UTA ENGL2338 2022 April Unit 1 Quiz 1.3 Latest

ENGL2338 Technical Writing

Unit 1 Quiz

Quiz: Academic Integrity and Acknowledging Sources

Question 1Academic integrity has five tenants: Honesty, Trust, Fairness, Accountability, and Respect

  True

  False

Question 2Which sentence about quoting is NOT true?

  When you leave out part of a quote, use an ellipsis to indicate that the quote has been abridged.

  Block quotes are several sentences long and do not require quote marks around them.

  When paraphrasing or summarizing text, you should put quotes around particularly distinctive words or phrases.

If the original text contains bad grammar or spelling, you can  it in your quote without indicating that you did so.

Question 3Sonya is a third-year nursing student and is currently looking to change her job due to a move to another city. When she is revising her resume, she looks at examples online and finds specialty language for nursing, such as "assess patient vitals and take labs for testing" "educated patients on post-op care" "assisted RNs and MDs with treatments, therapies and interventions to improve mobility and social/cognitive skills." It's okay for Sonya to use these phrases on her resume.

  True

  False

Question 4April is working on her technical object description for English 2338. She decided to describe a rice cooker. She consulted some reference material online, and she cited some of the work. She also uses a paragraph from the website "How Stuff Works" to describe the rice cooker, but she does not cite the paragraph. Did April engage in plagiarism?

  True

  False

Question 5Select the best definition of paraphrasing:

  To restate a passage of text in your own words.

  To copy a passage of text word-for-word.

  An abstract of an entire work.

  The use of some of the author's words with your own words.

Question 6Select the best definition of plagiarism

  Making up quotes and sources to support your paper's thesis.

  Collaborating with another (without the instructor's authorization) when preparing an assignment.

  Using another person's ideas, words, or other creative work without citing them as a source.

  All of the above.

Question 7APA can be divided into two major components: Formatting and Style

  True

  False

Question 8Examples of your original work that do not require a citation may include:

Your opinions about a topic

Your unique solution to a problem

Results of an experiment or survey that you conducted

Illustrations that you created

Graphs or table that you prepared

  True

  False

Question 9According to the UTA Library Tutorial, "When you acknowledge the contributions of others to your work, you act with academic integrity . . . . (This concept) is a firm adherence to five fundamental values: Honesty, Trust, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility. By citing  your sources you make it easy to verify information that backs up your arguments. If you are caught plagiarizing , you will face disciplinary action that could range from a failing grade to expulsion from the university."

 1:integrity

 2:citing

3:plagiarizing

 4:failing

Question 10I have been provided with the UTA Honor Code, the UTA Library Tutorial, and a video on academic integrity. If I have any questions about citing work, I will ask my peers, coaches, and instructor.

  True

  False