Plagiarism Quiz

What is plagiarism?

• passing off someone else ideas as your own

• only allowed if you are in a hurry

• something of minor consequence

• something that can't be avoided in modern research

What is verbatim plagiarism?

• no one is really sure

• the same as copy and paste plagiarism

• is only ever spoken

• won't get you in any real trouble

What is it called if you copy and paste a bunch of different sentences to form a single paragraph without quoting correctly?

• something allowed by most universities

• won't get you in any trouble

• no one really knows

• patchwork plagiarism

Is it ok to paraphrase someone else's work?

• it is fine if you don't get caught

• no because it is still plagiarism

• yes because no one will notice

• yes because everyone does it

How do you plagiarize yourself?

• when you reuse your ideas

• when someone else steals your ideas

• when you hand in the same work for different classes

• you use the same sources for different papers

What could happen if you pay someone to write an essay for you?

• That person doesn't care about your grade so they would do a bad job.

• That person can sell that same paper more than one time so you will be most likely caught.

• That person will always write an original paper so no one will notice.

• The teacher will enjoy reading a professionally written essay.