Full Sail University ENC1102: English
Composition II
APA Formatting Quiz Answer Key
1. Plagiarism is using someone else’s words, ideas, and study (research) results without giving
them credit. TRUE
2. The body of your APA formatted paper should be: Double-spaced
3. Which of the following is an example of an APA in-text parenthetical citation? The answer is b:
(Spradley, 2013). The period goes after the closing parenthesis, and the author’s last name and
year, separated by a comma, go inside the parentheses.
4. How would you write a parenthetical citation for an article written by Anna Breslaw that was
published on June 16, 2012? The answer is a: (Breslaw, 2012). The month and year don’t go in
the parenthetical citation. They do go in the references list entry.
5. Only about 1/3 of the citations from outside sources in your paper should be direct quotations.
The rest should be paraphrases or summaries. TRUE. Most of the citations in your paper should be
paraphrases or summaries. Putting your source’s information into your own words demonstrates
that you understand the information. Only quote when it would have more impact than
summarizing or paraphrasing.
6. If you put a source’s words or ideas into your own words, you don t have to give them credit.
FALSE. You must give credit by including a parenthetical in-text citation whether you have used
a direct quotation or put the source s ideas into your own words.
7. When you write the author’s name in the references list, you should include the complete first
name, not an initial for the first name. FALSE
8. When you put your list of sources at the end of the paper, which heading should go at the top of
the list? References, not in all caps, not bold, not italicized or underlined
9. In a parenthetical citation, the period should go before the parenthetical citation, not after it.
FALSE. The period goes after the closing parenthesis.
10. In APA formatting, the paragraphs should be: Indented 5 spaces or ½ inch
11. The references list should go at the end of your paper, on a separate page. TRUE.
12. You should put a page number on all pages of the paper, including the cover page. TRUE
13. On the cover page, the words “Running head,” followed by a colon, should be in the header.
TRUE. This goes only on the cover page.
14. If you want to use an article on a website but there s no author name for that article, which way
should you cite it in the references list?
Best practices for citing websites. (2008). Retrieved from www.practicingapa.com
15. If you want to use an article from a website but there is no author name for that article, which
way should you cite it in the text (the body of the paper)? (“Best Practices,” 2008).
16. Sources should be listed in the references list with a hanging indent. TRUE.
17. The references list should be single-spaced. FALSE. It should be double-spaced, and there
should be no extra space between entries—just a regular double space.
18. In references list entries, capitalize only the first word, proper nouns, and the word after a
colon in article titles. The rest of the words should be lower case. TRUE. In the references list,
capitalize article titles like sentences, with only the first word, proper nouns, and the word
after a colon capitalized.
19. If a work has more than one author, in the references list you should separate the names of the
authors with an ampersand (&) instead of “and.” TRUE
20. All sources cited in your paper should be listed in the references list. TRUE.