History Homework Help

1. When using the Chicago Manual of Style referencing system, endnotes or footnotes are arranged in

		numerical order by date of publication.
		alphabetical order by author's last name.
		alphabetical order by the first significant word of the title.
		numerical order according to the superscript numbers you used in your paper.

2. When you are considering the credibility of a source, you should look for

		biographical notes about the author.
		a recent source.
		a reasonablem, balanced, objective tone.
		All of the choices.

QUESTION 3

1. Which of the following can help indicate whether or not a website is a biased information source?

		Obvious affiliation with a plitical party or ideology.
		One-sided presentation of information.
		Affiliation with a company or industrial group.
		All of the choices.

QUESTION 4

1. Is "Childhood's End" the title of the magazine article in the following citation (Chicago Style)?

Spencer, Scott. "Childhood's End." Harper's, May 1979, 16-19.

 True

 False

QUESTION 5

1. Which of the following characteristics should you look for in an authoritative article form an academic journal?

		The URL should end in .org.
		A list of references at the end of the article.
		The information should be recent.
		All of the above.

QUESTION 6

1. Which of the following is an effective way to avoid unintentional plagiarism?

		Check everything that has quotation marks iin your paper.
		Ask your friend to read your paper.
		Make sure your list of source noted has check marks next to all the items.
		None of the choices.

QUESTION 7

1. Which of the following, although not as obvious, is still a form of plagiarism?

		Copying an essay from a magazine.
		Submitting a paper written by your friend.
		Buying a paper form the Internet.
		Paraphrasing an idea from a source without a citation.

QUESTION 8

1. Identify the type of publication from the following citation (Chicago Style):

Geis, Gilbert and Ivn Bunn. A Trial of Witches; a Sevententh-Century Witchcraft Prosecution. London: Routledge, 1997.

		Book
		Book Chapter
		Journal Article
		Magazine Article

QUESTION 9

1. Identify the type of publication from the following citation (Chicago Style)

Bodonski, Ilya. "Caring among the Fogotten." Journal of Social Activism 14, no. 3 (1989): 112-34.

		Book
		Book Chapter
		Journal Article
		Magazine Article

QUESTION 10

1. An article in a popular magazine is just as credible and relevant as a scholarly journal as long as the writer is unbiased and the information is accurate.

 True

 False

QUESTION 11

1. Which of the following is an indication that a source has been published in hard copy rather than as a web source?

		Periodical's name and issue number.
		Periodical's name and volume.
		Issue number and page numbers.
		Volume and issue number.

QUESTION 12

1. As lonog as youuse the author's name in the in-text citation, that is enough to avoid plagiarism.

 True

 False

QUESTION 13

1. Which of the following is NOT a useful tool for checkong your in-text referenes while revising?

		A documentation style handbook.
		an annotating bibliography.
		One of your original sources.
		A list of URLs for websites you used in your research.

QUESTION 14

1. If you think you might want to use a particular quotation, youneed to write down the quote itself but you do not need its source and page number.

 True

 False

QUESTION 15

1. If you are putting our research online, before you post you should seek permission for

		the use of videos.
		the use of images.
		the use of music.
		All of the choices.

QUESTION 16

1. To locate the publication date, look on the ____________ of the book.

		back cover
		title page
		table of contents
		copyright page

QUESTION 17

1. If someone has not published their ideas, then you do not cite them in your research pape. 

 True

 False

QUESTION 18

1. Which of the following statements is not true?

		Too many search resuelts and "false hits" are disadvantages of onlline searching.
		Websites are best for current events and breaking news.
		an encyclopedia is often a first choice as a reference tool because it is easy-to-use and accessible.
		Any information that is available in print is aso available in electronic format.

QUESTION 19

1. If you are using a bibliography for a Chicago Manual of Style formatted document, it should be arranged in

		Alphabetical order by the first word in the bibliographic entry.
		Alphabetical order by publisher.
		Numeric order by date.
		Numeric order based on the endnote number.

QUESTION 20

1. In order to determine the objectivity of a given source, whether print or on the Web, you need to consider and evaluate which of the following?

		Quality of evidence.
		Tone.
		Acknowledge ment of any opposition.
		All of the choices.

QUESTION 21

1. You do not need to provide a citation when you directly paraphrase or summarize a source's ideas.

 True

 False

QUESTION 22

1. If you wanted to find out if an author is a credible expert on the subject, you might

		Look for more information in the forward or dust cover of the book.
		Google his/her name.
		Ask your friends.
		Google her/his name and look for more information in the forward or dust cover.

QUESTION 23

1. Which of the following is a good source for a research paper about a historic event?

		An interview with a witness to the event.
		A newspaper article published at the time the event occurred.
		An article from a history database such as JSTOR.
		All of the above.

QUESTION 24

1. Which of the following is not an important factor to consider when judging the reliability of an Internet information source?

		The age of the website.
		The qualification of the author.
		Whether or not the site is near the top of a search engine results list.
		The potential biases of the publisher.

QUESTION 25

1. What type of citation is the below example (Chicago Style)?

Johnson, Sam. "High School Days." Harper's, July 1989, 16-19.

		Book.
		Book Chapter.
		Journal Article.
		Magazine Article.