Plagiarism Quiz

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Plagiarism Quiz

Take this quiz after watching the "Understanding Plagiarism" video from the Harper College Library.

You can take this quiz as many times as you'd like. If you get questions wrong, be sure to view your score after you submit to get feedback on your answers.

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Which of the following are potential consequences for plagiarizing at Harper? (select the best answer)

2 points

Failing the assignment

Failing the course

Being expelled from Harper

All of the above

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Which of the following are true about paraphrasing (restating ideas in your own words)? *

2 points

Paraphrasing is never acceptable because you should only use your own ideas in your writing.

Paraphrasing is always acceptable and does not require a citation because you are putting ideas into your own words.

Paraphrasing is acceptable, but you must properly cite the original source because the ideas are not your own.

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Which of the following are examples of plagiarism? (select all that apply) *

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You use a sentence from an article you read in your essay, but you put quotation marks around the words you quoted and accurately cite the source.

You paraphrase someone else’s words, but you do not cite because you did not quote them exactly.

You quote someone else’s words in your speech, but you do not cite because you only need to cite in written work.

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When might you use a style guide? (select the best answer) *

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To help you learn about college.

To help you research a topic.

To help you use and cite sources in a specific citation style.

Marco has an essay due tomorrow. He is rushing to get the writing done, and he is trying to juggle the 7 different articles his professor requires him to use. In his rush, he forgets to put quotation marks around a sentence he took word-for-word from one of the articles. He still cites that article in other places in his essay. Which of the following statements are true about Marco’s situation? (select all that apply) *

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It was an honest mistake, and students cannot face consequences for accidents.

Marco did make a mistake, but he cited the article in other places. It does not matter that he missed one quote, because the source has still been documented in his essay.

Marco accidentally plagiarized because he did not put quotation marks around the words of someone else.

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