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APA 7th Edition

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When citing one or two authors in-text, never use et al.; instead, always provide the author(s)' names.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

When providing two or more authors' names in a parenthetical citation, use "and" to join the names, not the ampersand symbol. For example, (Lastname, Lastname, and Lastname, year, p. X).

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The year of publication should be included in parentheses when an author is named in the text and a full citation is required. For example: "Lastname (year) argued that...".

a)

True

b)

False

4.

When mentioning a source with at least three authors in a sentence in either a parenthetical citation or in the sentence text, only the first author's name and et al. should be provided: "Lastname et al. (year) argued that...".

a)

True

b)

False

5.

If the cited resource doesn't have an identified author, what information should be provided in the in-text citation?

a)

(Anonymous, year, p. X)

b)

(The first few words of the title of the resource, year, p. X)

c)

No citation is necessary

6.

When citing a direct quotation from an ebook that doesn't have page numbers, which of the following is the correct approach to indicating the location of the information within the ebook?

a)

A paragraph number

b)

A heading plus a paragraph number within the section

c)

An abbreviated heading in quotation marks if the original heading is long

d)


Any of these options, depending on how the information is presented within the book.

7.

If the only way to cite a source is through a secondary source citation, which of the following citations is the correct formatting? In the examples below, Lastname1 refers to the author of the text you read, whereas Lastname2 refers to the secondary author quoted by Lastname1.

a)

(Lastname1, year, p. X)

b)

(Lastname2, year, p. X)

c)

(Lastname2, as cited in Lastname1, year, p. X)

d)

(Lastname2, year, as cited in Lastname1, year, p. X)

8.

What's wrong with this journal article reference?

Godfrey, Donald. (2005) Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544–547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

a)

It is correct

b)

Only the initial should be provided for the first name: Godfrey, D.

c)


There should be a comma after the period, but everything else is correct

9.

What's wrong with this journal article reference?

Godfrey, D. (2005) Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544–547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

a)

It is correct

b)

It is missing the month and day of publication

c)

It is missing a period after the closing parenthesis, but is otherwise correct

10.

Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544–547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

Regarding the journal title :

a)


It is correct

b)


It should be italicized and in title case (i.e., all major words capitalized)

c)

It should be italicized

d)


It should be in title case (i.e., all major words capitalized)

11.

Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), pp. 544–547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

Regarding the page numbers:

a)

They are correct

b)

Provide just the page range (e.g., 544–547); "pp." isn't required

c)


It is not necessary to note the page range in a reference to a journal article

d)

The page numbers should provide all pages cited from within the article (e.g., pp. 544, 555, & 547), not the range of pages where the article is located in the journal.

12.

Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), 544–547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

Aside from the missing hanging indent, this reference is now correctly formatted to the APA Style (7th ed.) rules.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Hunter, J. (2020, January 16). Supreme Court dismisses B.C. bid to limit heavy oil shipments across the province. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-supreme-court-dismisses-bc-bid-to-limit-heavy-oil-shipments-across/

This resource is a(n):

a)

Blog post

b)

webpage

c)

online newspaper article

d)

research report

14.

Royal Roads University. (n.d.). Create a preliminary document plan. https://libguides.royalroads.ca/ugrad_essay/createfinal

This resource is a:

a)

wiki post

b)

blog post

c)

technical or research report

d)

webpage

15.

Field, A. (2009). Discovering statistics using SPSS (3rd ed.). Sage Publications.

This resource is a:

a)

Encyclopedia entry

b)

Journal article without a DOI

c)

Chapter in a print book

d)

Print book