APA Quiz

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Question 1 (1 point)

Imagine that you have located an article by two authors, Smith and Jones. You would like to integrate this article into your paper.

Which of the following is a correct example of how to cite this source in your paper using APA style?

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Question 2 (1 point)

You have found a book by David Brooks, Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, that you have cited in your paper. You now need to list this source in your References list.

Which of the following is a correct example of how to list a book in an APA references page listing?

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Question 3 (1 point)

In APA style, the References list for a paper should

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Question 4 (1 point)

Imagine you have a book with the following title: Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom.

How would you capitalize the letters in a references list in APA style?

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Question 5 (1 point)

Imagine you have found an article on the web that does not have an author and does not identify a sponsoring organization. You would like to use this article as a source for your paper. Your citation for this source in your References list should begin with which of the following?

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Question 6 (1 point)

If a quote is 40 words or longer, then

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Question 7 (1 point)

When searching on your topic, you located a paper by C.I. Muntean on gamification. You would like to cite this source in your paper.

You want to integrate this source into your writing by using a signal phrase and then quoting from Muntean. This is the first time in your paper that you are citing Muntean.

Which of the following methods would be correct in APA style?

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Question 8 (1 point)

When searching on your topic, you located a paper by C.I. Muntean on gamification. The paper was presented at a conference in Romania.

You would like to use the paper as a source for your essay. Which of the following would be the correct way to list the source in your References list in the following manner:

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Question 9 (1 point)

If you find an article online through UMUC’s OneSearch, you should include the following in your listing of that article:

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Question 10 (1 point)

The following is a good example of how to cite a source in a paragraph:

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Question 11 (1 point)

The following is a correct example of citing a source in APA format:

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Question 12 (1 point)

Imagine you have found an article by Chen, Burton, Mihaela, and Whittinghill. In that article, the authors cite a quote from Hamari, Koivisto, and Sarsa. You decide to use this quote in your paper.

This is an example of citing an indirect source. In other words, you are citing a source that is cited in another paper.

Which option would be the correct way to cite the source in APA format and to list the source on the References page in APA format?

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Question 13 (1 point)

Which of the following is an example of the correct way to quote a source if the text being quoted is 40 words or longer?

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Question 14 (1 point)

Consider the following scenario:

You are using a website from the Office of Budget and Economics as a source in your paper.
The year for the website is 2015.
The website is divided into sections
You use information from the first paragraph of a section called “Forecast Summary.”

You should integrate the source in the following way:

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