University of Pittsburgh

Undergraduate Academic Integrity Quiz

What is academic integrity?  Improve your understanding to avoid committing a violation.

A final paper is due in your psychology course. You did not allot enough time to complete it so you submit a paper you wrote in a previous class. Have you committed an academic integrity violation?

One of your exams in your economics course is open-book. The professor has given specific instructions on what book to use. You google for answers online. Have you committed an academic integrity violation?

You are writing a paper for your English course and are careful to change the order of the words of the sentences from your readings on Macbeth. Have you committed plagiarism even if you cite the source?

You and your friend are enrolled in the same class. You did not have time to study and you ask your friend if you can copy from him during the exam. Your friend reluctantly agrees. Have both of you committed an academic integrity violation?

You are working in a lab and your data does not add up. You change a few numbers and submit it to your professor. Have you committed an academic integrity violation?

You are writing a paper about Martin Luther King Jr. Do you have to cite sources for well-known facts regarding his March on Washington?

You have fallen behind in your courses and decide to not attend class to catch up on homework. Your professor’s attendance policy requires a medical or personal reason for an excused absence. You tell your professor that your grandmother passed away and that had to travel home for the funeral. You even go as far as to create a fake obituary and submit it as “proof”. Have you violated the academic integrity code?

You do not have time to complete your final paper for your anthropology class so you hire an online paper writing company to complete it for you. Have you violated the academic integrity code?

Your friend asks you to proofread her response paper for her film class. You help fix her grammar and suggest places where she can clarify her ideas. Are you and your friend in violation of the academic integrity code?

There is a take-home exam in your neuroscience course that allows you to work with a partner. You also have a take-home exam in chemistry that specifically states that you must complete the work on your own. Your friend is in both classes so you work on both exams together. Have you committed an academic integrity violation?