APA Quiz Questions With Correct Answers
In APA style, separate title page is required for a research paper or an essay. True
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or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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_____________ is an abbreviated form of the title which is up to 50 characters
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long. It is capitalized and included at the top of each page, including the title
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page. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-running head
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Anonymous in-text citation would include the first few ______ of the Reference
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list entry of that work and the year. It would only include the word anonymous if
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the work's author is stated as anonymous. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-words
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________ should be used when the work has more than 6 authors. If the work
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has more than two authors, both authors' names should be used the first time;
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later, ___________ can be used after the first author's name. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-et al. |
Multiple parenthetical references are separated by a ________ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-semicolon
What would an APA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is
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quoted directly and the author's name is not mentioned in the text? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Author, followed by year of publication, and page number preceded | | | | | | | | |
by p.: (Doe, 2007, p. 25)
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, Which of the following is cited correctly in APA style?
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1. H. M. Dietel and P. J. Dietel define pointers as "variables that contain as their
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values addresses of other variables" (1999, p. 294).
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2. H. M. Dietel and P. J. Dietel (C How to Program) define pointers as "variables
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that contain as their values addresses of other variables" (p. 294).
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3. H. M. Dietel and P. J. Dietel (1999) define pointers as "variables that contain as
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their values addresses of other variables" (p. 294). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-3
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In APA style, a long quotation which is more than 40 words long needs - CORRECT
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|ANSWER✔✔-to be double-spaced, indented half an inch, and not enclosed in | | | | | | | | | | |
quotation marks. |
In APA style, personal communications (e-mail, memos, letters) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-are not included in the Reference list and need to include the | | | | | | | | | | | |
author's initials and the exact date of communication
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Each source listed in the Reference list must be cited in text. True or False -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True |
In APA style, the first name of the author in a Reference list is not _____ _______
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|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-spelled out
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How are entries ordered in a Reference list? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-By author's
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last name first, then date of publication, then title.
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If an entry in a Reference list is longer than one line, second and all subsequent
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lines need to be indented half an inch. True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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In APA style, separate title page is required for a research paper or an essay. True
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or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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_____________ is an abbreviated form of the title which is up to 50 characters
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long. It is capitalized and included at the top of each page, including the title
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page. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-running head
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Anonymous in-text citation would include the first few ______ of the Reference
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list entry of that work and the year. It would only include the word anonymous if
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the work's author is stated as anonymous. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-words
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________ should be used when the work has more than 6 authors. If the work
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has more than two authors, both authors' names should be used the first time;
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later, ___________ can be used after the first author's name. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-et al. |
Multiple parenthetical references are separated by a ________ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-semicolon
What would an APA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is
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quoted directly and the author's name is not mentioned in the text? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Author, followed by year of publication, and page number preceded | | | | | | | | |
by p.: (Doe, 2007, p. 25)
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, Which of the following is cited correctly in APA style?
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1. H. M. Dietel and P. J. Dietel define pointers as "variables that contain as their
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values addresses of other variables" (1999, p. 294).
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2. H. M. Dietel and P. J. Dietel (C How to Program) define pointers as "variables
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that contain as their values addresses of other variables" (p. 294).
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3. H. M. Dietel and P. J. Dietel (1999) define pointers as "variables that contain as
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their values addresses of other variables" (p. 294). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-3
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In APA style, a long quotation which is more than 40 words long needs - CORRECT
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|ANSWER✔✔-to be double-spaced, indented half an inch, and not enclosed in | | | | | | | | | | |
quotation marks. |
In APA style, personal communications (e-mail, memos, letters) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-are not included in the Reference list and need to include the | | | | | | | | | | | |
author's initials and the exact date of communication
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Each source listed in the Reference list must be cited in text. True or False -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True |
In APA style, the first name of the author in a Reference list is not _____ _______
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|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-spelled out
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How are entries ordered in a Reference list? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-By author's
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last name first, then date of publication, then title.
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If an entry in a Reference list is longer than one line, second and all subsequent
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lines need to be indented half an inch. True or False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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