Copyright and Plagiarism
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- Q1What is the best definition for copyright?When you copy a book or website word-for-word and pretend it is your own thinking.The legal right to use an original piece of work.When a person uses someone else’s work and then sells it for money.The right to copy anyone’s music, pictures, words, artwork, etc.30s
- Q2Which of the following is a creative work that is protected by copyright law?An idea for a new inventionThe name of your petA picture you took while you were on vacationA list of all zip codes in the U.S.30s
- Q3If one of your sources does not have an author listed, what should you do?Pretend that you wrote the information and cite nothing.Leave the author's name out of your citation.Don't cite the source in your bibliography.Invent a name for the author of the source.30s
- Q4What MUST be included in an MLA8 Internet citation?The name of your Internet serverThe location of the computer from which you accessed the pageThe e-mail address of the authorThe URL or web address30s
- Q5What is the best definition of plagiarism?The legal right to make copies of an original work you created.Using another person's words or ideas without giving them credit.Making a bibliography of all of the resources you used for your research.Using only a small amount of a creative work in your project.30s
- Q6Who does copyright protect?Copyright protects the user of a creative work.Copyright protects the copier of a creative work.Copyright protects the creator of a creative work.Copyright protects the buyer of a creative work.30s
- Q7When do you own the copyright for something you created?You own the copyright once you create it.You own the copyright as soon as you sell it.You own the copyright the minute you sign legal papers that say you own it.You own the copyright as soon as you have the idea for it.30s
- Q8If you use information from a website for your research project, which of the following is true?You can copy and paste the text, but not the images into your project.You can use the information from the website as long as you cite it properly.You don't have to cite your source if you use quotation marks around what you copied.You should never use information you find online.30s
- Q9When a creative work enters the PUBLIC DOMAIN, thenanyone must pay for it before it can be usedanyone can use itanyone must get permission from the creator to use itit cannot be used30s
- Q10Which of the following is an example of plagiarism?paraphrasing the author of a published book and citing your sourceciting an online resource when you write a research paperomitting quotation marks around a quote30s
- Q11How might you classify copying and pasting a paragraph from a website into a school assignment? Choose the best answer.borrowingcheatinggivingparaphrasing30s
- Q12Identify the title in this citation:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt2014Eye to Eye: How Animals See the WorldWork Cited30s
- Q13Identify the publisher in this citation:Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World.2014Houghton Mifflin HarcourtJenkins, Steve30s
- Q14Identify the author in this citation:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World.Jenkins, SteveWork Cited30s
- Q15When is it okay to use someone else's work?When it's Fair Use or Public DomainWhen you are friendsWhen you need information30s
