DeBakey HSHP Integrity Month |Module 3: Types

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According to the Types of Academic Dishonesty Chapter, which of the following categories are considered to be a type of Academic Dishonesty?

• Cheating

• Sabotage

• Altercation

• Falsification

• Fabrication

Answer explanation

Academic dishonesty can take many forms, which can be broadly classified as the following:

(1) Cheating; (2) Plagiarism; (3) Fabrication or Falsification; and (4) Sabotage

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According to the Types of Academic Dishonesty Chapter, artificially creating data when it should be collected from an actual experiment an example of which Type of Academic Dishonesty?

• Cheating

• Fabrication/Falsification

• Sabotage

• Plagiarism

Answer explanation

Fabrication or falsification involves unauthorized creation, alteration, or reporting of information in an academic activity. Examples of fabrication or falsification include artificially creating data when it should be collected from an actual experiment.

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According to the Types of Academic Dishonesty Chapter, hiding/not returning books and materials from the library, laboratory, or similar places to prevent other students from completing their work successfully is an example of which Type of Academic Dishonesty?

• Cheating

• Fabrication/Falsification

• Sabotage

• Plagiarism

Answer explanation

Sabotage involves disrupting or destroying another person's work so that the other person cannot complete an academic activity successfully. Examples of sabotage include hiding/not returning books and materials from the library, laboratory, or similar places to prevent other students from completing their work successfully.

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According to the Types of Academic Dishonesty Chapter, the patchwork use of two or more sources without attribution is an example of which Type of Academic Dishonesty?

• Cheating

• Fabrication/Falsification

• Sabotage

• Plagiarism

Answer explanation

Plagiarism is a type of cheating that involves the use of another person's ideas or work as one's own, in whole or in part, without acknowledging the author or obtaining his or her permission. Plagiarism is not limited to written text, but also applies to other works, such as ideas, designs, art, music, etc. Students can plagiarize in a number of ways including Direct “Patchwork” Plagiarism.

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According to the Types of Academic Dishonesty Chapter, obtaining exam questions from another student who had taken the same exam earlier is an example of which Type of Academic Dishonesty?

• Cheating

• Fabrication/Falsification

• Sabotage

• Plagiarism

Answer explanation

Cheating involves unauthorized use of information, materials, devices, sources, or practices in completing academic activities. Examples of cheating include obtaining exam questions from another student who had taken the same exam earlier.

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According to the Types of Academic Dishonesty Chapter, not contributing to a collaborative effort adequately when required to do so is an example of which Type of Academic Dishonesty?

• Cheating

• Fabrication/Falsification

• Sabotage

• Plagiarism

Answer explanation

Sabotage involves disrupting or destroying another person's work so that the other person cannot complete an academic activity successfully. Examples of sabotage include not contributing to a collaborative effort adequately when required to do so.

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According to the Types of Academic Dishonesty Chapter, using approved devices for unauthorized purposes, such as storing answers in a programmable calculator when calculators are allowed in the exam only for performing calculations is an example of which Type of Academic Dishonesty?

• Cheating

• Fabrication/Falsification

• Sabotage

• Plagiarism

Answer explanation

Cheating involves unauthorized use of information, materials, devices, sources, or practices in completing academic activities. Examples of cheating include using approved devices for unauthorized purposes, such as storing answers in a programmable calculator when calculators are allowed in the exam only for performing calculations.

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According to the Types of Academic Dishonesty Chapter, unauthorized use of another individual's computer login ID and password is an example of which Type of Academic Dishonesty?

• Cheating

• Fabrication/Falsification

• Sabotage

• Plagiarism

Answer explanation

Fabrication or falsification involves unauthorized creation, alteration, or reporting of information in an academic activity. Examples of fabrication or falsification include unauthorized use of another individual's computer login ID and password.

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According to the Types of Academic Dishonesty Chapter, submitting work used in a previous class for an assignment in one's current class is considered an example of which Type of Academic Dishonesty?

• Cheating

• Fabrication/Falsification

• Sabotage

• Plagiarism

• Not an example of a Type of Academic Dishonesty

Answer explanation

Plagiarism is a type of cheating that involves the use of another person's ideas or work as one's own, in whole or in part, without acknowledging the author or obtaining his or her permission. Plagiarism is not limited to written text, but also applies to other works, such as ideas, designs, art, music, etc. Students can plagiarize in a number of ways including Self-Plagiarism.

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