Full Test Bank Ch.13 Referencing And Avoiding Plagiarism

Chapter 13: Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism

Test Bank

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 13 Question 01

1) ‘If you read an extract of an article in a book, you only need to reference the book’. Is this statement true or false?

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 02

2) Which of the following tests are often used in deciding whether or not something is 'common knowledge'? Please select all that apply.

Feedback: Material that is common knowledge generally does not need to be referenced. Common can be defined in terms of how many places the material can be found and whether it is known by many people.

Section reference: 13.1.1.2

a. Ubiquity.

b. Simplicity.

c. Quantity.

d. Complexity.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 03

3) What is the starting point for deciding how to reference?

a. House style of your institution

b. Harvard referencing

c. OSCOLA referencing

d. The style adopted in your main text book for the subject

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 13 Question 04

4) ‘Ibid’ means ‘As per an earlier reference’. Is this statement true or false?

a. True

b. False

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 13 Question 05

5) With any system of referencing, it is most important that you use it ______ .

Feedback: It is shabby to change the way in which you reference part way through a piece of work. It will not convey an impression of care to your marker.

Section reference: 13.2.3

a. consistently

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 06

6) Which of the following is a correct OSCOLA footnote reference for a book?

a. Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Legal Skills (2021, 8th edn, Oxford, OUP)

b. Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Legal Skills (8th edn, Oxford 2021)

c. Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Legal Skills (2021, 8th edn, OUP)

d. Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski, Legal Skills (8th edn, OUP 2019)

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 07

7) In OSCOLA, which of the following is a correct example of referencing a particular paragraph in a judgment?

a. R v G [2003] UKHL 50, para 28

b. R v G [2003] UKHL 50, at 28

c. R v G [2003] UKHL 50, (28)

d. R v G [2003] UKHL 50, [28]

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 13 Question 08

8) A ________ is a list of all secondary materials that have been cited within your work.

Feedback: A bibliography is a list of all secondary materials that have been cited within your work.

Section reference: 13.2.2

a. bibliography