Quiz on Citing and Plagiarism

What does it mean to "cite" something?

• To ignore a source

• To quote something as an authority

• To create a new idea

• To delete information

What is "common knowledge"?

• Something that only experts know

• A secret fact

• Something that most people know

• A personal opinion

What is "credit" in the context of plagiarism?

• Ignoring someone's work

• Acknowledgement given for something that has been done

• Taking someone's work as your own

• Deleting a source

What does "integrity" refer to?

• The quality of being dishonest

• The quality of being honest and moral

• The ability to memorize facts

• The skill of writing quickly

What is "intellectual property"?

• A physical object

• Something created by a person’s mind which that person has the right to protect

• A public domain work

• A shared community resource

What does it mean to "paraphrase"?

• To copy text exactly

• To restate a passage using different words

• To delete a passage

• To write a summary

What does it mean to "plagiarize"?

• To give credit to an author

• To wrongfully and deliberately claim someone else’s words or ideas as your own

• To summarize a text

• To write an original piece

What is a "quotation mark" used for?

• To end a sentence

• To show what someone said or wrote word-for-word

• To start a paragraph

• To indicate a question

What is a "source"?

• A person or a thing that gives information

• A fictional story

• A random guess

• A personal diary

What does "works cited" refer to?

• A list of personal opinions

• A list of sources that were quoted or mentioned in a paper

• A list of fictional stories

• A list of unrelated facts