APA - 7th ed. (Research)

What are standard APA style margins?

• 1/2 inch

• 1 inch

• 2 inches

• Choose according to medium

What is the font style allowed by APA?

• Comic Sans MS (teacher's favorite)

• Times New Roman

• Arial

• Calibri

• All but teacher's favorite

The font size required by APA is

• Dependent on font style

• 11

• 12

• 14

Personal communication (such as interviews) should be

• included on the reference page

• cited in-text only

• not cited at all

• cited only if it was important to the purpose

Reference citations should be in alphabetical order by surname (last name) of the first author

• True

• False

• It depends

When your source is a whole book, capitalize the first letter of each word that appears in the title and italicize all words.

• True

• False

• Only key words are italicized

The references on a reference page should be

• single spaced

• double spaced

• Whatever there is room for on the page

• 1 and 1/2 spaces

When listing references on a reference page, the entries should start with a paragraph indent.

• False

• True

• Use the same pattern of indents as in the article or essay.

How should the source's author be identified on the reference page?

• By first and last name

• By the last name and first initial

• By the author's birthdate

• By an assumed name to achieve confidentiality

The singular pronoun they should be used in place of he or she

• True

• False

• Only when the source's author is sensitive to being identified by gender

• It's a personal choice of the writer/researcher