Question: Ariel 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. Ariel read over some of the responses to see how the question was answered by other students. Ariel went back to the classroom, read the required resources and wrote her own discussion board post, being careful to cite and reference the sources that she used. This is:
Answer Choices:
plagiarism because Ariel looked at other students’ work before doing her own.
plagiarism because Ariel used websites for companies that call themselves tutoring services but really are used for cheating.
plagiarism because Ariel Googled the instructions rather just using the instructions in the classroom.
not plagiarism because Ariel wrote her own discussion board post after reading the required resources and she was careful to cite and reference the sources that she used.
Answer: not plagiarism because Ariel wrote her own discussion board post after reading the required resources and she was careful to cite and reference the sources that she used.
Question: 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 ________.
Answer Choices:
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.
Answer: not plagiarism. Alonzo has used a quote from the article and has corrected cited and referenced it.
Question: Out of the following statements, which one is subjective?
Aurora loves the color pink.
She only owns pink clothes.
Aurora needs to expand her wardrobe.
Answer: Aurora loves the color pink.
Question: Which of the following is a correctly formatted APA style reference entry for a website?
Answer Choices:
A) Smith, S. (1987). Snow cones and popsicles. Fisher Publishing.
B) Iverson, G., & Allen, F. P. (2011). An exploration of learning. Psychology, 7(11), 14-21.
C) O’Connor, J. L., & Marshall, F. (2003). All around the globe. Worldwide. Retrieved from http://www.worldwide.com/articles/learning.html
D) None of the above
Answer: C) O’Connor, J. L., & Marshall, F. (2003). All around the globe. Worldwide. Retrieved from http://www.worldwide.com/articles/learning.html
Question: What is wrong with this citation: (Taylor, 2008)
Answer Choices:
The author’s first initial should be there
The title of the work should be included
The name of the publisher should be included
nothing
Answer: nothing
Question: Which of the following is a correctly formatted APA style reference entry for a journal article?
Answer Choices:
A) Smith, S. (1987). Snow cones and popsicles. Fisher Publishing.
B) Iverson, G., & Allen, F. P. (2011). An exploration of learning. Psychology, 7(11), 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1034/1234-56789
C) O’Connor, J. L., & Marshall, F. (2003). All around the globe. Worldwide. Retrieved from http://www.worldwide.com/articles/learning.html
D) None of the above
Answer: B) Iverson, G., & Allen, F. P. (2011). An exploration of learning. Psychology, 7(11), 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1034/1234-56789
Question: Barbara also wants to note in her paper that John F. Kennedy had an infant son, Patrick, who passed away shortly after birth. Does she need to cite this information or is this common knowledge? (To determine the answer to this question, ask yourself if this is something the typical person would know. If not, it should probably be cited.)
Answer Choices:
Not enough information to determine
Cite the information
Do not cite the information
Answer: Cite the information
Question: When completing assignments that ask you to analyze information, you only have to provide your analysis. It is not important to provide the facts that support your analysis.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following demonstrates an incorrectly formatted direct quote, with in-text citation?
Answer Choices:
A) “Intelligence is an artificial construct” (Denney & Madsen, 1994, p. 137).
B) Intelligence is an artificial construct.
C) According to researchers (Denney & Madsen, 1994), “intelligence is an artificial construct” (p. 137).
D) According to Denney and Madsen (1994), “Intelligence is an artificial construct” (p. 137).
Answer: A) “Intelligence is an artificial construct” (Denney & Madsen, 1994, p. 137).
Question: Four common types of plagiarism are:
copy and paste, improper citation, find and replace, and fabrication
copy and paste, patchwriting with citation, failing work, and fabrication
improper citation, copy and paste, using library sources, fabrication
improper citation, using internet sources, sharing work, fabrication
Answer: copy and paste, improper citation, find and replace, and fabrication