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Plagiarism

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plagiarism is. . .

a)

always on purpose

b)

always on accident

c)

can be accidentally or on purpose

2.

Plagiarism is . . .

a)

Copying/pasting without citing

b)

Summarizing without citing

c)

Summarizing with citation

d)

Using ideas without citation

3.

Plagiarism can include all the following except. . .

a)

ideas

b)

common knowledge

c)

sentence structures

d)

images

e)

music

4.

Forgetting to use in-text citations is. . .

a)

not your fault

b)

definitely your fault

c)

still plagiarism

d)

actually cheating

5.

Plagiarism is punishable by all the following except

a)

a zero on the assignment

b)

failure of the course

c)

life in prison

d)

referral to the Dean of Students

6.

Using someone's idea, even when rephrased into your own words, is. . .

a)

yes, plagiarism

b)

no, not plagiarism

7.

When using a quote, the words must be. . .

a)

similar to the source material

b)

very close to the source material

c)

exactly the same as the source

8.

Using the same sentence as the original but switching out words for synonyms is. . .

a)

plagiarism of words

b)

plagiarism of ideas

c)

plagiarism of paragraphs

d)

plagiarism of sentence structure

9.

Common knowledge is . . .

a)

well-known sayings

b)

anything on the internet

c)

facts/ideas everyone in the field would know

d)

easily found in a reference source (ie dictionary)

10.

True or false. Submitting a paper you previously wrote for one class to a different course is plagiarism.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

I completely understand plagiarism.

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

I have a question.