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WorksheetsMLA APA
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of spacing should a paper in APA Format contain?
a)
Single
b)
Double
c)
1.5
d)
Multiple
2.
What is the name of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in an APA formatted paper?
a)
Reference Page
b)
Works Cited
c)
Bibliography
d)
Sources
3.
What goes in the upper right corner of an APA formatted paper?
a)
Your full name
b)
The name of your professor
c)
The title of your essay in all caps
d)
Page number
4.
How is the Reference page arranged?
a)
Alphabetically, by title of the work
b)
Alphabetically, by the author's first name
c)
Alphabetically, by the author's last name
d)
By publication year
5.
A title in APA format should be
a)
Bolded
b)
Underlined
c)
All Caps
d)
Centered
6.
Which of the following fonts are acceptable for an APA formatted paper?
a)
Times New Roman
b)
Arial
c)
Comic Sans
d)
Both Times New Roman and Arial
7.
Each paragraph is _____ at the beginning.
a)
right aligned
b)
centered
c)
indented
d)
single spaced
8.
What is plagiarism?
a)
Taking someone else’s work and using it as your own, a form of cheating.
b)
Taking someone else's work and putting it into your own words.
c)
Using the author's name and date of publication in a text.
d)
Writing a references page.
9.
What does it mean to paraphrase?
a)
Paying someone else to write your essay.
b)
Using someone else's words verbatim in your essay.
c)
Copying and pasting someone else's work.
d)
To put someone else's ideas into your own words.
10.
What should you have in an in-text citation?
a)
Author's last name
b)
Date of publication
c)
Author's last name and date of publication
d)
Author's last name, date of publication, and title of article.
11.
What is a references page?
a)
A list of every source that is used in an essay.
b)
It is the same as an in-text citation.
c)
The title page.
d)
It is another name for the appendix.
12.
Illegal use of someone’s work without proper citations.
a)
Plagiarizing
b)
Cheating
c)
Citing
d)
Referencing
13.
Which of these would need to be cited in a paper:
a)
Snapchat is an app popular with teenagers.
b)
Facebook is a website designed to help keep people in touch.
c)
Instagram was launched in 2010 by Kevin Systrom.
d)
Twitter only allows you to type 140 characters per tweet.
14.
When you write an essay in MLA format, the title of your essay should be
a)
Bolded
b)
Underlined
c)
Italicized
d)
Centered
15.
Which of the following date formats are correct for MLA reports?
a)
11/9/2015
b)
November 9, 2015
c)
9 November, 2015
d)
9 November 2015
16.
What is contained at the top right of each page?
a)
Your first & last name
b)
Your first name & page number
c)
Your last name & page number
d)
Your ID number & page number
17.
Which of the following fonts are acceptable for an MLA essay?
a)
Times New Roman
b)
Algerian
c)
Comic Sans
d)
Any font that is easy to read
18.
What kind of spacing should your essay have?
a)
Single
b)
Double
c)
1.5
d)
Multiple
19.
Where should your Works Cited page be located?
a)
It should be directly after the conclusion paragraph.
b)
It should be on its own page at the very end of the paper.
c)
It should be the first page of the essay.
d)
It should be placed in the middle of the essay.
20.
ONLINE DATABASE ARTICLE
Freeman, Gregory. "Code Alpha: The President is Coming!" American History. October 2006. Academic Search Premier. 5 May 2015.
(American... and Academic... should be underlined but program wouldn't allow)
Freeman, Gregory. "Code Alpha: The President is Coming!" American History. October 2006. Academic Search Premier. 5 May 2015.
(American... and Academic... should be underlined but program wouldn't allow)
a)
the title should be in italics
b)
the print source should be in italics
c)
the citation is missing the url
d)
no correction needed
21.
When 1 blank line is left between lines of text; striking the Enter key 2 times it is called ________________________
a)
double Space
b)
single space
c)
triple space
22.
The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors, and make it visually appealing is known as _________________
a)
formatting
b)
editing
c)
alignment
23.
The word processing feature that places text or graphics that have been cut or copied in a new location within a document
a)
Copy
b)
Cut
c)
Paste
Reset
