Referencing Skills and Avoiding Plagiarism
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What percentage of cancers may be missed by mammograms?

  • 5-10%
  • 10-15% (correct)
  • 15-20%
  • 20-25%

What is the age at which women are urged to undergo yearly mammograms?

  • 35
  • 40 (correct)
  • 30
  • 45

What is the purpose of a mammogram?

  • To take a biopsy of the breast
  • To remove the breast
  • To take an x-ray of the breast using low-dose radiation (correct)
  • To detect a genetic mutation

What percentage increase in lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is associated with having the BRCA1 gene?

<p>85% (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why might some women with the BRCA1 gene choose to have a preventative mastectomy?

<p>Because they want to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of women who develop breast cancer have a family history of the disease or fall into other high-risk categories?

<p>Few women (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the act of copying or including in one's own work, without adequate acknowledgement, intentionally or unintentionally, for one's own benefit?

<p>Plagiarism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the comparison made to plagiarism in the context of stolen goods?

<p>Intellectual theft (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the brochure 'Chances are you need a mammogram'?

<p>Women's health in midlife and older age (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the book written by Laversen and Stukane?

<p>The Complete Book of Breast Care (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the URL of the NIH Consensus Statement press release?

<p><a href="http://www.odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/statements/cic/103/103-stmt.html">http://www.odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/statements/cic/103/103-stmt.html</a> (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is the author of the Cancer Facts and Figures 1997?

<p>American Cancer Society (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of referencing?

<p>To adequately identify the original source of information or idea (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of sources may constitute sources in some disciplines?

<p>Telephone conversations, radio and television news, interviews, movies (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to reference?

<p>To avoid plagiarism and demonstrate research (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What types of sources need to be referenced?

<p>Any information, item, or idea obtained from a source (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is referencing?

<p>The acknowledgement of external sources of information (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a reference source?

<p>A textbook or a reference book (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is plagiarism according to the Guide to Writing Research Papers?

<p>Using someone else's ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as our own (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a common cause of plagiarism?

<p>Not having enough time to construct a proper academic writing (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can happen if someone commits plagiarism?

<p>They will be breaking the law of intellectual property (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to place quoted passages in quotation marks?

<p>To avoid plagiarism by providing source information (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should students do to avoid plagiarism?

<p>Both A and B (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a consequence of plagiarism in academia?

<p>Breaking university rules and regulations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of in-text citations?

<p>To identify ideas and information obtained from sources (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the second level of referencing?

<p>End-text reference (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT used for in-text citation in MLA style?

<p>Year of publication (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is included in a reference list?

<p>Title and subtitle of book, journal, magazine, newspaper, and other publication details (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a reference list?

<p>To provide a list of sources used in the paper (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the format of the in-text citation in APA style for direct quotations?

<p>Last name(s) of author(s) plus year of publication plus page number (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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