Question 1 a. What is plagiarism and why is it important for you to avoid it? (3 marks) b. When...

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Question 1
a. What is plagiarism and why is it important for you to avoid it? (3 marks)
Answer:
Plagiarism can be said as the practice in which one submits the work of some other person. It can be presenting someone else’s ideas, writing and other work without acknowledging them. Even when paraphrasing it is important for one to acknowledge the other person’s work so as to avoid plagiarism. Example: Copying the work of the previous students.
Plagiarism or collision is unfair as it can be said as cheating which undermines the honesty and integrity of the student as well as the university. It can be said as dishonesty and can consider the person cheating as unfit for attaining the academic degree. For a university it is important that the student should be an independent learner and researcher and should have other attributes which qualifies him to attain certain degrees which is mislead if the student uses different unfair practices like plagiarism and colliusion. It is important to avoid it as it is considered to be cheating and unethical.
b. When should an in-text reference be used in an assignment or report? (3 marks)
Answer:
In-text referencing is the mode of referencing in which the data taken from some outside resource is referred. It is important to reference the sources that are used in making a report or assignment. In-text referencing can help the readers to know the source from where the data has been taken. It is also important and ethical to acknowledge the author whose data has been used while writing the report.
c. The following excerpt is from page 7 of the book “How to succeed at your studies”, published by Good Books Ltd, Melbourne, 2018 and written by W. Done:
University study is like attending a smorgasbord restaurant. There are many very helpful resources available to students. However some students are like the person at a smorgasbord restaurant who is expecting waiter service. To have a good experience at a smorgasbord restaurant, you need to get out of your chair. You need to go and view the food on offer and after viewing all the food determine which dishes you will choose. You need to serve yourself. You then return to your table and eat your meal. To have good success at university use the resources available on the study desk for your course and those available on the university’s website. You’ll find the study desk has links to various resources to help with your assignments and further your knowledge. Doing the activities provided will also add to your knowledge and help in assignment preparation. Don’t be like the person sitting at the restaurant table wondering why they are hungry.
(i) Paraphrasing information from question 1.c. and demonstrate the use of in-text referencing. (1.5 marks)
As per (Done 2018), University study is like Smorgasbord restaurant which can be quite helpful to the students. Some consider smorgasbord to have waiter services while some need to get out of the chair to have the best services, so that you can choose the food and dishes you want. Doing the activities and researching the university study will help the student to explore more than to sit and use what is available at the study desk.
(ii) Write a short paragraph which incorporates one direct quote using a portion of the information shown at 1.c. and use in-text referencing. (1.5 marks)
University study is like Smorgasbord restaurant that is quite helpful to the students. “To have a good experience at a smorgasbord restaurant, you need to get out of your chair. You need to go and view the food on offer and after viewing all the food determine which dishes you will choose” (Done, 2018, p. 7)
d. Lyn Daff, Paul de Lange and Beverley Jackling published an article in the journal Issues in Accounting Education, in August 2012. The article was titled: A Comparison of Generic Skills and Emotional Intelligence in Accounting Education. It was published in volume 27, number three, on pages 627-646. Show how this article would appear in a bibliography using Harvard referencing. (3 marks)
Answer:
Daff, L. Lange P, and Jackling B, 2012, ‘A Comparison of Generic Skills and Emotional Intelligence in Accounting Education, journal Issues in Accounting Education, 27(3), pp. 627-646
Question 2
Super Clean Products manufactures robotic vacuum cleaners. It has been selling a standard model for three years and in the last 12 months introduced a deluxe model. Super clean has been keeping records of customer warranty claims. The introduction of the deluxe model has increased sales to the point where sales of both products are similar. As sales have increased there has been an increase in warranty claims. The production...

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Question 1 
a. What is plagiarism and why is it important for you to avoid it? (3 marks) 
Answer:
Plagiarism can be said as the practice in which one submits the work of some other person. It can be presenting someone else’s ideas, writing and other work without acknowledging them. Even when paraphrasing it is important for one to acknowledge the other person’s work so as to avoid plagiarism. Example: Copying the work of the previous students.
Plagiarism or collision is unfair as it can be said as cheating which undermines the honesty and integrity of the student as well as the university. It can be said as dishonesty and can consider the person cheating as unfit for attaining the academic degree. For a university it is important that the student should be an independent learner and researcher and should have other attributes which qualifies him to attain certain degrees which is mislead if the student uses different unfair practices like plagiarism and colliusion. It is important to avoid it as it is considered to be cheating and unethical.
b. When should an in-text reference be used in an assignment or report? (3 marks) 
Answer:
In-text referencing is the mode of referencing in which the data taken from some outside resource is referred. It is important to reference the sources that are used in making a report or assignment. In-text referencing can help the readers to know the source from where the data has been taken. It is also important and ethical to acknowledge the author whose data has been used while writing the report.
c. The following excerpt is from page 7 of the book “How to succeed at your studies”, published by Good Books Ltd, Melbourne, 2018 and written by W. Done: 
University study is like attending a smorgasbord restaurant. There are many very helpful resources available to students. However some students are like the person at a smorgasbord restaurant who is expecting waiter service. To have a good experience at a smorgasbord restaurant, you need to get out of your chair. You need to go and view the food on offer and after viewing all the food determine which dishes you will choose. You need to serve yourself. You then return to your table and eat your meal. To have good success at university use the resources available on the study desk for your course and those available on the university’s website. You’ll find the study desk has links to various resources to help with your assignments and further your knowledge. Doing the activities provided will also add to your knowledge and help in assignment preparation. Don’t be like the person sitting at the restaurant table wondering why they are hungry. 
(i) Paraphrasing information from question 1.c. and demonstrate the use of in-text referencing. (1.5 marks) 
As per (Done 2018), University study is like Smorgasbord restaurant which can be quite helpful to the students. Some consider smorgasbord to have waiter services while some need to get out of the chair to have the best services, so that you can choose the food and dishes you want. Doing the activities and researching the university study will help the student to explore more than to sit and use what is available at the study desk. 
(ii) Write a short paragraph which incorporates one direct quote using a portion of the information shown at 1.c. and use in-text referencing. (1.5 marks)
University study is like Smorgasbord restaurant that is quite helpful to the students. “To have a good experience at a smorgasbord restaurant, you need to get out of your chair. You need to go and view the food on offer and after viewing all the food determine which dishes you will choose” (Done, 2018, p. 7)
d. Lyn Daff, Paul de Lange and Beverley Jackling published an article in the journal Issues in Accounting Education, in August 2012. The article was titled: A Comparison of Generic Skills and Emotional Intelligence in Accounting Education. It was published in volume 27, number three, on pages 627-646. Show how this article would appear in a bibliography using Harvard referencing. (3 marks) 
Answer:
Daff, L. Lange P, and Jackling B, 2012, ‘A Comparison of Generic Skills and Emotional Intelligence in Accounting Education, journal Issues in Accounting Education, 27(3), pp. 627-646
Question 2 
Super Clean Products manufactures robotic vacuum cleaners. It has been selling a standard model for three years and in the last 12 months introduced a deluxe model. Super clean has been keeping records of customer warranty claims. The introduction of the deluxe model has increased sales to the point where sales of both products are similar. As sales have increased there has been an increase in warranty claims.

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