WorksheetsUnderstanding Plagiarism
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Putting a full bibliography but omitting citation in the text is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
2.
Writing an essay on a topic in your discipline without doing any reading or putting any sources in the text is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
3.
Copying a classmate's essay is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
4.
Using citation and quotation marks around other authors' words, and then using some more text from the same source nearby in your text, without citation or quotation marks is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
5.
Writing all your assignment in the hours just before the deadline is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
6.
Reading some sources, making notes on them, then writing up the ideas with citation is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
7.
Checking the instructions for an assignment with a classmate is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
8.
Submitting the same assignment that you have already submitted for another module is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
9.
Putting some points of general knowledge in your text without citation is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
10.
Copying some sentences from another author, changing every fourth word, and putting citation at the end is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
11.
Using one source, which you cite, for most of your ideas is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
12.
Using standard academic phrases (such as "many studies have shown…") which you have found in academic articles, without citation in your text is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
13.
Copying and pasting text from websites without citation is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
14.
Putting citation in your text, but not putting all the cited references in your bibliography is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
15.
Reading several sources on your topic, then writing up the ideas from them without citation is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
16.
Writing your own ideas on a topic then making up the names of references to put next to them is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
17.
Using different systems of referencing (e.g., Harvard and APA) for different parts of your text is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
18.
Asking your tutor for advice about plagiarism regarding your first draft is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
19.
Making some notes from ideas in a source and using them in your text but forgetting to put the references is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
20.
Writing your essay largely copied from the text of some model or example essays that you have found is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
21.
Copying some words, putting them in quotation marks, and writing the author, year and page number afterwards is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
22.
Finding a synonym for every word you use from another text is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
23.
Buying a ready-made essay from a website is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
24.
Constructing a paragraph from quotations, with citation after each, and a few words of your own is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
25.
Using some words from another author, putting them in quotation marks, and with citation, but changing a few words inside the quotation so that it supports your point more effectively is:
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Bad Practice
c)
Acceptable Practice
26.
If you put the information in your own words, so you still have to cite it?
a)
Yes
b)
No
27.
When do you technically become a copyright owner?
a)
When your creation becomes famous
b)
The moment your creation is performed
c)
The moment it is written down on paper or recorded
d)
When you have an idea.
28.
When paraphrasing, you do not want to use the same words as the original author.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
You must paraphrase a quote, so that you do not plagiarize.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
What can you do to avoid plagiarism?
a)
Cite your source at the end of a sentence
b)
Reference and rephrase others work
c)
Use quotation marks
d)
All of the above
31.
What is a citation?
a)
The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work
b)
To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit
c)
A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date.
d)
To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words
32.
What is Plagiarism?
a)
The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work
b)
To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit
c)
A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date.
d)
To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures
33.
What is Paraphrase?
a)
The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work
b)
To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit
c)
A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date.
d)
To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words
34.
How long does a copyright provide protection?
a)
a lifetime
b)
a lifetime plus 70 years
c)
100 years
d)
as long as the creator is alive
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