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APA - 7th ed. (Research)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are standard APA style margins?

a)

1/2 inch

b)

1 inch

c)

2 inches

d)

Choose according to medium

2.

What is the font style allowed by APA?

a)

Comic Sans MS (teacher's favorite)

b)

Times New Roman

c)

Arial

d)

Calibri

e)

All but teacher's favorite

3.

The font size required by APA is

a)

Dependent on font style

b)

11

c)

12

d)

14

4.

Personal communication (such as interviews) should be

a)

included on the reference page

b)

cited in-text only

c)

not cited at all

d)

cited only if it was important to the purpose

5.

Reference citations should be in alphabetical order by surname (last name) of the first author

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It depends

6.

When your source is a whole book, capitalize the first letter of each word that appears in the title and italicize all words.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Only key words are italicized

7.

The references on a reference page should be

a)

single spaced

b)

double spaced

c)

Whatever there is room for on the page

d)

1 and 1/2 spaces

8.

When listing references on a reference page, the entries should start with a paragraph indent.

a)

False

b)

True

c)

Use the same pattern of indents as in the article or essay.

9.

How should the source's author be identified on the reference page?

a)

By first and last name

b)

By the last name and first initial

c)

By the author's birthdate

d)

By an assumed name to achieve confidentiality

10.

The singular pronoun they should be used in place of he or she

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Only when the source's author is sensitive to being identified by gender

d)

It's a personal choice of the writer/researcher

11.

The title of an article or chapter of a book is

a)

underlined

b)

italicized

c)

not indicated by any of these choices

d)

placed in quotation marks

12.

If no date is given for an articles or internet source, the correct way to cite it is

a)

no date

b)

nada

c)

n.d.

d)

the date located

13.

If a citation does not have an author, the citation should begin with the

a)

place of publication

b)

date of publication

c)

publisher

d)

title of the book or article

14.

If a writer uses someone else's ideas without giving them credit, the writer has

(a)  

15.

Citing a paraphrased source within an article requires which two things in parentheses?

(a)