Quiz 2: Plagiarism
Common knowledge does not have to be cited. True or False?
True
Intentional or purposeful plagiarism
Deliberate plagiarism such as buying essays, copying/pasting without citing or passing off someone else's work as your own.
What is plagiarism? Choose all that apply.
*It is stealing, theft and fraud. *Taking credit for someone else's work (words, ideas, art, music, media, etc). *Unethical behavior. *Using exact words from a source without putting them in quotation marks and citing them. *Paraphrasing without citing.
What are some consequences of plagiarism? (Check all that apply) *Reputation is ruined. *Possible suspension or expulsion from college *Possible legal repercussions *No answer text provided.
*Reputation is ruined. *Possible suspension or expulsion from college *Possible legal repercussions
Unintentional or accidental plagiarism
Improperly quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing or citing sources your paper.
When paraphrasing from a source, you must: *Rewrite the the sentence or passage entirely in your own words and cite it. *Change a few words in the sentence or passage and cite it. *Use exact words from the sources in quotation marks and citing them.
Rewrite the the sentence or passage entirely in your own words and cite it.
If my paper is entirely original written in my own words, and I do not use any source for ideas or data, then I do not have to cite anything. True or False?
True
Including information from a personal communication such as an email or interview does not have to be cited. True or False?
False
If you use all or part of a paper that you wrote for another class in a paper you are writing for this class, is that plagiarism? *Yes, it is self-plagiarism. *No, it is not plagiarism because I wrote it.
Yes, it is self-plagiarism.
To avoid plagiarism, when using the exact words from a source, they must be encased in quotation marks and cited. True or False?
True
Listing your sources in a reference list but not indicating where you used words or ideas from those sources in your paper with in-text citations is considered plagiarism. True or False?
True
