CITI Program Plagiarism – RCR Basic
Question Answer
Ethical writing and scholarship is based on an implicit contract between the author
and readers, whereby readers assume that what they read is accurate, has been Not been disseminated before unless noted otherwise.
written by the author, and has:
Copying someone else’s text word-for-word without
Which one of the following is most likely to constitute an act of plagiarism? using quotation marks and adding a citation at the end
of the material.
The primary way to determine whether an idea constitutes “common knowledge” Whether there is an expectation that the readers and
is: the author would be very familiar with the material.
According to federal research misconduct policies, what is the maximum number
There is no official, federal standard for the number of
of consecutive words that one can use before it is classified as an instance of
consecutive words that can be used.
plagiarism?
Provide a condensed (shorter) version of the original
When authors summarize the work of others, they typically should:
material.
Proper paraphrasing of a sentence written by someone else may be accomplished Using your own words and writing voice to express the
by: idea conveyed in the sentence.
Which one of the following statements most accurately describes how plagiarism Plagiarism applies not only to ideas that are found in
has been defined in this module? print but also those that are communicated verbally.
Question Answer
Ethical writing and scholarship is based on an implicit contract between the author
and readers, whereby readers assume that what they read is accurate, has been Not been disseminated before unless noted otherwise.
written by the author, and has:
Copying someone else’s text word-for-word without
Which one of the following is most likely to constitute an act of plagiarism? using quotation marks and adding a citation at the end
of the material.
The primary way to determine whether an idea constitutes “common knowledge” Whether there is an expectation that the readers and
is: the author would be very familiar with the material.
According to federal research misconduct policies, what is the maximum number
There is no official, federal standard for the number of
of consecutive words that one can use before it is classified as an instance of
consecutive words that can be used.
plagiarism?
Provide a condensed (shorter) version of the original
When authors summarize the work of others, they typically should:
material.
Proper paraphrasing of a sentence written by someone else may be accomplished Using your own words and writing voice to express the
by: idea conveyed in the sentence.
Which one of the following statements most accurately describes how plagiarism Plagiarism applies not only to ideas that are found in
has been defined in this module? print but also those that are communicated verbally.
