Research Writing Quiz

A good research question should be specific and answerable.

Research papers should always have at least 10 sources.

Plagiarism can occur even if you accidentally forget to cite a source.

Peer-reviewed journal articles are more credible than blog posts.

Wikipedia should not be cited as a primary academic source.

Any website that ends in .org is a reliable academic source.

A thesis statement should be arguable and not just a fact.

A good thesis statement is usually one clear sentence.

A research paper doesn’t need a thesis statement if the topic is obvious.

Using someone’s exact words without quotation marks is plagiarism, even if you cite the source.