Quiz on Principles of Scientific Writing

Quiz Assignment on Principles of Scientific Writing: Introduction and Rationale

Self Paced Quiz

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a move in the CARS model for framing a research paper?

• Establishes a territory

• Establishes a niche

• Occupies a niche

• Emphasizes a niche

Multiple Choice

Which of the following images depicts the "ARGUMENT MATRIX" that is used to construct ideas while writing a scientific manuscript?

• b

Multiple Choice

Identify the correct statement about a High Level Outline (HLO)

• It organizes the text into headings, sub headings and text points

• Each sub heading is a nidus for a new paragraph

• The outline mode of the word processor can be used to create the HLO

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

In a scientific manuscript, a sentence should generally not be longer than:

• 15-20 words

• 20-25 words

• 25-30 words

• 30-35 words

Multiple Choice

The introduction should not be more than ....... % of the total manuscript excluding the abstract and references.

• 5-10%

• 10-15%

• 15-20%

• 20-25%

Multiple Choice

What is the Gunning Fog Score for this excerpt from Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis".

"One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked."

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

Multiple Choice

What part of the PICOT is related to “influence death and infarction rate” in this research question?

 “In patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction (MI), how does being a smoker compared to non-smoker influence death and infarction rates during the first 5 years after the MI?”

• Population

• Intervention

• Comparison

• Outcome

Multiple Choice

In the SPIDER acronym for framing a research question, P stands for.

• Practice

• Principle

• Phenomenon

• Participants

Multiple Choice

The box to the left shows the steps of writing an introduction in random order. Select the option listing the steps in the chronological order of their appearance in a manuscript.

• 3,2,5,1,4,6

• 5,3,2,6,4,1

• 2,3,6,4,5,1

• 3,4,6,2,5,1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a source of grey literature in biomedical research?

• Theses

• Fact sheets

• News Articles

• White Papers