How to Recognize Plagiarism:
Tutorials and Tests

Practice Test for Basic Level: 4 Questions

A Practice Test is similar to a Certification Test, but with two exceptions:

  • We provide specific feedback on your answers, including detailed explanations.
  • We do not provide a Certificate if you pass a Practice Test.

Item 1

In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.

Original Source Material

Student Version

This is in fact true. Members of associations are much more likely than nonmembers to participate in politics, to spend time with neighbors, to express social trust, and so on.

Reference

Putnam, R. D. (1995). Bowling alone: America's declining social capital. Journal of democracy, 6(1), 65-78.

A group within which there is extensive trustworthiness and extensive trust is able to accomplish much more than a comparable group without that trustworthiness and trust.

Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?

 

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Item 2

In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.

Original Source Material

Student Version

This is in fact true. Members of associations are much more likely than nonmembers to participate in politics, to spend time with neighbors, to express social trust, and so on.

Reference

Putnam, R. D. (1995). Bowling alone: America's declining social capital. Journal of democracy, 6(1), 65-78.

Members of associations are much more likely than nonmembers to get together and to express social trust.

Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?

 

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Item 3

In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.

Original Source Material

Student Version

Given that skill learning is often enhanced during sleep, one would expect to see concomitant increases in synaptic strength. However, in many studies, sleep actually decreases synaptic strength. This led to the idea that sleep is a time for reducing the number of synaptic connections to enhance the information storage capacity of the brain.

References:
Euston, D. R. & Steenland, H. W. (2014).  Memories—getting wired during sleep. Science, 344(6188), 1087-1088.

This supports the idea that sleep is a time for reducing the number of synaptic connections to enhance the information storage capacity of the brain.

 

References:
Euston, D. R. & Steenland, H. W. (2014).  Memories—getting wired during sleep. Science, 344(6188), 1087-1088.

Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?

 

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Item 4

In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.

Original Source Material

Student Version

...the designs need to balance pedagogical requirements with an elusive fun-factor, with the second aspect being an issue even in the high-profile entertainment industry.

Reference

Moreno-Ger, P., Burgos, D., Martínez-Ortiz, I., Sierra, J. L., & Fernández-Manjón, B. (2008). Educational game design for online education. Computers in Human Behavior, 24(6), 2530-2540.

The DGBL (Digital Game-Based Learning) approach was both more effective in promoting students’ knowledge of computer memory concepts and more motivational for students than the non-gaming approach.


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