Practice Quiz Chapter 01

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. What important qualities or meaningful goals will honing your skills in academic reading and writing help to promote?

a) The need to communicate ideas and understanding about the world correct incorrect

b) The need to discipline and organize your thinking correct incorrect

c) The capacity to engage in sustained thinking, reflection, and analysis correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Where are you unlikely to find academic articles?

a) Mass-market magazines correct incorrect

b) Books published by university presses correct incorrect

c) Journals correct incorrect

d) Electronic databases correct incorrect

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. We say an article has been "peer reviewed" when it's been evaluated, commented on, and approved for publication by experts in a different field of study than the author.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a primary purpose of academic articles?

a) To publish original research correct incorrect

b) To inform on current affairs correct incorrect

c) To create and disseminate knowledge correct incorrect

d) To engage in the exchange of ideas correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT an important social function that magazines and newspaper articles perform?

a) Drawing attention to areas of experience relatively untouched by research correct incorrect

b) Reporting news or current issues of concern to the general public correct incorrect

c) Publishing original peer-reviewed research correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. What are two important considerations when writing academically?

a) Purpose and objective correct incorrect

b) Objective and aim correct incorrect

c) Purpose and audience correct incorrect

d) Lifestyle and audience correct incorrect

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. Why are conventions in academic writing important?

a) A common language of communication is important in academic disciplines. correct incorrect

b) They make writing accessible to lay people. correct incorrect

c) There is no room for creativity in academic writing. correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about academic writing?

a) It is exploratory. correct incorrect

b) It is inquisitive. correct incorrect

c) It is used to evaluate and assess. correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Why is the concept of the "isolated scholar" a stereotype?

a) Scholars are usually extroverts. correct incorrect

b) It presents a negative image of the scholar. correct incorrect

c) Scholars often work collaboratively. correct incorrect

d) It is not a stereotype. correct incorrect

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. Why is the academic community important to the community at large?

a) The academic community is not influential outside the university. correct incorrect

b) Graduates learn important life skills. correct incorrect

c) Academic research can influence government policy. correct incorrect

d) Both b and c correct incorrect

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. The humanities use empirical methods to increase the understanding of human behavior.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Academic writers avoid identifying the limitations of their arguments or research methods, as this will detract from the strength of their writing.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect