Exam with Solved Solutions 2025-2026
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if the source you are using in your paper does not have an author, what should you use for the
in-text citation? - Answer An abbreviated title (the first few key words of the title) of the
work/source, plus the page number
In your research paper, you have used sources by two different authors with the same last
name, Bernice Thomas and Christopher Thomas. What would your in-text citations for these
sources look like? - Answer (B. Thomas 388) and (C. Thomas 76)
Which of the following direct quotations is correctly formatted, punctuated, and documented? -
Answer in 2011, the Star Wars franchise "raked in $3 billion in licensing revenue" (Block 88).
In MLA documentation, an in-text citation will usually consist of what two pieces of
information? - Answer Author's last name and page number
What does "plagiarizing" mean according to the CGTC Catalog? - Answer to use someone
else's ideas or words as one's own, without giving appropriate credit using quotation marks, if
necessary, and citing the source(s)
Which of the following would be the correct entry on a Works Cited page for an article from an
online database? - Answer Block, Alex Ben. "The Real Force Behind Star Wars." Hollywood
Reporter, vol.418,
no.6, 2012, pp 88-91. Business Source Complete, www.hollywoodreporter.com/
news/george-lucas-star-wars-288513. Accessed 23 July 2016.
On a Works Cited page, an author's name should... - Answer be listed as "Last name, First
name" (King, Stephen)
Which of the following would be the correct entry on a Works Cited page for a book with one
author? - Answer Harris, Dean M. Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics.
Penguin, 2008.
, "Reality TV Is Messing With Your Head." Scholastic Choices, vol. 28, no 6, 2012.
Academic Search Complete, choices.scholastic.com/story/reality-tv-messing-your-
head. Accessed 1 October 2016.
What would the in-text citation for this source look like? - Answer ("Reality TV")
According to MLA guidelines, how must an outside source used in a research paper be
documented?
If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website. - Answer With both in-text citations and a
Works Cited page
Frequently signaled by words such as all, every, always, never, and none. Usually refers to all
members of a category. - Answer Overstatement
Attributes to opponents the incorrect and usually ridiculous views that they do not hold. -
Answer Straw man
Oversimplifies by asserting only two alternatives when there are more than two. - Answer
False dilemma
When there are many significant differences in the two items being compared. - Answer
False analogy
To assume that part of your argument is true without supporting it. Often uses words like "the
fact is," "obviously," and "as we can see." - Answer Begging the question
Argues that an action should be taken or a position accepted because "everyone is doing it." -
Answer band wagon
Literally "after this, therefore because of this." Refers to a common errors in arguments about
cause. - Answer Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
Literally means "to the man." Attacking an opponent's character. - Answer ad hominem
Asserts that we should not proceed with or permit A because, if we do, the terrible