In each of the following cases, do you believe that the University of Maryland, College Park Code of Academic Integrity was violated? Yes or no and give reasons.1. Mary has an astronomy homework assignment due today, but she had three tests to study for in her other classes this week. She hasn’t started her assignment, but sees a friend at the library. Mary’s friend is also taking astronomy and has completed the homework. Mary asks if she can copy the assignment and her friend lets her. The homework is only worth 15 points out of 700 for the semester. Is Mary in violation of theCode? What about her friend?2. Sam and Joe are partners this week in ASTR 101 lab. Their TA tells them that they will be using a computer to take data together, but they must complete their own calculations and answer the lab questions in their own words. Sam and Joe take the data together, divide up the calculations, and answer half of the questions. They copy each other’s work to complete the lab, changing a few words here and there. When their TA grades the lab he notices that both Sam and Joe have made identical mistakes in their calculations, they have answered two (the same two) of the eight questions wrong, and their written answers look remarkably similar. Are Sam and Joe in violation of the Code?3. David is having trouble in ASTR 101. He wants to boost his grade by completing an extra credit assignment. He finds a web site that seems to fit what the assignment asks. He types exactly what is on the web site and submits it as his work with no reference to the web site. Is David in violation of the Code?4. Best friends, Sue and Don, are taking ASTR 101. Sue almost always attends class, and Don is there when he can make it. At the end of Thursday’s class, Mrs. Deming asked each student to take out a piece of paper and answer a question about lunar phases. Sue completes one paper for herself; then changes her pen and does another paper for Don. At the door, Sue is surprised when the TA takes both papers, and marks on them that Sue “cheated.” Is she in violation of the Code? Is Don?5. Tim is taking his first ASTR 101 exam. He opened his book for the first time and studied for 5 hours on the night before the exam. Tim learns that this was a big mistake. He glances at his neighbor’s paper to get a reminder of a concept. Has Tim violated the Code?We quote from the Code of Academic Integrity distributed by the Student HonorCouncil:"A. CHEATING: Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorizedmaterials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise.Comments:1. Students completing any examination should assume that external assistance(e.g. books, notes, calculators, conversation with others) is prohibited unless specificallyauthorized by the instructor.2. Students must not allow others to conduct research or prepare any work forthem without advance authorization from the instructor. This comment includes, but isnot limited to, the services of commercial term paper companies.3. Substantial portions of the same academic work may not be submitted forcredit or honors more than once without authorization.B. FABRICATION: Intentional and unauthorized falsification or invention ofany information or citation in an academic exercise.Comments:1. “Invented” information may not be used in any laboratory experiment or otheracademic exercise without notice to and authorization from the instructor.2. One should acknowledge reliance upon the actual source from which citedinformation was obtained.3. Students who attempt to alter and resubmit returned academic work withoutnotice to the instructor would be in violation of the Code of Student Conduct.C. FACILITATING ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Intentionally or knowinglyhelping or attempting to help another to violate any provision of this Code.D. PLAGIARISM: Intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideasof another as one's own in any academic exercise.Comments:1. Direct quotation: Every direct quotation must be identified by quotation marksor appropriate indentation and must be promptly cited in a footnote.2. Paraphrase: Prompt acknowledgment is required when material from anothersource is paraphrased or summarized in whole or in part in your own words.Paraphrasing is not reordering words in a sentence.3. Borrowed Facts or Information: Information that is obtained in one’s readingor research; which is not common knowledge among students in the course, must beacknowledged. Textbooks and course handouts are not considered common knowledge.Materials which contribute only to one’s general understanding of the subject may beacknowledged in the bibliography and need not be immediately footnoted.”Suspected cases of academic dishonesty will be referred to the Student Honor Council for review. If you are found to have violated the Code of Academic Integrity, you are likely to receive an XF grade for the class rather than just a zero on the assignment, lab, or
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