Test Item File for Excellence in Business Communication, Fourth Canadian Edition
Appendix B
1) Always use APA style for documentation in your reports, even if your employer or
client normally uses a different form.
A) True
B) False
2) The Chicago style refers to the documentation style used by companies in the Chicago
area.
A) True
B) False
3) In the humanities system, bibliographic citations are given in either footnotes or
endnotes.
A) True
B) False
4) Footnotes and endnotes are identical; the only difference between the two is their
placement.
A) True
B) False
5) The humanities system relies on superscript numbers to let readers know how to look
for a footnote or endnote.
A) True
B) False
6) Content notes are used to document quotations and paraphrased passages.
A) True
B) False
7) The humanities system may or may not be accompanied by a bibliography because the
notes give all the necessary bibliographic information.
A) True
B) False
8) According to the Chicago style for bibliographies, entries without an author name are
listed first.
A) True
B) False
9) The APA style is popular in the physical, natural, and social sciences.
A) True
B) False
10) To document report sources in a test using APA style, insert the author’s surname and
the date of publication at the end of a statement.
A) True
B) False
11) The American Psychological Association style uses the author-date system.
A) True
B) False
12) The APA style recommends listing as references only those works actually cited in
the text.
A) True
B) False
13) In reference lists prepared following APA style, the date of publication comes
immediately after the author’s name.
A) True
B) False
14) In the APA style, titles of articles are put in quotation marks and all important words
are capitalized.
A) True
B) False
15) If you use the MLA style, your in-text citations include the author’s last name and a
page reference within parentheses.
A) True
B) False
16) With the MLA approach, you hold off compiling the Works Cited list until the rest of
your report is completed.
A) True
B) False
17) The MLA style is used widely in the humanities, especially in the study of language
and literature.
A) True
B) False
18) The Chicago style is often used in the publishing industry.
A) True
B) False
19) With Chicago’s humanities style, you use ___________
A) the author-date system.
B) the author-page number system.
C) superscripts and footnotes or endnotes.
D) full citations within the text itself.
20) The purpose of a superscript in text is to let the reader know ___________
A) to read the marked line more carefully.
B) how many sources the author consulted.
C) that the report is scholarly.
D) to look for source information either in a footnote or an endnote.
21) A content note ___________
A) offers additional information or provides a cross-reference.
B) documents direct quotes.
C) documents paraphrased passages.
D) documents visual aids.
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22) With the Chicago style, the Bibliography ___________
A) lists only those works actually cited in the text.
B) lists works in the order in which they were cited in the text.
C) can include annotations.
D) all of the above.
23) Entries for the Bibliography for a report following the Chicago style ___________
A) use quotation marks around the titles of articles from newspapers and journals.
B) alphabetize magazine articles by the name of the magazine if no author is cited.
C) capitalize only the first words of titles of books and articles.
D) use only the name of the principal author, followed by “et al.” to represent any other
authors.
24) With the APA style, you use ___________
A) the author-date system.
B) the author-page number system.
C) superscripts and footnotes or endnotes.
D) full citations within the text itself.
25) When preparing the list of references following the APA style ___________
A) include all the works you consulted, even if you didn’t actually cite them anywhere in
the text.
B) include full information on any personal communications or interviews you conducted
in your research.
C) use the title “References.”
D) do all of the above.
26) When citing journal articles using the APA style ___________
A) use quotation marks around the title.
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B) capitalize only the first word of the title, any proper nouns, and the first word to
follow an internal colon.
C) you do not need to include the volume number.
D) include only the first page of the article.
27) With the MLA style, you use ___________
A) the author-date system.
B) the author-page number system.
C) superscripts and footnotes or endnotes.
D) full citations within the text itself.
28) In the List of Works Cited following the MLA style ___________
A) the date comes immediately after the author’s name.
B) electronic sources are not included.
C) the titles of books and periodicals are put in quotation marks.
D) all the main words are capitalized in the titles of books and articles.
29) In MLA, APA and Chicago style of bibliographies _____________________
A) use the author-page reference.
B) format entries as hanging indents.
C) entitle the page “References.”
D) list author name first and title information second.
30) Which of the following is NOT true about MLA in-text citations?
A) The date comes immediately after the author’s name.
B) With the author’s name, readers can find complete publication information in the
Works Cited.
C) If the author’s name is mentioned in the text reference, the name can be omitted from
the citation.
D) Insert the author’s last name and a page reference inside parentheses.
