COMP II - MLA TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Under which circumstances would articles from Time and the New York Times serve as
the most appropriate souces?
A. The assignment calls for authoritative, timely coverage of the current presidential
campaign.
B. The assignment calls for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles only.
C. The assignment requires library sources, but your library is closed on Sunday nights
and the paper is due on Monday.
D. The assignment requires you to use only government-sponsored sources. - Answers
:A. The assignment calls for authoritative, timely coverage of the current presidential
campaign.
When you paraphrase, you
A. are analyzing someone's idea.
B. are documenting someone's exact words.
C. are putting someone else's idea into your own words.
D. are using someone's exact words. - Answers :C. are putting someone else's idea into
your own words.
Which of the following criteria does NOT apply to developing a substantive research
question?
A. It requires a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
B. It is a question your audience would find compelling or interesting.
C. It is a question about a subject you find compelling and interesting.
D. It is a question to which you don't already know the answer. - Answers :A. It requires
a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
Which of the following should you survey to decide if the content of a book is pertinent
to your research?
A. Read the first chapter
B. the home page
C. the foreward, preface, or introduction
D. two or three chapters from the middle - Answers :C. the foreward, preface, or
introduction
Which of the following questions can be used to evaluate the purpose of an online
source?
A.
Does the author have an academic or professional affiliation?
B.
Can you verify the accuracy of the information presented?
C.
Who sponsors the site?
D.
, Is the site easy to navigate and use? - Answers :C.
Who sponsors the site?
What should you do if your research leads you in a different direction that you thought it
might?
A.
ignore this new information and proceed with your original research question
B.
stop researching and just use the sources you have
C.
all of these
D.
consider redirecting your investigation and revising your thesis - Answers :D.
consider redirecting your investigation and revising your thesis
If you use the word "and" in a search, you are
A.
programming the search to return only sites that include both of the words joined by
"and."
B.
expanding your search.
C.
programming the search to return only sites that exclude the words joined by "and."
D.
terminating your search - Answers :A.
programming the search to return only sites that include both of the words joined by
"and."
When you ___________, you restate a source's ideas in your own words. The point is
to make the ideas clearer by simplifying and explaining the author's ideas in a way that
integrates well with the ideas and style of your paper.
A.
summarize
B.
research
C.
paraphrase
D.
quote - Answers :C.
paraphrase
On the topic of climate change, which of these items would NOT be a credible source
for finding supporting evidence for a research paper?
A.
a friend's diary or blog
B.
Under which circumstances would articles from Time and the New York Times serve as
the most appropriate souces?
A. The assignment calls for authoritative, timely coverage of the current presidential
campaign.
B. The assignment calls for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles only.
C. The assignment requires library sources, but your library is closed on Sunday nights
and the paper is due on Monday.
D. The assignment requires you to use only government-sponsored sources. - Answers
:A. The assignment calls for authoritative, timely coverage of the current presidential
campaign.
When you paraphrase, you
A. are analyzing someone's idea.
B. are documenting someone's exact words.
C. are putting someone else's idea into your own words.
D. are using someone's exact words. - Answers :C. are putting someone else's idea into
your own words.
Which of the following criteria does NOT apply to developing a substantive research
question?
A. It requires a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
B. It is a question your audience would find compelling or interesting.
C. It is a question about a subject you find compelling and interesting.
D. It is a question to which you don't already know the answer. - Answers :A. It requires
a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
Which of the following should you survey to decide if the content of a book is pertinent
to your research?
A. Read the first chapter
B. the home page
C. the foreward, preface, or introduction
D. two or three chapters from the middle - Answers :C. the foreward, preface, or
introduction
Which of the following questions can be used to evaluate the purpose of an online
source?
A.
Does the author have an academic or professional affiliation?
B.
Can you verify the accuracy of the information presented?
C.
Who sponsors the site?
D.
, Is the site easy to navigate and use? - Answers :C.
Who sponsors the site?
What should you do if your research leads you in a different direction that you thought it
might?
A.
ignore this new information and proceed with your original research question
B.
stop researching and just use the sources you have
C.
all of these
D.
consider redirecting your investigation and revising your thesis - Answers :D.
consider redirecting your investigation and revising your thesis
If you use the word "and" in a search, you are
A.
programming the search to return only sites that include both of the words joined by
"and."
B.
expanding your search.
C.
programming the search to return only sites that exclude the words joined by "and."
D.
terminating your search - Answers :A.
programming the search to return only sites that include both of the words joined by
"and."
When you ___________, you restate a source's ideas in your own words. The point is
to make the ideas clearer by simplifying and explaining the author's ideas in a way that
integrates well with the ideas and style of your paper.
A.
summarize
B.
research
C.
paraphrase
D.
quote - Answers :C.
paraphrase
On the topic of climate change, which of these items would NOT be a credible source
for finding supporting evidence for a research paper?
A.
a friend's diary or blog
B.
