- Turning in school papers that were bought from a paper mill is cheating.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Plagiarism means copying a test answer from a classmate.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- "Paraphrase" means to take someone's words, change the words but still keep the original idea.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- You must document (give credit) to ideas and words that you have obtained from... (Use the Purdue University Web site)
Your answer:
an interview
a TV show
both of the above
- To be safe, it is a good idea to assume that everything on the World Wide Web is copyrighted.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- If you paraphrase someone else's work, you must give them credit.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- For something to be copyrighted, it must have a copyright notice on it.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- There are special Web sites that teachers use to detect plagiarism on students' papers.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- It is OK to use someone else's idea in your work as long as you change the words.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- To have copyright to something, you must apply to the Government Copyright Office.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Which of the following does not need to be documented?(be careful, this is tricky.)
Your answer:
your own words and ideas
ideas from a classmate
both of the above
- It is probably OK to use a picture without documentation from a Web site ...
Your answer:
if you use it only in school
if you use it in a newsletter that is distributed in your neighborhood
If it is used on your own Web site
- Which of the following is (are) not cheating?
Your answer:
Taking class notes for a friend who could not be in class
Selling class notes to a student who was not in class
Both of the above
- Having someone in your family help you with your homework is cheating.
Your answer:
Maybe yes. Maybe no. It depends how much they help you.
Of course not.
Absolutely. It is cheating.
- Which of the following cannot be copyrighted?
Your answer:
Names
Ideas
Both of the above
- Copying and pasting a paragraph from the World Wide Web into a homework paper is cheating.
Your answer:
It is cheating only if you do not properly cite it (give credit).
Yes
No
- According to the Plagiarism.com Web site, what percent of college students admit to cheating at least once.
Your answer:
About 12%
Almost 80%
About 50%
- Which one of the following cannot be copyrighted?
Your answer:
A movie
A person's name
A book
- Everything that is not copyrighted is said to be in the ____.
Your answer:
Public Domain
Library of Congress
Web site
- Where do you find out how to write citations for your research papers?
Your answer:
Just write the citations the way you want
Check with your English teacher
On the Web
- You may use any ideas, words, songs, pictures, etc. without documentation if they are in the _____.
Your answer:
World Wide Web
Public Domain
Brief case
- Which of the following is cheating? Caution: do not become confused with "plagiarism" and "cheating."
Your answer:
Not contributing to the work that your group is doing, but sharing the grade that is given to the group.
Taking notes when researching for a school assignment.
Using information from the World Wide Web and not citing it
- According to the Plagiarism.com Web site, what percent of high school students have allowed someone to copy their work in 1989?
Your answer:
97.5%
12%
45%
- Which of the following must be documented or cited?
Your answer:
Words that you have written or spoken
Words or materials that are in the Public Domain
Words taken from a TV show
- One way to show that words were taken from someone is to use ____
Your answer:
Bold letters
Underlined words
Quotation marks
- Which of the following is cheating?
Your answer:
Intentionally skipping an answer on a test
Erasing and changing an anwer on a test
Using the same answer that you deliberately saw on another student's test
- Which of the following is not cheating?
Your answer:
Telling the teacher that you are sick so that you do not have to take a test
Receiving an A on a test because someone told you the answers before the test
Receiving an A on a test for which you did not study
- Having copyright on material means that a person can ...
Your answer:
Charge for the use of the copyrighted material.
Sell the rights to the copyrighted material to another person
Both of the above
- Which of the following is cheating?
Your answer:
Having someone help you study
Studying the night before a test
Comparing homework with another student and changing your answers
- Which one of the following is most likely cheating?
Your answer:
Discussing the answer to a problem with a friend
Not finishing a problem in a homework assignment
Discussing the solution to a problem with a friend