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Q. 1 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q1: In academic publishing and research ethics (HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity), what is the governing standard for hec plagiarism policy permits ?
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HEC Plagiarism Policy permits a maximum Turnitin Similarity Index of 19% overall, with no single source exceeding 5%.
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
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Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity: HEC Plagiarism Policy permits a maximum Turnitin Similarity Index of 19% overall, with no single source exceeding 5%.
Q. 2 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q2: How is major plagiarism penalties include defined and enforced under HEC policies (HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity)?
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Major plagiarism penalties include blacklisting from HEC funding, dismissal from university service, and national debarment.
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity: Major plagiarism penalties include blacklisting from HEC funding, dismissal from university service, and national debarment.
Q. 3 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q3: Under international scientometric standards (HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity), which rule applies to data fabrication involves making?
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Data Fabrication involves making up fictitious research data; Data Falsification involves manipulating or omitting real experimental data.
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity: Data Fabrication involves making up fictitious research data; Data Falsification involves manipulating or omitting real experimental data.
Q. 4 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q4: In university research integrity oversight (HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity), what requirement governs institutional review boards (i?
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Institutional Review Boards (IRB / ERC) evaluate and approve research involving human subjects, patient data, and animal models.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
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Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity: Institutional Review Boards (IRB / ERC) evaluate and approve research involving human subjects, patient data, and animal models.
Q. 5 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q5: How do ethics committees and editors evaluate gift authorship (adding non- in HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity?
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Gift authorship (adding non-contributing heads) and Ghost authorship (omitting real contributors) violate ICMJE ethical guidelines.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity: Gift authorship (adding non-contributing heads) and Ghost authorship (omitting real contributors) violate ICMJE ethical guidelines.
Q. 6 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q6: Under academic publishing protocols (HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity), what criterion specifies cope (committee on publication et?
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COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) provides international guidelines for investigating research misconduct and retractions.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity: COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) provides international guidelines for investigating research misconduct and retractions.
Q. 7 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q7: In research assessment and faculty promotion (HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity), which metric dictates redundant (duplicate) publicati?
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Redundant (duplicate) publication and Salami slicing inappropriately inflate publication counts and distort scientific literature.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity: Redundant (duplicate) publication and Salami slicing inappropriately inflate publication counts and distort scientific literature.
Q. 8 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q8: What is the ethical and institutional significance of fair data principles mandate in HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity?
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FAIR data principles mandate that public grant research data must be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under HEC Plagiarism & Research Integrity: FAIR data principles mandate that public grant research data must be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.
Q. 9 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q9: In academic publishing and research ethics (Scientometrics & Academic Publishing), what is the governing standard for hec journal recognition system?
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HEC Journal Recognition System (HJRS) categorizes recognized research journals into Categories W (top), X, and Y.
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under Scientometrics & Academic Publishing: HEC Journal Recognition System (HJRS) categorizes recognized research journals into Categories W (top), X, and Y.
Q. 10 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q10: How is h-index measures a researcher havin defined and enforced under HEC policies (Scientometrics & Academic Publishing)?
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h-index measures a researcher having 'h' papers cited at least 'h' times, combining productivity and citation impact.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under Scientometrics & Academic Publishing: h-index measures a researcher having 'h' papers cited at least 'h' times, combining productivity and citation impact.
Q. 11 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q11: Under international scientometric standards (Scientometrics & Academic Publishing), which rule applies to journal impact factor (jif) meas?
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Journal Impact Factor (JIF) measures average annual citations received by articles published in the preceding two years.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under Scientometrics & Academic Publishing: Journal Impact Factor (JIF) measures average annual citations received by articles published in the preceding two years.
Q. 12 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q12: In university research integrity oversight (Scientometrics & Academic Publishing), what requirement governs i10-index (google scholar) cou?
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i10-index (Google Scholar) counts the number of published papers that have received at least 10 citations each.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under Scientometrics & Academic Publishing: i10-index (Google Scholar) counts the number of published papers that have received at least 10 citations each.
Q. 13 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q13: How do ethics committees and editors evaluate gold open access provides im in Scientometrics & Academic Publishing?
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Gold Open Access provides immediate free online access on the publisher platform; Green Open Access enables institutional repository self-archiving.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under Scientometrics & Academic Publishing: Gold Open Access provides immediate free online access on the publisher platform; Green Open Access enables institutional repository self-archiving.
Q. 14 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q14: Under academic publishing protocols (Scientometrics & Academic Publishing), what criterion specifies predatory publishing charges auth?
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Predatory publishing charges author processing fees without providing legitimate peer review, editorial oversight, or indexing.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under Scientometrics & Academic Publishing: Predatory publishing charges author processing fees without providing legitimate peer review, editorial oversight, or indexing.
Q. 15 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q15: In research assessment and faculty promotion (Scientometrics & Academic Publishing), which metric dictates creative commons cc by license ?
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Creative Commons CC BY license allows universal sharing and adaptation provided original authors are credited.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under Scientometrics & Academic Publishing: Creative Commons CC BY license allows universal sharing and adaptation provided original authors are credited.
Q. 16 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Medium (1 Mark)
Q16: What is the ethical and institutional significance of digital object identifier (do in Scientometrics & Academic Publishing?
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) provides a persistent web link uniquely identifying academic articles and datasets globally.
✓ Correct
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Encouraging uncredited data manipulation in clinical drug trials
C
Publishing unverified claims in predatory un-indexed journals
D
Surrendering institutional research copyrights to private foreign bookbinders
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Under Scientometrics & Academic Publishing: Digital Object Identifier (DOI) provides a persistent web link uniquely identifying academic articles and datasets globally.
Q. 17 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Easy (1 Mark)
Q17: In research ethics review #17, what constitutes 'Ghost Authorship'?
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Omitting an individual who made substantial scientific contributions to the research and manuscript from the author byline
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Publishing an article under an approved academic pen name
C
Authoring a historical paper about paranormal folklore
D
Citing classical deceased philosophers in the introduction
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Ghost authorship is an ethical violation where true scientific contributors are omitted from authorship.
Q. 18 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Easy (1 Mark)
Q18: In research ethics review #18, what constitutes 'Ghost Authorship'?
A
Omitting an individual who made substantial scientific contributions to the research and manuscript from the author byline
✓ Correct
B
Publishing an article under an approved academic pen name
C
Authoring a historical paper about paranormal folklore
D
Citing classical deceased philosophers in the introduction
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Ghost authorship is an ethical violation where true scientific contributors are omitted from authorship.
Q. 19 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Easy (1 Mark)
Q19: In research ethics review #19, what constitutes 'Ghost Authorship'?
A
Omitting an individual who made substantial scientific contributions to the research and manuscript from the author byline
✓ Correct
B
Publishing an article under an approved academic pen name
C
Authoring a historical paper about paranormal folklore
D
Citing classical deceased philosophers in the introduction
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Ghost authorship is an ethical violation where true scientific contributors are omitted from authorship.
Q. 20 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Easy (1 Mark)
Q20: In research ethics review #20, what constitutes 'Ghost Authorship'?
A
Omitting an individual who made substantial scientific contributions to the research and manuscript from the author byline
✓ Correct
B
Publishing an article under an approved academic pen name
C
Authoring a historical paper about paranormal folklore
D
Citing classical deceased philosophers in the introduction
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Ghost authorship is an ethical violation where true scientific contributors are omitted from authorship.
Q. 21 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Easy (1 Mark)
Q21: In research ethics review #21, what constitutes 'Ghost Authorship'?
A
Omitting an individual who made substantial scientific contributions to the research and manuscript from the author byline
✓ Correct
B
Publishing an article under an approved academic pen name
C
Authoring a historical paper about paranormal folklore
D
Citing classical deceased philosophers in the introduction
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Ghost authorship is an ethical violation where true scientific contributors are omitted from authorship.
Q. 22 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Easy (1 Mark)
Q22: In research ethics review #22, what constitutes 'Ghost Authorship'?
A
Omitting an individual who made substantial scientific contributions to the research and manuscript from the author byline
✓ Correct
B
Publishing an article under an approved academic pen name
C
Authoring a historical paper about paranormal folklore
D
Citing classical deceased philosophers in the introduction
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Ghost authorship is an ethical violation where true scientific contributors are omitted from authorship.
Q. 23 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Easy (1 Mark)
Q23: In research ethics review #23, what constitutes 'Ghost Authorship'?
A
Omitting an individual who made substantial scientific contributions to the research and manuscript from the author byline
✓ Correct
B
Publishing an article under an approved academic pen name
C
Authoring a historical paper about paranormal folklore
D
Citing classical deceased philosophers in the introduction
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Ghost authorship is an ethical violation where true scientific contributors are omitted from authorship.
Q. 24 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Easy (1 Mark)
Q24: In research ethics review #24, what constitutes 'Ghost Authorship'?
A
Omitting an individual who made substantial scientific contributions to the research and manuscript from the author byline
✓ Correct
B
Publishing an article under an approved academic pen name
C
Authoring a historical paper about paranormal folklore
D
Citing classical deceased philosophers in the introduction
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Ghost authorship is an ethical violation where true scientific contributors are omitted from authorship.
Q. 25 HEC ORIC & Intellectual Property
Difficulty: Easy (1 Mark)
Q25: In research ethics review #25, what constitutes 'Ghost Authorship'?
A
Omitting an individual who made substantial scientific contributions to the research and manuscript from the author byline
✓ Correct
B
Publishing an article under an approved academic pen name
C
Authoring a historical paper about paranormal folklore
D
Citing classical deceased philosophers in the introduction
💡 Step-by-Step Explanation & Concept Rationale
Ghost authorship is an ethical violation where true scientific contributors are omitted from authorship.
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