Plagiarism Quiz
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During freshmen orientation to the library, students determine whether situations constitute plagiarism.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
While writing a research paper, you paraphrased a paragraph from an article. What must you include to prevent plagiarism?
- A.
Quote marks
- B.
Parenthetical citation
- C.
Works cited
- D.
Both b and c
- E.
All of the above
Correct Answer
D. Both b and c -
- 2.
In your paper, you used a phrase word-for-word from a reference source. What must you include to prevent plagiarism.
- A.
Quote marks
- B.
Parenthetical citation
- C.
Works cited
- D.
Both a and c
- E.
All of the above
Correct Answer
E. All of the above -
- 3.
You find a new idea in an article that you use in your paper. You do not cite the source because you rephrased the wording. Is this plagiarism?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 4.
Information that is "common knowledge" such as "Barack Obama is the President of the United States" does not have to be cited. Is this correct?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 5.
Using the text below: Original: Academic dishonesty is nothing new. Sociologist William Bowers, working on his dissertation at Columbia University in the 1960s, surveyed over 5,000 students on 99 campuses, finding that more than half had cheated. Forty years later, new studies suggest the numbers are even higher. Students, when faced with term paper assignments, have variously paid upperclassmen, begged and bribed older siblings, and copied huge chunks of text from journals and monographs that they believed to be sufficiently obscure. Surely these students had teachers in the third or fourth grade who admonished, "When you cheat in school, you're only cheating yourself." But some students just don't care. They claim they are too short on time, or that the assignment is "bogus," or that the course isn't within their major and so it doesn't matter anyway. Some overachievers fear that what they write themselves won't be good enough, and then there is the contingent of students who are just plain lazy. There are also honest students whose plagiarism is unintentional, because they do not fully understand how to summarize, paraphrase, and make correct bibliographic citations. Source Information: Hamilton, Denise. "Plagiarism: librarians help provide new solutions to an old problem." Searcher 11.4 (2003): 26+. Popular Magazines. Web. 21 Sept. 2010. Student Use: Cheating is nothing new. Sociologist William Bowers while working on his PHD at Columbia University in the 60s, surveyed over 5,000 individuals on 99 campuses and found that more than half had cheated. Over forty years later, new studies show that the numbers may be higher. Cheating students have paid upperclassmen and siblings, copied copious amounts of text for periodicals and books that they believed to be hidden. It makes you wonder whether teachers in elementary classes ever stated “When you cheat in school, you’re only cheating yourself.” However, some students just don’t care. They use the excuse that they are too short on time, or that the assignment is “bogus,” or that the course just doesn’t matter anyway. Some straight-A students fear that their writing isn’t good enough, and some students are just plain lazy. There are also honest students whose plagiarism is due to a lack of education because they do not understand how to summarize, paraphrase, or make bibliographic citations (Hamilton, 2010). Works Cited: Hamilton, Denise. "Plagiarism: librarians help provide new solutions to an old problem." Searcher 11.4 (2003): 26+. Popular Magazines. Web. 21 Sept. 2010. Did the student plagiarize?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 6.
Original: Academic dishonesty is nothing new. Sociologist William Bowers, working on his dissertation at Columbia University in the 1960s, surveyed over 5,000 students on 99 campuses, finding that more than half had cheated. Forty years later, new studies suggest the numbers are even higher. Students, when faced with term paper assignments, have variously paid upperclassmen, begged and bribed older siblings, and copied huge chunks of text from journals and monographs that they believed to be sufficiently obscure. Surely these students had teachers in the third or fourth grade who admonished, "When you cheat in school, you're only cheating yourself." But some students just don't care. They claim they are too short on time, or that the assignment is "bogus," or that the course isn't within their major and so it doesn't matter anyway. Some overachievers fear that what they write themselves won't be good enough, and then there is the contingent of students who are just plain lazy. There are also honest students whose plagiarism is unintentional, because they do not fully understand how to summarize, paraphrase, and make correct bibliographic citations. Source Information: Hamilton, Denise. "Plagiarism: librarians help provide new solutions to an old problem." Searcher 11.4 (2003): 26+. Popular Magazines. Web. 21 Sept. 2010. Student Use: Today plagiarism is on the rise due to technology and the ease in finding online papers. Also, students find any excuse to justify cutting corners such as irrelevant topics, short on time, overachieving, laziness, or apathy. Some students do not know how to cite sources, paraphrase, or summarize articles. Works Cited: None Given Is this plagiarism?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 7.
Using the text below: Original: Academic dishonesty is nothing new. Sociologist William Bowers, working on his dissertation at Columbia University in the 1960s, surveyed over 5,000 students on 99 campuses, finding that more than half had cheated. Forty years later, new studies suggest the numbers are even higher. Students, when faced with term paper assignments, have variously paid upperclassmen, begged and bribed older siblings, and copied huge chunks of text from journals and monographs that they believed to be sufficiently obscure. Surely these students had teachers in the third or fourth grade who admonished, "When you cheat in school, you're only cheating yourself." But some students just don't care. They claim they are too short on time, or that the assignment is "bogus," or that the course isn't within their major and so it doesn't matter anyway. Some overachievers fear that what they write themselves won't be good enough, and then there is the contingent of students who are just plain lazy. There are also honest students whose plagiarism is unintentional, because they do not fully understand how to summarize, paraphrase, and make correct bibliographic citations. Source Information: Hamilton, Denise. "Plagiarism: librarians help provide new solutions to an old problem." Searcher 11.4 (2003): 26+. Popular Magazines. Web. 21 Sept. 2010. Student Use: There are various excuses as to why students cheat including laziness, lack of preparation and time, thinking assignments are irrelevant, or the need to be a success. Columbia University’s sociologist William Bowers, in his 1960’s Columbia University dissertation, suggested that more than half of all students surveyed admitted to cheating and lately numbers of plagiarism are even higher. Unfortunately there are also students who do not realize that they are plagiarizing due to lack of education in citing sources (Hamilton, 2010). Works Cited: Hamilton, Denise. "Plagiarism: librarians help provide new solutions to an old problem." Searcher 11.4 (2003): 26+. Popular Magazines. Web. 21 Sept. 2010. Did the student plagiarize?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
B. No -
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