Chapter 14 - Documenting a Research PaperAssignment"

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Which of the following correctly describes the use of initials in in-text citations that are in APA format?

An author's first and middle initials should be used only if several authors have the same last name.

Which of the following statements best describes the consequences of plagiarism?

Plagiarism often has serious consequences both in academic institutions like colleges and in workplaces.

Some online journals contain a set of numbers and letters that is unique to a particular digital source and serves as a permanent identifier. What is this set of numbers and letters called?

a DOI

A writer should use which of the following in a formal research paper?

citations that follow the format required by the instructor

When a writer includes figures, such as graphs, maps, or photographs, in a research paper using APA format, where should they be placed?

at the end of the paper

For one of the theories discussed in his paper, Amal needs to cite two books in his text, each written by a different author whose last name is Johnson. According to APA guidelines, what should Amal include to distinguish the two authors from each other? Multiple choice question.

first and middle initials

Which of the following do you generally need to include when using the APA format for in-text citations of summarized or paraphrased information? Select all that apply.

the date the author

According to APA format, what is the list of sources at the end of the paper called?

the references page

In APA style, if a piece being cited has no credited author, what information should be given at the beginning of the citation? Multiple choice question.

the title

The best overall definition of plagiarism is

using someone else's words or ideas without properly citing them.

Internet sources have an address that is a string of characters that usually begins with "http." What is this address known as?

a URL

Which of the following is found in a paper that follows APA format but not in a paper that follows MLA format?

a brief summary at the beginning

According to APA format, which of the following guidelines should be followed for a quotation of more than 40 words? Select all that apply.

*Indent the quotation from the left margin. *Start the quotation on a new line. *Put the citation at the end of the quotation.

Which of the following are the two most commonly used guidelines for formatting citations in college research papers?

*Modern Language Association guidelines *American Psychological Association guidelines

Dale is writing a paper on Thomas Jefferson. Which of the following pieces of information that he used in his paper need to be cited? Select all that apply.

*a timeline of events in Jefferson's life copied from a magazine *a historian's theory about Jefferson's influences *a quotation from a new biography about Jefferson

Lee is using a Theodore Roosevelt quotation that he found in a book about presidents written by Nancy Nkruma and published in 2010. How should Lee handle the in-text citation according to APA format?

He should credit Roosevelt in the text and write "as cited in Nkruma, 2010" in parentheses.

For short, personal essays, Dr. McKimson allows his class to use brief in-text references to their sources, such as simply giving the author and title. These are known as

informal citations

For short, personal essays, Dr. McKimson allows his class to use brief in-text references to their sources, such as simply giving the author and title.

informal citations.

Research papers that follow the APA format must have a separate title page. Which of the following pieces of information must go on the title page? Select all that apply.

*page number *title *author name *school name

Plagiarism occurs whenever you don't give proper credit for using which of the following?

*someone else's statistics *someone else's ideas *someone else's words *someone else's research

Which of the following sentences has an informal citation but not a formal MLA in-text-citation? Select all that apply.

*According to lexicographer Kory Stamper, language and the activity of defining words are something that all people do. *As Stamper notes at the beginning of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, "Language is one of the few common experiences humanity has."

Which of the following sentences has an informal citation but not a formal MLA in-text-citation? Select all that apply.

*As Stamper notes at the beginning of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, "Language is one of the few common experiences humanity has." *According to lexicographer Kory Stamper, language and the activity of defining words are something that all people do.

Which of the following are likely consequences that college students face when they are caught plagiarizing? Select all that apply.

*failing the assignment *failing the course *being expelled

Ali is writing a paper on the Grand Canyon. Which of the following items that she used in her paper do not need to be cited? Select all that apply

*her own photographs of the canyon *a description of her experience hiking in the canyon

For short, personal essays, Dr. McKimson allows his class to use brief in-text references to their sources, such as simply giving the author and title. These are known as Multiple choice question.

informal citations.


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