Disciplinary actions for plagiarism at penn foster

Information Literacy

Garber, Megan. “The Way We Lie Now: Technology Makes It Easier than Ever to Play Fast and Loose

with the Truth—But Easier than Ever to Get Caught.” The Atlantic 312.2 (2013):15. Expanded Academic

ASAP. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.

Is an example of which citation format for a bibliography?

A. Chicago

B. AVMA

C. APA

D. MLA

2. Which of the following elements should be placed first in a bibliographic citation?

A. Author

B. Date of publication

C. Title

D. Place of publication

3. Disciplinary actions for plagiarism at Penn Foster can range from:

A. a failing grade to expulsion.

B. a failing grade to a criminal report.

C. A failing grade to a monetary penalty on a student account.

D. A failing grade to a letter to an employer.

4. What is the style for introducing a direct quote in APA?

A. Use a signal phrase, along with the year of publication in parentheses.

B. Use a signal phrase with the publication name and date accessed in parentheses.

C. Don't use any identifying information in the paper or project.

D. Use a signal phrase with only the author's name in parentheses.

5. Some information that should be included on a note card to help you organize your research should be

A. fair use, patent, and citation format.

B. type of summary, date, and bibliography generator.

C. bibliography generator, citation format, and type of summary.

D. author, title, journal, date, and Web address.

6. According to Penn Foster’s Student Handbook, the Academic Dishonesty section defines cheating as

any:

A. effort to contact a tutorial service provided by Penn Foster for additional academic assistance.

B. effort to contact your instructor or school staff in order to clarify your directions and limits of collaboration with fellow

students.

C. effort to collaborate with other students to assist you in the learning and writing process.

D. effort at inappropriate collaborative activity in which the work submitted to the school does not represent the work of the

enrolled student.

7. An annotated bibliography is defined as

A. an alphabetical list arranged by source type (e.g., magazine, newspaper, book).

B. an alphabetical list of sources arranged according to dates and times.

C. an alphabetical list of sources arranged according to publication title.

D. an alphabetical list of sources arranged according to a citation style and followed by a summary of the content.

8. A bibliography is necessary because it provides a method for

A. organizing your research journal.

B. your readers to find your sources for themselves.

C. keeping track of what sources you don't want to use in your research project.

D. using a bibliographic generator.

9. What is the definition of intellectual property?

A. An idea, invention, or process that derives from the work of the mind or intellect

B. A collection of ideas presented to academic scholars pertaining to a specific subject

C. Any original thought, regardless if it's been expressed or developed into a tangible creation

D. All scientific and artistic works and ideas that officially register for one-year protection with the government

10. The correct term for the list of sources in MLA format is

A. Bibliography Page.

B. Citations Page.

C. Works Cited.

D. References.

11. To which of the following does copyright protection not apply?

A. Video

B. Sounds

C. Inventions

D. Images

12. Fair use

A. gives a person the right to copy select portions of a book for personal study or research use.

B. applies to photographs, which cannot be legally copied.

C. allows you to make additional copies of an article for other people to use.

D. permits someone to copy an entire book or periodical.

13. What is the definition of copyright law?

A. Legal protection of inventions and processes that excludes others from trying to market, produce, and sell them

B. Legal protection of ideas, concepts, and research that was conceived of but not fixed to paper or any other tangible medium

C. Legal protection for symbols, words, company brands, and products

D. Legal protection that covers published and unpublished literary, scientific, and artistic works provided that such works are

fixed in a tangible or material form

14. What information is not required in a bibliographic citation?

A. Country of publication

B. URL

C. Date of online access

D. Author's name

15. A patent

A. Protects symbols, a word or words, and names used by a particular company that represent the company or a product.

B. Permits an individual, in certain circumstances to make a single copy of a periodical article or select portions of a book for

personal study or research use.

C. Protects inventions and processes and excludes others from trying to market, produce, and sell them for a period of time.

D. Grants an original works' creator protection for published and unpublished literary, scientific, and artistic works, provided that

such works are in a tangible or material form.

16. Plagiarism is defined as

A. using common knowledge in your work.

B. properly using quotations and citations in your finished work.

C. using material in your paper that is classified as fair use, even if citations are included.

D. dishonestly using another person's ideas or finished work as your own without giving credit for the source.

17. “But I’m so busy, I need to cut and paste because I have no time and it is ok to do it.”

Why is this statement inappropriate?

A. Using other people’s work is okay sometimes if you have a good excuse.

B. When you use other people's intellectual property without giving them proper credit, it's against Penn Foster's Academic

Policy, and it's also illegal and unfair to the author of the work.

C. You can use Google all day and still not find anything. Cutting and pasting can help you.

D. When using the work of other people you can cut and paste but you need to cite the source.

18. It’s ok to use materials without referencing them as long as they’re paraphrased in your own words.

A. False

B. True

C. Depends

D. Sometimes

19. Notecards help you when researching because they keep your

A. Web pages organized by URLs.

B. quotations in parenthetical order.

C. citations in alphabetical order.

D. research organized.

20. What is the style rule for introducing a direct quote in MLA?

A. Use a signal phrase that includes the author's name, along with the page number on which the information appeared in

parentheses.

B. Use a signal phrase with only the author's name in parentheses.

C. Don't use any identifying information in the paper or project.

D. Use a signal phrase with the publication name and date accessed in parentheses.