Plagiarism Quiz

You need to use both in-text citations and a works _____ page to completely avoid plagiarism.

Recycling old work for another class might be efficient, but it __ a form of plagiarism.

You’re writing an English paper and have run out of things to say. You find a

similar essay online that would work perfect for your assignment. Using a thesaurus,

you change a bunch of the words from the original essay and put the material into

your paper. Is this acceptable?

What is the best rule of thumb to follow to combat this myth?

• If you found it on Wikipedia, then no citation is needed.

• Even though you know something for sure, do some research and find a reliable information source to cite.

• If you needed to look it up, then cite it, no matter where it came from.

It is not my responsibility to keep my work safe from copying.

• True

• False

It’s not plagiarism if someone lets you borrow their work.

• True

• False

Plagiarism may result in assessed work being disqualified.

• True

• False

Paraphrasing someone else's work without credit is not considered plagiarism.

• True

• False

If a quote is in quotation marks then it doesn’t need a reference.

• True

• False

Define what is plagiarism

• Act of representing another person's ideas or works as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating them into your work without giving them full credit

• Act of representing your point-of-view and incorporating your work without giving others permission to use it.

• Act of representing others idea in replacement of money and full credit.

• The act of giving someone's permission to fraud your identity.