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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal
B Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought
C Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
D Journal of Sex Research
Question #2
A International Journal of Clinical Practice
B Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought
C Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal
D Journal of Sex Research
Question #3
A Journal of Sex Research
B Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal
C International Journal of Clinical Practice
D Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Question #4
A Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought
B Journal of Sex Research
C International Journal of Clinical Practice
D Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Question #5
A Publishing misconduct
B Fabrication
C Plagiarism
D Falsification
E Paraphrasing
Question #6
A Publishing misconduct
B Falsification
C Fabrication
D Plagiarism
E Paraphrasing
Question #7
A Publishing misconduct
B Plagiarism
C Fabrication
D Paraphrasing
E Falsification
Question #8
A Fabrication
B Plagiarism
C Paraphrasing
D Falsification
E Publishing misconduct
Question #9
A Publishing misconduct
B Plagiarism
C Falsification
D Fabrication
E Paraphrasing
Question #10
A In general, quotes should be used sparingly.
B Plagiarism was the second most common reason for retractions
C All these are true.
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 Each university has an IRB to make sure researchers follow ethical guidelines and protect human subjects from harm.
B All these are true.
C Researchers should send manuscripts to multiple journals at the same time to increase chances of publication.
D Intentional plagiarism occurs when a person deliberately engages in plagiarism
E Unintentional plagiarism is not a valid excuse.
Question #12
A The reviewers make the final decision on acceptance or rejection.
B After the initial review, the editor sends the manuscript to the reviewers.
C All these are true.
D An editor conducts an initial review to determine if it fits the journal.
E There might be multiple revisions before final acceptance.
Question #13
A Brief reports
B Empirical research
C Anchor authorship
D Peer review
E Impact factor
Question #14
A Review article
B Impact factor
C Anchor authorship
D Peer review
E Blind peer review
Question #15
A Review article
B Blind peer review
C Empirical research
D Anchor authorship
E Impact factor
Question #16
A Brief reports
B Review article
C Anchor authorship
D Blind peer review
E Empirical research
Question #17
A Brief reports
B Empirical research
C Peer review
D Blind peer review
E Anchor authorship
Question #18
A Empirical research
B Brief reports
C Blind peer review
D Peer review
E Impact factor
Question #19
A Empirical research
B Brief reports
C Impact factor
D Peer review
E Review article
Question #20
A Peer review is required for grant proposals to get funding for research or programs.
B All these are true.
C It is best to decide on authorship after the writing is done to determine who made the most contribution.
D Generally, the first author makes the most contribution, the second author makes the next most contribution, and so on.
E Peer review is important to decide whether the work merits publication.
Question #21
A Authors are likely to brag when publishing in high tier journals.
B Journal tier is highly correlated with impact factor.
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 The acceptance rate in top tier and high tier journals is usually low.
C The acceptance rate of low tier journals is often high.
D Top tier journals are in the top 5% rank in their field.
E Journal tier is a subjective indicator of journal ranking.
Question #23
A Magazines generally have editorial review.
B Impact factor is very dependent upon the topic of the article.
C All these are true
D Scholarly journals generally have blind peer review and editorial review
E Impact factor is often considered a more subjective method of evaluating a journal’s value/prestige.
Question #24
A Scholarly journals are geared towards policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and/or educators
B In an edited book, a knowledgeable editor of the topic critiques the chapters.
C All these are true
D Magazine articles are generally written for the lay audience
E In an edited book, each chapter is written by different scholars.
Question #25
A All these are true
B Peer reviewers should try to provide destructive critique to diminish the scholar’s work.
C Finding time to publish can be challenging since faculty members have a lot going on.
D Peer-reviewed journal articles are generally the most prestigious type of scholarship in psychology.
E Each outlet for publication has tradeoffs the author has to think about.
Question #26
A To help get a job.
B To tell people about your results
C To increase likelihood of getting funding
D To improve changes of getting into graduate school
E All these are true
F To increase chances of promotion and/or tenure
