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TEST
YOUR INTEGRITY I.Q.
Find out by filling out our Academic Honesty quiz.
Answer Yes or No to the following questions. Keep track of your answers.
- On the first day of classes you are happy
to discover the assigned essay is on a topic you wrote a paper on last
term. You print off a new copy and hand it in on the due date with a
new cover page. This is OK because it is your own work.
- You are placed in groups to work on a
large project. The first time your group meets, you discuss the
assignment and you each take a piece of the project to complete. After
the compiled project is submitted, you are surprised to learn your
group is asked to speak to the instructor about potential plagiarism
in one of the sections. Can you be charged with plagiarism even if
your section is properly referenced?
- You are permitted to leave the exam room
to go to the washroom. Your cell phone rings and you answer it. When
you go to hand in your completed exam, the invigilator asks you to
wait until the remaining students leave to speak to you. Could you be
charged with cheating?
- You are frustrated about not getting the
results you should during a lab experiment You
notice others at your lab table are finished and cleaning up their
materials. You decide to change your lab results to the expected
outcome and begin to clean up your lab area. This is OK because you
know what the answers are supposed to be.
- You are to include seven references in
your essay assignment. You run out of time and add two articles to
your bibliography that you did not use to write your paper. Is this
considered dishonest?
- Your roommate asks to review the paper you
wrote last year because she is taking the same course this term. She
says she wants it only as a guideline to help her get started. You see
her finished paper a few days later and notice she copied large
sections from your paper. You are a bit surprised but really have
nothing to worry about. Besides it's our friend's problem, right?
- You cannot locate the internet site where
you found a quote for your term paper. You think you know where you
might have taken it from and include the citation in your paper. Is
this a smart decision?
- Your friend agrees to edit your paper. She
re-writes sections of your paper and you think her changes to your
paper are excellent. She was able to write what you were unable to
clearly explain . You hand in your paper
confident of a high grade. Is this considered academic dishonesty?
- You reach for a Kleenex in your sweater
pocket while writing your mid term exam and discover the study notes
you were reviewing on the bus ride to school. Could you be charged
with bringing in unauthorized materials into an exam?
- You are stumped on an assignment while
working in a computer lab on campus. You notice two of your classmates
discussing the same assignment behind you. You join them and work
through the assignment together while one student types in the
information on his computer. You each copy and paste the assignment
onto your own disks and print off copies of the assignment to hand in
to the instructor. Students are supposed to form study groups and help
each other learn so this type of collaboration is fine.
- You are ill and see your
family doctor. She provides you with a medical certificate because you
unfortunately missed your last final exam. When you look at the
documentation on the way to your faculty office, you notice your
doctor wrote in the wrong dates. You find a similar colour pen and make the changes. Could you be
charged with document falsification?
Answer
Key
Modified from the
brochure "A Word to the Wise from the Student Advocates",
published by Advocacy and Support Services, Concordia University, September, 1998
If you have any
questions about academic integrity or about specific matters related to
coursework, please email us at Student_Advocacy@umanitoba.ca.
All inquiries are CONFIDENTIAL.
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