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Copyright and Plagiarism

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why Should I Care About Copyright?
a)
allows others to copy your work
b)
prevents other people from copying your work 
2.
What is copyright? 
a)
a form of protection
b)
an image
c)
a form of protection for kids
d)
copies of work
3.
Which works are protected by copyright?
a)
ideas
b)
all works
c)
literary, musical, dramatic, pictorial works 
d)
titles, names, slogans
4.
What is Fair Use?
a)
pictures, essays
b)
unfair use of copyright material 
c)
all copyright materials
d)
material that can be used without the owner permission
5.
When Do I Need Permission to Copy?
a)
all the time 
b)
never
c)
sometimes
d)
whenever you feel like it
6.
Emily is getting ideas for her pyramid project from a website. She takes notes and lists the website name and information in her project when she turns it in.
OKAY or NO WAY?
a)
Okay
b)
No Way
7.
Lee changed a few words in the sentence he copied for his report on bats. He decided he did not have to give credit to the original author. 
OKAY or NO WAY?
a)
Okay
b)
No Way
8.
Rachel has to write a paragraph about volcanoes for science. She finds a paragraph on a website that sounds great. She copies it in her own handwriting and turns it in.
OKAY or NO WAY?
a)
Okay
b)
No Way
9.
Jennifer spends a lot of time searching the web. She finds a great drawing on a site. She prints it for the cover of her report and gives credit to the illustrator in her report.
OKAY or NO WAY?
a)
Okay
b)
No Way
10.
The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.
a)
Citation
b)
Bibliography
c)
Plagiarism
d)
Newton's Law
11.
Material on the Web is free for anyone to use.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
12.
Plagiarism and cheating are the same thing.
a)
Not really
b)
Sometimes
c)
I don't know
d)
Always!
13.
What do you need to do to properly cite your sources?
a)
Give the Website URL
b)
Put the author's name, the date of the article, and the title
c)
Put a star next to the information
d)
You don't have to list sources.