Basic), Conflicts of Interest (RCR-Basic),
Mentoring (RCR-Basic), Peer Review
(RCR-Basic), Research Misconduct (RCR-
Basic), & Collaborative Research (RCR-
Basic)
Which of the following statements is true regarding the International Committee of Medical Journal
Editors (ICMJE) guidelines?
a) Acquiring funding for a research project is sufficient to warrant authorship.
b) Individuals who do not meet the criteria for authorship but who have made a noteworthy
contribution are normally listed in the acknowledgments section.
c) Conducting the technical aspects of the research is sufficient to warrant authorship.
d) The first author is the only person who is held publicly responsible for the contents of the paper. -
Correct Answer b) Individuals who do not meet the criteria for authorship but who have made a
noteworthy contribution are normally listed in the acknowledgments section.
Which of the following is true regarding authors who seek to publish the same content in multiple
papers?
a) The research record is not affected by an author who publishes the same work multiple times.
b) Journal editors do not require authors to obtain permission for reusing the same content.
c) Authors are never allowed to publish the same content multiple times.
d) If the same contents used in multiple papers, it is essential that this information be properly disclosed
to journal editors and other relevant entities. - Correct Answer d) If the same contents used in multiple
papers, it is essential that this information be properly disclosed to journal editors and other relevant
entities.
Which of the following most accurately describes the practice of ghost authorship?
, a) It is a situation where someone provides constructive comments on a manuscript before it is
submitted.
b) It is a situation where a high-profile researcher is added as an author to improve the chance of
publishing a manuscript.
c) It is a situation where the individual who wrote the manuscript is not listed as an author.
d) It is a situation where someone does not publish all of the data that have been collected. - Correct
Answer c) It is a situation where the individual who wrote the manuscript is not listed as an author.
Which of the following is represents plagiarism?
a) Selectively presenting data that support the key findings of a paper.
b) Presenting someone else's ideas or words and claiming them as one's own.
c) Listing someone as an author who did not actually contribute to the publication.
d) Failing to report all of a study's conditions. - Correct Answer b) Presenting someone else's ideas or
words and claiming them as one's own.
Which of the following is the primary criterion for authorship?
a) Correcting grammatical mistakes in the manuscript.
b) Obtaining financial support for the work.
c) Having read a draft of the manuscript before it is published.
d) Having made a significant intellectual contribution to the work. - Correct Answer d) Having made a
significant intellectual contribution to the work.
The entity that normally is supposed to determine whether an academic researcher's conflict of interest
can be managed is:
a) The university president
b) The faculty senate
c) A conflict of interest committee
d) The researcher - Correct Answer c) A conflict of interest committee