Informatics Practices
Assertion. Plagiarism is an offense.
Reason. Stealing someone's work and showing it as own work is the violation of Intellectual Property Rights.
- 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
Plagiarism is considered an offense because it is the act of stealing someone else's intellectual work and presenting it as our own work without citing the source of information, which is a violation of Intellectual Property Rights.
Related Questions
Assertion. The patents are available online.
Reason. Patents are the grant of exclusive right(s) of an invention.
- 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. Anything available online does not mean it is free and freely available to use.
Reason. IPRs do not apply on the online content.
- 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. Open Source Software makes available the source code of the software.
Reason. Open source software and free software are the same.
- 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. Open Source Software and Freeware may come free of cost but they are not the same.
Reason. Open Source Software gives source code with freedom to-use while freeware comes at free-of-cost.
- 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.