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  • Q1
    What does APA stand for?
    American Punctuation Association
    Academic Psychology Association
    American Psychological Association
    30s
  • Q2
    What elements must be included within the body of the paper
    Year and book
    Author and book
    Author and year
    30s
  • Q3
    When do I use an in-text citation? Choose the WRONG answer
    to tell the reader that the quote or idea came from another source
    to cite the sources I have used
    to list your reference in a footnote
    30s
  • Q4
    How do you format an in-text citation?
    Quotation marks, author and year in parentheses
    Italics, author, year of publication and page number
    It depends. Is it direct quotation or paraphrase?
    30s
  • Q5
    What is a direct quotation?
    Translation from another language
    Same words from an original source
    Summary of the main ideas
    30s
  • Q6
    What do you use for quotations that are shorter than 40 words?
    Parentheses and italics
    Quotation marks and page number
    Italics and page number
    30s
  • Q7
    What do you use for quotations that are longer than 40 words?
    Free-standing block in quotation marks
    Free-standing block in italics
    Free-standing block indented ½ inch
    30s
  • Q8
    Which of the following is a signal phrase?
    Jones and Harris (2010, p. 23)
    (Jones et al., 2010)
    Jones (2010) stated that
    30s
  • Q9
    Select the correct usage of in-text citation in APA style.
    Experienced listeners are better able to comprehend accented speech, regardless of the type of accent (Gass & Varonis).
    Experienced listeners are better able to comprehend accented speech, regardless of the type of accent (Gass & Varonis, 1984).
    Experienced listeners are better able to comprehend accented speech, regardless of the type of accent (Susan Gass and Evangeline Varonis).
    60s
  • Q10
    In APA style the list of references should be:
    in alphabetical order by title of publication
    in alphabetical order by first author’s last name
    in chronological order by date of publication
    30s
  • Q11
    Select the correct usage of in-text citation in APA style.
    Debbie Barks and Patricia Watts (2001) provide an excellent outline of interactive classroom activities for addressing plagiarism in a cross-cultural setting.
    Barks and Watts (2001) provide an excellent outline of interactive classroom activities for addressing plagiarism in a cross-cultural setting.
    Debbie Barks and Patricia Watts in their study “Textual borrowing strategies for graduate-level ESL writers” (2001) provide an excellent outline of interactive classroom activities for addressing plagiarism in a cross-cultural setting.
    60s
  • Q12
    Select the reference example that has the correct format for APA style
    Gu, Qing and Brooks, Jane. Beyond the accusation of plagiarism. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008.
    Gu, Q., & Brooks, J. (2008). Beyond the accusation of plagiarism. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 36(3), 337–352.
    Gu, Q., Brooks, J. (2008). Beyond the accusation of plagiarism.
    60s

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