Which practice is part of the Research and Documentation competency?

• A. Conducting interviews
• B. Translating texts
• C. Paraphrasing and summarizing, integrating evidence, avoiding plagiarism, and proper citation
• D. Solving math problems

Answer: (C)

This item tests how students handle sources and credit in research. The practice described—paraphrasing and summarizing, integrating evidence, avoiding plagiarism, and proper citation—embodies the way you work with sources in a responsible, academic way. Paraphrasing involves restating someone else’s ideas in your own words while preserving meaning; summarizing focuses on the essential points in a concise form. Integrating evidence means weaving these sources with your own analysis to support a claim, rather than letting the sources stand alone. Avoiding plagiarism is about giving credit for others’ ideas and words, and proper citation provides the exact information readers need to locate the original sources. Collectively, these skills ensure accurate, ethical use of information and clear documentation of where ideas come from, which is at the heart of research work. The other options relate to data gathering, language tasks, or math, which are not about documenting and citing sources.