Plagiarism Scenarios

You are writing a paper for your History class about Philippines and mention that Lapu-Lapu is widely celebrated as the first Filipino hero, famously vanquishing Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan. Cite it?

• Yes, because you need to cite ideas.

• Yes, because it is not a common knowledge.

• No, because it is a common knowledge.

• No, because it is not needed.

During a lecture in your Science class, your teacher mentions the results of a study she is about to publish about the impact of television on toddlers. You use the information in your paper for that class. Cite it?

• Yes, because it is someone else’s work.

• Yes, because you will get plus points.

• No, because it is a common knowledge.

• No, because it is not needed.

You are writing a paper for your Psychology class about students’ use of study habits. You do a survey on campus as part of your research and use the results in your paper. Cite it?

• Yes, because it is someone else’s work.

• Yes, because you get information from other people.

• No, because it your original research.

• No, because it is a common knowledge.

You are guilty of plagiarism if you:

• Make use of the works of others to gather information.

• Make use of the works of others to support your own arguments.

• Use the work of another and misrepresent it as your own.

• Examine the ideas and arguments of others to help you shape your own thoughts or views on a particular issue.

You are in a computer science course. The documentation for a new programming language is on the Web and the author has given permission to use the code. Do you cite the source or not?

• No, since the author has given permission to use the code, all you have to do is copy it.

• No, because it is on the Web.

• Yes, you still need to cite the original source of the code.

• Yes, because everything must be cited.

You've found an article on the Web in a foreign language, and you've either translated some passages from it yourself or used an on-line language translator such as Babelfish to translate it into English. By the time you whip it into good academic English no one would be able to trace it. What do you do?

• No need to cite.

• It's the same as any other article and you have to cite it.

• No one would ever be able to find out where you found your ideas. Forget about citing it.

• Cite because it is a common knowledge already.

You find a great source for research on the internet. The site has no 'author' so you copy the information and use it in your assignment. Is this plagiarism?

• No need to cite.

• Yes, all sources must be cited.

• No one would ever be able to find out where you found your ideas. Forget about citing it.

• No, information on the net is up for grabs.

It is plagiarism to copy-paste a passage found on the Internet, then replace a few words with synonyms and flip one or two sentences around.

• True

• False

You change a few words in a passage and replace them with your own, and for that reason, you need not cite.

• True

• False

If you can't find the author's name, you should use the ____________________ in your citation.

• publisher

• date published

• page

• title of the article/book