Chapter 14 | Student Practice Quizzes |Making the Grade 1Ce

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Question 1:

In your academic work, which of the following is NOT an important attribute of the sources from which you draw your evidence, or with which you substantiate your claims?
a) up-to-date
b) popular
c) relevant
d) reputable

Question 2:

Which of the following is NOT an important reason to cite sources?
a) to demonstrate how much work you have done in preparing your document
b) to acknowledge work conducted by previous scholars
c) to allow the reader to verify your data
d) to provide information so your reader can consult your sources independently

Question 3:

You must clearly acknowledge your references when you ________.
a) directly quote from another source
b) quote or paraphrase
c) quote, paraphrase, or summarize
d) copy material from another source, but don?t use quotation marks

Question 4:

Which of the following would NOT be considered bibliographic information?
a) author
b) date of publication
c) page dimensions
d) page numbers

Question 5:

Which of the following are the three principal systems of referencing?
a) APA, MLA, and CMS
b) Internet Style, CPS, and New York Style
c) Oxford Style, London Style, MLA
d) APA, ASA, and ADA

Question 6:

Which of the following are two essential components of the APA system?
a) footnotes and endnotes
b) footnotes/endnotes and bibliography
c) in-text parenthetical author?date citations and a comprehensive list of references cited at the end of the work
d) parenthetical author?date citations and a comprehensive list of references consulted at the end of the work

Question 7:

DOI stands for ________.
a) Digital Office Information
b) Data On Inspection
c) Data On Inspection
d) Digital Object Identifier

Question 8:

Which of the following shows a correct APA parenthetical citation where the reference is a number of different publications?
a) Several authors (Brown, 2006; Henare, 2004; Biderman, 2005) agree . . .
b) Several authors (Brown, p. 54; Henare, p. 365; Biderman, p.90) agree . . .
c) Several authors (Brown, p. 54; Henare, p. 365; Biderman, p.90) agree . . .
d) Several authors (Brown, Henare, Biderman) agree . . .

Question 9:

Which of the following is a correct citation in the Works Cited or Reference List in the MLA System?
a) Frye, N. (1963). The Educated Imagination. Toronto: Canadian Broadcast Corporation.
b) Northrop Frye. The Educated Imagination. Toronto: Canadian Broadcast Corporation, 19.3 cm x 13.7 cm x 0.8 cm.
c) Frye, Northrop. The Educated Imagination. Toronto: Canadian Broadcast Corporation, 1963. Print.
d) Frye, N. The Educated Imagination. CBC, Toronto, 1963.

Question 10:

Which of the following is NOT true of the CMS N-B system?
a) The reference is indented from the note number.
b) Book and journal titles are italicized or underlined.
c) Article and chapter titles appear in quotation marks.
d) It must be indicated that a book or article was accessed in a print, rather than an online, format.

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