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1. According to this module, universities are not just try- (d) . . . to behave ethically.
ing to train you for a job role, but are also trying to
prepare you . . .
Choose one option.
(a) . . . to conduct qualitative research.
(b) . . . to not cheat.
(c) . . . to not become involved in political scandals.
(d) . . . to behave ethically.
2. Stuart is an international student not used to writing in (b). Plagiarism
English. He has a 1,000 word essay due in a week. He
knows that while his ideas are good, his structure and
grasp of academic language are pretty bad. He asks
his friend Liam, a native English speaker, to check his
essay for him and suggest how he can improve it.
When Liam gives him the essay back, Stuart is amazed.
Liam has nicely re-written whole paragraphs of Stu-
art's ideas and obviously put a lot of effort into making
it sound academic.
However, Stuart is a little worried because he can bare-
ly recognize the essay - he even had to translate a few
words!
What kind of academic misconduct would Stuart be
committing if he handed it in?
Refer to lesson 1.4a.
Check one option.
(a). Cheating
(b). Plagiarism
(c). Facilitation of academic misconduct
(d). Fabrication of data
(e). Falsification of data
It isn't academic misconduct because Stuart wrote the
, MOOC 2-Coursera UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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original.
1 point
3. Myer has just had a really long day and is finishing up a (a). Have a break, calm
Physics experiment in the lab. When Myer goes to save down and come back and
the data she's been working on, her computer mal- do the experiment again.
functions and she is forced to restart it. Unfortunately, She needs to have the
because of this, Myer has just lost all of the results from proper results.
the experiments she's been doing for the past three
hours.
Myer is horrified and quickly starts to write down all of
the numbers that she remembers. She can accurate-
ly remember half of them, is pretty confident about
another 30%, but has no idea what the final 20% are.
She checks the time and realizes that if she starts the
experiment again she will be in the lab until 11pm, and
she is already exhausted.
What should Myer do?
(a). Have a break, calm down and come back and do
the experiment again. She needs to have the proper
results.
(b). Write down all the results she remembers and then
guess the final 20%. She knows 80% of the data, so it
isn't a big deal.
1 point
4. 4.Question 4 (c). This is an example of
Considering the same example as above; fabrication or falsification
Myer has just had a really long day and is finishing up a of data.
Physics experiment in the lab. When Myer goes to save
the data she's been working on, her computer mal-
, MOOC 2-Coursera UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
functions and she is forced to restart it. Unfortunately,
because of this, Myer has just lost all of the results from
the experiments she's been doing for the past three
hours.
Myer is horrified and quickly starts to write down all of
the numbers that she remembers. She can accurate-
ly remember half of them, is pretty confident about
another 30%, but has no idea what the final 20% are.
She checks the time and realizes that if she starts the
experiment again she will be in the lab until 11pm, and
she is already exhausted.
If Myer decides to go with b) "Write down all the results
she remembers and then guess the final 20%", what
kind of academic misconduct is she committing?
(a). She isn't committing academic misconduct be-
cause she knows that 80% of the data is correct.
(b). This is an example of cheating.
(c). This is an example of fabrication or falsification of
data.
(d). This is an example of self-plagiarism.
1 point
5. According to the module, how often do you use prob- (c). Problem-solving tasks
lem-solving skills while at university? are the back-bone of uni-
versity study and as such
(a). Only occasionally when your lecturers want to give you use problem-solving
you brain teasers. skills on a day to day basis.
(b). Only Mathematics, Pure Science and Engineering
students use problem-solving skills at university.
(c). Problem-solving tasks are the back-bone of univer-
sity study and as such you use problem-solving skills
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1. According to this module, universities are not just try- (d) . . . to behave ethically.
ing to train you for a job role, but are also trying to
prepare you . . .
Choose one option.
(a) . . . to conduct qualitative research.
(b) . . . to not cheat.
(c) . . . to not become involved in political scandals.
(d) . . . to behave ethically.
2. Stuart is an international student not used to writing in (b). Plagiarism
English. He has a 1,000 word essay due in a week. He
knows that while his ideas are good, his structure and
grasp of academic language are pretty bad. He asks
his friend Liam, a native English speaker, to check his
essay for him and suggest how he can improve it.
When Liam gives him the essay back, Stuart is amazed.
Liam has nicely re-written whole paragraphs of Stu-
art's ideas and obviously put a lot of effort into making
it sound academic.
However, Stuart is a little worried because he can bare-
ly recognize the essay - he even had to translate a few
words!
What kind of academic misconduct would Stuart be
committing if he handed it in?
Refer to lesson 1.4a.
Check one option.
(a). Cheating
(b). Plagiarism
(c). Facilitation of academic misconduct
(d). Fabrication of data
(e). Falsification of data
It isn't academic misconduct because Stuart wrote the
, MOOC 2-Coursera UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
original.
1 point
3. Myer has just had a really long day and is finishing up a (a). Have a break, calm
Physics experiment in the lab. When Myer goes to save down and come back and
the data she's been working on, her computer mal- do the experiment again.
functions and she is forced to restart it. Unfortunately, She needs to have the
because of this, Myer has just lost all of the results from proper results.
the experiments she's been doing for the past three
hours.
Myer is horrified and quickly starts to write down all of
the numbers that she remembers. She can accurate-
ly remember half of them, is pretty confident about
another 30%, but has no idea what the final 20% are.
She checks the time and realizes that if she starts the
experiment again she will be in the lab until 11pm, and
she is already exhausted.
What should Myer do?
(a). Have a break, calm down and come back and do
the experiment again. She needs to have the proper
results.
(b). Write down all the results she remembers and then
guess the final 20%. She knows 80% of the data, so it
isn't a big deal.
1 point
4. 4.Question 4 (c). This is an example of
Considering the same example as above; fabrication or falsification
Myer has just had a really long day and is finishing up a of data.
Physics experiment in the lab. When Myer goes to save
the data she's been working on, her computer mal-
, MOOC 2-Coursera UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
functions and she is forced to restart it. Unfortunately,
because of this, Myer has just lost all of the results from
the experiments she's been doing for the past three
hours.
Myer is horrified and quickly starts to write down all of
the numbers that she remembers. She can accurate-
ly remember half of them, is pretty confident about
another 30%, but has no idea what the final 20% are.
She checks the time and realizes that if she starts the
experiment again she will be in the lab until 11pm, and
she is already exhausted.
If Myer decides to go with b) "Write down all the results
she remembers and then guess the final 20%", what
kind of academic misconduct is she committing?
(a). She isn't committing academic misconduct be-
cause she knows that 80% of the data is correct.
(b). This is an example of cheating.
(c). This is an example of fabrication or falsification of
data.
(d). This is an example of self-plagiarism.
1 point
5. According to the module, how often do you use prob- (c). Problem-solving tasks
lem-solving skills while at university? are the back-bone of uni-
versity study and as such
(a). Only occasionally when your lecturers want to give you use problem-solving
you brain teasers. skills on a day to day basis.
(b). Only Mathematics, Pure Science and Engineering
students use problem-solving skills at university.
(c). Problem-solving tasks are the back-bone of univer-
sity study and as such you use problem-solving skills
