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GEN499 General Education Capstone

Week 1 Quiz  

Question 1Select 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 2What is the list of sources at the end of your document titled?

  Bibliography

  Reference List

  Works Cited

  References

 Question 3In APA style, the list of references should be in order by:

  Chronological by date of publication

  Alphabetical by title of article

  Separated by journals, books, and website sources

  Alphabetical by first author's last name.

 Question 4When writing a reference for a journal article, you should italicize both the name of the journal and the volume number.

  True

  False

 Question 5When citing a source with just two authors, you should never write et al. Instead, you should always provide the author(s) last names followed by the year of publication.

  True

  False

 Question 6What is the best way to avoid plagiarism?

  Ask your friend to proofread your assignment.

  Quote several sources and cite each one in APA format.

  Paraphrase information from a source in your own words and cite the source.

  Use a recycled paper from a previous course.

Question 7When you paraphrase information in your own words, you don't have to cite the source.

  True

  False

 Question 8What are the main elements of an APA formatted paper for college students?

  Title page, page numbers in the upper right-hand corner, keywords, body of paper, and references list

  Header on each page, page numbers, title page, body of paper, and references list

  Page numbers, title page, footnotes, author note, body of paper, and works cited page

  Header on title page, abstract, author note, body of paper, and bibliography page

 Question 9Each source listed in the reference list must be cited at least one time within the body of the paper.

  True

  False

Question 10When providing two or more authors' names in a parenthetical citation, you should use the word "and" to join the names, not the ampersand symbol. For example, the citation should look like this: (Doe, Jones, and Faulkner, 2000, p. 12).

  True

  False