APA and plagiarism

Which of the following is not an example of plagiarism?

• Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote

• Borrowing an existing idea and presenting it as a new idea

• Providing the full source for a quotation

• Translating others' written work into another language without citation

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Which of the following requires proper citation?

• When I include my own ideas that are unique to the paper I am writing

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

• None of the Above

• All of the Above

Which of the following requires proper citation?

• When using information from crowd-sourced sources, like Wikipedia, because they are in the public domain.

• When using information that is considered common knowledge or widely accessible (for example: most of the Earth's surface is water)

• None of the Above

• All of the Above

To paraphrase properly, you need to:

• Change a few words and cite it to make it your own

• Put quotation marks around the text and cite it

• Use only the idea from the text without citing it

• Summarize the text in your own words and cite it

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

• Citation recognizes the authors you are referencing

• Citation is used to distribute money for royalties

• Citation allows readers to confirm that you aren’t just "making stuff up."

It is enough to just put the full source in the Reference list / Bibliography.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Each source must be identified by an in-text citation and a full reference in the reference list