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Research and Citing Sources

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process of finding resources?

a)

1.Understand the assignment. 2.Get the right type of resource. 3.Know the question/your goal for your research. 4.Use static/dynamic information. 5.Fit between information need & resource.

b)

1.Understand the assignment. 2.Know the question/your goal for your research. 3.Get the right type of resource. 4.Use static/dynamic information. 5.Fit between information need & resource.

2.

True or False: Static information is updated frequently.

a)

False! That's actually dynamic information!

b)

True.

3.

If dynamic information is updated frequently then static...

a)

Is also updated frequently.

b)

Is always updated, but never edited.

c)

Is always edited, but never updated.

d)

Won't really ever change.

4.

Do you use big, long sentences in a search engine?

a)

Yes, you do.

b)

No, you pick specific words, not big, long sentences.

5.

Select all that apply: What kind of sources is there to use?

a)

Electronic

b)

Digital

c)

Format

d)

Print

6.

What is the MLA format?

a)

It is a referenced format used for editing grammar.

b)

It's a style of documentation used for finding format.

c)

Style of documentation for research, follows a specific set of rules, referenced format.

d)

Style of documentation for research, follows a specific set of rules, non-referenced format.

7.

What is the APA format?

a)

Style of documentation for correcting grammar.

b)

Style of documentation for research, follows a specific set of rules, referenced format.

c)

Referenced format for editing long essays.

d)

Style of documentation of sources. (In-text citations, research page).

8.

Select all that apply: Reliable sources include...

a)

Plagiarized quotations

b)

Sources appropriate to topic

c)

Time a source was created/published

d)

Biased opinions

e)

Citations

9.

What does debunk mean?

a)

Expose something as true or correct.

b)

Expose something as untrue or incorrect.

c)

Expose something as beautiful or radiant.

d)

Expose something as ugly or distasteful.

10.

Define plagiarism.

a)

Taking someone else's work/ideas and giving it to a friend.

b)

Taking someone else's paper to spark an idea.

c)

Taking someone else's work/ideas and stating them as your own.

d)

Taking someone else's work/ideas and stating them as their(the author's) own.

11.

What are the three types of plagiarism?

a)

Copying verbatim, copying verbatim: cited, paraphrase with no citation.

b)

Verbatim, format, paraphrase with citation.

c)

MLA/APA format, paraphrase with no citation, copying verbatim.

d)

Quotation marks, format, cited verbatim.

12.

True or False: Copying verbatim is copying word for word with no citations.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is copying verbatim: cited?

a)

A cited quotation with quotation marks.

b)

A quotation that's not cited with quotation marks.

c)

A quotation that's cited but with no quotation marks.

d)

A quotation that is perfectly cited with quotation marks; it is not plagiarism.

14.

True or False: Paraphrasing is not good at all. It just copies ideas of content, word for word, no citation.

a)

True, since it's a form of plagiarism, it must be bad.

b)

False, there's a bad side to paraphrasing and a good side. Good paraphrasing includes a citation of the paraphrased quote.

15.

Select all that apply: How do you avoid plagiarism?

a)

Not using quotation marks, having a works-cited page.

b)

Paraphrase the good way, cite the sources, don't use quotation marks.

c)

Paraphrase the bad way, don't cite the sources, use quotation marks.

d)

Use quotation marks, cite sources, paraphrase the good way.

16.

It's important to use both _______ and _______ in a piece of work.

a)

In-text citations and plagiarism.

b)

Out-of-text citations and a works-cited page.

c)

In-text citations and a works-cited page.

d)

Works-cited page and quotes with no quotation marks.

17.

How does a good citation usually go?

a)

Title, Publisher, Version, publication date. Location, publisher. Author!

b)

Author. Title. Version, contributors, publication date.

c)

Author. Location, publication date.

d)

Author. Title. Contributors, version, publisher, publication date, location.

18.

What order should citations in a works-cited page go in?

a)

Numerical

b)

Alphabetical

c)

Way they were cited in the piece of work.

d)

It doesn't matter what order the citations go in.

19.

Select all that apply: What are the rules of citations in a works-cited page?

a)

If more than one line, indent second line or put five spaces from left.

b)

Numerical order

c)

Double-spaced

d)

In hard-to-see font

e)

Alphabetical order

20.

What is another way to use in-text citations other than doing "quotation" (author, page number)?

***Extra Knowledge: Both of these ways are used for one to two authors.

a)

Paraphrase the bad way.

b)

Author is stated at beginning of quote, page number in parentheses at end.

c)

Cite the link of the source at the end of the quotation.

d)

Cite the link of the source at the beginning of the quotation.

21.

How do you cite a quotation used by three or more authors?

a)

List second author's last name, and to recognize other authors, put et al. right after.

b)

List first author's last name, and to recognize other authors, put al et. right after.

c)

List first author's last name, and to recognize other authors, put et al. right after.

d)

List second author's last name, and to recognize other authors, put al et. right after.

22.

True or False: To cite a source with an unknown author, put the publication date where the author's name would usually be, then the page/paragraph number.

a)

False! You actually put the title of the source where the author's name would usually be, then the page/paragraph number!

b)

True, this is a widely known technique used by many professionals.