APA Style
Quiz
In APA style, a separate title page is required for a document.
- True
- False
What is a running head in APA style?
- a header included at the top of the page containing the author's name and the page number
- an abbreviated form of the title, up to 50 characters long, in all uppercase letters at the top of each page
What would an in-text citation include when the author of a source is unknown?
- the word anonymous and the year of publication
- the first few words of the Reference list entry (i.e. part of the title) and the publication year
- A or B depending on if the author is unknown or identified as anonymous
When should et al. be used in APA style?
- when the source has more than 3 authors
- when the source has 6 or more authors
- if the source has more than 2 authors and has already been mentioned once in the document
- Both B and C
Multiple parenthetical references are
- ... separated by a semicolon
- ... are allowed in APA
- ... separated by a comma
What does an APA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly and the author's name is not mentioned in the text?
- Author, publication year, and page number (preceded by p.) all separated by commas: (Doe, 2017, p. 25)
- Author, publication year, and page number (preceded by p.) without intervening punctuation: (Doe 2017 p. 25)
- Author and page number separated by a comma: (Doe, 25)
- Author and page number without intervening punctuation: (Doe 25)
Which of the following is cited correctly in APA style?
- Dietel and Dietel define pointers as "variables that contain as their values addresses of other variables." (1999, p. 294)
- Dietel and Dietel (1999) define pointers as "variables that contain as their values addresses of other variables" (p. 294).
- Dietel and Dietel (C How to Program) define pointers as "variables that contain as their values addresses of other variables" (p. 294).
In APA style, a long quotation more than 40 words long should be
- ... single-spaced and indented half an inch
- ... double-spaced, indented half an inch, and have no quotation marks
- ... single-spaced, indented half an inch, and enclosed in single quotation marks
- ... enclosed in double quotation marks
In APA style, personal communications (e-mail, memos, letters) are
- ... not included in in-text citations
- ... not included in the Reference list
- ... need to include the author's initials and the exact date of communication
- Both A and C
- Both B and C
Each source listed in the Reference list must be cited in text
- True
- False