Title: Plagiarism Quiz Questions
Course: You Quote It, You Note It!

Q: Paraphrasing is not plagiarism if you
- Don’t know where you found the information
- Put another person’s ideas in your own words
- Change a couple of words and cite the source
- Use your own words and cite the source
A: Use your own words and cite the source

Q: What was NOT one of the tips mentioned in the tutorial for researching effectively (and avoiding plagiarism)?
- Begin early.
- Document sources you find immediately.
- Rely on websites for information.
- Ask library staff for help finding sources on your topic.
A: Rely on websites for information.

Q: What is wrong with the way this original passage is being used in the student paper below?

Original source:

Yellowstone and other early national parks were not designed to protect the environment but were almost entirely the result of nationalism and feelings of national prestige, both supported by commercialism. (From Kopas, Paul. Taking the Air: Ideas and Change in Canadas National Parks. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2007, p. 42).

Student paper:

Early national parks were created to support commercial interests, not to protect the environment.
- The writer has paraphrased but not cited the original source.
- The paraphrase is too close to the original.
- There is nothing wrong with this paraphrase.
A: The writer has paraphrased but not cited the original source.

Q: You don’t have to cite information you find on the web.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Which of the following statements is not common knowledge and needs to be cited?
- Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, was founded in 1749.
- The population of Wolfville in 2006 was 3,772.
- Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon.
- The Conservative government of Stephen Harper was elected with a majority May 2, 2011.
A: The population of Wolfville in 2006 was 3,772.

Q: Which of these is a citation style mentioned in the tutorial?
- OED
- MLA
- PDF
- GeoRef
A: MLA

Q: Penalties levied for plagiarism at Acadia include:
- Redoing an assignment
- Failing an assignment
- Failing a course
- Dismissal from the university
- All of the above
A: All of the above

Q: Which of the following are also types of plagiarism?
- Having a friend or parent write a paper for you
- Submitting the same paper for more than one class
- Downloading or buying a term paper from the web
- All of the above
A: All of the above

Q: Is this paraphrase of the original passage above plagiarism or not?

Student paper:

We humans have been able to adapt to a variety of environments far from the savannah of central Africa where we first evolved (Gluckman and Hanson, 2006).
- No, this is not plagiarism.
- Yes, this is plagiarism. (Wording is too close to original.)
A: Yes, this is plagiarism.

Q: Is the use of this original passage in the student paper below plagiarism?

Clearly humans can live in some very extreme environments, well away from the savannah of central Africa where we first evolved. We can become matched to a variety of environments because, like some other animals such as the rat and cockroach, we have broad adaptive capacity.

(From p. 6 of Gluckman, P.D. & Hanson, M. (2006). Mismatch: Why Our World No Longer Fits Our Bodies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.)

Student paper:

According to Gluckman and Hanson (2006), humans "can become matched to a variety of environments because…we have broad adaptive capacity” (p.6).
- No, this is not plagiarism.
- Yes, this is plagiarism.
A: No, this is not plagiarism.

Q: When you quote information from a book or article, it is plagiarism if you do not
- Put the copied information in quotation marks
- Cite the author of the book or article
- Use quotation marks and cite the source
- Change a couple of the words
A: Use quotation marks and cite the source