The Empowered Writer, Practice Quiz: Chapter 12

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. Proper citation can benefit the writer by ________.

a) establishing credibility as a researcher correct incorrect

b) showing where your own work fits into other work correct incorrect

c) enlarging on a matter correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. APA style is commonly used in ________.

a) English correct incorrect

b) psychology correct incorrect

c) philosophy correct incorrect

d) religion correct incorrect

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. MLA style is commonly used in ________.

a) literature correct incorrect

b) psychology correct incorrect

c) education correct incorrect

d) business correct incorrect

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. (Ashton, 2008, p. 264) is an example of a(n) ________ in-text citation.

a) APA correct incorrect

b) MLA correct incorrect

c) Chicago correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The main elements of a citation include all of the following EXCEPT ________.

a) surname of the author correct incorrect

b) city of publication correct incorrect

c) year of publication correct incorrect

d) page number or similar locator of the information correct incorrect

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. (Ellis and Bochner 81-82) is an example of a(n) ________ in-text citation.

a) APA correct incorrect

b) MLA correct incorrect

c) Chicago correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. In ________, parentheses are used to enclose brief bibliographical information about the source within the main text.

a) APA correct incorrect

b) MLA correct incorrect

c) both APA and MLA correct incorrect

d) neither APA nor MLA correct incorrect

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. MLA citation of a work by two or more authors requires ________.

a) only the first name to be reversed correct incorrect

b) only the first two names to be reversed correct incorrect

c) all names to be reversed correct incorrect

d) none of the above correct incorrect

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. In standard APA reference, the author's last name is followed by ________.

a) the author's first name correct incorrect

b) the first initial of the author's first name correct incorrect

c) the title of the work correct incorrect

d) none of the above correct incorrect

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. In a works cited page, all first letters of major words in a title are ________, even if the source did not do so.

a) underlined correct incorrect

b) bolded correct incorrect

c) capitalized correct incorrect

d) centred correct incorrect

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. Para. and par. ________ are abbreviations used to indicate ________.

a) paragraph correct incorrect

b) part correct incorrect

c) paraphrase correct incorrect

d) parentheses correct incorrect

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. A(n) ________ is one that is cited in another work.

a) important source correct incorrect

b) incorrect source correct incorrect

c) incomplete source correct incorrect

d) indirect source correct incorrect

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. When you include multiple sources in one citation, order the sources ________.

a) alphabetically by last name correct incorrect

b) alphabetically by first name correct incorrect

c) chronologically correct incorrect

d) numerically by use correct incorrect

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. For electronic sources, use the ________. If it is unavailable, then use the URL.

a) web address correct incorrect

b) website correct incorrect

c) DOI correct incorrect

d) international standard correct incorrect

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. Format a references or a works cited page by doing the following EXCEPT ________.

a) use a hanging line indent correct incorrect

b) centre the title correct incorrect

c) number each item in the list correct incorrect

d) begin on a new page correct incorrect