Deck 21: Documentation of Report Sources

Question 1

With MLA style, you use

A) the author-page reference system.
B) superscripts and footnotes or endnotes.
C) the author-date system.
D) full citations within the text itself.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

You should always use APA style for documentation in your reports, even if your employer or client normally uses a different form.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A content note

A) documents direct quotes.
B) offers additional information or provides a cross-reference.
C) documents visual aids.
D) documents paraphrased passages.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

With MLA style, you should wait to compile the works cited list until the rest of your report is completed.

Question 5

If you use unpublished materials, such as doctoral dissertations or public speeches, as resources, you do not need to cite them in your report.

Question 6

Entries for the bibliography for a report following the Chicago style

A) alphabetize magazine articles by the name of the magazine if no author is cited.
B) capitalize only the first words of titles of books and articles.
C) use only the name of the principal author, followed by "et al." to represent any other authors.
D) use quotation marks around the titles of articles from newspapers and journals.

Question 7

When preparing the list of references following the APA style

A) include full information on any personal communications or interviews you conducted in your research.
B) include only those works that you specifically cited in the text.
C) include all the works you consulted, even if you didn't actually cite them anywhere in the text.
D) do all of the above.

Question 8

When citing journal articles using APA style

A) include only the first page of the article.
B) you do not need to include the volume number.
C) use quotation marks around the title.
D) capitalize only the first word of the title.

Question 9

In the list of works cited following MLA style

A) the date comes immediately after the author's name.
B) electronic sources are not included.
C) all the main words are capitalized in the titles of books and articles.
D) the titles of books and periodicals are put in quotation marks.

Question 10

With Chicago humanities style, the bibliography

A) can include annotations.
B) lists only those works actually cited in the text.
C) lists works in the order in which they were cited in the text.
D) does all of the above.

Question 11

If you use MLA style, your in-text citations include the author's last name and a page reference.

Question 12

The functions of footnotes and endnotes are identical; the only difference between the two is their placement.

Question 13

The American Psychological Association style uses the author-date system.

Question 14

In APA style, titles of articles are put in quotation marks and all important words are capitalized.

Question 15

If a newspaper article doesn't have an author, your citation begins with the title of the newspaper.

Question 16

There is difference between endnotes and a bibliography.

Question 17

With APA style, you use

A) superscripts and footnotes or endnotes.
B) the author-date system.
C) the author-page number system.
D) full citations within the text itself.

Question 18

The purpose of a superscript in text is to let the reader know

A) to look for source information.
B) how many sources the author consulted.
C) to read the marked line more carefully.
D) that the report is scholarly.

Question 19

With Chicago humanities style, you use

A) footnotes or endnotes.
B) the author-date system.
C) full citations within the text itself.
D) the author-page number system.

Question 20

Unlike source notes, content notes may supplement your main text with comments and/or cross-references.