Question 1: Which is an example of plagiarism?
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Reference: | On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research published by The National Academy Press, Washington, 1995 edition. |
Choice A: | Making up data or results. |
Choice B: | Changing or misreporting data results. |
Choice C: | Using the ideas or words of another person without giving appropriate credit |
Choice D: | All of the above |
Question 2: If we find minor infractions acceptable research suggests that we are likely to accept increasingly major infractions as long as each violation is only incrementally more serious than the preceding one.
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Reference: | Ethical Breakdowns, Harvad Business Review, Apr 2011 Bazerman and Tenbrunsel |
Choice A: | True. |
Choice B: | False. |
Question 3: The Definition of Situational Ethics is:
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Reference: | Improving Your Workpace Through Ethics, C. Hylton; CG Hylton & Associates Inc.
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Choice A: | Conduct and behavior influenced by needs and wants of a particular situation. |
Choice B: | Conduct and behavior guided by a rigid code of behavior applied uniformly. |
Choice C: | Conduct and behavior applied without regard for legal or moral constraints. |
Question 4: The AAPM Code of Ethics is a strictly enforced set of laws regarding every detail of a Member’s thoughts, words and deeds.
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Reference: | AAPM Code of Ethics, https://www.aapm.org/org/policies/details.asp?id=260&type=PP¤t=true
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Choice A: | True. |
Choice B: | False. |
Question 5:
According to the AAPM Code of Ethics a Member should not lie to a patient at the request of a caretaker in order to withhold information about the patient’s disease.
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Reference: | AAPM Code of Ethics, https://www.aapm.org/org/policies/details.asp?id=260&type=PP¤t=true
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Choice A: | Yes. |
Choice B: | No. |
Choice C: | I don't know. |
Choice D: | It depends. |
Question 6: Which is the best algorithm for optimizing multidimensional ethical problems with conflicting boundary conditions and scoring function constraints?
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Reference: | AAPM Code of Ethics, https://www.aapm.org/org/policies/details.asp?id=260&type=PP¤t=true
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Choice A: | Gradient descent. |
Choice B: | Simulated annealing. |
Choice C: | Simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation. |
Choice D: | Executive decision. |
Choice E: | Careful deliberation informed by compassion and empathy. |