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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Journal of Sex Research
B Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
C Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought
D Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal
Question #2
A Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought
B Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal
C International Journal of Clinical Practice
D Journal of Sex Research
Question #3
A Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
B Journal of Sex Research
C International Journal of Clinical Practice
D Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal
Question #4
A Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought
B International Journal of Clinical Practice
C Journal of Sex Research
D Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Question #5
A Falsification
B Plagiarism
C Paraphrasing
D Publishing misconduct
E Fabrication
Question #6
A Paraphrasing
B Fabrication
C Plagiarism
D Publishing misconduct
E Falsification
Question #7
A Fabrication
B Plagiarism
C Paraphrasing
D Falsification
E Publishing misconduct
Question #8
A Falsification
B Paraphrasing
C Publishing misconduct
D Fabrication
E Plagiarism
Question #9
A Paraphrasing
B Fabrication
C Falsification
D Publishing misconduct
E Plagiarism
Question #10
A The medicine field had more retractions than social sciences.
B Distrusting data or interpretations was the most common reason for retractions.
C Plagiarism was the second most common reason for retractions
D In general, quotes should be used sparingly.
E All these are true.
F In the PSY 321 paper, no quotes should be used in the introduction or discussion.
Question #11
A All these are true.
B Researchers should send manuscripts to multiple journals at the same time to increase chances of publication.
C Unintentional plagiarism is not a valid excuse.
D Each university has an IRB to make sure researchers follow ethical guidelines and protect human subjects from harm.
E Intentional plagiarism occurs when a person deliberately engages in plagiarism
Question #12
A An editor conducts an initial review to determine if it fits the journal.
B There might be multiple revisions before final acceptance.
C All these are true.
D After the initial review, the editor sends the manuscript to the reviewers.
E The reviewers make the final decision on acceptance or rejection.
Question #13
A Anchor authorship
B Brief reports
C Peer review
D Empirical research
E Impact factor
Question #14
A Anchor authorship
B Blind peer review
C Impact factor
D Peer review
E Review article
Question #15
A Empirical research
B Review article
C Impact factor
D Blind peer review
E Anchor authorship
Question #16
A Empirical research
B Brief reports
C Blind peer review
D Review article
E Anchor authorship
Question #17
A Empirical research
B Anchor authorship
C Peer review
D Brief reports
E Blind peer review
Question #18
A Blind peer review
B Empirical research
C Brief reports
D Impact factor
E Peer review
Question #19
A Impact factor
B Brief reports
C Empirical research
D Review article
E Peer review
Question #20
A Peer review is important to decide whether the work merits publication.
B Generally, the first author makes the most contribution, the second author makes the next most contribution, and so on.
C All these are true.
D Peer review is required for grant proposals to get funding for research or programs.
E It is best to decide on authorship after the writing is done to determine who made the most contribution.
Question #21
A Medium tier journals can have some high-quality papers.
B All these are true.
C Authors are likely to brag when publishing in high tier journals.
D The editorial boards for top tier journals are leading scholars in the field.
E Journal tier is highly correlated with impact factor.
Question #22
A Top tier journals are in the top 5% rank in their field.
B Journal tier is a subjective indicator of journal ranking.
C The acceptance rate of low tier journals is often high.
D All these are true.
E The acceptance rate in top tier and high tier journals is usually low.
Question #23
A Impact factor is very dependent upon the topic of the article.
B Scholarly journals generally have blind peer review and editorial review
C Magazines generally have editorial review.
D Impact factor is often considered a more subjective method of evaluating a journal’s value/prestige.
E All these are true
Question #24
A Scholarly journals are geared towards policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and/or educators
B In an edited book, each chapter is written by different scholars.
C All these are true
D Magazine articles are generally written for the lay audience
E In an edited book, a knowledgeable editor of the topic critiques the chapters.
Question #25
A Each outlet for publication has tradeoffs the author has to think about.
B Peer reviewers should try to provide destructive critique to diminish the scholar’s work.
C Peer-reviewed journal articles are generally the most prestigious type of scholarship in psychology.
D All these are true
E Finding time to publish can be challenging since faculty members have a lot going on.
Question #26
A To tell people about your results
B To improve changes of getting into graduate school
C All these are true
D To increase chances of promotion and/or tenure
E To increase likelihood of getting funding
F To help get a job.
