Plagiarism Quiz

Define Plagiarism

• The process of changing a word or expression from its original state to an erroneous one

• The unfair use of power in order to get jobs or other benefits for your family or friends

• The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

• The process of stealing your friend's lunch money

It is plagiarism if you copy & paste a paragraph of text from a website without enclosing it in quotation marks and referencing the source?

• True

• False

It is plagiarism if you use the ideas of another author without providing a reference, even if you write them in your own words?

• True

• False

It is plagiarism if you copy words from a book into your own work, but place quotation marks around them and provide a citation?

• True

• False

It is plagiarism if you include a fact or saying in your assignment which is generally known without providing a reference?

• True

• False

Which of the following does NOT require credit or documentation?

• Information gained through conversing with another person, face to face, over the phone, etc

• Writing your own lived experiences, observations, thoughts, and conclusions on a subject

• Copying the exact words or a unique phrase

• Reprinting any diagrams, illustrations, charts, pictures, or other visual materials

Is it plagiarism if you include a fact or saying in your assignment which is generally known without providing a reference?

• True

• False

You can regard something as common knowledge if you find the same information undocumented in at least five credible sources.

• True

• False

It is NOT possible to plagiarize one's self because it is your own original work, so you can reuse it whenever you want without citing.

• True

• False

Which of the following can be done to avoid plagiarism

• Paraphrasing or putting one's ideas in your own words and citing

• Directly quoting what another says and including quotation marks as well as an in-text citation

• Summarizing a long passage in your own words but citing the original

• All of the above