GEN103 Week 2 - Quiz

Question 1

If I am caught plagiarizing, the penalty can be that I will fail the class

True

False

Question 2

When you put information into your own words (paraphrase or summarize) and then use it in a paper or discussion board that you submit in a class, you must do what in order to avoid committing plagiarism?

correctly cite the source of the information

include a reference for the source at the end of your paper or discussion board post

send an email to the instructor to let him/her know that you used the source.

both a and b.

Question 3

Jackie is writing a research paper for a history class.  She carefully reads over an important, four-paragraph section of a scholarly article.  Then she summarizes the author’s point in two sentences, puts an in-text citation after it and the reference for the article at the end of her paper.  This is,

copy and paste plagiarism

not plagiarism.  Jackie put the information into her own words and then correctly cited and referenced the source.

find and replace plagiarism

fabrication

Question 4

What is wrong with this reference:

Luce, A., Jackson, D., & Thorsen, E. (2017). Citizen journalism at the margins.  11(2/3), 266–284. doi:10.1080/17512786.2016.1222883.

nothing.  It is correct.

The authors’ names should be written out.

The year of publication should be after the article title.

The name of the journal is missing.

The answer can be found in the Reference APA Skill Review

Question 5

What is wrong with this citation:  (Herring, The American Century and beyond: U.S. foreign relations, 1893-2014, 2017).

The author’s first name should be there

The title of the work should not be there

The title of the work should be underlined, not italicized

nothing

The answer can be found in the In-Text Citation APA Skill Review

Question 6

Fabrication is

submitting an assignment that contains made up sources or information

acceptable if you are sure that the information is correct

ok if you remember reading the information but then can’t find it again

all of these

Question 7

Read the following excerpt.  What is wrong with the in-text citation?

To establish some common ground, definitions of ethics and morality are offered. Ethics is defined as theories or concepts about what guides positive or negative behavior and defines what is good and bad—the study of morality. A descriptive definition of ethics asks what ought to be right, while a normative definition asks what behaviors are right or good. Morality is a more ambiguous term. It is the effort to guide one’s conduct by reason—while giving equal weight to the interests of each individual who is affected by that conduct (The Elements of Moral Philosophy, 1999).

Nothing. The in-text citation is correct.

The in-text citation should contain the author’s last name instead of the title of the book.

The in-text citation should not have the year of publication.

The in-text citation should contain the author’s first initial and last name.

Question 8

If you use someone’s else work word-for-word in your work,

that is a quote

you must put quotation marks at the beginning and end of the material

immediately after the material, you must put a citation to indicate where you found the material

all of these

Question 9

This is an example of common knowledge:  The sky is blue.

True

False

Question 10

What is wrong with this reference:

Shapiro, J. Help your team understand what data is and isn’t good for. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2018/10/help-your-team-understand-what-data-is-and-isnt-good-forLinks to an external site.

nothing.  It is correct.

The URL (web address) should not be included in the reference.

The date of publication is missing.

The author’s first name should be written out.

Question 11

Alissa is having a hard time figuring out what to write for this week’s discussion board so she takes a few minutes to read over what other students wrote.  She sees that one of her classmates has written a great post that really sums up what she wants to say so she copy and pastes a few sentences from her classmate’s post into her own without indicating that she is quoting the post or crediting the original author. This is

plagiarism because she has submitted another student’s work as her own

nothing to worry about because it was just a few sentences

okay because she’s had a few classes with that person and he has allowed her to use his work before

not a problem because she emailed her classmate and got permission to use his work

Question 12

Plagiarism policies are only enforced in upper-level courses

True

False

Question 13

Common knowledge is information that most people generally know.

True

False

Question 14

Common knowledge is anything that you knew when you started the course

True

False

Question 15

What is wrong with this reference:

Barker, A. (2017). Representing anthropological collections in the Gilded Age. Reviews in Anthropology, 46(1), 4–18. doi:10.1080/00938157.2017.1279498.

nothing.  It is correct.

The author’s name should be written out.

The year of publication should be after the article title.

The name of the journal is missing.

Question 16

It’s the busy season at work for Jaxon and he’s been working more than usual.  He’s trying to finish up his annotated bibliography but it’s been tough to find the time to work on it and he finds himself doing it at the last minute.  He has found the sources that he needs but he’s having a hard time focusing while reading them.  In his rush to complete the assignment, he reads the titles of the sources and then guesses at the content.  While writing the annotations, he makes up the author’s arguments and evidence.  This is,

fabrication, which is a form of plagiarism and is not acceptable

not something to worry about since his instructor probably won’t check his sources

something everyone does at some point in college

just his personal loss not something to worry about beyond that

Question 17

Plagiarism is only something that journalists need to be concerned about.

True

False

Question 18

Alonzo is writing his discussion board post for the week.  He reads the required resource, an article, and thinks about how it relates to the main topic of the discussion board. He picks out a two-sentence section from the article, copies and pastes it into his post, and puts quotation marks around it. Then he puts an in-text citation after it and the reference for the article at the end of his post.  This is

not plagiarism. Alonzo has used a quote from the article and has corrected cited and referenced it.

a type of plagiarism called improper citation.

a type of plagiarism called copy and paste plagiarism.

not a big deal because it’s just a discussion board post.

Question 19

Buying a paper and then submitting it as your own is

okay as long as it is special ordered and only you get a copy

fine if you pay a lot of money for it

not a problem if you get the paper from a credible source

plagiarism and never acceptable

Question 20

Jeremy feels very strongly about his research topic but he can’t find sources that fit the assignment requirements and say exactly what he wants them to say.  So, when he writes his annotations for his annotated bibliography, he fudges a bit by writing annotations that are closer to his views on the research topic than the views of the authors of the sources.  This is,

not a big deal since the instructor is not likely to check his sources

understandable since we all have strong views on some issues

fabrication, which is a form of plagiarism and is not acceptable

okay because why are the authors’ views more credible than Jeremy’s views?