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You work as a professional Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator. A project has been assigned to you to investigate Plagiarism occurred in the source code files of C#. Which of the following tools…

The correct answer is A. Jplag. JPlag is a source code plagiarism detection tool that supports multiple programming languages including C#, making it the correct choice for this forensic investigation task.

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Question

You work as a professional Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator. A project has been assigned to you to investigate Plagiarism occurred in the source code files of C#. Which of the following tools will you use to detect the software plagiarism?

Options

  • AJplag
  • BTurnitin
  • CVAST
  • DSCAM

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    82% (28)
  • B
    9% (3)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    6% (2)

Why each option

JPlag is a source code plagiarism detection tool that supports multiple programming languages including C#, making it the correct choice for this forensic investigation task.

AJplagCorrect

JPlag is a well-established software plagiarism detection system originally developed at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology that compares source code files across multiple programming languages, including C#, Java, and Python. It uses token-based comparison algorithms to identify structural similarities in code even when variable names or formatting have been changed. Its explicit support for C# and its forensic-grade comparison output make it the appropriate tool for this investigation.

BTurnitin

Turnitin is designed for detecting plagiarism in natural-language academic text such as essays and papers, not for analyzing source code syntax and structure.

CVAST

VAST (Visual Analytics Science and Technology) is a framework related to data visualization and analytics research, not a source code plagiarism detection tool.

DSCAM

SCAM refers to the Source Code Analysis and Manipulation conference/toolset, which is focused on code analysis and transformation rather than plagiarism detection between C# source files.

Concept tested: Source code plagiarism detection tool selection

Source: https://jplag.github.io/JPlag/

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#source code forensics#plagiarism detection#forensic tools#Jplag

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