APA Style: Test your Knowledge

• In APA style, citations can appear either in parentheses or as part of the narrative. Select the possible ways to cite the source both in parentheses and narratively. 

• Different factors can impact student success (David Johnes, 2021). 

• According to Johnes (2021),...

• Different factors can impact student success (Johnes, 2021). 

• Johnes (2021) explains that...

When you paraphrase information from a source and use it in your paper, what should the in-text citation include?

• (Williams, 2023, p. 6)

  _{author's last name + year of publication + page number} 

• (Williams, 2023)

  _{author's last name + year of publication} 

• (Williams, 2023, "Understanding APA Style")

  _{author's last name + year of publication + the title of the article} 

• (Williams)

  _{author's last name only}

For any information that you quote directly from a source (e.g., a sentence or part of a sentence), you must include the following in-text citation:

• (Williams, 2023, p. 6)

  _{author's last name + year of publication + page number} 

• (Williams, 2023)

  _{author's last name + year of publication} 

• (Williams)

  _{author's last name only}

• (Williams, 2023, "Understanding APA Style")

  _{author's last name + year of publication + the title of the article}

Select all the possible ways for citing a work by two authors using narrative and parenthetical citations.

• According to Johnes and Williams (2021),...

• According to Johnes & Williams (2021),...

• Different factors can impact student success (Johnes & Williams, 2021).

• Different factors can impact student success (Johnes and Williams, 2021).

When should et al. be used in APA style? (Baker et al., 2019)

• If the source has 1 author

• If the source has 3 or more authors

• If there is no author

• If the source has 2 authors

When you quote information directly from an online article that does not have a page number, you must include the paragraph number instead. Select the correct format:

• (Baker, 2023, paragraph 5)

• (Baker, 2023, # 5)

• (Baker, 2023, PARAGRAPH 5)

• (Baker, 2023, para. 5)

When quoting directly, if the quotation exceeds 40 words, format it as a block quote. How many words should the quotation have to be considered a block?

• 25 words or more

• less than 40 words

• 40 words or more

• 39 words

What is the title of the list of sources at the end of an APA-formatted paper?

• References

• Works Cited

• Bibliography

• Sources

Each source listed in the Reference list must be cited in the text, and any source cited within the text must also appear in the Reference list. Is this true or false?

• True

• False

If a source does not have an author, should you cite it by its title?

• True

• False