Read the Plagiarism Tutorial developed by NAU's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Then take the following quiz. Click the question mark box or check box next to the answer or answers that you think are correct. If you select an incorrect answer, a dialog box will give you feedback and show you more information about that question.
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Plagiarism Self-Test
A bibliography is an alphabetical list of complete citations of all the sources referenced in a text or paper.
True
False
Because the following statement is common knowledge, its source does not need to be cited:
"The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's freedom of expression."
True
False
Pasting a paragraph of text that was copied from an electronic document into your own document is acceptable as long as the original document is cited and the paragraph is placed in quotation marks.
True
False
Pasting a paragraph of text that was copied from an electronic document into your own document is acceptable as long as the original document is cited and the paragraph is placed in quotation marks.
True
False
What essential information is missing from the citation of the source of the following quotation?
"Numerous surveys state that a disproportionate number of women who seek emergency shelter services witnessed domestic violence when they were children" (1995).
The author's name
The number of the page where the quotation can be found
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
What essential information is missing from the reference to the source of this paraphrase?
In response to an increasing concern about low rape case convictions, the 2003 Sexual Offences Act was passed (Rogers).
The page number of the text that is being paraphrased
The date the source was published
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
To paraphrase is to put the ideas of another author into your own words without changing the meaning of the original text.
True
False
At NAU a student can be expelled for plagiarism.
True
False
If the source of a direct quotation has not been published, you are not required to reference it.
True
False
What essential information is missing from the following reference?
