Are Any of These Plagiarizing?

Mrs. L. McKee, Head of Library

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This test is about plagiarizing not cheating. Answer the questions below (true if it is plagiarizing and false if it is not plagiarizing) and then click "submit" to send your answers. These questions were taken from the book entitled, "Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era".

  1. Asking your parent or a friend to suggest changes or corrections in your written essay

    2. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  2. Asking your parent or a friend to rewrite your essay, making all the changes or corrections for you.

    3. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  3. Asking your parents or a friend to help you search the Internet for information for a report

    4. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  4. Asking your parents or a friend to search the Internet for you for the information you need

    5. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  5. Reading someone else's term paper and then writing your own using some of his ideas and copying part or all of his bibliography

    6. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  6. Brainstorming an assignment with other students and then each writing your own essay

    7. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  7. Taking a report or term paper you wrote for one class and rewriting it for another class

    8. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  8. Taking a report or term paper you wrote for one class and handing it in for another class without rewriting it

    9. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  9. Copying sentences or paragraphs from the encyclopedia for your report without using quotation marks or footnotes

    10. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  10. Copying a report or term paper from the Internet and editing it to be "yours"

    11. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  11. Copying a report or term paper from the Internet and handing it in without any changes

    12. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  12. Hiring a tutor to help you learn to write better

    13. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  13. Hiring a tutor to rewrite your papers for you

    14. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  14. Paying another person, or an editing service, to write your term paper

    15. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

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