Question 1

What is included ONLY in the header of the TITLE page?

Accepted Answer

Running head:

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Student's last name

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Name of class or course

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Date of paper

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT in the APA Style page head?

Accepted Answer

the essay writer's last name

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the essay's title in all capital letters

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the page number

Question 3

What is the title of the page listing all the sources used by the writer to obtain information for the essay?

Accepted Answer

References

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Resources

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References Page

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Works Cited

Question 4

How are entries organized on the page that lists the writer's sources?

Accepted Answer

They are alphabetized by author's last name.

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They are numbered.

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Any order is allowed.

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They are listed by copyright date.

Question 5

How are article titles presented in source entries ?

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Only the first letter and proper nouns are capitalized in an article title.

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Article titles are placed in quotation marks.

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All the major words are capitalized, just like in the actual  article title.

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Article titles are italicized.

Question 6

Which describes level-one headers found within the essay?

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Centered, bold, upper-case and lower-case letters

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Centered, italicized, all capital letters

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Centered, first letter of the first word capitalized and other letters lowercased

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Left-aligned, first letter  of the first word capitalized and other letters lower cased

Question 7

What piece of information is second in the entry for a source?

Accepted Answer

copyright,  posting date, updated date, or n.d.

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the publisher

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the title of an article

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the title of the periodical

Question 8

In the entry for page  on a website, what is the proper order of information?

Accepted Answer

author. (date). page title. website title in italics. Retrieved from URL

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author. (date). page title in italics. Retrieved from URL

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page title. (date). website title. URL.

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website title. page title. date. Retrieved on date from URL

Question 9

Which of the following demonstrates the most proper in-text citation for an article in a periodical?

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..." (Smith, 2015).

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..." (NYTimes pg. 2).

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..." (Seventeen Magazine, 2015).

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..." ("Facts About Bikes" 2015).

Question 10

Which of the following demonstrates a proper in-text citation?

Accepted Answer

A study by Smith and Brown (2016) reported that 3 percent of cats like tuna.

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Three percent of cats like tuna. (Smith et al., 2016)

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According to a study by Smith and Brown, 3 percent of cats like tuna.

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Three percent of cats like tuna (Smith & Brown).

Question 11

Which of the following would serve as the best attention-getter for an introduction containing all of these sentences?

Accepted Answer

In his essay "Laughter Works," comedian Karl Clark (2010) explains the health benefits of laughter. He writes, "When people experience the uncontrollable response of hilarity, they forget about the demands of everyday life " (p. 20).

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Because of this, Harvard's Departments of Psychological and Physiological Health intend to expand their study of the health benefits of laughter.

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In response to the comedian's monologues, scientists found that Clark's audiences (who regularly roared and gasped in laughter) experienced a decrease in blood pressure for the following three days.

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Furthermore, Clark initiated a Harvard study that examined the laughter response of his  audience.

Question 12

Which of the following sentences would provide the best transition sentence following a paragraph about the joys of  gardening and the problems a gardener would incur?

Accepted Answer

Unfortunately, gardens grow weeds as well as vegetables.

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One of the most difficult weeds to tackle is bindweed.

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In order to tackle most weeds, gardeners can mulch heavily, which basically chokes the weeds.

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Before creating a garden, a person needs to consider drainage and soil composition.

Question 13

Which of the following would is the (2) in the following references page entry? Rogers, T. (2001). The broken mind. Journal of Neurology, 40 (2), 33-38.

Accepted Answer

(2) is the issue number

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(2) is the page number

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(2) is the copyright

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(2) is the volume number

Question 14

Which of the following demonstrates the best, most complete APA Style citation?

Accepted Answer

Two Harvard studies presented in Dalton and Banks (2013) reveal that 88 percent of children under three enjoy peek-a-boo (p. 103).

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In Clark's recent essay "Spin the Record Around," he states: "The jitterbug surpassed the twist as an audience attraction" (p. 2).

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Numerous participants in the last study of smoking cessation at Yale University were able to give up smoking within a year (2014).

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According to NASA scientist Karl Hall, the universe expands every two hundred years ("Exploding World," p. 87).

Question 15

What words are represented in the acronym APA in APA Style?

Accepted Answer

American Psychological Association

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Association of Permanent Anthologies

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American Physiological Academy

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American Psychotic Amenities

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