APA Citation Practice Quiz
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This quiz will test your knowledge of APA style and guidelines.
- 1.
- A.
Need to reference.
- B.
No need to reference.
- 2.
- A.
Need to reference
- B.
No need to reference
- 3.
- A.
Need to reference
- B.
No need to reference
- 4.
- A.
Internet Explorer is a lot of fun because you can find interesting information.
- B.
Internet Explorer has a 96% browser market share as of June 2000.
- C.
Internet Explorer is created by Microsoft.
- D.
Bill Gates is the man who founded the company that creates Internet Explorer.
- E.
None of the above.
- 5.
- A.
Set the quote off with double quotation marks.
- B.
Indent and use a block format without any quotation marks.
- C.
Use a single quotation at the beginning and end of the quotation.
- D.
Use double quotation marks and single spacing.
- 6.
- A.
The authors' names.
- B.
The year of publication.
- C.
The page number.
- D.
A & B.
- E.
All of the above.
- 7.
- A.
The authors' names.
- B.
The year of publication.
- C.
The page number.
- D.
A & B.
- E.
All of the above.
- 8.
- A.
(Maxine Renee Shaw, Jonathan L. Speaks, Kathleen M. Neal, p. 12-15).
- B.
(Shaw, Maxine Renee, Speaks, Jonathan L., and Neal, Kathleen M., 2005, p. 12-15).
- C.
(Shaw, Speaks, and Neal, 2005, p. 12-15).
- D.
(Shaw, Speaks, and Neal, 12-15).
- 9.
- A.
Give proper attribution to all sources, and know how to quote correctly.
- B.
When paraphrasing, rewrite statements completely in your own words.
- C.
Proofread carefully.
- D.
All of the above.
- 10.
- A.
This is an appropriate paraphrase.
- B.
This is an inappropriate paraphrase.
- 11.
- A.
This is appropriate paraphrasing.
- B.
This is inappropriate paraphrasing.
- 12.
- A.
Give the source. As long as I do that, I don't need to do anything else.
- B.
Introduce the quotation, format it correctly, use quotation marks, and cite correctly. Thoughtfully integrate the quotation into your writing.
- C.
Mention the author of the quote and use quotation marks.
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