Csc 1200 Week 3 Individual Assignment

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Your Name: ______Alexis Stewart_______________
(This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment)

CSC 1200, Sections 1 & 2: Ethics in Computing

Instructor: Evangelos Triantaphyllou, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University
Department of Computer Science

Fall 2014 Semester

MAIN GOALS for HW #1:
To clarify some key issues related to plagiarism and related concepts. Also, review the information provided in the syllabus in the first day of this course.

NOTES:
Research the Internet under “plagiarism” and related concepts. Also, check the related notes from the syllabus.

Today’s date: Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Due date: Wednesday, September 3, 2014, before the class begins. Submit it by using the Moodle system.

Maximum grade points = 100
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QUESTIONS:

1) What is the concept of plagiarism?

2) What are some types of plagiarism? Is it possible for one to plagiarize himself / herself? Is it possible to plagiarize without using a written document?

3) Is it possible to have plagiarism of different severity levels within a given document?

4) Search the web for some famous cases of plagiarism. Briefly describe two of them.

5) Briefly describe the grading scheme for this