If AI Helped You, Say So

End-of-lesson check

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1. Why is giving credit for help — whether from AI or a person — important?

   1. It isn't — the final work is what matters
   2. It accurately represents what you contributed versus what someone or something else contributed
   3. Only professional writers need to give credit
   4. Credit is only required for published work

2. A student uses AI to generate an outline for their essay and writes all the paragraphs themselves. What is the most honest thing to include at the end?

   1. Nothing — they wrote all the actual text themselves
   2. A note saying AI generated the complete essay
   3. A sentence like: 'I used AI to help me brainstorm and structure my ideas. All writing is my own.'
   4. A note saying their outline was AI-generated only if the teacher asks

3. You create a poem with significant AI assistance and share it as a creative piece online. What should you include?

   1. Nothing — the poem is posted under your name
   2. A mention that AI assisted in creating the poem
   3. The name of the AI company in the title
   4. A full transcript of your conversation with AI

4. What happens to trust when someone consistently takes full credit for work that had significant help?

   1. Nothing — people are impressed by results regardless of method
   2. Trust erodes when the truth comes out, and the relationship is harder to repair than if credit had been given honestly
   3. Trust increases because the person looks more capable
   4. Nothing unless the person does this more than five times

5. When a friend helps you significantly with a school project, you should:

   1. Not mention their help — it makes your contribution look smaller
   2. Mention their help only if they ask you to
   3. Acknowledge their contribution honestly, either in the work or in a conversation with your teacher
   4. List them as a co-author even for minor suggestions

6. A student uses AI to find a quote and cites it in their essay. Do they also need to disclose AI use?

   1. No — citing the quote is enough
   2. Yes — if AI was part of the research process, its role should be disclosed according to the assignment guidelines
   3. Only if the quote is from someone famous
   4. Disclosing AI is only needed when AI writes text, not when it finds quotes

7. What is the easiest time to document your AI use for proper credit later?

   1. The day before you submit the assignment
   2. As you go — keeping brief notes about what AI helped with during the process
   3. Only after your teacher asks about it
   4. After you've finished everything and are reviewing

8. Saying AI 'helped' versus AI 'wrote' in a disclosure — why does this distinction matter?

   1. It doesn't matter — both say the same thing
   2. The distinction accurately describes how much of the work was yours versus AI's — vague language can obscure how much you actually contributed
   3. Only teachers care about this distinction
   4. Saying 'helped' is always better because it sounds more modest

9. Someone tells you 'crediting AI just draws attention to your use — it's better to say nothing.' What is wrong with this advice?

   1. Nothing — it's practical advice
   2. Hiding AI use is dishonest, and when discovered, silence looks like deliberate deception — which is much worse than transparent disclosure
   3. It's only wrong if your teacher finds out
   4. Nothing if you only used AI a little

10. Crediting AI can sometimes open interesting conversations. What kind of conversations?

    1. Conversations about computer hardware
    2. Conversations about how AI was used, what it's like, and what you learned — which can demonstrate your understanding and skills
    3. Conversations that get you in trouble
    4. Conversations that convince others not to use AI

11. Which of the following is the best example of giving credit to AI in a presentation?

    1. No mention — the slides are what matter
    2. A slide titled 'DISCLAIMER' with a warning that AI was used
    3. A 'Tools Used' slide at the end listing what AI helped with and how
    4. Mentioning AI once verbally without any documentation

12. Is giving credit to AI the same as saying the work isn't yours?

    1. Yes — crediting AI means AI owns the work
    2. No — crediting AI describes your process honestly while still claiming the human judgment and effort that was yours
    3. Yes — you should give full credit to AI
    4. Only if AI wrote more than half

13. Your class has a policy that AI use must be disclosed. You didn't use AI at all but are worried others might think you did. What should you do?

    1. Add a fake AI disclosure so you fit in
    2. Submit with a note saying AI was not used in this work — that's honest and transparent
    3. Say nothing — the policy only applies to AI users
    4. Ask your teacher to remove the requirement

14. What is the core principle behind all credit and attribution practices?

    1. Always giving maximum credit to all tools used
    2. Accurately representing where ideas and content came from so others can evaluate the work honestly
    3. Following whichever format your teacher prefers
    4. Making your work look as original as possible

15. Why will transparent AI disclosure become more important — not less — as AI tools become more powerful?

    1. Because AI will become more expensive
    2. Because as AI can do more, the line between AI-generated and human-generated work becomes blurrier — honesty about that line matters more, not less
    3. Because more countries will require it by law
    4. Because AI tools will eventually require users to disclose automatically