Test your publishing and tech knowledge

As we’re all getting into the holiday mood, we thought we’d keep things light this month with a quiz – read on to test your knowledge of publishing and technology.

1. Which ‘Alex’ is OpenAlex named after?
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. Alexander the Great
c. Ancient Library of Alexandria
d. Sir Alex Ferguson

2. Which technology superimposes a computer-generated image over a user’s real-world view?
a. 3D
b. Artificial intelligence
c. Augmented reality
d. Virtual reality

3. Which chart type is represented in the picture below?
a. Funnel chart
b. Pie chart
c. Sankey diagram
d. Tree map

4. Which of the following is NOT a commercial cloud computing service?
a. Amazon AWS
b. Facebook Cirrus
c. Google Cloud
d. Microsoft Azure

5. How many organizations are there in the Research Organization Registry (ROR)?
a. Around 50,000
b. Around 100,000
c. Around 150,000
d. Around 200,000

6. Which of these interface elements should only allow a single selection?
a. Checkboxes
b. Drop-down list
c. Modal pop-up
d. Radio buttons

7. What is the name of the initiative for Open Access publishing, launched in September 2018?
a. Plan A
b. Plan B
c. Plan S
d. Plan X

8. What was the first academic journal published in Europe?
a. Le Journal des Sçavans
b. Medical Essays and Observations
c. Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences
d. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

9. A step in an online booking or purchase proving you’re a human and not a ‘robot’ is also known as a:
a. 2-factor authentication
b. BotCheck
c. CAPTCHA
d. Turing test

10. If you needed a unique identifier for an author, which would be the most appropriate choice?
a. DOI
b. ORCID
c. Ringgold
d. ROR

11. What does the ‘I’ stand for in the software acronym ‘API’?
a. Index
b. Interaction
c. Interface
d. Initiative

12. What is the most southerly university in the world?
a. National University of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
b. University of Cape Town, South Africa
c. University of Melbourne, Australia
d. University of Otago, New Zealand

How did you do? Scroll down to view the answers.

ANSWERS:

  1. c – Ancient Library of Alexandria
  2. c – Augmented reality
  3. a – Funnel chart
  4. b – Facebook Cirrus
  5. b – Around 100,000
  6. d – Radio buttons
  7. c – Plan S
  8. a – Le Journal des Sçavans
  9. c – CAPTCHA
  10. b – ORCID
  11. c – Interface
  12. a – National University of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina