fsu.edu | Academic Honesty Quiz

Test your knowledge of the Academic Honor Policy
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1.	True or False I may submit a paper twice for different classes as long as I make revisions. Answer
	False In this case, a student should consult with the professor to clarify the professor’s policy on submitting portions of the same material to receive credit twice. This act of academic dishonesty is addressed in "MULTIPLE SUBMISSION. Submitting the same academic work (including oral presentations) for credit more than once without instructor permission. It is each instructor’s responsibility to make expectations regarding incorporation of existing academic work into new assignments clear to the student in writing by the time assignments are given."¹ ¹Academic Honor Policy
2.	True or False If I am aware that my friend is copying from my test and I allow him to continue, only my friend has violated the Academic Honor Policy. Answer
	False Both students would have violated the Academic Honor Policy. By copying from another student’s test, the friend in this situation has violated the Academic Honor Policy covered under #2 of the Academic Honor Violations: “Cheating. Improper application of any information or material that is used in evaluating academic work.”¹ Also by being aware that his friend is copying from his test, and allowing his friend to do so, the student would have violated the academic honor policy, through "Complicity in academic dishonesty. Intentionally helping another to commit an act of academic dishonesty."¹ ¹Academic Honor Policy
3.	True or False I may submit parts of my friend’s work without citing as long as my friend gives me permission. Answer
	False Although the friend has given you permission to use his or her work, students must cite any work that is not theirs. The Academic Honor Policy is clear that “intentionally presenting the work of another as one’s own”¹ is plagiarism. By not citing the work of the friend, this student has presented the friend's work as his or her own. ¹Academic Honor Policy
4.	Choose the correct answer Which of the following is an example of work subject to the Academic Honor Policy? Practicum or clinical experience Test Paper Writing a computer program Lab report B & C B-E All of the above Answer
	All of the above Any work that is completed for a course at Florida State University is subject to the Academic Honor Policy. This includes test and quizzes, papers, creating a computer program, and work done for a lab, practicum, clinical or internship experience.
5.	True or False Providing a false excuse for a missed absence or assignment is a violation of the Academic Honor Policy Answer
	True When a student uses a false excuse to gain an advantage in the grade obtained for an assignment, the student engages in an act of academic dishonesty, specifically "4.FABRICATION, FALSIFICATION, AND MISREPRESENTATION. Intentional and unauthorized altering or inventing of any information or citation that is used in assessing academic work."¹ ¹Academic Honor Policy
6.	True or False When a professor has not indicated whether group work is allowed on an assignment, I may collaborate with my friend as long as we contribute equally. Answer
	False If a professor has an intended for an assignment to be an individual assignment, working in a group would be a violation of the Academic Honor Policy. If students are not sure whether group work is permitted on an assignment, they should ask the professor. Unauthorized collaboration is addressed in #3 of the Academic Honor Policy “UNAUTHORIZED GROUP WORK. Unauthorized collaborating with others.”¹ ¹Academic Honor Policy
7.	Choose the correct answer Which of the following are example(s) of a violation of the Academic Honor Policy? Using quotation marks to indicate that you are quoting from a source but failing to cite the information Using a calculator on a test, when the professor indicated calculators are not allowed. Preventing others from accessing materials (such as books or reference materials) by hiding, damaging, destroying or stealing the material. A & B All of the above Answer
	All of the above. By failing to cite another person’s work, students are not acknowledging the other person’s work. This act is considered to be "1. PLAGIARISM. Intentionally presenting the work of another as one's own (i.e., without proper acknowledgement of the source)."¹ When a professor has indicated that calculators are not allowed and a student uses a calculator on a test, the student has used material, that does not give a true measure of his academic ability. This is an example of "2. CHEATING. Improper application of any information or material that is used in evaluating academic work." ¹ If students are unsure which materials they can use on a test, it is best to ask the instructor. Through preventing peers from having access to material intended for common access, a student has gained an unfair advantage. This act of academic dishonesty is considered to be "6. ABUSE OF ACADEMIC MATERIALS. Intentionally damaging, destroying, stealing, or making inaccessible library or other academic resource material."¹ ¹Academic Honor Policy
8.	Choose the correct answer My friend is in the morning section of my professor’s American History class. I have the same professor in the afternoon. We are both aware that previously the professor has used the same test in the morning and in the afternoon. During lunch, my friend gives me the questions to the test. Who has violated the Academic Honor Policy? The student in the morning section The student in the afternoon section Both Neither Answer
	Both The student in the morning section of the class would have violated in the Academic Honor Policy because that student would have aided the student in the afternoon section to violate the Academic Honor Policy. The student in the morning section would have engaged in "7. COMPLICITY IN ACADEMIC DISHONESTY. Intentionally helping another to commit an act of academic dishonesty."¹ The student in the afternoon section would have obtained a copy of the exam before its scheduled time. This act is an example of "2. CHEATING. Improper application of any information or material that is used in evaluating academic work."¹ ¹Academic Honor Policy
9.	True or False My experiment in my chemistry lab class does not work. My friend’s lab setup was successful. I use the data from her experiment to complete my lab report. I violated the Academic Honor Policy. Answer
	True In this case the student has copied from her friend’s lab notebook. If a lab setup does not work, it is suggested that students consult with the instructor or TA to determine how to complete the lab. This would be considered “2. CHEATING. Improper application of any information or material that is used in evaluating academic work.”¹ ¹Academic Honor Policy
10.	True or False My professor does not distribute previous copies of the exams given in her class. I locate a copy of the test which she had not collected. I violated the Academic Honor Policy Answer
	True A copy of a past exam that a professor attempts to control by not distributing to students would be considered unauthorized material. A student who uses a copy of an exam that a professor did not intend for the student to have would have violated the Academic Honor Policy ( "2. CHEATING. Improper application of any information or material that is used in evaluating academic work."¹) If students are unsure whether the material they are using is permissible, they should ask the professor. ¹Academic Honor Policy