Drafting, Revising, and Formatting a Research Paper

Exam:500499RR-Drafting,Revising,andFormattingaResearchPaper

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1.   Which MLA citation is correct for this weeklyperiodical?

A.   Taibbi,Matt.McCainResurrected."RollingStone":Mar.2008:33–35.Print.

B.    Taibbi,Matt,"McCainResurrected."RollingStone:6Mar.2008.pp.33–35.Print.

C.   Taibbi,Matt,McCainResurrected."RollingStone"Mar.2008.pp.33–35.Print.

D.    Taibbi,Matt."McCainResurrected."RollingStone6Mar.2008:33–35.Print.

2.   You're formatting a paper with MLA guidelines. What size margins should you   include?

A.   1inchallaround

B.    1inchtopandbottom,0.75inchleftandright

C.   1inchtopandbottom,0.5inchleftandright

D.    1.5inchleft,1inchelsewhere

3.   Whenpunctuatingquotations,              areplacedinsidethequotationmarks.

A.   completesentencesandattributions

B.    commas andperiods

C.   signalphrasesandpagenumbersinparentheses

D.    colonsandsemicolons

4.   Jottingdownnotesintwodifferentcolorscanbeausefultiptoavoid

A.   cyberplagiarism.

B.    paraphrasing.

C.   unintentionalplagiarism.

D.    misquoting.

5.   Which of the following sentences containing a quotation is punctuated   correctly?

A.   Themechanicaskedme"Haveyouhadtheoilchangedinyourcarthisyear"?

B.    Themechanicasked,"Haveyouhadtheoilchangedinyourcarthisyear?"

C.   Themechanicsaskedme,"haveyouhadtheoilchangedinyourcarthisyear"?

D.    Themechanicasked"haveyouhadtheoilchangedinyourcarthisyear?"

6.   Inordertomakeaquotationclearerorfitgrammaticallyintoyoursentence,youcanaddwordsand phrases enclosedby

A.   parentheses.

B.    ellipses.

C.   brackets.

D.    commas.

7.   According to MLA citation style rules, when citing a book by more than one author, the authors' names should

A.   followthetitleofthebook.

B.    belistedintheorderinwhichtheyappearonthetitlepage.

C.   belistedalphabeticallybylastname.

D.    belistedalphabeticallybyfirstname.

8.   Whichofthefollowingwouldrequiredocumentationinanacademicresearchpaper?

A.   Aphotographyoutookfromyourfamilyreunion

B.    AstatementregardingThomasJeffersonbeingthethirdPresidentoftheUnitedStates

C.   Anobservationyoumadewhileonafieldtriptoazoo

D.    AmapofBrooklyn,NY,foundinanatlas

9.   Aseriouserrorthatoccurswhenyoupresenttheideasofothersasyourowniscalled

A.   signaling.

B.    plagiarism.

C.   attribution.

D.    quoting.

10.   A                 citation is generally used when a writer is citing facts or has already identified  thesource author.

A.   parenthetical

B.    substitute

C.   title

D.    block

11.   Whenyouremovewordsfromaquotation,youindicatedeletedwordswith

A.   anellipsis.

B.    adash.

C.   guillemets.

D.    brackets.

12.   Which of the following is a true statement about an MLA Works Cited   page?

A.   TheWorksCitedpageshouldcontainanyinformationyoufoundwhencompletingresearch.

B.    TheWorksCitedpageshouldbealphabetizedbyauthor'sname.

C.   TheWorksCitedpageshouldimmediatelyfollowtheconclusionandbeonthesamepage.

D.    TheWorksCitedpagerequiresnospecialformatting.

13.   Whenistheappropriatetimetoincorporatein-textcitationsforyoursourcesintoyourpaper?

A.   Afteryou'vecompletedyourfirstdraft

B.    Beforeyoucreateyourfirstdraft

C.   While draftingit

D.    Onlywhenrevisingyourpaper

14.   AccordingtotherulesofMLAformat,whencitinganInternetsource,theaccessdateportionofthe citationrefersto

A.   thedatethearticlewasmostrecentlyupdated,ifapplicable.

B.    thedateinwhichthearticlewasmadepublicallyaccessible.

C.   the date you accessed thedocument.

D.    thedatethearticlewaspublishedontheInternet.

15.   The best way to avoid plagiarism when using an online source is  to

A.   encloseallinformationinbrackets,followedbythecitationinformationinparentheses.

B.    cutandpasteinformationyouwanttosaveintoaseparatefile,enclosetheinformationinquotationmarks,andrecordcitation information.

C.   onlyparaphraseonlinesourcematerial.

D.    maintainaseparatefileforallonlinesourcematerial,creatinganewpageforeachreference.

16.   Whenrevisingaresearchpaper,thefirststepisto

A.   createanannotatedbibliography.

B.    analyzeandreviseeachparagraphinsuccession.

C.   evaluatethepaperasaunifiedpieceofwriting.

D.    checkeachsentenceforcorrectstructureandin-textcitationformat.

17.   Whichofthefollowingapproachestoorganizingyournoteswouldyouuseifyou'drecordedthemin on notecards?

A.   Sortthemintopilesbysubtopicorcategory

B.    Sortthemalphabeticallybyauthor'slastname

C.   Arrangetheminmost-to-leastimportantorder

D.    Arrangetheminleast-to-mostimportantorder

18.   Inmostresearchpapers,thethesisislocatedintheintroduction;however,youmightplaceyourthesis near the end of the paperif

A.   yourpaperemphasizescomparisonandcontrast.

B.    youwishtoillustratecauseandeffect.

C.   you wish to createsuspense.

D.    yourpaperanalyzesaproblemtoreachaconclusion.

19.   Whatshouldyoudoifyoucan'tfindalltheneededelementsforanMLAcitationofanInternet source?

A.   Contactthewebsitetogetthemissinginformation.