Yasmina is studying in the Faculty of Science
Engineering and Built Environment at Deakin this trimester. Her ‘Cells and
Genes’ assignment is similar to one she did two years ago at another
university. Yasmina decides to use the same bioinformatics topic she included
in her previous assignment. However, she draws on some more recent journal articles
for her analysis. She doesn’t provide references to indicate which sections of
her assignment have been copied from her previous work.

Please select from the following:

Question

Yasmina is studying in the Faculty of Science
Engineering and Built Environment at Deakin this trimester. Her ‘Cells and
Genes’ assignment is similar to one she did two years ago at another
university. Yasmina decides to use the same bioinformatics topic she included
in her previous assignment. However, she draws on some more recent journal articles
for her analysis. She doesn’t provide references to indicate which sections of
her assignment have been copied from her previous work.

Please select from the following:

Answer

This is OK
because Yasmina reworked her previous assignment to suit the new assignment and
it’s her own work.

Answer

This is
not OK. Yasmina should have checked with her unit chair before she used any
part of her previous assignment.

Answer

Yasmina
should reference her own work but, because it is her work, she doesn’t need to
check it with anyone else before submitting her assignment.

Answer

It is
always wrong to re-use assignments that have been previously submitted.

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