Plagiarism Quiz

What is plagiarism?

• Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's work or ideas without giving them proper credit.

• Plagiarism is the act of using your own work or ideas without giving proper credit.

• Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's work or ideas and giving them proper credit.

What are different types of plagiarism? (select all that are correct)

• Copy/paste plagiarism

• Accidental plagiarism

• Paraphrasing plagiarism

• Self-Plagiarism (reusing assignments from the past without acknowledging it)

What are the consequences of plagiarism?

• Plagiarism can have serious consequences such as academic penalties, damage to reputation, legal issues, and loss of credibility.

• Plagiarism has no consequences.

• Plagiarism only affects the person who plagiarized.

• Plagiarism is a common practice and is not taken seriously.

What are some common ways to avoid plagiarism?

• Copying and pasting information without giving credit

• Using someone else's work as your own

• Not acknowledging the original source of information

• Properly citing sources, paraphrasing information, and using quotation marks for direct quotes.

What is self-plagiarism?

• Presenting someone else's work as your own

• Presenting one's own previously published work as new or original in a different context or publication.

• Using someone else's work without giving proper credit

• Copying someone else's work and presenting it as your own

What is the role of citations in academic writing?

• Citations in academic writing are only required for direct quotes, not for paraphrased information.

• Citations in academic writing are used to plagiarize other people's work.

• Citations in academic writing acknowledge and give credit to the sources of information used in the research.

• Citations in academic writing are unnecessary and can be omitted.

Lydia has a paper due tomorrow, and she is stuck! She waited until the last minute. She decides to jump on to Bing Chat and see what ideas she can generate to help her get started. Her teacher told her she should NOT use AI at all on this assignment, but she is really struggling. She chooses to cite her use of AI brainstorming.

Is what Lydia does plagiarism?

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism, but she didn't follow her teacher's directions, so she is probably going to need to redo the assignment.

Peter has been researching for days for his project on Ancient Mesopotamia. He has read so many sources and has so many great facts and ideas. When he gets his paper back from his teacher, the Turnitin.com report indicates that he heavily used a source that never made it on his Works Cited or in his in-text citations. He remembers that source, but he never intentionally tried to steal the ideas.

Is what Peter did plagiarism?

• Plagiarism

• Not Plagiarism