Word Chapter 3

Which of the following is one of the MLA standards for formatting text?

• 2" margins

• Line spacing of 1.15

• 0.75" first line indent

• No extra space above or below paragraphs

A research paper using MLA style includes which of the following formats?

• Double spacing

• 1.15" margins

• Single spacing

• 10 pt spacing after paragraphs

What should be on the first line of the first page of an MLA-style research paper?

• The report title

• The report date

• The name of the report author

• The name of the person for whom the report is prepared

What should be on the second line of the first page of an MLA-style research paper?

• The name of the person for whom the report is prepared

• The class name

• The report date

• The name of the report author

Which of the following are included in the first four lines of a research paper?

• The name of the Style Guide used for the paper

• The report title

• The report author

• The page number

Which of the following is true about footnotes?

• All footnotes are placed at the end of the document.

• If you delete a footnote, the remaining footnotes are automatically renumbered.

• You must type the footnote number at the bottom of the page on which you insert a footnote.

• Word inserts a line across the width of the page above the footnote area.

How can you distinguish the footnotes in a document from the body of the report?

• A short black line displays just above the footnote area.

• Footnote text is bolded

• Footnote text is bolded

• Footnotes are centered; text in the body is left justified.

The purpose of an explanatory footnote is to:

• provide a page number to find additional information about the topic

• provide additional information that may not fit well in the context of the document

• list all the sources on the page

• define technical terms in the text

In MLA style, the font size for footnote text is ________ pt font.

• 11

• 12

• 10

• 8

Instead of using numbers to designate footnotes, you can use the seven traditional symbols in order–the first of which is what symbol?

• Dagger

• Double dagger

• Section mark

• Asterisk