The Plagiarism Quiz


  1. Plagiarism is
    1. cheating and academically dishonest
    2. unavoidable; almost everyone does it at some point
    3. both of the above


  2. Which of the following is considered plagiarism?
    1. Changing a few words in a sentence and using it as your own.
    2. Copying a unique phrase without giving the original author credit.
    3. Piecing together ideas from more than one source without citing the original sources.
    4. All of the above are considered plagiarism.


  3. Which of the following does NOT need to be cited?
    1. Common knowledge.
    2. A Web site from which you got an idea.
    3. A quote from the television show, Big Bang Theory, on a physics principle.


  4. Direct quotes are used best
    1. to present an idea or opinion that either cannot be paraphrased concisely or cannot be paraphrased without changing the meaning in some way.
    2. when you wish to criticize the material and you want to provide the reader with an exact statement to ensure that the original author's meaning is clear.
    3. when the passage from the original author is very famous and well recognized.
    4. all of the above
    5. none of the above; avoid direct quotes at all costs.


  5. You do NOT need to cite
    1. information from the Internet.
    2. your interpretation of a book/article you read.
    3. a presentation your friend gave that you used in your paper.


  6. It is acceptable to copy various forms of multimedia, such as charts, graphs, photographs, videos, audio files if
    1. they are from your textbook for class.
    2. you found them on the Internet.
    3. they illustrate a point in your paper.
    4. you cite the original source.


  7. You wrote an essay in a high school class last year that would be perfect for the assigned term paper in the course you're taking now. You change the title page and hand it in to the new instructor. Is this against the University Code of Student Behaviour?
    1. Yes
    2. No


  8. You and a friend stay up all night working on a lab assignment together. It's nearing 2:00 a.m., and you still have to write up your findings. You know it's supposed to be an individual assignment, but due to time constraints you decide to type it up once and, then, cut and paste for your friend's assignment. If you change the wording a bit, is it still academic dishonesty?
    1. Yes
    2. No


  9. Following is an excerpt from the empirical article you read in Module 4:

    Findings indicated that cell phone rings during a video presentation impaired academic performance. Specifically, participants in the ringing condition performed worse on disrupted test items and were less likely to have recorded pertinent test information for disrupted test items than participants in the control condition (End, Worthman, Mathews, & Wetterau, 2010, p. 56).

    Is the following excerpt from a student report an example of plagiarism?

    End, Worthman, Mathews, and Wetterau (2010) found that cell phone rings during a video presentation impaired academic performance; compared with students in the control condition, participants in the ringing condition performed worse on disrupted test items and were less likely to have recorded pertinent test information for disrupted test items.

    1. No, because the authors are cited and the information is paraphrased.
    2. Yes, because parts are copied word for word from the article.


  10. Following is an excerpt from the empirical article you read in Module 4:

    Findings indicated that cell phone rings during a video presentation impaired academic performance. Specifically, participants in the ringing condition performed worse on disrupted test items and were less likely to have recorded pertinent test information for disrupted test items than participants in the control condition (End, Worthman, Mathews, & Wetterau, 2010, p. 56).

    Is the following excerpt from a student report an example of plagiarism?

    End, Worthman, Mathews, and Wetterau (2010) found that cell phone ringing negatively affected note taking and test performance. Students in the cell phone ringing condition took poorer notes when the cell phone rang and performed more poorly than students in the control condition on those test items from the presentation when the cell phone rang.

    1. No, because the authors are cited and the information is paraphrased.
    2. Yes, because parts are copied word for word from the article.


 
 
  1. a
  2. d
  3. a
  4. d
  5. b
  6. d
  7. a
  8. a
  9. b
  10. a

Quiz adapted from the University of PEI Library Plagiarism Quiz and the University of Alberta Truth in Education Academic Integrity Quiz.