Plagiarism and Cheating

You are asked to summarize the plot of a chapter from the book Hatchet. You copy the chapter description from an online Web site and don’t cite your source. Is this plagiarism?

• YES

• NO

You take a sentence from a professional magazine and reorder the phrases, keeping the meaning and most phrases intact. You don’t cite your source. Is this plagiarism?

• YES

• NO

You find a paper online that answers your assignment instructions exactly and submit it as your work. Is this plagiarism?

• YES

• NO

You and a friend are given permission to work together on a lab assignment during study hall. Because you are in two different classes, you print out two copies of the completed report, and each of you submit it. Is this plagiarism?

• YES

• NO

Your sister took the same Math course last year that you are taking now. To save yourself some time, you copy your sister’s old homework assignments and turn them in as your own. Is this cheating?

• YES

• NO

You copy an author’s ideas to compare and contrast with your own ideas. You indent the text, identify the author, and use quotation marks when stating the author’s ideas. You also provide a citation of the work you copied in the bibliography of your paper. Is this plagiarism?

• YES

• NO

You copy and paste text from a Web site into your paper and don’t cite the original author, because everyone knows that material on the Web is free for anyone to use. Is this plagiarism?

• YES

• NO

Your friend has been sick for a week and is behind with her ELA work. You feel sorry for her and offer to help her with the assignment that is due tomorrow. After reviewing your class notes with her, you lend her your assignment to copy. Is this considered cheating?

• YES

• NO

If a friend has missed class for whatever reason, is it considered cheating to let them copy your notes?

• YES

• NO

If you take a passage from one of your sources and rework the ideas into your own words, you don’t have to give the original source credit.

• TRUE

• FALSE