Plagiarism Quiz (Week 3)

For a class assignment that students are to complete individually, Student A and Student B decide to collaborate. Student A compiles research notes while Student B identifies the main findings. Both write their own original research papers, and neither cite the other's work. Is this:

Both unethical collaboration and plagiarism

To paraphrase properly, you need to:

Summarize the text in your own words and cite it

It is acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and simply add quotation marks around it.

False

Plagiarism is a major concern only in education.

False

Even though no one may be harmed by it, plagiarism is still unethical.

True

Which of the following are realistic consequences of plagiarism?

a. All of these b. Being suspended or expelled from school c. Ruined reputation d. Ruined reputation AND being suspended or expelled from school e. Being sued or having to face jail time f. Losing money or job

What best describes the rightness or wrongness of plagiarism?

Always wrong because it is theft and fraud

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?

Both?

Which of the following requires proper citation?

NOT When using information from crowd-sourced sources, like Wikipedia, because they are in the public domain. c. When I refer to my own papers that I have previously written.??

If you forget to cite a source in your paper, that is still plagiarism.

True

Which of the following is NOT a true purpose for citation?

Citation is used to distribute money for royalties.

Which of the following is not an example of plagiarism?

Providing the full source for a quotation

Which of the following requires proper citation?

When I refer to my own papers that I have previously written.