Plagiarism

Now that you have learned what plagiarism is and how to avoid it, please fill out the evaluation and take the short quiz. Please read the instructions carefully and fill in all of the blanks with the required information.

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II. Quiz

1. Plagiarism is defined as
a. the intentional use of others' words or ideas.
b. the unintentional use of others' words or ideas.
c. claiming others' words or ideas as your own.
d. All of the above.

2. Information from the Internet is in the public domain and does not need to be cited.
a. True
b. False

3. Cutting and pasting from various sources without citing them is OK.
a. True
b. False

4. The normal minimal sanction for academic dishonesty according to MC's
Student Code of Conduct is
a. an "F" on the assignment in which the dishonesty occurred.
b. an "F" for the course in which the dishonesty occurred.

5. The normal maximum sanction for academic dishonesty according to MC's
Student Code of Conduct is
a. an "F" for the course in which the dishonesty occurred.
b. expulsion from the College.

6. When you use others' exact words or ideas, you must
a. place quotation marks (" ") around the exact words.
b. put a parenthetical footnote after the quoted section.
c. place a reference to the resource in your bibliography or works cited page.
d. All of the above.

7. Paraphrasing is OK as long as you do not follow the source too closely and give
credit to the original source by the use of footnotes and a citation in your works
cited page or bibliography.
a. True
b. False

8. Here is an original passage from the book, Cook and Peary: the Polar
     Controversy, Resolved.
     "But life is never all hardship for a growing boy. The surrounding country was wild enough for
      any imaginative youngster to find adventure in." (5)

     Is this an acceptable paraphrase?
     For a growing boy, life is never all hardship. For anyone with imagination, the countryside
     was wild enough for adventures.
a. Yes
b. No

9. If you read in a book that George Washington was the first president of the
     United States, do you need to provide a citation for this fact?
a. Yes
b. No

10. Plagiarism is
a. dishonest and unethical.
b. is OK because I am busy and don't have time to do research and write a paper.

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Montgomery College-Germantown