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Which of the following is an example of accidental plagiarism?

A. Summarizing information without including a source credit

B. Submitting a paper that was written by a friend

C. Forgetting to include an in-text citation for information

D. Copying information from a source and identifying it as your own

Answer Explanation:

Forgetting to include an in-text citation is not intentional and probably means that the writer had already included a reference but forgotten about the in-text citation.

Therefore, the Correct Answer is C.

More Questions on TEAS 7 Language

  • Q #1: For which of the following statements is a citation unnecessary?

    A. After protests from feminists, Maxwell changed from a men's college to a coed college in 1982.

    B. Maxwell College was founded in 1846 and established on land that was part of the estate of Reginald Ashworth, a local plantation owner who coveted a degree, but never earned one.

    C. When asked about its role in the community, the current president said that Maxwell College "filled an important niche in the state's educational options."

    D. Located just outside the state capital, Maxwell College occupies an area with rolling hills.

    Answer Explanation

    A citation is normally used to cite specific information that has been researched by other people. D is only showing a location and not necessarily a product of a research and hence does not need any citation.

  • Q #2: Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

    A. The horse rode to our house, the beach, and around the church, before he started to tire.

    B. We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful.

    C. The ladies's hats were all purple; they looked so pretty.

    D. The strong heavyset fighter won his first fight, and he was featured in the newspaper.

    Answer Explanation

    "We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful." The semicolon (;) is used correctly in this choice.

    Choice A has a comma before and which makes it incorrect.
    Choice C has an s after the apostrophe in ladies's, hence it is incorrect.

    Choice D also has a comma before and making it incorrect.
    Note: And is a joining word and hence should not have commas before or after it.

  • Q #3: Which of the following options is correctly punctuated?

    A. The runaway truck, which had been parked on a steep hill swerved and teetered, before jumping a curb and slamming into a tree.

    B. The runaway truck, which had been parked on a steep hill, swerved and teetered before jumping a curb and slamming into a tree.

    C. The runaway truck which had been parked on a steep hill swerved, and teetered before jumping a curb and slamming into a tree.

    D. The runaway truck which had been parked on a steep hill swerved and teetered before jumping a curb, and slamming into a tree.

    Answer Explanation

    Having commas that separate the additional information “which had been parked on a steep hill” is the most correct use of the punctuation because it shows that the sentence can do without that piece of information. The additional information is only used to add more details but can still be excluded and that is why it is enclosed in commas.