PRT820-ENG720 Academic integrity quiz

Which of the following do you NOT have to reference in your thesis?

• Written work, such as essays, books, report, theses, journal articles.

• The data you collected in your research.

• Published images and audio visual material.

• AI generated text.

What is NOT plagiarism?

• Copying whole paragraphs, sentences or significant parts of a sentence without a citation.

• Using ideas, concepts, research results, statistics, computer programs, designs, videos, pictures, texts without acknowledging the source.

• Using common knowledge or your own ideas

• Submitting work written by a previous student in the unit.

What is NOT acceptable behaviour?

• Discussing your work and the evidence you will use with other students.

• Colluding with students to do separate sections of a paper and then submitting the whole text as your own.

• Giving other students feedback on their thesis.

• Sharing and discussing readings with your peers.

How can you ensure you avoid being accused of plagiarism?

• Keep detailed notes of every source you use.

• Keep copies of all of your drafts, including any Gen AI output you used.

• Ensure you polish your paraphrasing and summarising skills.

• All of these options.

Why is plagiarism taken so seriously at Australian universities?

• It is considered intellectual fraud.

• The university is discredited and degrees are devalued when graduates are found to have plagiarised.

• It is important to give credit to those who did the original work.

• All of these answers.

What is collusion?

• Making up data or changing published data slightly to complete your thesis

• Working with a partner to deceive others, such as working in a group on an individual assignment.

• Submitting your own work from a previous semester or another unit.

• Hiring someone to complete your work for you?

What is misrepresentation?

• Making up data or changing published data slightly to complete your thesis

• Working with a partner to deceive others, such as working in a group on an individual assignment.

• Submitting your own work from a previous semester or another unit.

• Hiring someone to complete your work for you.

What is unethical recycling?

• Making up data or changing published data slightly to complete your thesis

• Working with a partner to deceive others, such as working in a group on an individual assignment.

• Submitting your own work from a previous semester or another unit.

• Hiring someone to write your work for you.

What is contract cheating

• Making up data or changing published data slightly to complete your thesis

• Working with a partner to deceive others, such as working in a group on an individual assignment.

• Submitting your own work from a previous semester or another unit.

• Hiring someone to write your work for you.

What are the potential consequences of serious plagiarism?

• Failing the unit

• Failing the assessment or losing marks.

• Suspension or explusion form the uni

• All of these, depending on the severity of the offence.