COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY

ETHICS IN COMPUTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
While reading a novel, you realize that the author has copied material from another author. What type of violation is this?
A
Phishing
B
Plagiarism
C
Piracy
D
Slander
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Direct or verbatim plagiarism occurs when an author copies the text of another author, word for word, without the use of quotation marks or attribution, thus passing it as his or her own.

Detailed explanation-2: -Verbatim plagiarism, also called direct plagiarism, means copying and pasting someone else’s words into your own work without attribution. This could be text that’s completely identical to the original or slightly altered.

Detailed explanation-3: -Types of Plagiarism Denny’s Sampler-The writer tries to disguise plagiarism by copying from several different sources, tweaking the sentences to make them fit together while retaining most of the original phrasing. [For the purposes of this workshop, we will use the term “copy and paste” plagiarism for this type.]

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