CITI Program Quiz: Plagiarism (RCR-Basic)

26 August 2022
4.7 (114 reviews)
10 test answers

Unlock all answers in this set

Unlock answers (6)
question
Which one of the following situations is most likely to constitute an act of plagiarism?
answer
Copying someone else's text word-for-word without using quotation marks and adding a citation at the end of the material.
question
Which one of the following statements most accurately describes how plagiarism has been defined in this module?
answer
Plagiarism applies not only to ideas that are found in print but also those that are communicated verbally.
question
An idea is most likely to represent "common knowledge" if:
answer
It can be safely assumed that the readers and the author are both thoroughly familiar with the idea and its source.
question
Proper paraphrasing of a sentence written by someone else may be accomplished by:
answer
Using your own words and writing voice to express the idea conveyed in the sentence.
question
When authors summarize the work of others, they typically should:
answer
Provide a condensed (shorter) version of the original material.
question
Authors who reuse portions of text that have appeared in one of their earlier published papers run the risk of being accused by journal editors of:
answer
Self-plagiarism
question
When authors summarize the work of others, they typically should:
answer
Provide a condensed (shorter) version of the original material.
question
Ethical writing and scholarship is based on an implicit contract between the author and readers, whereby readers assume that what they read is accurate, has been written by the author, and has:
answer
Not been disseminated before unless noted otherwise.
question
The reuse of one's previously published material in a new journal article is most appropriate if:
answer
The author informs all the relevant parties and obtains permission to do so.
question
The proper use of citations involves:
answer
Placing citations in ways that are consistent with practices seen in well-written articles.