WorksheetsPlagiarism
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is Plagiarism (Check all that Apply)
Stealing/Theft
Changing a few words or borrowing an idea from someone else
An Act of Fraud
Using material without crediting the source or citing a source incorrectly
Unethical Behavior
What are some consequences of plagiarism? (Check all that apply)
Monetary Loss
Loss of Employment (Job)
Legal Repercussions
Tarnished Reputation
Suspension or Expulsion from School
Paraphrasing properly is to:
summarize the text in your own words and cite it
Use only the idea without citing it
Put quotation marks around the text and cite it
Change a few words to make it your own and cite it
Is it acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and simply add quotation marks around it?
Yes, that shows it is not original text
No, that is an incomplete citation
You re-use paragraphs from a paper you wrote last semester and put it into a new assignment, and you don't cite it because it's your own work. Is this plagiarism?
No, it is not plagiarism
Yes, it is self-plagiarism
Say you found two papers about the same research: Paper A is the original finding; Paper B is an analysis that references Paper A. You use a section of the analysis from Paper B. Which paper do you cite?
Paper A
Paper B
Both
For an individual class assignment, Chi and Juan decide to collaborate. Chi compiles research notes, Juan identifies the main findings, and both write their own original research papers. Is this:
Unethical collaboration
Plagiarism
Unethical collaboration and plagiarism
Acceptable collaboration
It is necessary to cite information that is common knowledge or widely accessible, like historical information or popular scientific information, e.g. 70% of the earth is covered in water?
True
False
A source doesn’t need to be cited if it’s collaboratively written on the web like Wikipedia.
True
False
You want to use a photograph taken by someone else in your project. If you use a graphics program to change the photograph you do not need to seek permission from the original creator.
True
False
It is easier to copy and paste ideas of other people into Microsoft Word. Teachers and professors do not have any tools to find out that you have plagiarized.
True
False
