How Well Do You Know Plagiarism

1.      What is Plagiarism? (Check all that apply).

• ·         ____  Stealing, theft

  ·         _____ Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote

• ·         _____ Borrowing an original idea and presenting it as a new idea

  ·         _____ An act of fraud

• ·         _____ Using material without crediting the sources

  ·         _____ Citing a source incorrectly

• ·         _____ Translating others’ written work into another language without citation

  ·         ______ Unethical behavior

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

• _____Yes, that shows it is not original text

• _____No, that is incomplete citation

3.      Paraphrasing properly is to:

• ·         _____Change a few words to make it your own and cite it.

• ·         _____Put quotation marks around the text and cite it.

• ·         _____Use only the idea without citing it.

• ·         _____Summarize the text in your own words and cite it.

4.    You re-use paragraphs from a paper you wrote last semester and put it into a new assignment, and you don’t cite it because it’s your own work.  Is this plagiarism?

• ·         _____Yes, it is self-plagiarism.

• ·         _____No, it isn’t plagiarism.

5.    For an individual class assignment, Chi and Juan decide to collaborate. Chi compiles research notes, 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

6.       A source doesn’t need to be cited if it’s collaboratively written on the web like Wikipedia.

• ·         _____True

• ·         _____False

7. Is it necessary to cite information that is common knowledge or widely accessible, like historical information or popular scientific information, e.g. 70% of the earth is covered in water?

• ·         ____Yes

• ·         ____No

8.    You see something on Twitter and Facebook that you really like, so you:

• ·         ____Copy-and-paste the post onto your own pages.

• ·         ____Give credit to the person you took it from.

9.     Say you found two papers about the same research: Paper A is the original finding; Paper B is an analysis that references Paper A. You use a section of the analysis from Paper B. Which paper do you cite?

• ·         _____Paper A

• ·         _____Paper B

• ·         _____Both

10.      What are some consequences of plagiarism? (Check all that apply)

• ·         ____  Tarnished reputation

• ·         _____Suspension or expulsion from school

• ·         _____Loss of job

• ·         _____Legal repercussions

• ·         _____Monetary loss