Want to test your knowledge about plagiarism? Take this short quiz!

For research purposes we will store the results of your first attempt, although you may do the quiz as many times as you like.

We only use your student number to make sure we don't record your results twice. We do not use it to identify you in any way.

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Please enter your student or staff number (this will not be used to identify you)*

  1. It is acceptable to reuse tables, graphs or pictures without citation.*
    True
    False
  2. You do not have to cite something heard in a lecture or a presentation because it is not written.*
    True
    False
  3. Using information from the Web/Internet for a class project without including a reference is not considered to be plagiarism.*
    True
    False
  4. If you use your own words completely there is no need to reference the source of the idea (if you are not the source).*
    True
    False
  5. Partial paraphrasing is okay as long as you put quotation marks around the parts that are the same as the original (as well as citing the source).*
    True
    False
  6. If a student has failed to cite any of their sources in an assessment task and it is their first offence they are most likely to:*
    Fail the entire unit.
    Fail the assessment
    Be referred to the University Discipline Committee
  7. Source code taken from others does not need referencing*
    True
    False
  8. Working with another student to complete an assessment task is usually okay, even if your work is similar.*
    True
    False
  9. If a student has been found engaging in plagiarism or other misconduct, the lecturer has the right to suspend the student from examination and from their class for up to:*
    Seven days
    Two months
    Four weeks
  10. Something that you found in another source but is considered 'common knowledge' doesn't need a reference.*
    True
    False
  11. Given the following original text: "Descartes introduces the possibility that the world is controlled by a malicious demon who has employed all his energies to deceive him (Lu 24)." The following is an example of plagiarism.
    Descartes suggests that the evil power who rules the world may be attempting to mislead him (Lu 24).*
    True
    False
  12. It is better to write something in your own words/paraphrase than to use a direct quotation unless the way the original author expresses it can not be shortened or improved upon.*
    True
    False
  13. As long at it's your work you can submit it as many times as you like.*
    True
    False
  14. To make an assignment look more scholarly, it's okay to put in references that I didn't really use.*
    True
    False