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The next 10 questions offer different scenarios. Please use the pull down boxes to describe your responses to these scenarios.

1. You are working in a computer lab. A student nearby is having difficulty with his/her program. You look at his/her code to help identify the error.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?


2. You are working in a computer lab. A student nearby is having difficulty with her/her program. You show the student a similar section of your code to help him/her understand.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?


3. You are given an example, already compiled, program (executable). Your assignment is to create a program that runs like this program. You decompile the example program and use parts of the resulting code in your assignment.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?


4. At a review session, the TA, who has already seen the exam, goes over the types of questions you need to study for the exam. The TA gives example questions and then answers them. When you receive the exam, you realize that the TA gave you the exact questions from the exam. Consider the TA's actions.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?


5. You have spent three hours working on a portion of your homework and you are having difficulty understanding it. There is word from a previous quarter that answeres your question. You look at the word long enough to gain understanding. You have learned from the word. You now use the information from the word to finish your homework.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?


6. You use word while studying for a quiz. When you take the quiz, it is identical to the word. You repeat all of the answers from the word verbatim. Some of the answers are essay questions.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?


7. You have an assignment due. However, you have not yet had time to complete it due to an overload of course work. You get a time extension by telling your professor that you have been ill.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?


8. Your syllabus lists a web site that you are allowed to use. You use an algorithm from this web site without citing the source.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?


9. In recitation one week, your TA goes over the type of questions you need to study for next week's quiz. Your TA gives example questions and then answers them. When you get the quiz the next week, you realize your TA gave you the exact questions from the quiz. You write the exact answers you were given in recitation.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?


10. Your professor has forbidden group work on a particularly difficult homework assignment. You work on the assignment with someone else from the class.
Do you consider this activity to be cheating?





Based on your experience, why do students cheat?

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Thank you very much for your help.