UMUC WRTG394 Academic Integrity Quiz Latest 2019 MAY Question # 00603216 Subject: Education Due on: 07/16/2019 Posted On: 07/16/2019 12:26 PM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.6/5

WRTG394 Advanced Business Writing

Academic Integrity Quiz

Question 1 Plagiarism occurs when you

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options:

a) present
another person’s ideas as his or her own

b) present another person’s ideas only
intentionally as your own

c) present another person’s ideas only
unintentionally as your own

d) present another person’s ideas,
intentionally or unintentionally, as your own

Question 2 Which of the following is not
plagiarism?

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options:

a) Quoting
from a source without citing the source

b) Using
ideas from a source without citing the source

c) Offering information from one’s
personal experience

d) Using information from a website that
most readers know about, such as CNN, without citing the source

Question 3 Patchwriting is

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options:

a) writing
in a patch, such as a potato patch

b) using
words and phrases from the source text and patching them together in new
sentences.

c) fixing up your writing, or patching
it up

d) always against school policy

Question 4 Not providing quotation marks around a
direct quotation is

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options:

a) bad
writing, but not plagiarism. One should
never use quotation marks.

b) acceptable as long as you put the
source in parentheses after the sentence.

c) plagiarism because it leads to the
false assumption that the words are your own.

d) the best way to cite a source because
you are sure to get the author’s exact meaning.

Question 5 Imagine you encounter a piece of text
that is 30 words long from page 110 of an article. You would like to use this text in your
paper. What should you do?

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options:

a) Put
the text word-for-word in your paper without using quotation marks. Then include the source in your list of
references at the end of the paper.

b) Quote the text word-for-word in your
paper. If you do this and do not use quotation marks, you can avoid including
it in your list of references at the end of the paper.

c) Quote the text word-for-word in your
paper using quotation marks and the page number. If you do this, you don’t
include the source in your list of references at the end of the paper.

d) Put
the text word-for-word in your paper, but make sure to put quotations around
the text and cite the source. Note that it came from page 110. Then include the
source in your list of references at the end of the paper.

Question 6 A research question is

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options:

a) the
question a researcher asks that guides his or her inquiry into the topic.

b) a collection of logically stored
information that can be accessed vio the Internet.

c) an argument that is supported by
research and strong evidence.

d) the criteria that must be met for an
assignment to be successful.

Question 7 Understanding public opinion

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options:

a) is
essential in focusing one’s topic because it cause one to know more of the
audience

b) is not an element one would need to
focus one’s topic

c) renders one’s writing more effective

d) creates confusion in writing papers

Question 8 When paraphrasing a passage for your
paper, you should

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options:

a) use
most of the words from a passage.

b) keep the sentence structure of the
article from which you are using the idea.

c) use your own phrasing.

d) use the author’s phrasing, as this
practice will ensure that you maintain the author’s idea.

Question 9 If you do not get any hits when typing
in your search terms into the search tab, you

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options:

a) probably
have a bad topic. You should choose a
less academic topic.

b) should use Google. You can then search on Google and probably
get some hits.

c) want to use a different library. You can then search at the other library and
probably get some hits.

d) want to divide your question into
keywords. Then you can search on the
keywords.

Question 10 A trade journal

Question options:

a) is
good for exchanging with other people

b) provides specialized news on an
industry

c) is the same as a popular journal

d) is the best journal to turn to when
you are changing your topic because you are “trading” topics

Question 11 Coverage refers to

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options:

the way a source investigates, discusses, and
handles a topic

sources that are well documented and grounded
in scholarly or credible research, data, or both.

whether the author of the source is
well-versed, established, and perhaps even well-known on the topic.

the date the article was published.

Question 12 Currency refers to

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options:

a) the
way a source investigates, discusses, and handles a topic

b) the cost of the article and what
country it is to be purchased from.

c) whether the author of the source is
well versed, established, and perhaps even well-known on the topic.

d) the date the article was published.

Question 13 Reliability refers to

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options:

a) the
way a source investigates, discusses, and handles a topic.

b) sources that are well documented and
grounded in scholarly or credible research, data, or both.

c) whether the author of the source is
well-versed, established, and perhaps even well-known on the topic.

d) the date the article was published.

Question 14 Three strategies a student should use in
researching are

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options:

a) balance of opinion; summarizing,
paraphrasing, and citing; and signal phrasing.

b) balance of voice; summarizing,
paraphrasing, and quoting; and citing.

c) balance of tone; tuning of key; and
summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting.

d) balance of authority; summarizing or
sources, and use of citation style

Question 15Square
brackets are used to

Question options:

a) change
a word in a quotation so that it makes more sense grammatically.

b) modify the meaning of a quote so that
it connects with your ideas.

c) insert your own word into a quote so
that you can change the meaning of the quote, ensuring that it aligns with your
thoughts.

d) demonstrate fluency in APA style so
that you can abide by APA rules.