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Exercise

Practice with Ethical Issues

  1. To find out how to cite sources properly, consult:
    a style manual
    an encyclopedia
    a periodical index
    all of the above



  2. A student should provide full citations to the sources used in a research paper in order to:
    give credit to the author
    allow somebody else to find the sources
    lend credibility to the research paper
    all of the above



  3. Information in the "public domain" is non-copyrighted material which is freely abailable for anyone to use.
    True
    False



  4. Students can copy most information from a U.S. government site without permission.
    True
    False




  5. In a research paper you should provide citations for all of the following sources except:
    interviews
    your own ideas
    Internet sources
    Congressional hearings




  6. The seaction of the Copyright Law that allows libraries and education institutions to use copyrighted works is called
    public domain
    fair use
    Chicago protocol
    none of the above




  7. It is not necessary to provide citations for materials taken from the Web.
    true
    false



  8. In the Web environment, cookies
    allow unscrupulous types to obtain your social security number without your knowledge
    can wipe out your hard disk
    can track what you browse at a particular site
    all of the above
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