Question: Out of the following three statements, which one is analytical?
Answer Choices:
We could reduce automobile fatalities by focusing on enforcing speed limit laws.
According to the National Highway Safety Administration, speed is one of many factors that can contribute to automobile accidents.
In 2014, 28% of the people who died in automobile accidents were in accidents that were caused by speeding.
Answer: According to the National Highway Safety Administration, speed is one of many factors that can contribute to automobile accidents.
Question: Which of the following is a correctly formatted APA style reference entry for a journal article?
Answer Choices:
A) Smith, S. (1987). Snow cones and popsicles. Fisher Publishing.
B) Iverson, G., & Allen, F. P. (2011). An exploration of learning. Psychology, 7(11), 14-21.
C) O’Connor, J. L., & Marshall, F. (2003). All around the globe. Worldwide.
D) None of the above
Answer: D) None of the above (assuming that none of these entries correctly formats a journal article according to APA style).
Question: Tertiary sources provide general information about a topic. Be overviews, summaries, data or statistics.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: A summary in a scholarly journal of a research study carried out by another researcher is an example of what kind of source?
Answer Choices:
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
None of these
Answer: Secondary
Question: If I copy and paste work written by someone else, I can avoid plagiarism by:
Answer Choices:
A) enclosing the copied passage in quotation marks.
B) including the author(s) and year in parentheses following the passage.
C) including full citation details in a reference entry.
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Question: Out of the following two statements, which one is subjective?
A high school principal made a new rule that all high school students must leave their cell phones in their lockers during class.
The students in that school will learn more in class because of that rule.
Answer: both.
Question: This is an example of common knowledge: “The sky is blue.”
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: What is wrong with this reference:
Munat, Steven. (2018, October 11). Google Doodle honors baseball great and humanitarian Roberto Clemente. CNN. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/news/google-doodle-honors-baseball-great-and-humanitarian-roberto-clemente/
Answer Choices:
nothing, it is correct.
The URL (web address) should not be included in the reference.
The date of publication is missing.
The author’s first name should not be written out.
Answer: nothing, it is correct.
Question: It is possible to plagiarize oneself.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: If you copy material directly from a source and put it directly into your assignment, presenting it as your own work, that is:
not a problem if you don’t get caught
copy and paste plagiarism
fine if it’s not an important point in your paper
only a problem if your instructor specifically tells you not to do it
Answer: copy and paste plagiarism
Question: Why is it important to know who the author of a source is and what her or his background credentials are?
Answer Choices:
You should make sure that the sources you reference in your papers have authors with the appropriate background to speak on a subject.
You should make sure your sources’ authors have published in a particular geographical area.
You should make sure that you alphabetize the authors’ last names correctly on the reference page.
Answer: You should make sure that the sources you reference in your papers have authors with the appropriate background to speak on a subject.
Question: Alicia is having a hard time figuring out what to write for this week’s discussion board so she takes a few minutes to read over what other students wrote. She sees that one of her classmates has written a great post that really sums up what she wants to say so she copy and pastes a few sentences from her classmate’s post into her own without indicating that she is quoting the post or crediting the original author. This is:
plagiarism because she has submitted another student’s work as her own
nothing to worry about because it was just a few sentences
okay because she’s had a few classes with that person and he has allowed her to use his work before
not a problem because she emailed her classmate and got permission to use his work
Answer: plagiarism because she has submitted another student’s work as her own
Question: Which of the following components is necessary for an indirect quotation (i.e., a paraphrase or summary)?
Answer Choices:
A) Page number
B) Author name
C) Year of publication
D) All of the above
E) B & C only
Answer: E) B & C only
Question: If you use someone else’s work word-for-word in your work, ________.
Answer Choices:
that is a quote
you must put quotation marks at the beginning and end of the material
immediately after the material, you must put a citation to indicate where you found the material
all of these
Answer: all of these
Question: Which of the following is a correctly formatted APA style reference entry for a book?
Answer Choices:
A) Smith, S. (1987). Snow cones and popsicles. Fisher Publishing.
B) Iverson, G. A., & Allen, F. P. (2011). An exploration of learning. Psychology, 7(11), 16-21.
C) O’Connor, J. L., & Marshall, F. (2003). All around the globe. Worldwide. Retrieved from http://www.worldwide.com/articles/learning.html
D) None of the above
Answer: A) Smith, S. (1987). Snow cones and popsicles. Fisher Publishing.
Question: Out of the following three statements, which one is analytical?
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Milk contains Vitamin D, Vitamin D, and calcium.
A 2010 scientific study in Nutrition Journal showed that almost half of American adults have Vitamin D deficiencies.
Consuming more milk and milk products (like cheese and yogurt) could help many Americans overcome their vitamin D deficiencies.
Answer: Consuming more milk and milk products (like cheese and yogurt) could help many Americans overcome their vitamin D deficiencies.
Question: If I am caught plagiarizing, my instructor is required to let me correct my assignment and resubmit it.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following demonstrates an incorrectly formatted direct quote, with in-text citation?
Answer Choices:
A) “Intelligence is an artificial construct” (Denney & Madsen, 1994, p. 137).
B) Intelligence is an artificial construct.
C) According to researchers (Denney & Madsen, 1994), “intelligence is an artificial construct” (p. 137).
D) According to Denney and Madsen (1994), “Intelligence is an artificial construct” (p. 137).
Answer: A) “Intelligence is an artificial construct” (Denney & Madsen, 1994, p. 137).
Question: Tertiary sources are acceptable for background research but are usually not acceptable to use for academic papers.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which source does this in-text citation belong to? (Kennedy, 2013)
Answer Choices:
Kennedy, L. (2013). ‘The People’s Fuel’: Turf in Ireland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. RCC Perspectives, 2, 25-31. Retrieved from [URL]
Ryan, J. (2012). ‘My Life with Jackie Kennedy’. Daily Mail. Retrieved from [URL]
Beck, K. (1974). ‘The Kennedy Image: Politics, Camelot, and Vietnam’. The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 58(1), 42-55. Retrieved from [URL]
Answer: Kennedy, L. (2013). ‘The People’s Fuel’: Turf in Ireland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. RCC Perspectives, 2, 25-31. Retrieved from [URL]
Question: General reference sources like dictionaries, almanacs and encyclopedias are usually considered what kind of sources?
Answer Choices:
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
None of the above
Answer: Tertiary
Question: Out of the following three statements, which one is analytical?
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In 2014, 28% of the people who died in automobile accidents were in accidents that were caused by speeding.
We could reduce automobile fatalities by focusing on enforcing speed limit laws.
All of these.
Answer: We could reduce automobile fatalities by focusing on enforcing speed limit laws.
Question: James decides to research the use of new online presentation tools. As he goes along, he takes notes on a select few. When James gets ready to develop a realistic quote for presentation tools as most impressive, he realizes he wrote down nearly every word of the lecture to use, but he doesn’t know who said it, why that person said it, or where he or she said it. James remembers finding the source online. Unfortunately, he thought he would be able to remember the writer’s name as well as the website. What did James do wrong in his research process?
Answer Choices:
He didn’t write down ideas or thoughts he had while reading.
He lost track of a research article or source he read.
He didn’t take notes at the time he found a source because he thought he would remember the information and where he located it.
None of the above.
Answer: None of the above
Question: When you put information into your own words (paraphrase or summarize) and then use it in a paper or discussion board that you submit in a class, you must do what in order to avoid committing plagiarism?
correctly cite the source of the information
include a reference for the source at the end of your paper or discussion board post
send an email to the instructor to let him/her know that you used the source
both a and b
Answer: both a and b
Question: A quote should stand on its own. In other words, the author should not need to explain or elaborate on the quoted passage.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False