APA Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which description gives the correct APA 7th edition structure for a journal article reference?
Write the author's full first name, omit parentheses around the year, and place the article title in title case.
Place the article title in sentence case and italics, but write the journal title in sentence case.
List the author, parenthesized year, article title in sentence case, journal title in title case and italics, italicized volume, issue in parentheses, and page range.
Place the year after the article title and write both the article title and journal title in sentence case.
2. You read Jones's 2020 discussion of Freud's 1900 work but did not consult Freud's original publication. How should this secondary citation normally be handled?
Use “Freud (1900, as cited in Jones, 2020)” and include only Jones in the reference list.
Cite both works as if you read them and list both in the references.
Cite only Jones in the text without mentioning Freud.
Cite only Freud in the text and list Freud in the references.
3. How should the title of a standalone book normally appear in an APA reference entry?
In title case without italics
In sentence case inside quotation marks
In title case and italics
In sentence case and italics
4. A reference list contains works authored by the National Institute of Health Studies, Brown, T., and the American Counseling Association. Which order is correct?
National Institute of Health Studies; Brown, T.; American Counseling Association
American Counseling Association; Brown, T.; National Institute of Health Studies
American Counseling Association; National Institute of Health Studies; Brown, T.
Brown, T.; National Institute of Health Studies; American Counseling Association
5. What is a hanging indent in an APA reference list?
The first line is indented, and subsequent lines begin at the left margin.
Every line of each entry is indented equally.
The first line begins at the left margin, and subsequent lines are indented.
Only lines containing a DOI or URL are indented.
6. You quote words found on page 47 of a 2020 work by Elena Lopez. Which parenthetical citation is correct?
(Lopez 2020: 47)
(E. Lopez, 2020, page 47)
(Lopez, p. 47, 2020)
(Lopez, 2020, p. 47)
7. Unless an instructor specifies otherwise, what normally appears in the page header of an APA 7th edition student paper?
A running head label, shortened title, and page number
The course code and shortened title
The student's surname and page number
The page number only
8. When is an abstract normally included in an APA 7th edition student paper?
When the instructor or institution requires one
Only when the paper contains original data
In every paper longer than one page
Whenever the paper includes a reference list
9. You cite information from a private email sent by T. Lee on May 4, 2024. Which treatment follows APA Style for personal communications?
Add the email to the reference list but do not cite it in the text.
Cite it in the text as “(T. Lee, personal communication, May 4, 2024)” and omit it from the reference list.
List it as an unpublished journal article in both places.
Mention it only in a footnote because personal communications cannot be cited in the text.
10. A 2023 article was written by Nguyen, Ortiz, and Bell. How should it normally be cited parenthetically, including the first time it appears?
(Nguyen et al., 2023)
(Nguyen and others, 2023)
(Nguyen & Ortiz et al., 2023)
(Nguyen, Ortiz, & Bell, 2023)
11. A source has two authors, Chen and Patel, and was published in 2022. Which parenthetical citation follows APA Style?
Join the surnames with the word “and”: (Chen and Patel, 2022)
Join the surnames with an ampersand: (Chen & Patel, 2022)
Shorten the citation to the first surname: (Chen et al., 2022)
Separate the two surnames only with a comma: (Chen, Patel, 2022)
12. You want to reproduce a 45-word passage from a source. How should it normally be formatted in APA Style?
As an ordinary paragraph in quotation marks, with no citation needed
As an italicized paragraph inside quotation marks
As an indented block quotation without quotation marks, accompanied by a citation
As a footnote rather than in the main text
13. Two works have the same author and the same publication year. How are the labels “a” and “b” assigned?
The work cited first in the paper receives “a.”
The works are ordered alphabetically by title in the reference list, then labeled “a” and “b.”
The longer work receives “a.”
The more recently accessed work receives “a.”
14. You paraphrase an idea from a work written by Jordan Smith in 2021. Which parenthetical citation is correct?
Include the author's surname and first initial: (Smith, J., 2021)
Omit the comma between the author and year: (Smith 2021)
Place the author's first initial before the surname: (J. Smith, 2021)
Use the author's surname followed by a comma and the year: (Smith, 2021)
15. A journal article has the DOI 10.1234/abcd.5678. What is the preferred APA 7th edition presentation?
DOI: 10.1234/abcd.5678
Retrieved from doi:10.1234/abcd.5678
https://doi.org/10.1234/abcd.5678
www.doi.com/10.1234/abcd.5678
16. A webpage provides no publication or update date. What should replace the year in its APA citation and reference entry?
n.d.
The year you accessed it
Date unknown
No year is shown or substituted