Plagiarism Quiz

What is global plagiarism?

• The act of passing off someone else's work as your own.

• Using someone else's paper as your own.

• Purchasing a paper online.

• Submitting someone else's work.

What is verbatim plagiarism?

• Duplicating someone else's writing word for word.

• Changing a few words but keeping the structure.

• Restating someone else's work without credit.

• Using quotes without citation.

What is patchwork plagiarism?

• Assembling data from multiple sources without credit.

• Reusing your own work.

• Changing a few words in a text.

• Using someone else's ideas without citation.

Verbatim plagiarism is a technique of plagiarism with few words changed but the majority of the work or structure remains the same.

• True

• False

Give the two types of plagiarism.

• Patchwork

• Verbatim

• Summarizing

• Quoting

What consequence can someone get when they engaged in plagiarism?

• Corporal punishment

• Academic penalties

• civil lawsuit and significant financial damage

• loss of credibility

Which of the following is considered plagiarism?

• Citing a source incorrectly.

• Paraphrasing a source without giving credit.

• Quoting a source with proper attribution.

• Using common knowledge without citation.

Which of the following actions is NOT considered plagiarism?

• Submitting someone else's work as your own.

• Using a quote without quotation marks but citing the source.

• Copying text from a source without citation.

• Writing about your own experiences without citing sources.

Which of the following is an example of effective paraphrasing?

• Copying a sentence from a source and citing it.

• Changing a few words in a sentence from a source and citing it.

• Writing the main ideas from a source in your own words and citing it.

• Using a direct quote without citation.

What is the primary reason for citing sources in academic writing?

• To make the paper look more professional.

• To give credit to the original authors and avoid plagiarism.

• To fill up space in the paper.

• To make the paper easier to read.