Informatics Practices
Assertion (A): Rajat has stolen the content of a research paper and published it online. Rajat has committed cybercrime.
Reasoning (R): Plagiarism is an act of stealing someone's work and presenting it as one's own.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Answer
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation
Rajat has stolen content and published it, which constitutes plagiarism. Plagiarism involves taking someone else's work and presenting it as one's own, which is a form of intellectual property theft and can be considered a cybercrime, depending on the context. Therefore, both the assertion and the reasoning are true, and the reasoning correctly explains the assertion.
Related Questions
Assertion (A): Someone has created a fake social media profile in the name of Saket. Saket is a victim of cyberstalking.
Reasoning (R): Cyberstalking is a form of cybercrime.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Assertion (A): Stealing money from someone's wallet is a type of cybercrime.
Reasoning (R): Cybercrime is a crime that involves a computer and a network.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Assertion (A): The source code of GIMP software can be modified and shared as it is an open source software.
Reasoning (R): Open-source software is computer software that is released under a License in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change and distribute the software and its source code.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Assertion (A): Cyberbullying refers to an act of online harassment to someone by using online tools such as internet, email, instant messages, chat rooms, social networking sites, etc.
Reasoning (R): Cyberbullying is called harassing, demeaning, embarrassing, defaming or intimidating someone using modern technologies.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.