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CBSE Class 11 Computer Science Question 8 of 80

Society, Law and Ethics — Question 8

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Question 8

Assertion (A): The act of presenting someone else's work or idea as your own is plagiarism.

Reasoning (R): Accessing someone's computer system without their permission is defined as plagiarism.

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true but R is false.
  4. A is false but R is true.
Answer

A is true but R is false.

Explanation
Plagiarism is copying someone else's work and then passing it off as one's own. Hacking is an act of unauthorized access to a computer, computer network or any digital system.