Academic Integrity

In the academic community and beyond, there are not strict conventions concerning the use of the intellectual property (ideas, writing, graphics, and other material) of others.

• True

• False

What does 'plagiarism' mean?

• Stealing the ideas or words of someone else and presenting them intentionally as your own.

• Stealing the ideas or words of someone else and presenting them unintentionally as your own.

• Stealing the ideas or words of someone else and presenting them intentionally or unintentionally—as your own.

What is the penalty of plagiarism?

• Failing the assignment

• Expulsion

• Both of them

If you ignore the conventions and expectations of CSU writing, you will unwittingly plagiarise.

• True

• False

From a student's perspective, plagiarism means

• copying and submitting a friend's paper as their own

• downloading and submitting a paper off the Internet as their own

• Both of the above

According to the textbook, how many types of plagiarism are there?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

Deliberate plagiarism involves

• handing in an assignment written by someone else

• copying part of another student's paper

• using the ideas of that student and passing it off as your own

• copying and pasting directly from the Internet deliberately

• All of the above

Accidental plagiarism involves

• failing to place quotation marks around another writer’s words

• using the exact words of another person without quotation marks even though you've said where the information comes from

• indicating where the information comes from, but your in-text citations are inaccurate

• All of the above

According to the textbook, accidental plagiarism cannot be considered plagiarism.

• True

• False

• No mention

According to the textbook, whenever you incorporate information from someone else's work into your own writing, regardless of whether it is a direct quote, paraphrase, or a summary, you must always properly indicate the source.

• True

• False