Plagiarism Quiz

You are asked to summarize the plot of a chapter. You copy the chapter description from the online Spark Notes Web site and don't cite your source.
Is this plagiarism?

• Plagiarism

• Not plagiarism

You take a sentence from a professional journal and reorder the phrases, keeping the meaning and most phrases intact. You do not cite your source.
Is this plagiarism?

• Plagiarism

• Not plagiarism

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 decide to work together on a lab assignment. Because you are in two different sections of the same course, you print out two copies of the completed report, and each submit it as your own work.

Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

Your roommate took the same math course last year that you are taking now. To save yourself some time, you copy your roommates old homework assignments and turn them in as your own.

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

Material on the Web is free for anyone to use.

• TRUE
• FALSE

In class you have been assigned to groups and given lab assignments to complete. Your group completes the lab and you each turn in a copy of the same lab report with your individual name at the top of the page and your lab-mates names listed in the first paragraph.

Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

Your friend in Biology class has been sick for a week and is behind with her 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 report to copy.

Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

I take a passage from one of my sources and rework the ideas into my own words so that I don't have to give the original source credit.

Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO