Question: A presentation of original research would be an example of what type of information?
Answer Choices:
Primary
Subjective
Secondary
None of the above
Answer: Primary
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, 7111, 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: 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?
Answer Choices:
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
Answer: both a and b
Question: Copying only a part of another student’s work and turning it in as your own work is:
plagiarism and never acceptable
not a problem as long as it’s 10% or less of your paper
fine only if the other student agrees to let you use it
Answer: plagiarism and never acceptable
Question: Plagiarism is a term that refers only to student work, consequences are limited to academic life.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: If there is no date of publication for the source, you should put which of these in the in-text citation?
Answer Choices:
nothing, because there is no date
n.d., which means no date
nothing, because the date of publication does not belong in the citation
your best guess for the date of publication
Answer: n.d., which means no date
Question: Wikipedia should not be used as a primary or secondary source for a project in your college courses for which of the following reasons?
Answer Choices:
The information may not be objective.
The information may be inaccurate.
The author is usually anonymous.
All of the above.
Answer: All of the above
Question: Which of the following is true of Analytical Information?
Answer Choices:
It is only a statement of fact with no extra interpretation.
It examines and interprets factual information.
It can never be incorrect.
None of the above.
Answer: It examines and interprets factual information.
Question: Out of the following three statements, which one is analytical?
Answer Choices:
Fiber optic cables transmit information by sending beams of light through glass or plastic pipes.
Each pipe is one tenth the size of a human hair and a fiber optic cable is made of many of these pipes.
Because each pipe can send as many as 25,000 telephone calls at a time, fiber optic internet is much faster and more reliable than any other option.
Answer: Because each pipe can send as many as 25,000 telephone calls at a time, fiber optic internet is much faster and more reliable than any other option.
Question: Jennifer finished writing her discussion board post for the week and is ready to post it when she realizes she forgot to use one of the required resources. She is exhausted and has to get up early in the morning for work, so she decides to stick the in-text citation for the source she forgot at the end of one of her paragraphs and put the reference for the source with the other references at the bottom of her post. This is:
Answer Choices:
not an issue because her instructor probably won’t notice that she didn’t actually use information from that source in her discussion board post.
an example of plagiarism (fabrication) because she has indicated that she used a source in her post that she didn’t use.
a good study time-saving method.
Answer: an example of plagiarism (fabrication) because she has indicated that she used a source in her post that she didn’t use.
Question: When you paraphrase or summarize a source, you must include the page number in the in-text citation.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: This is an example of common knowledge: There are fifty states in the United States.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Plagiarism is:
Answer Choices:
no big deal
a minor error that might cost you a few points on your assignment
only something that professional workers are worried about
a serious academic offense that can result in you getting a zero on the assignment, failing the course, and being expelled from the university
Answer: a serious academic offense that can result in you getting a zero on the assignment, failing the course, and being expelled from the university