GEN 499 Week 1 Quiz

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Week 1 - Quiz

Question 1

There is only one error in the following reference. What is it?

Farrel, T., Barthol, F., & Alan, K. (2017). All people are created equal, except for me. Journal of Evolving Concepts, 23(3), 14-22.  

·         The first letter of each major word in the title of the article should be capitalized.  

·         The title of the article should be italicized.  

·         The last names of the authors should be in alphabetical order.  

·         The volume number should be italicized.

 

Question 2

When should you use in-text citations within your paper?  

·         At the end of each sentence.  

·         At the end of each paragraph if you are citing one source. 

·         At the beginning of each paragraph    

·         When information is found from another source.

 

Question 3

What is the list of sources at the end of your document titled?  

·         Bibliography 

·         Reference List 

·         Works Cited 

·         References

 

Question 4

A student is writing a paper about how friendly specific dog breeds are. To help him confirm his theory that a dog is a man's best friend, he found a YouTube video that showed a compilation of dogs being friendly and loving towards humans. Does this student need to cite the video source in his paper?  

·         Yes   

·         No

 

Question 5

Select the statement that is true for APA formatted citations.  

·         Quotations that are 40 or more words should be formatted as a block quote.  

·         The period goes before the citation for quotations less than 40 words.  

·         The citation should go in this order: (author, p. #, year).  

·         All in-text citations include the authors' last names, first initials, and the year of publication.

 

Question 6

What information should NOT be italicized within a reference?  

·         Title of journal article  

·         Title of a book  

·         Newspaper 

·         Title of periodical or journal

 

Question 7

Which one of the following is NOT a rule for quotes that consist 40 or more words?

·         Start a block quotation on a new line 

·         Indent the quotation 0.5"  

·         Add a period at the end of the quote after the parenthetical citation  

·         Include the page number from which the quote was found within a parenthetical citation

 

Question 8

Taking a large quote of information from a source (40 or more words), changing just a few words, and putting it in your paper with a citation (without quotation marks) is not a form of plagiarism.  

·         True 

·         False

 

 

Question 9

Which parenthetical citation is written correctly?  

·         (Smithers and Day, 2012, pp. 33).  

·         (Smithers, L. & and Day, M., 2012, p. 33).

·         (Smithers & Day, 2012, p. 33).  

·         (Smithers and Day, 2015, pp. 33, para. 2).

 

Question 10

If you copy a chart from a source and include it in your paper with a citation under the illustration, this is not considered to be plagiarism.

·         True 

·         False