Plagiarism

What best describes the rightness or wrongness of plagiarism?

• Always wrong because it is theft and fraud

• Plagiarism is not a right or wrong kind of thing

• In some situations, it is OK

• There is nothing wrong with it

Which of the following is NOT an example of plagiarism?

• Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote

• Borrowing an existing idea and presenting it as a new idea

• Providing the full source for a quotation

• Translating others’ written work into another language without citation

• None of the above

It is acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and simply add quotation marks around it.

• True

• False

If you forget to cite a source in your paper, that is still plagiarism.

• True

• False

Plagiarism is a major concern only in education.

• True

• False

Even though no one may be harmed by it, plagiarism is still unethical.

• True

• False

Which of the following requires proper citation?

• When using information from crowd-sourced sources, like Wikipedia, because they are in the public domain.

• When using information that is considered common knowledge or widely accessible (for example: most of the Earth’s surface is water).

• None of the Above

To paraphrase properly, you need to...

• Change a few words in the text and cite it to make it your own.

• Put quotation marks around the text and cite it.

• Use only the idea from the text without citing it.

• Summarize the text in your own words and cite it.

Which of the following is NOT a true purpose for citation?

• Citation recognizes the authors you are referencing.

• Citation is used to distribute money for royalties.

• Citation allows your readers to confirm that you aren’t just “making stuff up.”

For a class assignment that students are to complete individually, Chi and Juan decide to collaborate. Chi compiles research notes while Juan identifies the main findings, and both write their own original research papers. Is this:

• Unethical collaboration

• Plagiarism

• Both unethical collaboration and plagiarism

• Acceptable collaboration