Do Now -- Plagiarism Quiz

2) Is it acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and simply add quotation marks around it?

• Yes, that shows it is not original text
• No, that is an incomplete citation

3) The proper way to paraphrase is to

• Change a few words to make it your own and cite it
• Put quotation marks around the text and cite it
• Use only the idea without citing it
• Summarize the text in your own words and cite it

4) You re-use paragraphs from a paper you wrote last semester and put it into a new assignment, and you don’t cite it because it’s your own work. Is this plagiarism?

• Yes, it is self-plagiarism.
• No, it isn’t plagiarism

5) For an individual class assignment, two students decide to collaborate. One compiles research notes, the other student identifies the main findings, and both write their own original research papers. Is this:

• Unethical collaboration
• Plagiarism
• Both unethical collaboration and plagiarism
• Acceptable collaboration

6) A source doesn’t need to be cited if it’s collaboratively written on the web like Wikipedia.

• True
• False

7) Is it necessary to cite information that is common knowledge or widely accessible, like historical information or popular scientific information, e.g. 70% of the earth is covered in water?

• Yes
• No

8) You see something on Twitter and Facebook that you want to use, so you:

• Copy-and-paste the post onto your own pages
• Give credit to the person you took it from

9) If 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?

• Paper A
• Paper B

10) What are some consequences of plagiarism? (Check all that apply)

• Tarnished reputation
• Suspension or expulsion from school
• Loss of job
• Legal repercussions (law suit)
• Monetary loss

1) When using a direct quote from a book in your paper, what is the correct way to cite it?

• Include the author's name and page number in parentheses

• Just mention the author's name in the text

• No need to cite if it's a well-known book