Comm 160 Midterm Exam Review (PSU)
If I am found guilty of Academic Dishonesty, it could be placed on my permanent
transcript. (T/F) - ANS-True
An "XF" grade is equivalent to an academic "F." (T/F) - ANS-False
Plagiarism is okay if I am not caught because it only affects me and not others. (T/F) -
ANS-False
Bringing the case is the responsibility of the instructor of record. If the charges are
based in whole or in part on evidence or reports provided by a teaching assistant, the
instructor must have reviewed the evidence or report and be willing to personally stand
behind it, and it becomes part of his or her case. (T/F) - ANS-True
The Philadelphia Inquirer has published an exclusive interview with the governor. It's OK
to use quotes from that interview in the story you are writing for your local newspaper as
long as you credit The Philadelphia Inquirer. (T/F) - ANS-True
Penn State has information on the Internet/Web that can help me understand how to
avoid plagiarism. (T/F) - ANS-True
You take a sentence from a professional journal and reorder the phrases, keeping the
meaning and most phrases intact. You do not cite your source. Is this plagiarism?
(Yes/No) - ANS-Yes
An acceptable excuse for committing plagiarism is that you ran out of time and forgot to
put all of your citations in the bibliography. (T/F) - ANS-False
The Academic Integrity Committee will reach its conclusion and issue its report within
ten days of the conclusion of the hearing and the submission of all relevant evidence.
(T/F) - ANS-True
If the student fails to sign the Academic Integrity Disposition Form within the allotted
time period, the process will move forward as if the student had accepted responsibility
for the allegation. (T/F) - ANS-True
You copy another author's ideas to compare and contrast with your own ideas. You
indent the text, identify the author, and use quotation marks when stating the author's
, ideas. You also provide a citation of the work you copied in the bibliography of your
paper. Is this plagiarism? (Yes/No) - ANS-No
You are writing a story in which you mention that terrorists attacked the United States on
Sept. 11, 2001. It is not necessary to provide a source for this information. (T/F) -
ANS-True
You have been asked to write a paper on Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. You copy
several sentences from a variety of textbooks and reorder them into a new paragraph.
You put the copied text in quotes and create a footnote or citation for each sentence. Is
this plagiarism? (Yes/No) - ANS-No
Following the faculty-student meeting or email communication regarding a charge of
academic dishonesty, the student will have three business days to respond and to sign
the Academic Integrity Disposition Form, accepting or contesting the charges and
sanction(s). (T/F) - ANS-False
Your friend in biology class has been sick for a week and is behind with her work. You
feel sorry for her and offer to help her with the assignment that is due tomorrow. After
reviewing your class notes with her, you lend her your report to copy. Is this considered
cheating? (Yes/No) - ANS-Yes
In COMM 160, there is a graded quiz due each week. When do you need to have them
completed? - ANS-7 a.m. EST Monday
For COMM 160 you are asked to write an original sentence using an ellipsis, but you
are unsure of how to properly use an ellipsis. Instead of reviewing your course
materials, you search the internet for examples of proper use of an ellipsis. You find a
sentence on a grammar website, but you know you can't use it word-for-word, so you
change a couple of words to "make it your own" and then submit the sentence as part of
your assignment. This is plagiarism. (T/F) - ANS-True
What part of speech?
Good gracious, what happened HERE? - ANS-Noun
What part of speech?
The group smartly includes students, faculty, and ELITE staff from 20 states. -
ANS-Adjective
What part of speech?
If I am found guilty of Academic Dishonesty, it could be placed on my permanent
transcript. (T/F) - ANS-True
An "XF" grade is equivalent to an academic "F." (T/F) - ANS-False
Plagiarism is okay if I am not caught because it only affects me and not others. (T/F) -
ANS-False
Bringing the case is the responsibility of the instructor of record. If the charges are
based in whole or in part on evidence or reports provided by a teaching assistant, the
instructor must have reviewed the evidence or report and be willing to personally stand
behind it, and it becomes part of his or her case. (T/F) - ANS-True
The Philadelphia Inquirer has published an exclusive interview with the governor. It's OK
to use quotes from that interview in the story you are writing for your local newspaper as
long as you credit The Philadelphia Inquirer. (T/F) - ANS-True
Penn State has information on the Internet/Web that can help me understand how to
avoid plagiarism. (T/F) - ANS-True
You take a sentence from a professional journal and reorder the phrases, keeping the
meaning and most phrases intact. You do not cite your source. Is this plagiarism?
(Yes/No) - ANS-Yes
An acceptable excuse for committing plagiarism is that you ran out of time and forgot to
put all of your citations in the bibliography. (T/F) - ANS-False
The Academic Integrity Committee will reach its conclusion and issue its report within
ten days of the conclusion of the hearing and the submission of all relevant evidence.
(T/F) - ANS-True
If the student fails to sign the Academic Integrity Disposition Form within the allotted
time period, the process will move forward as if the student had accepted responsibility
for the allegation. (T/F) - ANS-True
You copy another author's ideas to compare and contrast with your own ideas. You
indent the text, identify the author, and use quotation marks when stating the author's
, ideas. You also provide a citation of the work you copied in the bibliography of your
paper. Is this plagiarism? (Yes/No) - ANS-No
You are writing a story in which you mention that terrorists attacked the United States on
Sept. 11, 2001. It is not necessary to provide a source for this information. (T/F) -
ANS-True
You have been asked to write a paper on Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. You copy
several sentences from a variety of textbooks and reorder them into a new paragraph.
You put the copied text in quotes and create a footnote or citation for each sentence. Is
this plagiarism? (Yes/No) - ANS-No
Following the faculty-student meeting or email communication regarding a charge of
academic dishonesty, the student will have three business days to respond and to sign
the Academic Integrity Disposition Form, accepting or contesting the charges and
sanction(s). (T/F) - ANS-False
Your friend in biology class has been sick for a week and is behind with her work. You
feel sorry for her and offer to help her with the assignment that is due tomorrow. After
reviewing your class notes with her, you lend her your report to copy. Is this considered
cheating? (Yes/No) - ANS-Yes
In COMM 160, there is a graded quiz due each week. When do you need to have them
completed? - ANS-7 a.m. EST Monday
For COMM 160 you are asked to write an original sentence using an ellipsis, but you
are unsure of how to properly use an ellipsis. Instead of reviewing your course
materials, you search the internet for examples of proper use of an ellipsis. You find a
sentence on a grammar website, but you know you can't use it word-for-word, so you
change a couple of words to "make it your own" and then submit the sentence as part of
your assignment. This is plagiarism. (T/F) - ANS-True
What part of speech?
Good gracious, what happened HERE? - ANS-Noun
What part of speech?
The group smartly includes students, faculty, and ELITE staff from 20 states. -
ANS-Adjective
What part of speech?
