inquiry into ‘being in general’. A. Ontology
B. Physics
C. Epistemology D. Ethics
74. There are three basic approaches that people tend to adopt when considering ethical
issues in research. Which one of the following is not one of the approaches?
A. Ethical scepticism B. Deontology
C. Ontology
D. Utilitarianism
75. Power is:
A. Essential in business.
B. Essential for the business researcher.
C. A good force for any researcher.
D. A fundamental ethical issue in research.
76. Integrity and transparency are fundamental:
A. Issues in business.
B. Requirements in research.
C. Ethical principles in research.
D. Methodologies in research
77. Ethics can be defined as:
A. A process of reasoning in terms of the right thing to do.
B. Rules governing society.
C. The basis of the criminal code.
D. A list of rights and wrongs.
78. Reflexivity is:
A. The fast response the researcher makes to every development in the research project.
B. The relationship that develops between the researcher and the research project.
C. The researcher’s active, thoughtful engagement with every aspect and
development of their research.
D. A reflection on the relationship between the researcher and the research project.
79. The
A. Of little use in business research.
B. Essential to the relationship between the researcher and the research project.
C. A key ethical concern.
D. A key data gathering method.
principle of informed consent is:
RPE 02: SCIENTIFIC CONDUCT
Ethics with respect to science and research
80. Which of these is not a type of scientific literature? A. Secondary
B. Tertiary C. Black D. Grey
81. Which of the three ethics approaches says research ethics should be a matter of the
individual's conscience?
A. Deontological approach
B. Ethical scepticism
C. Utilitarianism
D. Ontological scepticism
82. Which of the following is true about the use of deception in research?
A. It should never be used
B. It can be used anytime
C. If there is deception in a study, the participants may need to be debriefed
D. The use of deception must be outweighed by other benefits of the study
E. Both c and d are true
83. Which of the following is necessary in obtaining informed consent?
A. A description of the statistical analyses that will be carried out
B. A description of the purpose of the research
C. A description of the reliability and validity of test instruments
D. A list of publications that the researcher has had in the last ten years
84. Generally, a research paper is consisted of
(1) a title (2) abstract (3) keywords(4) introduction (5) literature review (6) methodology (7)
chapter (8) conclusion (9) references
A. (1), (4), (5), (6), (8) and (9)
B. (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8) and (9) C. (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8) and (9) D. All of them
85. Which of these is the system that grades the importance of journals on the basis of how
often papers carried by the journal are cited in other research papers?
A. CARE list
B. Impact factor
C. Scopus
D. None of the above
86. Every research project should make a contribution:
A. To the researcher’s development.
B. Financially
C. To knowledge.
D. In terms of methodology.
87. In carrying out the research, the researcher should engage properly and thoroughly with:
A. The media.
B. The literature on the topic.
C. Their peers.
D. Art and science.
88. Identify the unethical practice of a researcher from the following: A. Avoiding Plagiarism
B. Avoidingduplication
C. Avoiding reliable information
D. Avoiding manipulation
89. Which of the following factors make the compliance of research ethics difficult?
A. Societal norms
B. Respect for confidentiality
C. LackofChecks
D. Self-check
90. Which of these statements is inaccurate regarding the use of the table in a research paper?
A. A table is a useful way to show variation in data.
B. Tables reflect all the data collected during the experiment regardless of
relevance.
C. It is preferable to arrange the table in a way that readers read vertically, not horizontally.
D. You do not need a table when you do not have a great deal of data or when the data you
have does not vary a lot.
91. Which of the following statements is inappropriate with reference to ethical authorship of
research work?
A. All pre-existed data and material used in the research should be acknowledged and cited.
B. Text and images reused from the author’s own other publications do not need to be
cited.
C. An author’s central objective is to avoid deception and present an accurate and complete
account of the research performed.
D. Manuscripts describing the same research of the author should not be submitted to more
than one journal simultaneously.
92. Ethics is the study of ________.
A. human conduct and examining moral values
B. beauty, nature, and aesthetic experience
C. nature and structure of arguments
D. Knowledge
93. Ethics
A. Descriptive ethics: Aesthetics: Pragmatism
B. Metaethics: Morality: Realism
C. Aesthetics: Pragmatism: Realism
D. Descriptive ethics: Normative ethics: Metaethics
94. __________ seeks to identify within the range of human conduct, the motives, desires,
and intentions as well as moral experience in a vivid way.
A. Metaethics
B. Descriptiveethics
C. Normative ethics
D. Aesthetics
95. ________ deals with norms, principles and standard of human behaviour. A. Metaethics
B. Descriptiveethics C. Normativeethics D. Aesthetics
96. Metaethics is ________.
A. the kind of reasoning used to justify ethical statements
B. to deal with norms, principles and standard of human behaviour
C. theory of art and beauty
D. to identify moral experience in a descriptive way
97. Questions of art and beauty are considered to be part of the realm of values because many
philosophical problems in ________ involve critical judgments.
A. Ethics
B. Philosophy
C. Value theory
D. Aesthetics
98. The issue of research ethics become relevant in which of the following stages of research?
(i) Problem selection
(ii) Hypothesis formulation
(iii) Hypothesis testing
(iv) Data analysis and interpretation
A. (i) and (ii) B. (iii) and (iv) C. (ii) and (iii) D. (i) and (iv)
can be sub-divided into which of the following three categories?
99. Which one of the following NOT support practice of ethics in research?
A. Restricting access to participants identification
B. Revealing information of participant only with written consent
C. Disclosing the data subsets
D. Restricting access to data instruments where the participant is identified
100. Research ethics does not include,
A. Honesty
B. Integrity
C. Subjectivity
D. Objectivity
101. ‘Research ethics’ is of critical importance in which of the following areas? 1. Data
collecting
2. Preparing a seminar paper
3. Data analysis
4. Participation in a conference
5. Writing a thesis
6. Selecting a research problem
Intellectual Honesty and Research Integrity
Which of the following statements is incorrect about research integrity?
A. Research integrity can be defined as the trustworthiness of research due to the
soundness of its methods and the honesty and accuracy of its presentation.
B. Research integrity broadly refers to the thoughtful and honest adherence to relevant
ethical, disciplinary and financial standards in the promotion, design, conduct,
evaluation and sharing of research.
C. For individuals, research integrity is an aspect of moral character and experience.
D. Research integrity refers to passive adherence to the ethical principles and
professional standards essential for the responsible practice of research.
A. Getting informed consent
B. Keeping participants from physical harm
C. Maintaining consent forms
D. Having full anonymity rather than just confidentiality
104. Which among the following options relate to intellectual honesty?
A. 1,2 and 3
B. 1,3 and 5
C. 4,5 and 6
D. 1,2 and 6
102.
103. field?
Which of the following generally cannot be done in qualitative studies conducted in the
A. Use of robust research methodologies
B. Open communication
C. High standards of mentorship and supervision
D. Collusion substitution and unauthorised collaborations
105. ___________ means the writer tries to disguise plagiarism by copying from several
different sources, tweaking the sentences to make them which together while retaining most
of original phrasing.
106.
107.
A. The ghost writer
B. Thephotocopy
C. Thepotluckpaper D. The poor disguise
Personalizing another person during the course is considered as __________ A. Research
integrity
B. Intellectualdishonesty
C. Citations
D. Intellectual honesty
Act of subotaging the experiment of others is an example of __________
A. Research integrity
B. Intellectual honesty
C. Intellectual dishonesty
D. Good academic practices
108.
allowing one' work to be copied or submitted for assessment by another.
109.
110.
111.
A. Assisting B. Deception C. Collusion D. Substitution
From the following which is the important component of research integrity?
A. Reliability of data
B. Fabrication
C. Duplicity of data
D. Substitution of data
Academic Intellectual dishonesty include _____ A. Fairness
B. Reliability
C. Honesty
D. Unauthorized collaboration
Which of the following is incorrect for research ethics A. Integrity
_____________ is defined as supporting malpractices by another candidate as in
112.
113.
B. Honesty and objectivity
C. Legality
D. Plagiarism
What does intellectual integrity mean?
A. Activeadherencetotheethicalprinciplesandprofessionalstandardsessentialfor the
responsible practice for the research.
B. The ability to understand and share the felling of another
C. Lack of interest, concern and sympathy
D. The quality of agreement and appropriateness
A researcher use their own earlier data and republish as a new research paper____
A. Ethical
B. Permeable
C. Plagiarism
D. Unethical
114.
important and in reconciling conflicting values when conducting research is called ____.
A set of principles to guide and assist researchers in deciding which goals are most
A. Research ethics
B. Deontological approach
C. Utilitarianism
D. None of the above
115. _________ believe that values can be classified and ordered into a hierarchy. A.
Empiricists
B. Rationalist
C. Idealist
D. None of above
116. Realism pronounces that _________.
A. nothing is real except for an idea in the mind
B. Universe exists whether mind perceives it or not
C. truth is not absolute but determined by consequences
D. there is no purpose or meaning to universe
117. _________ is an approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of success of their
practical application.
A. Realism
B. Idealism
C. Existentialism D. Pragmatism
118. The ORI must promote which of the following values that are important in management
of research?
A. Rigour
B. Relevance
C. Transparency
D. All of above
119. Which of the following values is not included in ORI?
A. Independence
B. Ethics
C. Irrelevance
D. Accountability
120. What does intellectual integrity mean?
A. The importance of being true to one’s own rational thinking and to maintain the
same standards in one’s attitude towards others.
B. The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
C. Lack of interest, concern or sympathy.
D. The quality of agreement and appropriateness
121. _________ is a personal commitment to search for the truth by examining the evidence
and thinking rationally, to tell the truth and act according to the truth.
A. Research integrity
B. Ethics
C. Intellectual honesty
D. Philosophy
122. _________ can be defined as the 'trustworthiness of research due to the soundness of its
methods and the honesty and accuracy of its presentation.’
A. Research Integrity
B. Ethics
C. Intellectual honesty
D. Philosophy
123. The active adherence to the ethical principles and professional standards essential for the
responsible practice of research is known as _______.
A. Ethics
B. Research Integrity
C. Intellectual Honesty
D. Philosophy
124. Academic dishonesty does not include which of the following factors?
A. Tampering
B. Sabotage
C. Plagiarism
D. None of above
125. Good practices against with ______ and _______ A. Problem selection and Research
hypothesis
B. Problem selection and Research design
C. Problem question and objectives
D. Problem selection and objectives
126. What is the role of ORI?
A. Review and publish quality researches
B. Integrate with different journals
C. Maintain laws related to research
D. To promote the values like rigour,relavnce, transparency, etc in conduct and
management of research
127. _________ provides an assessment of the work by pointing to the strengths and
weaknesses of the preceding literature as perceived by the researcher writing the review.
A. Methodology
B. Literature review
C. Research hypothesis
D. Research objectives
130. content?
Scientific Misconduct (FFP)
128. You should avoid plagiarism because
A. It shows that you have read the sources and processed the information and have
come up with your own conclusion
B. You are enable to refine and improve your own writing skills
C. Your research guide wants you to do that
D. None of the above
129.
Which of the following are grounds for a charge of scientific misconduct?
A. Fabrication and falsification of data
B. Plagiarism
C. Manipulation of figures that alter the original data
D. All of the above
Which of the following is considered duplicate submission of previously published
A. Poster previously presented at a meeting
B. Abstract previously presented a meeting
C. Abstract previously published in a meeting program proceedings
D. Complete manuscript previously published in a meeting program
book/proceedings but only available to meeting participants.
131.
the work, to meet the criteria for authorship?
In which of the following areas , authors must have made substantial contributions to
A. Conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data
B. Drafting the manuscript or revising it critically foe important intellectual content
C. Approval of the version of manuscript to be published
D. All of the above
132. If an author dies or becomes incapacitated before the manuscript is published, his/her
name
A. Should be removed from byline
B. Can appear in byline and no authorship form is required
C. Should be moved to the acknowledgements and no authorship form is required.
D. Can appear in the byline if a family member or an individual with power of
attorney signs the authorship form or copyright transfer/publication license
133.
the manuscript before submission should
135.
136.
137.
A. Grant support and funding sources.
B. Provision of equipment
C. Provision of supplies
D. All of the above.
Which of the following does not require signed consent forms before publication?
A. Report describing samples from deceased individual.
B. Report describing samples collected for diagnostic purposes only.
C. Report describing samples or data available from commercial or public repositories or
registries
D. All of the above.
Which of the following comes into falsification
A. Manipulating the research result
B. Not giving acknowledgement to the data that has been taken from other document.
C. Paraphrasing
D. None of these
Which of the following plagiarism software is available under open access?
A. Turnitin
B. Urkund
C. Viber
D. All of these
Any person (other than journal staff members) who has performed extensive editing on
A. Have his/her name listed in the byline.
B. Have his/her name listed in the acknowledgement.
C. Have his/her name listed in the byline with a footnote signifying this individual as the
editor of the manuscript.
D. Not be credited.
For which of the following, authors are required to report detailed information
134.
regarding all financial and material support?
138.
a research paper?
Which of the following software is a paid software for checking the similarity index in
139.
140.
141.
142.
143.
144.
145.
A. Viber
B. PlagTrack C. Urkund D. Copyleaks
Plagiarism where writer changes a few words in the original text of another is known as
A. Direct copying
B. Wordswitch
C. Paraphrasing
D. None of these
Can multiple submissions of a work be treated as plagiarism?
A. Yes
B. No
C. May be
D. Can’t say
Plagiarism detection software check plagiarism by providing
A. Similarity index
B. Citation index
C. Content index
D. None of these
What are the different ways to avoid plagiarism in academic writing?
A. Providing referen3ces
B. Citing the original author
C. Quoting the exact phrase
D. All of these
What is the important point to be considered while paraphrasing?
A. Citation
B. Writing in own words
C. Using quotes
D. All of these
What are the common forms of plagiarism?
A. Direct copying
B. Word switch
C. Self-plagiarism
D. All of these
Which of the following acts constitute plagiarism?
A. Presenting others work as own
B. Paraphrasing without citation
C. Quoting others work without quotation mark
D. All of these
146. A _______ is placed within the text and includes the author’s last names and the
publication year.
147.
A. Quotation
B. Reference list
C. Citation
D. None of these
Copying the work of other authors in whole pieces is called as
A. Self-plagiarism
B. Indirect plagiarism
C. Direct plagiarism
D. Patch writing
A _____ is placed at the end of a paper and includes information on the authors, year,
148.
title of the sources, and publication data to prevent plagiarism and give proper citation to
work referred.
149.
150.
151.
152.
A. Citation
B. Quotation
C. Reference list
D. None of these
There has been a large rise in plagiarism due to
A. Increase in publication growth
B. Increase in enrolment in research work
C. Use of computers in research
D. Availability of digital documents
Which of the following plagiarism software is commercial software? A. Viber
B. Plagtrack
C. Turnitin
D. Copyleaks
Which of the following are the examples of plagiarism?
A. Buying essays online
B. Resubmitting previously submitted work
C. Submitting an individual assignment created by a group
D. All of these
Do you need reference graphics charts and figures?
A. Yes
B. No
C. May be
D. Not necessary
153.
154.
155.
156.
157.
Which of the following should you not to do when paraphrasing?
A. Restate information and ideas accurately
B. Use your own language and style
C. Change just one or two words in sentence
D. Reference the source
Are direct quotation the only thing you need to reference?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. Can’t say
Why is it important to reference the sources you use?
A. So that your tutor can locate all your sources.
B. To give context and evidence to your arguments.
C. To demonstrate your understanding of a topic.
D. All of these.
Plagiarism can be defined as
A. Representing another person’s work – their words and/or ideas as your own
B. Not acknowledging the sources your ideas build upon.
C. Paraphrasing another’s ideas with explicit attribution to the author.
D. Both A and B
When is it necessary to cite a source?
A. When your idea is build on someone else.
B. When you are paraphrasing someone else’s ideas.
C. When you use someone else’s words.
D. All of these
Two students work together on their papers. When they submit them to Turnitin.com,
158.
they turn up a 35% match. Their professors will find that
159.
160.
A. They are not guilty of plagiarism, since the ideas were derived in common.
B. Only the student his paper last is guilty of plagiarism.
C. Regardless of intent, the students have committed plagiarism.
D. The students have committed plagiarism if evidence of the intent to plagiarize can be
establish.
Plagiarism in research is
A. Creative use of previous data.
B. Copying unscrupulously and making use of it.
C. Quoting someone and citing him/her.
D. Referring to previous data and working over it with new objective.
Which of the following is not considered as plagiarism?
A. Make use of the work of another and misrepresent it as your own.
B. Drawing content from the work of another without acknowledging the source.
C. Paraphrasing too closely to the original text.
D. Drawing content from another work and adapting it with due acknowledgement.
161. Drawing information or content from the work of another without acknowledging the
source by citing a reference is considered to be plagiarism in all of the cases except
162.
163.
A. Use the exact words of the author.
B. Reproducing the chart contained in another author work.
C. When the information describe the common knowledge.
D. When the information comes from an email or phone call.
Which of these is not an example of accidental plagiarism?
A. Copying content or complete text and structure without citation
B. Improper paraphrasing
C. Considering the writing as common scientific knowledge
D. Unintentional incorrect citation
Which of these is not a way of avoiding plagiarism? A. Quotation
B. Verbatim
C. Paraphrasing
D. Referencing
164. called?
The practice of making up data or results without having performed relevant research is
A. Falsification
B. Fabrication
C. Plagiarism
D. None of the above
165. Presenting a paper into conference and publication into conference proceedings then
after, full paper into another journal, is a cause of _______.
166.
A. Paraphrasingplagiarism
B. Self-plagiarism
C. Accidental plagiarism
D. Global plagiarism
The word “plagiarism” is derived from Latin word “Plagiare” which means ______.
A. To copy
B. To kidnap
C. To cheat
D. To falsify
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enough to retain original meaning, hence his or her work is considered to be plagiarized is an
example of ________.
A person may not paraphrase due to language problems and he or she is not confident
A. Global plagiarism
B. Verbatim plagiarism
C. Accidental plagiarism
D. Mosaic plagiarism
168. When a paper includes proper citation to the source but the paper contains almost no
original work, such variant of plagiarism is known as ________.
A. Improper paraphrasing
B. Aggregator
C. Breach of terms D. Mosaic plagiarism
169. A written piece that includes citations to non-existent or inaccurate information about
sources, such variant of plagiarism is known as ______.
A. Aggregator
B. Breach of terms
C. Improper paraphrasing D. 404 ERROR
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171.
172.
173.
174.
We copy a figure or table, and cite the source; is this considered to be plagiarism?
A. It is considered to be accidental plagiarism.
B. It is considered as verbatim plagiarism.
C. It is not considered as plagiarism, but violation of copyright.
D. Neither that’s plagiarism nor violation of copyright.
Which of the following are consider as a scientific misconduct?
A. Making of data or result, recording and reporting them
B. Alteration or manipulation of obtained result or research process
C. Copying another’s ideas, results, or words without giving proper credit.
D. All of the above
The federal government's official definition of research misconduct include
A. Fabrication
B. Falsification
C. Conflict of interest
D. A & B Both
Falsification can be defined as
A. Changing, manipulation or omission of research results (data)
B. Construction and/or addition of data, observations
C. Representing the work of others as own work
D. Making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
__________ is making up data or results and recording or reporting them. A. Plagiarism
B. Falsification
C. Fabrication
D. Academic dishonesty
175. _________ is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words
without giving appropriate credit.
A. Plagiarism
B. Falsification
C. Fabrication
D. Academic dishonesty
176. When a researcher represents someone else’ whole work as their own work and submits
it under his or her own name, it is known as _________.
177.
178.
A. Paraphrasingplagiarism
B. Global plagiarism
C. Verbatim plagiarism
D. Self – plagiarism
Making up data of results is known as? A. Plagiarism
B. Fabrication
C. Citation
D. Falsification
Manipulating research materials, equipment or processes is known as? A. Plagiarism
B. Fabrication
C. Citation
D. Falsification
179. Paraphrasing itself cannot be considered as plagiarism as long as,
A. We rephrase it properly as our own idea
B. Use the synonyms for words
C. Cite the sources
D. All of above
180. Rephrasing a piece of text, sentence or paragraph in your own words without proper
citation is known as ________.
A. Paraphrasingplagiarism
B. Global plagiarism
C. Verbatim plagiarism
D. Self – plagiarism
181. Copying a text directly from a source and pasting it in one’s own document without
proper quotation or citation can be considered as _______.
A. Paraphrasingplagiarism B. Global plagiarism
C. Verbatimplagiarism D. Self – plagiarism
182. When an author reuses important texts or points from his or her own previously
published work without proper attribution is known as _______.
A. Paraphrasing plagiarism B. Accidental plagiarism C. Complete plagiarism
D. Self – plagiarism
183.Interlaying someone else’s phrases or text within its own research being intentional and
dishonest is considered as _________.
A. Mosaic plagiarism
B. Patchwork plagiarism C. Global plagiarism
D. Both a and b
184. Unintentional paraphrasing, negligence and similar phrasing by mistake leads to ______.
A. Patchwork plagiarism
B. Self – plagiarism
C. Accidental plagiarism
D. Paraphrasing plagiarism
185. Which of the following steps can be taken to avoid plagiarism? A. Proper citation
B. Start early
C. Do not paraphrase
D. Both a and b
186. Identify the unethical practice of a researcher from the following: A. Avoiding
plagiarism
B. Avoiding reliable information
C. Avoiding fabrication
D. Avoiding duplication
187. Plagiarism in research is,
A. creative use of previous data
B. referring to previous data and working on it with new objectives C. quoting someone and
citing him/her
D. copying immorally and making use of it
188.Paraphrasing to closely to the original text, even if you do credit the source, is still
considered as plagiarism because:
A. By changing a few words or the order of the original words, you have changed the
author’s exact words.
B. By not providing the exact words of the author in their entirety, you are attributing to the
author some words that he/she did not write.
C. You must never use the words of others when you are using their ideas.
D. You have failed to indicate, by means of direct quotation marks, which are the exact
words of the original.
189. The writer turns in another’s work word-for-word, as his or her own is known as
_______. A. The potluck paper plagiarism
B. Photocopy plagiarism
C. The ghost writer plagiarism
D. The poor disguise plagiarism
190. The writer tries to disguise disguise plagiarism by copying from several different
sources, tweaking the sentences to make them fit together while retaining most of the original
phrasing is known as ________.
A. The potluck paper plagiarism
B. Photocopy plagiarism
C. The ghost writer plagiarism D. The poor disguise plagiarism
191.The writer copies significant portions of text straight from a single source, without
alteration; such type of plagiarism is called ________.
A. The potluck paper plagiarism
B. Photocopy plagiarism
C. The ghost writer plagiarism D. The poor disguise plagiarism
192.If a researcher manipulates research materials, images, data, equipment, processes, or
changes or omits data or results such that the research is not accurately represented, which
scientific misconduct is it?
A. Fabrication
B. Falsification
C. Plagiarism
D. None of the above
193. Can multiple submission of a work be treated as plagiarism?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe D. Can’t say
Redundant Publication: Duplicate and overlapping publications, salami slicing
194. The practice of publishing a paper that overlaps substantially with one already published
or submitted is known as _______.
a. Salami publications
b. Overlapping publications
c. Redundant publication
d. Both b and c
195.The act of publishing the same data and results in more than one journal or publication
refers to which of the following professional issues:
A. Partial publication
B. Duplicatepublication
C. Deception
D. Full publication
196. Which term refers to publishing several articles from the data collected in one large
study?
A. Duplicate publication
B. Partial publication
C. Triplicate publication
D. None of these
197. The practice of slicing data from a large study that could have been reported in a single
paper into different pieces and publishing them in two or more articles, all of which cover the
same population, methods, and question, is known as
a. Predatory publication
b. Overlapping publication
c. Salami publication
d. Inappropriate authorship
Selective Reporting and Misrepresentation of Data
198. What is the term for the way of distorting science reporting intentionally or
unintentionally that eventually fails to reflect the nature and range of findings faithfully?
a. Spin
b. Rotation c. Swirl
d. Turn
199. ____________ means the data is tailored according to the researchers expectations to
support claims hypotheses or other data.
A. Fabrication of data B. Falsificationofdata C. Plagiarism
D. None of the above
200. Which of the following is not true?
A. Misrepresenting and creating fraudulent data is dishonest
B. Misrepresenting data is very easy to detect
C. Misrepresenting data can be difficult to be detected
D. Keeping participants’ identity anonymous
201. You are guilty of plagiarism if you:
A. Make use of the works of others to gather information.
B. Use other’s work and misrepresent it as your own.
C. Make use of other’s work to support your arguments.
D. Examine other’s ideas and arguments to view and construct your own thoughts
202. __________ can be defined as specific intentional or unintentional reporting that fails to
faithfully reflect the nature and range of findings that could affect the impression of the
results in readers minds.
A. Conflict of interest B. Collusion
C. Spinning
D. Fabrication
RPE 03: PUBLICATION ETHICS
Publication Ethics: Definition, Introduction and importance
203. __________ may be defined as a self-regulatory mechanism insisting on integrity on the
part of authors, peer reviewers and publishers to establish higher standards of editorial
processing for the scholarly journals.
A. Philosophy
B. Research integrity C. Publication ethics D. Impact factor
204. The scientific literature is divided into four types namely: primary, secondary, tertiary
and ______.
A. Quaternary B. Basic
C. Fundamental D. Grey
205. ________ is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published.
A. B. C. D.
Plagiarism checker
Grammarly
Peer review
Impact factor
206.
207.
Predatory publisher Journals
You can check the list of predatory journals from _________
A. UGC care list
B. Beall's list
C. Only'A'
D. Both 'A' and 'B'
Which of the following periodical is specifically meant for publishing research work? A.
Magazine
B. Monographs
C. Journals
D. Books
Violation of Publication Ethics, authorship and contributorship
208. Which of the following is considered duplicate submission of previously published
content?
A. poster previously presented at a meeting
B. abstract previously presented at a meeting
C. abstract previously published in a meeting program proceedings
D. complete manuscript previously published in a meeting program
book/proceedings but only available to meeting participants
209.
A. Intellectual
210.
Which of the following is not a criterion for giving authorship?
A. TheauthorshouldbeLeaderoftheresearchgroup,whodidn’tmakeanycreative
significant contribution to the research but leads the group.
B. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition,
analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
C. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
D. None of above.
Which of these is a not category of contributorship in research?
B. Practical C. Financial D. Emotional
211.
conflict-of-interest statement and copyright transfer documents. The other authors do not
want to remove the deceased author from the manuscript. Such authors are known as
_________.
A. Ghost authors
B. Gift authors
C. Deceased authors
D. Guest authors
212. A technician or student who has only prepared some stock solutions for chemical or
biological reactions is an example of ________.
A. Guest authorship
B. Contributorship
C. Gift authorship
D. Ghost authorship
213. All others who contributed to the work who are not authors should be named in the
_______.
A. Guest authorship
B. Acknowledgement
C. Conclusion
After a manuscript was accepted, an author passed away before they could complete the
D. References
214. _________ is a person who has made a substantial contribution to the research or
writing of a manuscript but is not named as an author.
A. Gift author
B. Ghost author
C. Guest author
D. Coercion authorship
215. Co-authorship awarded to a person who has not contributed significantly to the study, is
known as _________.
A. Gift author
B. Ghost author
C. Guest author
D. Coercion authorship
216. Senior authors who are included because of their respect or influence in the hope that
this will increase the likelihood of publication and/or impact of the paper once published; is
an example of ______.
A. Gift authorship
B. Ghost authorship
C. Guest authorship
D. Coercion authorship
217. Giving an individual authorship because he/she asserts that his/her position or actions
demand authorship is an example of ________.
A. Gift authorship
B. Ghost authorship
C. Guest authorship
D. Coercion authorship
218. Which of the following is incorrect statement of conditions for authors name to be
included on a publication?
219.
A. Have made a creative and significant contribution to research.
B. Leader of the research group, where a creative significant contribution has not been
made to the research.
C. Have given their permission to be named to be authors
D. All of above
Which amongst the following is not considered as violation of ethics?
A. Self-plagiarism
B. Honest errors
C. Falsification
D. Fabrication
220. As per the ____________ guidelines the order of authorship, should be a joint decision
of co-authors.
A. UGC Care List B. ORI
C. ICMJE
D. IRB
221. State out the correct statement from the following regarding the ethical tips for
authorship.
A. Do not Keep Constructive Criticism
B. Do not disclose potential conflicts
C. Properly Attribute Published Content D. Try Double-Dip Submissions
222. Which of the following areas will not meet the criteria for authorship? Persons making
substantial contributions to,
A. Conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data.
B. Drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
C. Extensive editing on the manuscript before submission.
D. Approval of the version of the manuscript to be published.
223. In which of the following there is considerable scope for violation of ethics?
(i) Problem formulation
(ii) Data interpretation
(iii) Hypothesis making
(iv) Reporting of research results
(v) Using research tools prepared by others
A. (i), (ii) and (iii)
B. (ii), (iii) and (iv)
C. (ii), (iv) and (v)
D. (iii), (iv) and (v)
224. Using materials, or collaborating with another person(s) during a test or other
assignment without authorization is known as ________.
A. Deception
B. Substitution
C. Unauthorized collaboration
D. Tampering
225. ________is defined as supporting malpractice by another candidate, as in allowing one’s
work to be copied or submitted for assessment by another.
A. Deception
B. Assisting
C. Collusion
D. Unauthorized collaboration
Identification of Publication Misconduct, complaints and appeals
226. The primary literature refers to,
A. Accounts of research carried out personally by an individual or by a group, which is
published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
B. Publications, the purpose for which is to summarise and synthesize knowledge in a
specific area for other scientists who already have an understanding of the topic.
C. Theses and dissertations, technical reports, journals that have a limited distribution,
abstracts of conference papers and conference proceedings.
D. All of above
227. _________ literature consists of publications in which the purpose is to summarise and
synthesize knowledge in a specific area for other scientists who already have an
understanding of the topic.
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary D. Grey
228. State out the incorrect statement from the following about scientific literature.
A. Scientists use the secondary literature to gain an overview of research areas.
B. secondary publications are not organised in the same way that primary publications are.
C. Grey literature refers to published works that are based on primary or secondary
sources.
D. ‘Grey’ refers more to the limited distribution and difficulty of accessing the publication
than to its content.
229. _________ include science magazines, newsletters, science articles in newspapers,
introductory textbooks and encyclopedias.
A. Secondary
B. Tertiary
C. Primary D. Grey
230. ________ literature refers to sources of scientific information that may be difficult to
obtain because of limited distribution.
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
D. Grey
Publication misconduct: definition, problems that lead to unethical behavior
231. Placing viruses, spyware or other unapproved software on another person’s computer is
considered academic dishonesty.
A. True
B. False
C. Cannot be determined
232. A researcher uses data of an earlier research paper and publishes a new research paper,
this is ____________.
A. Ethical
B. Unethical
C. Permissible D. Proper
233. A situation that challenges academic integrity and is not obviously right or wrong is
known as a dilemma.
A. True
B. False
C. Cannot be determined
234. Using crib sheets, books or notes in an open book/open notes exam is considered to be
academic dishonesty.
A. True
B. False
C. Cannot be determined
235. Helping another student in a team project with his or her task is considered cheating. A.
True
B. False
C. Cannot be determined
236. Recruiting subjects to participate in an experiment without revealing the purpose of the
experiment is considered academic dishonesty.
A. True
B. False
C. Cannot be determined
237. To offer identical or substantially unchanged work in two or more courses for credit,
without specific advance approval of the professors involved is an example of _______.
A. Sabotage B. Tampering C. Duplicity D. Fabrication
238. Providing a false information to an instructor concerning a formal academic exercise is
known as ________.
A. Tampering
B. Deception
C. Sabotage D. Duplicity
Best Practices/ standards setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME
239. Which of the following is not an ethical guideline for conducting research with humans?
A. Getting informed consent of the participant
B. Telling participants they must continue until the study has been completed
C. Keeping participants’ identity anonymous
D. Telling participants they are free to withdraw at any time
240. Good research practice begins with _______.
A. Research design
B. Avoiding plagiarism
C. Problem selection
D. Both a and c
241. The framework of research life cycle focuses on three stages: research design, conduct
of research and ________.
A. Philosophy
B. Transparency
C. Research dissemination
D. Accountability
242. Which of the following statement is incorrect for preparation while planning research?
A. Describe the research objective and rationale
B. Develop Paraphrasing abilities
C. Develop a project with milestones, roles and responsibility
D. Ensure viability of the study
243. From the point of view of research ethics which of the following is least vulnerable in
research?
A. Problem – formulation and identification of variables involved
B. Data analysis and interpretation
C. Reporting of research result and their implications
D. Citing a theory in support of one’s thesis
244. _________ is often a good indicator of journal quality.
A. Diversity of authorship
B. Improper peer review
C. Immediate acceptance D. None of above
245. COPE stands for _______.
A. Community of plagiarism ethics
B. Committee of plagiarism ethics
C. Community of publication ethics
D. Committee of publication ethics
246. Which of these is not a characteristic of a good research question?
A. Clarity
B. Rationality
C. Focus
D. Elaboration
247.
248.
What is a predatory journal?
A. A journal detailing characteristics of predators
B. A journal that engages in ethical business practices
C. A journal that published secondary research
D. A journal that makes false claims about research
Which of the following is not a useful sign of a predatory journal?
A. Lack of gender or geographical diversity in the editorial board
B. Submissions are sent by email rather than through a manuscript management system
C. Low article processing charges
D. Retention of copyright by the publisher/journal even though the journal is supposedly
open access
Conflict of interest
249. __________is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple
interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against
another.
A. Conflict of interest
B. Research integrity
C. Empiricism
D. Intellectual honesty
250. Which of the following is/are a type of conflict of interest?
A. Personal conflicts
B. Financial conflicts
C. Non- financial conflicts
D. All of above
251. Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding conflict of interest?
A. Conflicts of interest may be categorized broadly as either tangible or intangible.
B. Journals should not publish COI disclosures with the publication.
C. Conflicts often arise when a researcher is called upon to review a grant proposal or a
research paper.
D. All of above
252. Which of the following is not an ethical code of conducting research?
A. Respect for privacy and confidentiality
B. Conflict of interest
C. Avoidance of unnecessary deception
D. Informed and voluntary consent
253.
254.
255.
256.
Predatory Publisher and journals
Who coined the phrase “Predatory Journals”? A. René Descartes
B. Socrates
C. Jeffrey Beall
D. Pythagoras
Which of the following statement is incorrect about predatory journals?
A. A predatory journal is a publication that actively asks researchers for manuscripts.
B. They have no peer review system.
C. No true editorial board.
D. They do not ask for publication charges.
Which of the following is not Beall’s criteria to identify predatory journal?
A. No true editorial board
B. There is little or no geographical diversity between the editorial board members.
C. Publisher’s owner is identified as editor of each and every journal published.
D. Based on peer review process and if acceptance rate is longer then it is predatory.
Which of the following is/are (a) characteristic of predatory journal?
A. Aggressive campaigning for academics.
B. Charging high fees for publication.
C. Proper Peer review process
D. Both a and b
257.
A. Ryder Carroll
B. Peter Suber
C. Martin Schrettinger D. Jeffry Beall
Who coined the term ‘predatory journal’?
258. What is the function of the computer program SCIgen? A. To check plagiarism of given
paper
B. To check grammar of given paper
C. To generate papers randomly using context-free grammar
D. To generate translation using artificial intelligence
259. An individual who is omitted from the author list despite fulfilling criteria and
qualification to be listed as an author of the paper is called?
A. Guest author
B. Gift author
C. Ghost author
D. Coercion author
260.
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262.
263.
264.
265.
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RPE 04: OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING
Open Access publication and initiatives
Nowadays ________ is the primary medium for the scholarly communication.
A. Internet / E journal
B. Printed Research Paper
C. Newspaper article
D. Press note
Today, scientist have adopted electronic journals because of
A. Quick convenient access
B. Easyforretrievinginformation
C. Easy to spread research data
D. All of the above
What is meant by open access (OA) journals
A. Unrestricted online access to research outputs
B. It’s demanding charge for access full research article.
C. Not allow to download the full length paper to the scientist.
D. Only abstract is freely available.
Which of the following statement is true regarding OA (Open Access) Journals?
A. Journals provide access at a subscription or pay-per-view costs
B. Journals provide full access after a 6-12 month
C. Unrestricted online access to research outputs
D. Open access journals are of poorer quality than traditional subscription-based journals
Budapest Open Access Initiative took place in the year____ A. 2001
B. 2003
C. 2005
D. 2004
DOAJ Stands for
A. Directory of Open Access Journals
B. Directory of Open Access Publishers
C. Directory of Open Astronomy Journals
D. Directory of Open Agronomy Journals
Which one of the creative common licenses is consider for commercial use? A. BY-NC-ND
B. BY-NC-SA
C. BY-ND
267.
268.
269.
270.
271.
D. BY-NC
What is/are the project and program relating to INFLIBNET? A. IRINS
B. VIDWAN
C. e-PGPathshala
D. All of the above
NCSI Stands for
A. National Centre for Science Information
B. National Collaboration for Scientific Information
C. National Centre for Science Instrumentation
D. National Centre for Social Information
NCSI (National Centre for Science Information) established by___
A. INFLIBNET
B. Open Access Publisher
C. UGC
D. DOAJ
From the following which platform allow author to upload full length research paper A.
PLOS
B. DOAJ
C. SCOPUS
D. Research gate
Which one of the following permission is not related to Open Licensing? A. Retain
B. Redistribute
C. Revise
D. Revoke
272. information.
273.
274.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
C. Partiallycorrect
D. Can’t be determined
Transformation of traditional libraries to hybrid/digital libraries is known as:
A. Re-Engineering
B. Changemanagement
C. Project management
D. Crisis management
Two major characteristics of open source licenses are:
Copyrights applies to the licensed content, and it protect the rights of the creator of
275.
A. Free copyright & Free distribution
B. Open and No IPR
C. Free distribution and open source code D. Free licences and no IPR
What is the correct sequence of the paper publication process in a journal?
A. Research – journal selection – submission – peer review – acceptance/rejection
B. Research – peer review – journal selection – submission - acceptance/rejection C. Journal
selection – research – submission – peer review - acceptance/rejection D. Journal selection –
research – submission - acceptance/rejection - peer review
277.
A. Aims and scope of the journal
B. Impact factor of the journal
C. Peer-review process for the selection of papers
D. All of the above
Which of these journals is/are considered as a first peer-reviewed journal(s)?
A. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
B. Le Journal des Scavans
C. JournalHistoriqueetLittéraire
D. A) and B) both
Which of the following options is an important criterion when choosing a journal for
276.
your research?
Who was the founder of Pergamon Press that played a landmark role in publishing
278. journals?
279.
280.
281.
A. Jon Man
B. SaraMiller
C. Robert Maxwell D. Samuel Pearson
When was the first prototype e-journal established? A. 1956
B. 1976
C. 1990
D. 1999
ICT in education stands for?
A. Information and Computer Technologies
B. InformationandCommunicationTechnologies
C. Institution of Communication Teaching
D. None of the above
Which of these is not an example of Open Access? A. SPARC
B. OASPA
C. PLOS
D. None of the above
282. When access is open only for journal articles for which their authors/funders pay a fee,
what kind of OA (Open Access) is that?
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A. Green OA
B. Gold OA
C. Hybrid OA
D. Platinum OA
Which of the following statements is incorrect with reference to Open Access?
A. Open access only helps readers, never the authors.
B. Open access (OA) offers wider circulation than publication in a subscription journal (SJ).
C. OA journals have faster publication times than SJs.
D. OA journals are usually cited more heavily than SJs.
Which of these is a database of biomedical and life sciences journals? A. PubMed Central
(PMC)
B. MEDLINE
C. Embase
D. A) and B) both
Which journal published first in 1665? A. Elsevier
B. Springer
C. IEEE
D. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Societies
During which century the first E-Journal was launched?
A. Early 19th century
B. Later in 19th century
C. During20thcentury
D. Early 18th century
__________ refers to distribution of scholarly articles, papers and messages by electronic
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means and opposed to the distribution by paper media.
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A. Mass multimedia
B. Press media
C. Electronicmedia
D. Scholarly Electronic Communication
What OA stands for?
A. Open access
B. Online access
C. Organization of articles
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A. SHERPA/FACT
B. SHERPA/RoMEO
C. SHERPA/JULIET D. None of the above
_______ is resource to check publisher copyright.
D. Online articles
A. SHERPA/RoMEO
B. SHERPA
C. SHERPA/JULIET D. SHERPA/FACT
SHERPA/RoMEO
289. Which service of SHERPA is involved in copyright and open access self-archiving
polices for academic journals?
Journal Finder
Which are the consideration for selection of journal?
A. Select journal with Thomson Reuters (Clarivate) Impact factor.
B. Select the journal which offers the peer-reviews process.
C. Select journal which are UGC notified
D. All of the above
What makes a strong manuscript?
A. Presented and constructed in a logical manner allowing readers to easily grasp the
significance.
B. A clear, useful and recent developments on a specific top research point
C. Research data without specific supporting information
D. A & B both
From the following which tool help to find Elsevier journal?
A. Elsevier journal finder
B. Wiley journal finder
C. SHERPA/RoMEO
D. SmallSEOTools
JANE stands for____
A. Journal/Author Name Estimator
B. Journal/Author’s Name Estimator
C. Journal/Author Name Editor
D. Journal/Author Name Estimation
What you have to write in search engine of a journal suggester to search a journal? A.
Keywords
B. Abstract
C. none from a and b
D. both a and b
296. Which one among the following is not an important criterion in selection of journal for
paper publication?
A. Aims and the scope of the journal
B. Journal's restrictions
C. Journal's impact factor
D. Journals without peer review process
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RPE 05: PUBLICATION MISCONDUCT
In which year the copyright act of India was passed?
A. 1957
B. 1967 C. 1977 D. 1987
Which of these is not an example of a citation style?
A. New York
B. MLA
C. APA
D. Vancouver
Which of these is not considered plagiarism?
A. Copying the entire work of someone and representing that as your own work. B. verbatim
C. Paraphrasing with credit
D. Reusing your own work without citation
What does it mean by comlet/ global plagiarism?
A. Rephrasing piece of text, sentence, paragraph in your own words
B. Copying entire work and representing that as your own work
C. Copy and paste someone's test and represent that test as your work
D. Uninternational match
What is self-plagiarism?
A. An uninternational match
B. Rephrasing piece of text, sentence para in your own words.
C. Reusing your own work which you have used in your previous publication
D. Copy Idea and thoughts and putting together to create new text and representing as
your text
The act of presenting someone else’s work or idea as own is considered as A. Plagiarism
B. Academicdishonesty
C. Wrongful appropriation
D. All of these
Do you think anti Plagiarism detection software are useable for? A. Avoiding plagiarism
B. Getting comparison or similarity index to check originality of assignment
C. Added Features like instant feedback to help improve writing
D. Do not find useful for any of these
304. Plagiarism where writer changes a few words in the original text of another is known as?
305.
A. Direct copying
B. Wordswitch
C. Paraphrasing
D. None of these
The Latin word which is understood as the origin of the word ‘plagiarism’ is? A. Plagiarius
B. Plagiurius
C. Plugiarius
D. Plagiarize
What meaning of Plagiarius was quoted by Martial, a Roman poet, for using the term
306.
plagiarius by other users without quoting his name?
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A. Literary kidnappers B. Literarythieves
C. Literarycopiers
D. Literarystealers
What are the different ways to avoid plagiarism in academic writing?
A. Providing references
B. Citing the original author
C. Quoting the exact phrase
D. All of these
Referred documents must be cited as
A. End note
B. Foot note
C. Bibliographies
D. All of these
There has been a steep rise in plagiarism due to
A. Increase in publication growth
B. Increase in enrollment for research work
C. Availability of digital documents
D. Used of computers in research
Which plagiarism software among the following is a commercial software?
A. Viber
B. PlagTrack C. Turnitin D. Copyleaks
What are the common forms of plagiarism?
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A. Direct copying
B. Word switch
C. Self-plagiarism
D. All of these
Which among the following is not a kind of plagiarism?
A. Patch Writing
B. UntaintedPlagiarism
C. Indirect Plagiarism
D. Direct Plagiarism
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RPE 06: DATABASE AND RESEARCH MATRICES
A. DATABASES
In which year the first legal citation was done? A. 1673
B. 1773
C. 1873
D. 1973
Elsevier and ISI are examples of A. Thesis reservoir
B. Online library
C. Referencemanagement
D. Citation indexing service
From the following which statement is incorrect regarding citation index?
A. Citations can help to find other publications which may be of interest.
B. The context of citations in citing publications may be
C. helpful in judging the important contributions of a cited paper and the usefulness of a
paper for a given query
D. Provides a multidisciplinary research platform
ICI stands for
A. International Citation Index B. IndianCitationIndex
C. ItalycitationIndex
D. Impact Citation Index
From the following which database allow to access full research paper
A. PMC
B. ShodhGanga
C. Google Scholar D. None of the above
From the following which database include in citation databases: A. Web of Science
B. Scopus
C. CiteSeer
D. All of the above
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The “citation indexes” are now available online as
A. Web of Science
B. JCCC C. ISSN D. EBSCO
ISSN stands for
A. International Standard Serial Number
B. Indian Standard Serial Number
C. Impact Standard Serial Number
D. International Standard Science Number
How many digits The ISSN number has? A. Five
B. Four
C. Nine
D. Eight
322.
name of it?
The international centre maintains database of all assigned ISSN worldwide, what is the
A. ISSN Book
B. ISDS Register
C. ISSN Data
D. ISBN Register
323. I: ISSN assigned for entire serial, not for each issue and II: Changing the title of serial
need new ISSN
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A. I is true, II is false
B. I is false, II is true
C. I&IIBotharefalse
D. I & II Both are true
The objective of citation style manuals is
A. Attribution of other’s intellectual work
B. Attribution of own intellectual work
C. Attribution of corporate intellectual outcomes
D. All of these
APA Style stands for
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A. American Psychological Association
B. American Psychological Associates
C. Association of Psychological of Americans
D. American Psychologist Association
Which among the following is not a reference management tools? A. Microsoft word
B. Zotero
C. SJR
D. Mendeley
327.
A. Because no one will know what works you consulted in preparation of your essay.
B. Because a bibliography does not provide specific page references for the sections of your
sources that you actually read when you were doing your research.
C. Because by so doing you fail to indicate the exact source(s) of each specific passage.
D. Both a and b
328. Information provided in your essay must be referenced in all of the following cases
except:
A. When the information involves an interpretation peculiar to the author from whose work
you are drawing.
B. When the information describes common knowledge.
C. When the information comes from an e-mail or phone call.
D. When the information or idea that you are recording is disputed within the discipline.
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Which of the following is not a tool for reference management? A. Zotero
B. OWL
C. Mendeley
D. Both a and c
Which of the following tool/s can be used to maintain language while writing papers?
A. OWL
B. Zotero
C. Mendeley D. All of above
Which of these is not a tool of reference management? A. Zotero
B. Grammarly
Why is it insufficient to cite sources for your work through bibliography alone?
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C. Mendeley D. EndNote
What is the full form of APA?
A. American Psychological Association
B. American Philosophical Association
C. American Psychological Assistant
D. American Philosophical Assistant
Not a type of citation A. APA
B. MLA
C. Calibri
D. Voncouver style
334.
publication year. A ___________ is placed at the end of a paper and includes information on
the authors, year, title of the source, and publication data to prevent plagiarism and give
proper citation to work referred.
A. Quotation; citation
B. Referencelist;quotation C. Citation; reference list D. Reference list; citation
A ____________ is placed within the text and includes the authors’ last names and the
335.
Who originated the H-Index?
A. Jorge Hirsch
B. Jonathan Aaron C. AndrewBaldwin D. David Callaway
338.
339.
Scopus
Clarivate
UGC CARE list
All of above
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those with lower ones.
B: RESEARCH METRICS:
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of total citable articles published in that journal over a fixed period of time.
A. Impact factor
B. AcceptanceRate C. ISSN
D. Volume
337. Journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by
_______.
A.
B.
C. D.
Impact Factor is
A. The average number of citation received for each published article in the year.
B. The average number of publication in the particular year.
C. The total number of publication in the particular year.
D. The total number of citation received for each published article in the particular year.
The word impact factor is coined by
A. Eugene Garfield
B. Johannes Gutenberg
C. Robert Maxwell
D. John Gage
_________ is the ratio of the number of citations of the journal’s articles to the number
Research journals with a high _____are commonly consider to be more important than
A. Eigan Factor B. HIndex
C. Impact Factor D. i10 score
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The H index can be defined as
A. Ametricforevaluatingthecumulativeimpactofanauthor'sscholarlyoutputand
performance.
B. The number of publications with at least 10 citations
C. The distribution of citations received by a given researcher's publications.
D. The total number of citation received for each published article in the particular year.
The e-index is a /an
A. Associated with excess citation
B. Associated with low citation
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
SNIP Stands for
A. Source Normalized Impact per Paper
B. Social Normalized Impact per Paper
C. Source Normalized Impact per Publication
D. Science Normalized Impact per Paper
344. ________ is a sophisticated metric that intrinsically accounts for field-specific
differences in citation practices.
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A. Impact Factor
B. H index
C. SNIP
D. G index
SJR stands for
A. SCImago Journal Rank
B. Science Journal Rank
C. Social science Journal Rank
D. None of the above
IF calculated by
A. Clarivate
B. Urkund C. SCOPUS D. UGC
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is______
A. Scientometric index
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B. Webomatrixindex C. A&B both
D. None of the above
IPP stands for
A. Impact Per Person
B. ImpactPerPublication
C. Impact Per Peer Review
D. None of the above
IPP also known as _____ A. IPR
B. RIP
C. IRP
D. PIR
350.
by the total number of papers in those 3 previous years.
351.
A. IPP
B. SNIP C. SJR D. IF
Which one of the following is an indication of the quality of research journal?
A. H index
B. G index
C. i10 index
D. Impact factor
______ a number of current-year citations to papers from the previous 3 years, divided
352. Which of the following indices convey the reputation of an author with regard to
publication of article?
A. H index
B. JIF
C. H5Index D. SJR ranking
What is H index?
A. The number of publications with at least 10 citations
B. Ametricforevaluatingthecumulativeimpactofanauthor'sscholarlyoutputand
performance
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C. The (unique) largest number such that the top X articles received (together) at least X2
citations
D. None of the above
i10 Index =
A. the number of publication with less than 10 citation
B. the number of publication with at least 10 citation
C. citation of 10 research publication in one year
D. citation of research paper in last 10 year
What is g index?
A. Is the (unique) largest number such that the top g articles received (together) at least
g2 citations
B. A metric for evaluating the cumulative impact of an author's scholarly output and
performance
C. The number of publications with at least 10 citations
D. None of the above
Which statement is false regarding JCR (Journal Citation Report)?
A. Can be generated from www.clarivate.com
B. It provides information about academic journals in the natural sciences and social
sciences, including impact factors.
C. JCR does not contain Bibliographic information of publisher, title abbreviation,
language, ISSN No., subject categories
D. The JCR was originally published as a part of Science Citation Index.
H index is also known as
A. Hirsch index
B. Hirsch number
C. A & B both
D. None of the above
H index was developed by
A. Jorge E. Hirsch
B. EugeneGarfield
C. Johannes Gutenberg
D. Robert Maxwell
The i10 index of a researcher is 15 that mean
A. 15 paper of these researcher are cited 10 or more than 10 time
B. 10 paper of these researcher are cited 10 or more than 10 time
C. 15 paper of these researcher are cited less than 10 time
D. 10 paper of these researcher are cited 10 or less than 10 time
G index was developed by
A. Leo Egghe
B. EugeneGarfield
C. Johannes Gutenberg D. Robert Maxwell
Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding Impact factor? A. It refers to the
average number of citations per paper.
B. It is useful to compare journals.
C. It could not be reproduced in an independent audit.
D. It is a normal distribution.
A. Impact factor
B. Citedhalf-life
C. CiteScore D. H-index
363. The number of citations to all journals in the subject category and the number of articles
from all the journals in that subject category is known as _____.
A. Cite Score
B. H-index
C. Average impact factor D. Cited half-life