NPU Academic Dishonesty & Best Approach when Taking Notes Question
QUESTION 1
A student is reviewing three journal articles that contain information about the topic for an assignment. What is the best approach when taking notes that will help him avoid plagiarism?
Take notes in his own words.
Include the reference citation in the notes.
Copy and paste directly from each source.
A and B are correct.
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QUESTION 2
The student located the information below in a journal. Read the sentences and answer the question.
Academic writing includes using appropriate paragraph structure and the use of quality sources from reputable authors. As a result, assignments that are submitted by students should include citations to provide credit to the authors who worked hard and shared their knowledge in the form of textbooks, journal articles, or other sources.
Based on the original paragraph above, writing the sentence below would not be considered as plagiarism:
Academic writing includes using proper paragraph arrangement and the use of excellent sources from reputable writers.
True
False
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QUESTION 3
The student located the information below in a journal. Read the sentences and answer the question.
Academic writing includes using appropriate paragraph structure and the use of quality sources from reputable authors. As a result, assignments that are submitted by students should include citations to provide credit to the authors who worked hard and shared their knowledge in the form of textbooks, journal articles, or other sources.
Smitty, J. (2020). All about writing. Outstanding Writing Journal. 32(2), 10-11.
Which of the statements below demonstrates the best method of paraphrasing the information above?
When writing papers for assignments, students should cite sources to provide the credit necessary to the original authors (Smitty, 2020).
Academic writing includes citations to provide credit to the authors who worked hard and shared their knowledge in the form of textbooks, journal articles, or other sources (Smitty, 2020).
"Assignments that are submitted by students should include citations to provide credit to the authors" (Smitty, 2020).
All of the above are examples of paraphrasing
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QUESTION 4
The student located the information below in a journal. Read the sentences and answer the question.
Academic writing includes using appropriate paragraph structure and the use of quality sources from reputable authors. As a result, assignments that are submitted by students should include citations to provide credit to the authors who worked hard and shared their knowledge in the form of textbooks, journal articles, or other sources.
Smitty, J. (2020). All about writing. Outstanding Writing Journal. 32(2), 10-11.
Which of the statements below would be considered as plagiarism?
When writing papers for assignments, students should cite sources to provide the credit necessary to the original authors.
Academic writing includes citations to provide credit to the authors who worked hard and shared their knowledge in the form of textbooks, journal articles, or other sources (Smitty, 2020).
Assignments that are submitted by students should include citations to provide credit to the authors (Smitty, 2020).
All of the above would be considered as possible plagiarizm.
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QUESTION 5
An assignment submitted in iLearn showed a large percentage of the assignment was plagiarized. How could the student avoid plagiarizm in the future?
Plan ahead to allow for time to work on the assignment
Take notes in her own words and include the citation for the sources
Paraphrase the information in her own words
All of the above would help avoid plagiarizm
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QUESTION 6
Which of the following are possible punishments for plagiarism? Choose all that apply.
a warning
a failing grade for the assignment
a failing grade for the course
dismissal from the university
nothing will happen
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QUESTION 7
Writing is not the only content that can be plagiarized. What other created works can be plagiarized? Choose all that apply.
Music composition
Music lyrics
Programming code
Art
Visual images
Your own creations
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QUESTION 8
If you copy text from a source, what should you do when you paste it into your writing? Choose all that apply.
nothing
put quotation marks around the text you copied
add a source citation at the end of the copied text
change the font style of the copied text
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QUESTION 9
Which of the following choices are possible penalties of plagiarism?
No penalty
Student fails the class
Student receives a failing grade on the assignment
B and C are correct
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QUESTION 10
Copying text from another author is not plagiarizm if you mean it as a compliment to the other author - that his or her writing is a high-quality source. True or False?
True
False
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QUESTION 11
All instances of plagiarizm are recorded in the student's academic record.
True
False
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QUESTION 12
Piecing together information from several different places to help you create a paragraph is plagiarizm. True or false?
True
False
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QUESTION 13
If you copy and paste text from another source to help you answer a discussion board post, have you plagiarized?
Yes
No
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QUESTION 14
If you copy and paste text to your writing and only add quotation marks, have you plagiarized?
Yes, without the source citation it is not correctly cited
No, quotation marks are enough
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QUESTION 15
Which of the following is true about plagiarism?
Yes, it is copyright infringement
No, it is just bad academic instance
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QUESTION 16
Reusing all or part of a paper you have previously written and submitted for a grade is considered as self plagiarizm.
True
False
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QUESTION 17
Which of the following are types of "author's work" that could be plagiarized? Choose all that apply
content from an article
factual data widely available (in 5 or more sources)
your past drafts
content from a book
your professor's lectures
another student's work
creative content such as music, video, and artistic creations
content from online sources such as blogs and social media
content from a professional writing source (whole paper or part of a paper)
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QUESTION 18
Which of the following are ways you can protect yourself from plagiarism? Choose all that apply.
have someone else create the citations for you
use the citations in the source you used
cite your sources
cite every quote, paraphrase, and synthesis you have in your paper
put more of the content and ideas into your own words
don't copy and paste text into your paper
cite the source as soon as you add it to your paper
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QUESTION 19
What are the reasons plagiarim should be avoided? Choose all that apply.
It is a form of cheating
It undermines your own learning
It can cause damage to your educational success
It does not advance knowledge in your field of study
It improves your knowledge
It is not an issue if you do not get caught