Test: What's Wrong With This Journal Article Reference?
If you would like practice identifying incorrect elements in a reference, please try this exercise! You will receive the correct answer after every question, as well as see all the right answers at the end of the practice.
- 1.Godfrey, Donald. (2005) Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15. Regarding the alignment of this reference:
- A.
It is correct
- B.
The first line should be indented 0.5"
- C.
There should be a hanging indent of 0.5"
- 2.Godfrey, Donald. (2005) Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15. Regarding the author's name:
- A.
It is correct
- B.
Only the initial should be provided for the first name: Godfrey. D.
- C.
There should be a comma after the period, but everything else is correct
- 3.Godfrey, D. (2005) Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15. Regarding the publication date:
- A.
It is correct
- B.
It is missing the month and day of publication
- C.
It is missing a period after the closing parenthesis, but is otherwise correct
- 4.Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15. Regarding the article title:
- A.
It is correct
- B.
It should be italicized
- C.
It should be in sentence case (i.e., only the first word and proper nouns capitalized)
- D.
It should be italicized (i.e., only the first word and proper nouns capitalized) and in sentence case
- 5.Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15. Regarding the journal title:
- A.
It is correct
- B.
It should be italicized and in title case (i.e., all major words capitalized)
- C.
It should be italicized
- D.
It should be in title case (i.e., all major words capitalized)
- 6.Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15. Regarding the volume number:
- A.
It is correct
- B.
It should not be italicized
- C.
It should be provided in the same parentheses as the issue number
- D.
There should be a period after the volume number
- 7.Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15. Regarding the issue number:
- A.
It is correct
- B.
It should be italicized
- C.
No parentheses are necessary
- D.
There should be a period, not a comma, after the closing parenthesis
- 8.Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15. Regarding the page numbers:
- A.
They are correct
- B.
Provide just the page range (e.g., 544-547); "pp." isn't required
- C.
It is not necessary to note the page range in a reference to a journal article
- D.
The page numbers should provide all pages cited from within the article (e.g., pp. 544, 555, & 547), not the range of pages where the article is located in the journal.
- 9.Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15. Regarding the electronic retrieval information:
- A.
It is correct
- B.
It is incorrect to provide a DOI; the author should have provided the URL to the resource
- C.
"DOI" shouldn't be capitalized and there shouldn't be a period after the DOI
- D.
It is missing a retrieval date
- 10.Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), 544-547. doi: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15 This reference is now correctly formatted to the APA Style rules.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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