Which statement below BEST describes the rightness and wrongness of plagiarism?
Question 1 options:
Plagiarism is always wrong because it is theft and fraud
Plagiarism is not a right or wrong kind of thing
In some situations, plagiarism is ok
There is nothing wrong with plagiarism
Which of the following is NOT an example of plagiarism?
Question 2 options:
Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote
Borrowing an existing idea and presenting it as your own new idea
Providing the correct source for a quotation
Translating other's written work into another language without citing the source
True or False: It is acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and not put quotation marks around it or provide the source.
Question 3 options:
True
False
True or False: If you forget to cite a source in your paper, that is still plagiarism.
Question 4 options:
True
False
Which of the following writing situations does NOT requires citing of the original source?
Question 5 options:
When using research-based information from a public domain, like a website.
When using information from an old, non-fiction library book.
When using information from anywhere that is considered common knowledge (ex: most of the Earth's surface is water)