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If a student is found responsible for an academic integrity violation in a course, the student is subject to academic sanctions imposed by the faculty member (as well as possible administrative sanctions). In addition, there are other automatic consequences of any AI violation in a course. Which of the following are automatic consequences of an AI violation in a course? Check all that apply.

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A faculty member can recommend a grade of XF to appear on the student’s transcript (indicating an academic integrity violation), but only the College Academic Integrity Committee can actually impose that particular sanction. 

Fatima accidentally overhears the CMPSC 473 professor tell his colleague that he is going to reuse the Fall 2007 CMPSC 473 exam because he doesn’t have enough time to make up a new exam. Fatima tells John, who is taking CMPSC 473, this information. John immediately looks for the Fall 2007 exam in his fraternity’s exam bank and uses it to prepare for the exam. Is this an academic integrity violation?

In Professor Miller’s version of CMPSC 311, students are allowed to discuss concepts and ideas with each other, but they must write their own computer code for graded evaluative events, they may not share computer code for graded evaluative events with each other, and they must disclose any collaborations for graded evaluative events. Students are also not allowed to utilize computer code they find through other sources such as on the internet. Xi is getting ready to graduate, and is building a digital portfolio to share with prospective employers. As part of their digital portfolio, Xi uploads computer code they had written for CMPSC 311 to GitHub. Mark, a current CMPSC 311 student, stumbles across Xi’s code online, and recognizes one of the code samples as corresponding to an assignment they are currently working on in CMPSC 311. Mark decides to adapt Xi’s code and submit it for their CMPSC 311 assignment. Has an academic integrity violation occurred under the course academic integrity policy? 

In Professor Lee’s version of CMPSC 132, students are allowed to discuss concepts and ideas with each other, but they must write their own computer code for graded evaluative events, they may not share computer code for graded evaluative events with each other, and they must disclose any collaborations for graded evaluative events. Daunte and Julio are friends who are both taking Professor Lee’s CMPSC 132 course. Daunte and Julio study together for their assignments, they whiteboard ideas together, and they draft pseudocode and flowcharts together. No computer code is shared between them, and they disclose their collaboration to the instructor. Has an academic integrity violation occurred under the course academic integrity policy?

In a suspected AI violation case, what is the first thing that should happen?

If a student contests an academic integrity violation, the AI committee that reviews the case can possibly increase the sanctions. 

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Jake is a member of a fraternity. His fraternity has an extensive test bank of old exams that former fraternity members have donated to the fraternity upon graduation. He is studying for a CMPSC 473 exam and comes across some old CMPSC 473 exams in this test bank and uses them as study aids. When he takes the CMPSC 473 exam, he recognizes some of the questions as being identical to questions on the old exams that he looked at. Is this an academic integrity violation?