Which of the following statements about mentoring is true?
A. Junior faculty members need no further mentoring for their professional
development.
B. Mentors can provide valuable advice to trainees regarding career decisions and
contacts with leaders in their field of research.
C. Trainees are bound to find the one individual who is the "truly complete
mentor".
D. The mentor - trainee relationship is rarely of benefit to the mentor. -
ANSWERS-B. Mentors can provide valuable advice to trainees regarding career
decisions and contacts with leaders in their field of research.
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the mentoring
relationship?
A. Graduate students, but not mentors, gain from the mentoring relationship.
B. Mentors teach trainees about aspects of academic life that are not covered in
textbooks.
C. A mentoring relationship must not turn into a friendship or else it is a failure.
D. Mentoring relationships happen naturally and do not require work. -
ANSWERS-B. Mentors teach trainees about aspects of academic life that are not
covered in textbooks.
,Which of the following is most likely to be considered plagiarism?
A. Using materials from a source without proper citation.
B. Tampering with research equipment.
C. Adding extra data points without proper justification.
D. Intentionally reporting the results of inaccurate statistical tests. - ANSWERS-A.
Using materials from a source without proper citation.
Which type of research misconduct most likely occurred if someone intentionally
removes data points from the data set in order to generate a deceptive
conclusion?
A. Falsification
B. Fabrication
C. Unauthorized access
D. Plagiarism - ANSWERS-A. Falsification
Which of the following is true regarding the U.S. Federal Research Misconduct
Policy?
A. Misconduct must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
B. The standard of innocent until proven guilty does not apply in misconduct
cases.
C. To have a misconduct finding, the action must have been committed
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly.
,D. The Policy covers conflicts of interest and the misuse of grant funding. -
ANSWERS-C. To have a misconduct finding, the action must have been committed
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly.
If there is sufficient evidence to proceed, what is the next main phase that takes
place after the inquiry in response to a research misconduct allegation?
A. The resolution
B. Arbitration
C. An investigation
D. Mediation - ANSWERS-C. An investigation
According to the U.S. Federal Research Misconduct Policy, falsification involves:
A. Taking credit for the ideas or statements of others.
B. Knowingly reporting unsubstantiated allegations of research misconduct to the
federal government.
C. Failing to report a conflict of interest.
D. Manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or
omitting data. - ANSWERS-D. Manipulating research materials, equipment, or
processes, or changing or omitting data.
What is the primary responsibility of oversight bodies (such as an IRB or IACUC)?
A. To determine compliance with regulatory requirements, including those
relating to protecting research subjects.
B. To ensure that a study is methodologically and technically sound.
, C. To assess whether the research team has completed data management
training.
D. To determine if authorship credit has been correctly specified. - ANSWERS-A.
To determine compliance with regulatory requirements, including those relating
to protecting research subjects.
What are the three main goals of data lifecycle management (DLM)?
A. Technology, sharing, and disposal
B. Ownership, propriety, and control
C. Confidentiality, availability, and integrity
D. Secrecy, privacy, and disposal - ANSWERS-C. Confidentiality, availability, and
integrity
Which of the following is true regarding the reporting of research results?
A. Details of data selection procedures should be omitted from publications
unless requested.
B. Details of study design and execution should be omitted from publications
unless requested.
C. Clear specification of the methods and procedures used is essential.
D. A delay in reporting research results is not allowed by the U.S. government. -
ANSWERS-C. Clear specification of the methods and procedures used is essential.
In the research context, the term validity most commonly refers to:
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