Question: United States Government Census data is an example of what kind of source?
Answer Choices:
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
None of the above
Answer: Primary
Question: An APA formatted essay should be double-spaced throughout, including the references page.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
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 numbers, in the upper right corner; both initials appear on the following page(s)
C) Author name and affiliation (i.e., the school being attended)
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Question: A paper might be considered plagiarized even if it includes proper citation to sources if it contains almost no original work.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following would require an in-text citation?
Answer Choices:
A) A paraphrase of a theory
B) A summary of an article
C) A quote from a famous psychologist
D) All of the above
E) B & C only
Answer: D) All of the above
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, B, D
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: Plagiarism is a term that refers only to student work, consequences are limited to academic life.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: I don’t need to cite the authors in the text as long as I include my source information in a reference list.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: An article that presents original research, like the finding of an experiment or study, conducted by the authors is an example of what kind of source?
Answer Choices:
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
none of these
Answer: Primary
Question: Objective information is as far from the truth as you can get.
Answer: False.
Question: An example of an Objective Statement would be which of the following?
Five of my friends say that they like it when we play darts.
I hate math.
Cats make the best pets.
All of the above.
Answer: Five of my friends say that they like it when we play darts.
Question: Read the following excerpt. What is wrong with the in-text citations?
“Conflicts of interest can also arise when there is collaboration. Joint authorship, the relative placement of authors’ names, continued or multi-authored studies, and other issues relating to group authorship can involve ‘unwarranted and unwarranted authorial attribution for personal gain’ (Hauptman, 2008, p. 137). Researcher and author collaboration can ensure errors in manuscripts and a better authorial ethic, responsibility for mistakes or errors once a manuscript is published, and other ethical dilemmas.”
Answer Choices:
nothing. The in-text citation is correct.
The page number should not be included.
The author’s first initial should be included.
The title of the book or article should be included.
Answer: nothing. The in-text citation is correct.
Question: Alisa 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 their classmate’s post into her own without indicating that she is quoting the post or crediting the original author. This is ________.
Answer Choices:
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’d 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
Answer: plagiarism because she has submitted another student’s work as her own
Question: James and Amanda are brother and sister who still live at home with their parents. Amanda is almost completely finished with her classes and is scheduled to graduate in a few months while James has only completed three courses. Amanda allows James to use her work from all of her past classes and to turn them in as his own. This is:
Answer Choices:
not plagiarism because James and Amanda are related
a type of plagiarism called sharing work (collusion)
a type of plagiarism called fabrication
not plagiarism because the tuition for both James and Amanda is paid by their parents so they can use the answers
Answer: a type of plagiarism called sharing work (collusion)
Question: I don’t need to cite the authors in the text as long as I include my source information in a reference list.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False