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Inquiry 101 Pre-Test
Due Aug 30 at 11:59pm Points 50 Questions 20 Time Limit 45 Minutes
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Begin this quiz only when you are prepared to complete it. This test is both closed-book and closed-notes.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module 1: Week 1.
Question 1
Which of the following is the rst step you should take after your Professor assigns you a research
paper?
Visit an online tutorial to learn how to create a research proposal.
Ask a Librarian to help you nd a list of sources on potential topics.
Reviewthe assignment to understand it and to identify what types of information you will need.
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Browse the Internet for information on your topic.
Question 2
You are researching a topic and nding thousands of relevant results. What should be your next step?
Use only results published in the last year.
Select a different topic.
Broaden your topic.
Narrow your topic.
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Question 3
(Fill in the blanks) _______________ is dened as a process that focuses on investigating in a rational
manner; _______________ is inquiry that harnesses knowledge, skills, and values to produce new
knowledge or to make a new contribution to the discipline; and __________________ is dened as a work
that is disseminated in order to further knowledge and practice within the professional or scholarly eld
Inquiry, Research, and Scholarship
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Research, Scholarship, and Inquiry
Scholarship, Inquiry, and Research
Inquiry, Scholarship, and Research
Question 4
All of the following are acceptable ways to report the following nding EXCEPT:
Research absolutely proves that smoking is linked to lung cancer.
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Research suggests that smoking is linked to lung cancer.
Smoking is signicantly correlated with lung cancer.
All of these are acceptable.
Question 5
According to the Belmont Report, which three ethical principles should be applied when conducting
research involving human subjects?
Benecence, justice, and integrity
Respect for persons, benecence, and justice
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Respect for persons, integrity, and fairness
Fairness, integrity, and honor
Question 6
Failing to report a conict of interest can threaten the ability of researchers to conduct research
responsibly and can undermine trust in a researcher's integrity by:
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Damaging professional or organizational reputation.
Losing opportunities for research funding.
All of the above.
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Question 7
The IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) is responsible for providing independent
oversight of the care and use of animals used in research, teaching, and testing. Which of the following
is true?
Only experiments using people require institutional oversight.
Animal research is always allowed if it can’t be conducted with humans.
Researchers using animals must demonstrate that they are minimizing pain in the animals.
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All of the above.
Question 8
Which of the following statements best denes research misconduct?
A difference of opinion in proposing, performing, or reviewing research or in reporting research results.
The fabrication, falsication, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research or in reporting
research results.
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An honest error in proposing, performing, or reviewing research or in reporting research results.
I'm not sure.
Question 9
The effects of research misconduct on society, organizations sponsoring research, and the researcher
include:
Waste of valuable resources.
Betrayal of public trust.
Loss of reputation and credibility for the organization and researcher.
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Question 10
Plagiarism is representing someone else’s work as your own. Which of the following actions is not
plagiarism:
Quoting another person’s words without quotation marks and source credit.
Incorporating a few phrases from an article into the paper you are writing.
Using a commonly known fact without giving source credit.
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Using someone else’s idea, but communicating it in your words and not giving credit.
Question 11
When do you need to cite your sources to avoid plagiarism?
When you use quotations and other source information.
When you summarize another person’s words
When you use another’s person’s ideas within your research.
All of the above.
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Question 12
You want to retrieve articles from a database that cover the topic of “human ethics” in relation to
“cloning." What Boolean operator would create an effective search phrase?
Human ethics ALSO cloning
Human ethics AND cloning
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Human ethics OR cloning
Human ethics NEAR cloning
Question 13
Which of the following represents the best research question when seeking to research a particular
American Civil War topic?
Who had better weapons during the Civil War?
Did effective weapon manufacturing and distribution help the Union defeat the Confederacy?
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How did the supply of weapons affect the outcome of the Civil War?
Did the North have better weapons than the South in the Civil War?
Question 14
You are researching the following question, “Do food commercials impact the eating habits of viewers?”
Which group of keywords would work best for retrieving relevant search results in a database?
Food commercials, effect, eating habits
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Habits, food
Commercials, television, inuence
Eating, viewers
Question 15
You are conducting initial inquiry and research on the topic of autism. Which of the following resources
would present the best information?
What is Autism? National Library of Medicine website, April 2016
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Hope for Reversing Autism, article from Time Magazine, December 2012
My Son and His World, article from The Hungton Post magazine, 2014
The World Around my Son, article from Parenting Blog, 2016
Question 16
Which of the following best describes a peer-reviewed article?
The article has been reviewed by a panel of experts on the topic to ensure scholarly standards.
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The article has been edited by a researcher.
The article provides citations for its sources.
The article comes from a database.
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The research process involves gathering relevant information that will inform your topic. You should
seek out information from:
Websites
Your professor
Scholarly sources
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Social Media.
Question 18
On social media, you come across an article stating a statistic that seems unbelievable. How can you
evaluate whether this is an accurate statistic?
No evaluation is necessary since social media is accurate.
Read other articles on the topic from various sources and compare statistics.
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Review the publisher and see if the statistic aligns with their worldview.
Review additional articles by the same author.
Question 19
In addition to academic research, when would the ability to evaluate information ethically and
responsibly be valuable for you?
Reading an article on social media
Purchasing a car and seeking nancing
Searching for reliable statistics on the internet
All of the above
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Question 20
Within Liberty’s Campus, which of the following departments provide the best initial starting point for
research and exploring opportunities to showcase scholarship?
The Rawlings School of Divinity & College of General Studies
The Library & Center for Research and Scholarship
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The Registrar & The Prov
