The Academic Integrity Quiz Question 1:  [1 mark] What does Academic Integrity mean? 1. That you have adopted standards that guide your academic work 2. That you will earn your degree with honest effort, and it will be a true accomplishment reflecting years of hard work and genuine learning 3. That you have developed successful academic skills and learned to credit the author of any ideas you quote, paraphrase, or use as a source of information 4. All of the above Question 2:  [1 mark] Which of the following does not show proper use of an idea from another source in your writing? 1. Providing your readers with information they need to find out more about your source 2. Using a signal phrase to tell the reader that you are about to use someone else's idea 3. Using someone else's ideas as if they were your own 4. Demonstrating that you are familiar with what's been written about your subject and who has written it Question 3:  [1 mark] If you are not sure whether a particular course of action might result in academic misconduct, you are likely to be excused because you did not know what to do in that situation. True   False   Question 4:  [1 mark] What are the key points of York's Senate Policy on Academic Honesty? 1. Affirms and clarifies the general obligation for all members of the University to maintain the highest standards of academic honesty 2. Defines the types of conduct that are regarded as academic offences, including plagiarism, cheating, impersonation, and other forms of academic misconduct 3. Outlines the procedures for dealing with students who are accused of academic dishonesty and the penalties that can be applied on those found guilty 4. All of the above Question 5:  [1 mark] If a student didn't know about or understand York's policies on academic honesty and committed an academic offence, she would not receive as serious a penalty as if she did know about the Senate Policy. True   False   Question 6:  [0.25 mark for each correct match] From the list below, please indicate which items are academic offences, and which are useful writing strategies that can help you to avoid academic offences. 1. Using signal phrases -- Choose one -- Useful writing strategy Academic offence 2. Paraphrasing with acknowledgement -- Choose one -- Useful writing strategy Academic offence 3. Copying -- Choose one -- Useful writing strategy Academic offence 4. Using citations -- Choose one -- Useful writing strategy Academic offence   Question 7:  [0.2 mark for each correct match] Please match the terms below with their definitions. 1. Duplicating a passage word for word without acknowledgement -- Choose one -- Academic Integrity Plagiarism Copying Signal Phrase Citation 2. The quality of intellectual honesty in academic work -- Choose one -- Academic Integrity Plagiarism Copying Signal Phrase Citation 3. Brief text, often in parentheses, that shows the original source of a borrowed idea -- Choose one -- Academic Integrity Plagiarism Copying Signal Phrase Citation 4. Representing someone else's ideas or work as your own -- Choose one -- Academic Integrity Plagiarism Copying Signal Phrase Citation 5. Part of a sentence that indicates to the reader that what follows came from another source -- Choose one -- Academic Integrity Plagiarism Copying Signal Phrase Citation   Question 8:  [1 mark] Which of the following would not be considered a breach of York's Senate Policy on Academic Honesty? 1. Submitting the work you did for one class to a second class without that instructor's knowledge 2. Quoting a sentence from the Internet with proper citation 3. Having someone else write an exam for you 4. Copying a friend's computer program Question 9:  [0.25 mark for each correct match] From the list below, please indicate which items require a citation in your writing, and which do not. 1. A table or graph produced by someone else -- Choose one -- Does not require citation Requires citation 2. A summary of someone's spoken words -- Choose one -- Does not require citation Requires citation 3. An idea, experience or conclusion you have about a topic -- Choose one -- Does not require citation Requires citation 4. An idea that someone else in your group came up with as part of a collaborative project -- Choose one -- Does not require citation Requires citation   Question 10:  [1 mark] Which of the following (fictitious) examples does not display academic integrity? 1. According to Erin Lam (2001), fish swim much farther in clean water (28). 2. The Millstone Fire put eighty-seven people out of their homes. 3. "Happiness and chocolate are interdependent" (Plat, 1956). 4. Dag Feruzal (1999) writes, "It's only in spring ... that you find the best snowdrops" (187).