Test yourself on APA referencing - Quiz
Instructions
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Test your knowledge of the APA referencing style.
Before starting this quiz it is recommended that you complete all other
referencing activities, because this quiz will test your knowledge on:
o Recognising sources of information
o Organising your reference list
o Formatting citations with correct punctuation and spacing
o Identifying all citation elements
o Citing in-text
To answer these questions it is recommended that you open EasyCIte.
This is a 10 question quiz.
Circle only one response from the multiple choice answers provided.
The answers are provided at the end of the quiz.
Questions
1. Look at this reference. What kind of material is being referenced below?
Tiziani, A. (2013). Havard’s nursing guide to drugs (9th ed.). Chatswood,
Australia: Elsevier Australia.
a)
b)
c)
d)
web page
book chapter
book
journal article
2. Look at this reference. What kind of material is being referenced?
Schirm, V. (2013). Quality of life. In I. M. Lubkin & P. D. Larsen (Eds.), Chronic
illness: impact and interventions (8th ed., pp. 183-206). Burlington, MA: Jones
& Bartlett Learning.
a)
b)
c)
d)
book chapter
book
web page
journal article
3. Look at this reference. What kind of material is being referenced?
Tan, A. C. W., Emmerton, L. M. & Hattingh, H. L. (2012). Issues with medication
supply and management in a rural community in Queensland. Australian
Journal of Rural Health, 20(3), 138-143. doi:10.1111/j.14401584.2012.01269.x
a)
b)
c)
d)
web page
book
book chapter
journal article
4. Look at this reference. What kind of material is being referenced?
Better Health Channel. (2012). Body image and diets. Retrieved from
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Body_image_a
nd_diets?open
a)
b)
c)
d)
web page
book chapter
journal article
book
5. When you list your references at the end of your work, you should:
a) have separate lists for journals, books, websites
b) have one long list arranged alphabetically by author, and thereafter
chronologically, starting with the earliest date
c) have one long list for all your references arranged alphabetically by author
6. For a journal article reference what should be italicised?
a) the author’s name
b) the title of the article
c) the page numbers
d) journal name and volume
e) the journal name
7. Is this a correct in-text citation? True or False?
Thwaites (2007, p. 151) argued that ‘Psychoanalysis is…..’
a) True
b) False
8. Look at this reference. Is this a complete book reference?
Daly, J., Speedy, S & Jackson, D Contexts of nursing: An introduction, (4th ed.).
Chatswood, Australia: Elsevier Australia.
a) True
b) False
9. This is an incomplete reference. The edition and the place of publication are
missing. Choose the correctly punctuated format for the missing information from
the choices below.
McMurray, A. & Clendon, J. (2011). Community health and wellness: Primary
healthcare in practice edition place/city Mosby Elsevier.
a)
b)
c)
d)
(4th ed.). Chatswood, Australia:
4th ed. Chatswood, Australia
4th edition, Chatswood, Australia:
(4th ed.). Chatswood, Australia
10. This is an incomplete reference. What is missing?
Whelan, S., & Wright, D. J. (2013). Health services use and lifestyle choices of
Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Social Science & Medicine, 1-12.
a) journal name
b) page numbers
c) volume, issue number and DOI
d) volume and issue number
Answers
1. C – book
2. B – book chapter
3. D - journal article
4. A - webpage
5. B - have one long list arranged alphabetically by author, and thereafter
chronologically, starting with the earliest date
6. D – the journal name and volume
7. A - True
8. B – False, the year of publication is missing
9. A – (4th ed.). Chatswood, Australia:
10. C – volume, issue number and DOI