Mentors RCR-Basic 6-9

20 August 2022
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Which of the following most accurately describes the responsibilities of a trainee in the mentoring relationship?
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The trainee must take an active role in the relationship and clearly communicate needs and expectations.
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The defining characteristic of a mentor is someone who:
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Takes a sincere interest in the growth and development of a trainee.
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Which of the following statements best exemplifies the importance of mentoring?
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A mechanism to transmit values and standards of professional conduct.
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the mentoring relationship?
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Mentors teach trainees about aspects of academic life that are not covered in textbooks.
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Which of the following most accurately describes good mentoring practice?
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Encouraging trainees to receive mentoring from a collection of individuals.
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What is the most appropriate course of action for a trainee who has a problem with a mentor?
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After trying to communicate directly with the mentor, the trainee should seek advice from a senior person that the trainee trusts.
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Which of the following is most directly related to successful mentoring?
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Someone who is committed to the professional development of the trainee.
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Which of the following statements about mentoring is true?
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Mentors can provide valuable advice to trainees regarding career decisions and contacts with leaders in their field of research.
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Reviewers have a responsibility to promote ethical peer review by:
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Preserving the confidentiality of the submission.
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The main reason that the Royal Society of London developed the modern form of peer review was to:
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Control the quality of published papers.
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A reviewer's main responsibility is to:
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Behave professionally.
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the review process for grant proposals?
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Funding agencies usually have committees, often with external reviewers, that assess the quality of the proposal.
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The two main criteria that the National Science Foundation (NSF) uses to evaluate grant proposals are:
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Intellectual merit and broader impact.
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Which of the following statements is true regarding the responsibilities of reviewers?
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Reviewers should identify the positive and negative aspects of a manuscript, and indicate where improvements are needed.
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Which of the following is the most appropriate step to take if authors believe that their manuscript was reviewed unfairly?
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The author can contact the editor with their concerns.
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The main reason that grant proposal reviewers with a conflict of interest should remove themselves from the review process is because:
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Their removal lessens the chance that bias will affect the review process​.
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Which of the following is most likely to be considered plagiarism?
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Using materials from a source without proper citation.
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Which type of inappropriate practice most likely occurred if a researcher takes credit for someone else's idea and does not acknowledge the original source?
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Plagiarism
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According to the U.S. Federal Research Misconduct Policy, falsification involves:
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Manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data.
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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?
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Falsification
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Which of the following is true regarding the U.S. Federal Research Misconduct Policy?
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To have a misconduct finding, the action must have been committed intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly.
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Which of the following is the most effective strategy for preventing research misconduct?
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Good mentoring
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Which of the following is true regarding research misconduct?
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Federal funding agencies typically rely on an institution to make the initial response to an allegation of research misconduct.
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According to the U.S. Federal Research Misconduct Policy, fabrication involves:
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Making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
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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?
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An investigation
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According to U.S. Federal Research Misconduct Policy, which of the following is considered to be research misconduct?
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Plagiarism
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The typical first main phase in response to a research misconduct allegation is called:
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The inquiry
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If a researcher creates the idea for a project and is not listed in the preferred author order position on resulting publications, is this considered to be research misconduct under federal policy?
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No; instead it is a type of authorship dispute.
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Which of the following is most likely to be considered plagiarism?
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Using materials from a source without proper citation.
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When authors summarize the work of others, they typically should:
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Provide a condensed (shorter) version of the original material.
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The primary way to determine whether an idea constitutes "common knowledge" is:
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Whether there is an expectation that the readers and the author would be very familiar with the material.
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Paraphrasing another author's paragraph by substituting one or two words in each sentence and then adding one citation to the author at the end of the paragraph:
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May constitute plagiarism because the original material has not been sufficiently modified to constitute a proper paraphrase.
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Which one of the following statements most accurately describes how plagiarism has been defined in this module?
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Plagiarism applies not only to ideas that are found in print but also those that are communicated verbally.
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Authors who reuse portions of text that have appeared in one of their earlier published papers run the risk of being accused of:
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Self-plagiarism
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An idea is most likely to represent "common knowledge" if:
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It can be safely assumed that the readers and the author are both thoroughly familiar with the idea and its source.
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The reuse of one's previously published material in a new journal article is most appropriate if:
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The author informs all the relevant parties and obtains permission to do so.
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Ethical writing and scholarship is based on an implicit contract between the author and readers, whereby readers assume that what they read is accurate, has been written by the author, and has:
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Not been disseminated before unless noted otherwise.
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Which one of the following is most likely to constitute an act of plagiarism?
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Copying someone else's text word-for-word without using quotation marks and adding a citation at the end of the material.
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Michael McFarland argues that proximity is one reason why researchers have an obligation to help the public. Which of following most accurately describes what McFarland means by proximity?
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Having the specialized expertise to reduce technical risks.
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Which of the following most accurately describes the Green Revolution?
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It involved mobilizing a technological system to improve food production.
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Which of the following most accurately describes technological momentum?
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It is a system's inertia or resistance to change.
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The main way in which the organization Doctors Without Borders acts on social responsibilities is by:
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Providing medical care in emergency situations.
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Social responsibility is usually expressed in professional codes of ethics by stating that:
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Researchers have an obligation to the public.