Which practice is an example of cut-and-paste plagiarism?

• A. Submitting the same project for grades in two classes
• B. Rewording another person's idea without giving credit
• C. Directly copying information with no citation
• D. Neglecting to cite a source

Answer: (C)

Cut-and-paste plagiarism happens when you take someone else’s exact words and present them as your own without using quotation marks and a citation. That direct copying with no credit matches this concept precisely. The other scenarios involve different ways of using someone else’s work or failing to attribute it, such as submitting the same work for multiple classes (self-plagiarism), rewording ideas without credit (paraphrase plagiarism), or simply not citing a source at all. But the clearest example of cut-and-paste plagiarism is directly copying information with no citation.