Unit Number 5 - Research Ethics, IPR and Publishing

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Unit V: Research Ethics, IPR and Publishing
1. The various stakeholders in a research activity are
a. The research participants or subjects
b. The researcher
c. The funding body
d. All
2. Ethical issue/s concerning research participants is/ are
a. Seeking consent
b. Avoiding bias
c. Providing incentives
d. The misuse of information
3. Ethical issue/s relating to the researcher is/ are
a. Provision or deprivation of a treatment
b. Avoiding bias
c. The misuse of information
d. Incorrect reporting
4. Ethical issue/s relating to the researcher is/ are
a. The misuse of information
b. Maintaining confidentiality
c. Incorrect reporting
d. Restrictions imposed by the sponsoring organisation
5. In the author’s opinion, which of the following is/ are not unethical?
a. Giving token of appreciation after having obtained the information
b. Telling your respondents the type of information you are going to ask
c. Not seeking consent
d. Seeking sensitive information

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6. Which of the following is/ are not inventions?
a. Contrary to natural laws
b. Contrary to public order or morality
c. Scientific theory / abstract theory
d. None
7. Which of the following is/ are section/s of the patent specification?
a. Object of invention
b. Statement of invention
a. A summary of invention
b. All
8. Patent claim composed of
a. Preamble
b. Main body
c. Transition
d. All
9. Which of the following correctly describe a transition in claim
a. Name the things to be claimed
b. Connects preamble and body
c. Defines the parts and how they work
d. None
10.Statement 1: The claim in a complete specification shall be of only a single
sentence
Statement 2: An independent claim stands alone and doesn’t need a
limitation from another claim in order to be complete
a. Statement 1 is true, 2 is false
b. Statement 1 is false, 2 is true
c. Statement 1 and 2 both are false
d. Statement 1 and 2 both are true

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11.Statement 1: In drafting a claim, be precise and avoid relative words like
fast, slow or tall.
Statement 2: A dependent claim may depend from another claim, either an
independent claim or another dependent claim.
a. Statement 1 is true, 2 is false
b. Statement 1 is false, 2 is true
c. Statement 1 and 2 both are false
d. Statement 1 and 2 both are true
12.Statement 1: Dependent claims should have the same preamble as their
parent claim
Statement 2: Preamble and the body should be consistent with each other
together to form the whole claim
a. Statement 1 is true, 2 is false
b. Statement 1 is false, 2 is true
c. Statement 1 and 2 both are false
d. Statement 1 and 2 both are true
13.Which of the following best describe an Omnibus claim?
a. Claims reference to the description or drawings without any specific
limitations
b. Claims relating to a computer software that execute specialized
algorithm
c. Claims relating to living organisms
d. Claims relate to the chemical nature of the materials used
14.Which of the following are true with respect to claims?
a. Claims relate to single inventive concept
b. Claims relate to multiple inventive concept
c. Claims have to be clear and succinct
d. Claims have to be fairly based on disclosure

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15.Which of the following are parts of a claim structure?
a. Preamble
b. Principle
c. Transition
d. Body
16.What can be patented under the Indian Law?
a. Both Product and Process
b. A Product
c. A Process
d. None of the Above
17.Every claim in a patent ends with a
a. Semicolon
b. Colon
c. Period
d. Comma
18.Which among the following are NOT patentable
a. An e-commerce platform
b. Claims related to Scientific principles
c. Claims covering a process of synthesizing a novel drug
d. An abstract theory
19.A prior art document will not cover—
a. References of Patents
b. Scope of the Invention
c. Commercial value of the Invention
d. Non-Patent Literature
20.Protection in a patent is granted by virtue of what is mentioned in the—
a. Explanation
b. Claims
c. Descriptive part of specification
d. Illustrations

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21.Which of these following statements are not TRUE?
a. A Patent application can be used for enforcing its rights
b. A granted patent can be used for enforcing its rights
c. A published patent can be used for enforcing its rights
d. An application that was withdrawn can be used for enforcing its rights
22.The acronym, IPC in classification, refers to
a. Indian Patent Classification
b. Iran Patent Classification
c. International Patent Classification
d. Indonesian Patent Classification
23.Which of the following is an essential element to be classified as an
invention according to the Patents Act, 1970?
a. Novel
b. Inventive step
c. Capable of industrial application
d. All of the above
24.Cooke and Mayes5 defined the major steps of the technology transfer
process as being:
a. Searching
b. Preparing
c. Finding
d. Evaluating
25.Which of the following is/ are the types of copyright?
a. Economic rights
b. Moral rights
c. Primary rights
d. Secondary rights

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26.Types of royalty is/ are
a. Copyright
b. Mining Royalty
c. Patent Royalty
d. All
27.Citation gives your readers the information necessary to find that source
again, including
a. Information about the author
b. The title of the work
c. Number of citations
d. The date your copy was published
28.Which of the following does not requires the citations-
a. Whenever you do not use quotes
b. Whenever you paraphrase
c. Whenever you use an idea that someone else has already expressed
d. Whenever you make specific reference to the work of another
29.Which of the following is/ are types of plagiarism?
a. Complete Plagiarism
b. Source based Plagiarism
c. Incomplete Plagiarism
d. Direct Plagiarism
30._______________interlays others text or phrases in its own research
a. Complete Plagiarism
b. Source based Plagiarism
c. Mosaic Plagiarism
d. Inaccurate authorship

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31.Which of the following is/ are free plagiarism tool/s?
a. Quetext
b. IThenticate
c. Plagiarisma
d. Urkund
32.Which of the following is/ are commercial plagiarism tool/s?
a. Quetext
b. IThenticate
c. Pre Post SEO
d. Duplichecker
33.__________ of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated
by Clarivate that reflects the yearly average number of citations that articles
published in the last two years in a given journal received
a. Impact Factor
b. h-Index
c. i10-Index
d. None
34._________is an author-level metric that measures both
the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or
scholar
a. Impact Factor
b. i10-Index
c. h-Index
d. None
35.____________is the number of publications with at least 10 citations
a. Impact Factor
b. i10-Index
c. h-Index
d. None

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36.Which of the research metrics are related to author?
a. Impact Factor
b. i10-Index
c. h-Index
d. None
37.Which of the research metrics is related to the journal?
a. Impact Factor
b. i10-Index
c. h-Index
d. None
38.Which of the following is a recommended criterion to pick a reference
article for inclusion in a publication?
a. The article is authored by likely reviewers
b. The article is a prior work directly relating to the topic
c. The article is authored by someone well known in that topic
d. The article appeared in a well known journal
39.Which of the following indices is considered as a measure of the impact of a
particular article in its area of specialization?
a. Number of likes
b. Number of views
c. Number of downloads
d. Number of articles referring to it
40.Which of the following bibliographic details is necessary to retrieve all other
details of a digitally published article?
a. ISSN
b. ISBN
c. DOI
d. URL