APA Quiz

APA Quiz
Before taking this quiz, you should review APA citation guidelines, for example by reading
through Purdue OWL’s Citation Style Chart or relevant sections of a college writing reference
book such as Rules for Writers.
1. What does APA stand for?
ï‚· APA is the abbreviation of the American Psychological Association, which is an
organization that provides a set of writing style rules that are usually used in most social
science courses.
2. In what academic disciplines is APA style most commonly used?
A. The humanities
B. The social sciences
C. The natural sciences
D. Performing arts
3. What information should you include at the very minimum when you cite a source using APA
format?
A. The author’s last name
B. The year of publication
C. A complete, properly formatted reference in the “References” section of your paper
D. All of the above
In-text citations
4. What is the difference between integral and non-integral citations?
A. Integral citations are directly relevant to your argument, whereas non-integral citations
are merely used to suggest sources that readers might find interesting
B. An integral citation refers to a source that you discuss in its entirety; providing a nonintegral citation means that you are interested only in specific sections of the source
C. In an integral citation, the name of the author is incorporated into the sentence, while a
non-integral citation appears in parentheses
D. The use of integral citations generally indicates agreement with the sources that are
cited, whereas the use of non-integral citations could convey a critical stance
5. When should your citation include a page number? (select any that apply)
❏ When you summarize a source
❏ (When you paraphrase a specific passage in a source)
❏ When you paraphrase a source’s main conclusion
❏ When you quote from a source
6. How should you arrange multiple sources that appear in the same parentheses?