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