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WorksheetsAcademic Integrity
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
In the academic community and beyond, there are not strict conventions concerning the use of the intellectual property (ideas, writing, graphics, and other material) of others.
True
False
What does 'plagiarism' mean?
Stealing the ideas or words of someone else and presenting them intentionally as your own.
Stealing the ideas or words of someone else and presenting them unintentionally as your own.
Stealing the ideas or words of someone else and presenting them intentionally or unintentionally—as your own.
What is the penalty of plagiarism?
Failing the assignment
Expulsion
Both of them
If you ignore the conventions and expectations of CSU writing, you will unwittingly plagiarise.
True
False
From a student's perspective, plagiarism means
copying and submitting a friend's paper as their own
downloading and submitting a paper off the Internet as their own
Both of the above
According to the textbook, how many types of plagiarism are there?
Two
Three
Four
Five
Deliberate plagiarism involves
handing in an assignment written by someone else
copying part of another student's paper
using the ideas of that student and passing it off as your own
copying and pasting directly from the Internet deliberately
All of the above
Accidental plagiarism involves
failing to place quotation marks around another writer’s words
using the exact words of another person without quotation marks even though you've said where the information comes from
indicating where the information comes from, but your in-text citations are inaccurate
All of the above
According to the textbook, accidental plagiarism cannot be considered plagiarism.
True
False
No mention
According to the textbook, whenever you incorporate information from someone else's work into your own writing, regardless of whether it is a direct quote, paraphrase, or a summary, you must always properly indicate the source.
True
False
Which of the following do you have to acknowledge when using them in your writing?
statistical evidence
individual opinion
original inquiry
visual information (e.g. graphs and tables)
All of the above
What do you have to include in the in-text citation when paraphrasing?
Authors' last name
Authors' last and first name
Year
Authors' last name and year
What do you have to include in the in-text citation when you're incorporating a direct quoting?
Authors' last name
Authors' last and first name
Year
Authors' last name and year and page number
page number
Which of the following is a proper paraphrase for the original text “Despite the ban on selling turtles with a shell less than 4 inches, some pet shops, flea markets, street vendors, and online stores continue to sell small turtles, sometimes with devastating consequences.”
According to a brochure from the FDA, even though there is a prohibition on marketing turtles smaller than four inches, they are still being sold online and in pet stores and open-air markets; this often has harmful results (Smith, 2002)
According to the FDA, small pet turtles remain a dangerous source of salmonella infection because they may still be purchased from “pet shops, flea markets, street vendors, and online stores” that ignore the federal prohibition (Smith, 2002).
What are the issues with the following paraphrase of the original text?
Original text:
“Despite the ban on selling turtles with a shell less than 4 inches, some pet shops, flea markets, street vendors, and online stores continue to sell small turtles, sometimes with devastating consequences.”
Paraphrase:
According to a brochure from the FDA, even though
there is a prohibition on marketing turtles smaller than four inches, they are still being sold online and in pet stores and open-air markets; this often has harmful results (Smith, 2002).
The syntax (sentence structure) is too similar to the original
The replacement of many of the words with synonyms (despite = even though, ban = prohibition, selling = marketing, less than = smaller than, devastating consequences = harmful results) does not result in an original expression of the idea.
The slight reordering of the list of sellers does not result in an original expression of the idea.
All of above
A student is expected to write a research paper on a topic in his history class. The student had a friend who took a similar class five years ago. The student asks his older friend for a copy of his paper and then takes the paper and passes it off as his own, turning it in to the teacher with his name on it. Is this plagiarism?
Yes
No
A student takes a large block of text from a book and quotes it in his paper word-for-word. The student puts a footnote into the paper indicating where the text came from; but, the student does not give any indication in the text that he or she is quoting directly from the paper. Is this plagiarism?
Yes
No
A student is expected to write a book report about a book that his teacher has assigned. The student doesn't want to read the book and is bored with the subject. He visits websites that provide reviews and book reports and he copies from each of the different book reports to create one report of his own. Is this plagiarism?
Yes
No
An academic is expected to publish papers but he doesn't have time to research because of family obligations. He looks through old professional journals in another country and he copies a 10-year-old article from someone else in the field. He submits the article as his own and hopes that no one finds the article from which he copied. Is this plagiarism?
Yes
No
Common knowledge means
something that most people already know
something that could be found easily in a general reference source
Both
Which of the following is NOT an example of common knowledge?
The Sun rises in the east.
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
Canberra is the capital of Australia.
There is a correlation between a democratic leadership style and job satisfaction.
Which of the following is TRUE?
If you haven't fully understood the ideas, you cannot integrate a paraphrase into your writing.
If you haven't fully understood the ideas, it is possible to integrate a paraphrase into your writing.
Which of the following is TRUE?
You should look at the original text as you paraphrase.
You should put aside the original text and write as you paraphrase.
Which of the following is TRUE?
After writing your paraphrase, it is not necessary to compare your paraphrase to the original and check for accuracy.
After writing your paraphrase, it is necessary to compare your paraphrase to the original and check for accuracy.
Which of the following is TRUE?
You must acknowledge the source of a direct quote only.
You must acknowledge the source of a paraphrase only.
You must acknowledge the source regardless of whether it's a direct quote or a paraphrase.
