Question: Regarding a properly formatted APA style paper, which of the following is false?
Answer Choices:
A) All paragraphs should be indented ½ inch.
B) The paper should be single-spaced.
C) A hanging indent is used for the references page.
D) The introduction should include a thesis statement.
Answer: B) The paper should be single-spaced.
Question: This is an example of common knowledge: Although he had previously been focused on domestic issues, as president, Truman led the United States as it took a leading role on the international stage with the founding of the United Nations, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, and the Truman Doctrine to contain Communism.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: If I copy and paste work written by someone else, I can avoid plagiarism by:
Answer Choices:
A) enclosing the copied passage in quotation marks
B) including the author(s) and year in parentheses following the passage
C) including full citation details in a reference entry
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Question: An example of an analytical statement would be which of the following?
Answer Choices:
Plesiosaurs lived during the Jurassic period.
Hiccups are spasms in the diaphragm and they can be caused by swallowing too much air, eating or drinking too quickly, or sudden changes in the stomach’s temperature.
We cannot see infrared light.
DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, which is the material that passes on hereditary information from generation to generation.
Answer: Hiccups are spasms in the diaphragm and they can be caused by swallowing too much air, eating or drinking too quickly, or sudden changes in the stomach’s temperature.
Question: What is wrong with this reference:
Tuttle, H. Facebook scandal raises data privacy concerns. Risk Management. Retrieved from http://www.rmmagazine.com/2018/05/01/facebook-scandal-raises-data-privacy-concerns/
Answer Choices:
nothing, it is correct.
The author’s name should be written out.
The year of publication should be after the author’s name.
The name of the article is missing.
Answer: nothing, it is correct.
Question: 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–but 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 rule against usages to them. 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 (Rachels, The Elements of Moral Philosophy, 1999).”
Answer Choices:
Nothing. The in-text citation is correct.
The in-text citation should not have the year of publication.
The in-text citation should not have the title of the book in it.
Answer: Nothing. The in-text citation is correct.
Question: All assignments must incorporate the use of which formatting and citation guide?
Answer Choices:
American Psychological Association, 7th edition
Modern Language Association, 8th edition
Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition
Answer: American Psychological Association, 7th edition
Question: Eliza became ill with the flu early in the class. Although she recovered from the illness and caught up on all of the work that she missed, she rushed through the work and didn’t really understand all of the material. As she tried to complete the week 5 final paper, she became more and more frustrated. So she Googled the assignment and found a number of websites that post other students’ final papers. In her desperation, she copied another student’s final paper and turned it in as her own. This is ________.
Answer Choices:
not plagiarism because Eliza didn’t really understand the course material
a type of plagiarism called improper citation
a type of plagiarism called copy and paste plagiarism
a type of plagiarism called patchwriting
Answer: a type of plagiarism called copy and paste plagiarism
Question: Geoffrey has come across an article that provides some interesting insights into the works of Samuel Clemens. One of these paragraphs would apply to his current English Literature course but is very long. Geoffrey decides to ______ the main ideas of the paragraph by putting them into his own words and crediting the original author.
Answer Choices:
Restate
Paraphrase
Quote
List
Answer: Paraphrase
Question: Regarding a properly formatted APA style paper, which of the following is false?
Answer Choices:
A) All paragraphs should be indented ½ inch.
B) The paper should be single-spaced.
C) A hanging indent is used for the references page.
D) The introduction should include a thesis statement.
Answer: B) The paper should be single-spaced.
Question: A correctly formatted title page for a student paper includes which of the following elements?
Answer Choices:
A) The title of the paper
B) The page number, in the upper right corner, (which also appears on the following pages)
C) Author name and affiliation (i.e., the school being attended)
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Question: Aria was really confused by this week’s discussion board assignment so she Googled the instructions. In the search results, she found websites for companies that call themselves tutoring services and they offer posts that other students have turned in for that same discussion board assignment. Aria read over some of the responses to see how the question was answered by other students. Aria went back to the classroom, read the required resources and wrote her own discussion board post, being careful not to cite and reference the sources that she used. This is:
plagiarism because Aria looked at other students’ work before doing her own.
plagiarism because Aria used websites for companies that call themselves tutoring services but really are used for cheating.
plagiarism because Aria Googled the instructions rather just using the instructions in the classroom.
not plagiarism.
Answer: not plagiarism.
Question: Geoffrey has come across an article that provides some interesting insights into the works of Samuel Clemens. One of these paragraphs would apply to his current English Literature course but is very long. Geoffrey decides to ______ the main ideas of the paragraph by putting them into his own words and crediting the original author.
Answer Choices:
Restate
Paraphrase
Quote
List
Answer: Paraphrase
Question: Which of the following demonstrates a correctly formatted in-text citation for a direct quote?
Answer Choices:
A) (S. J. Samuelson, 2013)
B) (Samuelson, A., 2013, p. 43)
C) (Arthur Samuelson, 2013, p. 43)
D) (Samuelson, 2013, p. 43)
Answer: D) (Samuelson, 2013, p. 43)
Question: If I copy and paste work written by someone else, I can avoid plagiarism by:
Answer Choices:
A) encasing the copied passage in quotation marks.
B) including the author(s) and year in parentheses following the passage.
C) including full citation details in a reference entry.
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Question: Candice is working on her annotated bibliography. She’s having difficulty finding scholarly articles that address her research question and she’s tired of looking. She decides to use a couple of articles that are already found but to just write her annotations that the author’s main points she’s different than they really are so that the articles seem more relevant to her research question. This is ________.
Answer Choices:
not a big deal since nobody that anyone will ever know
not what she’s supposed to do on the assignment but not plagiarism
a type of plagiarism called fabrication
Answer: a type of plagiarism called fabrication
Question: Elandra and Morgan met in Student Success Orientation (SSO) and have had every class at the same time, even though they haven’t always had the same instructors. When they first met, they would discuss the assignment and discussion board instructions but a few months ago, Morgan’s husband lost his job and Morgan had to get a second job. Now she has less time for school and is always behind with her assignments. Recently, Morgan asked to copy a couple of Elandra’s discussion board posts because she didn’t have time to write her own and was in danger of failing. This is
Answer Choices:
not plagiarism because it’s only discussion board posts and not an actual assignment
not plagiarism because Elandra is just helping out a friend during a tough time.
a type of plagiarism called sharing work (collusion).
all of the above
Answer: a type of plagiarism called sharing work (collusion).