Basic), Mentoring (RCR-Basic), Peer Review (RCR-Basic),
Research Misconduct (RCR-Basic), & Collaborative Research
(RCR-Basic)
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 Ans-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 Ans-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 Ans-c) A conflict of interest committee
The main focus of NIH's conflict of interest policy is:
a) Academic conflicts of interest
b) Conflicts of conscience
c) Personal conflicts of interest
d) Financial conflicts of interest Correct Ans-d) Financial conflicts of interest
Which of the following is true about conflicts of interest?
a) A project must be funded by an external source in order for any conflicts of interest to be
present.
b) Researchers are not permitted to have any conflicts of interest.
c) Conflicts of interest increase the likelihood of bias.
d) A financial dimension must be present in order for it to be a conflict of interest. Correct
Ans-c) Conflicts of interest increase the likelihood of bias.