APA Formatting Final Exam questions
and answers graded A+
title of paper, name of authors, affiliation of authors, author note, running head, page number -
correct answer ✔✔What elements are contained on a Professional Title Page?
direct, concise, informative; focused and succinct; simple; includes essential terms - correct
answer ✔✔What characteristics make a good title?
brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the paper; includes keywords - correct answer
✔✔what is an abstract?
250 - correct answer ✔✔What is the word limit of an abstract?
introduction, method, results, discussion - correct answer ✔✔What are the four main sections
of the body of a manuscript?
introduction - correct answer ✔✔which of the four sections does not have a heading?
to avoid plagiarism, give credit to ideas that are not original - correct answer ✔✔what is the
purpose of a reference list?
first line is flush left, subsequent lines are indented by 0.5 in - correct answer ✔✔what is the
hanging indent form?
11 Calibri, arial, lucida sans; 12 times new roman; 10 computer modern - correct answer
✔✔what are the font options for text throughout a paper?
, double-spaced - correct answer ✔✔what is the appropriate line spacing of text in a paper?
title page, table body or figure image, footnotes, displayed equations - correct answer ✔✔what
are the exceptions to the line spacing rule?
1-in - correct answer ✔✔what are the appropriate margins for a paper?
align text to the left and leave the right margin uneven; indent first line of every paragraph 0.5in
- correct answer ✔✔what is the appropriate text alignment for a paper?
no - correct answer ✔✔do you include a heading for the introduction section?
centered, bold, title heading - correct answer ✔✔what are the formatting rules for level one of
headings?
flush left, bold, title heading - correct answer ✔✔what are the formatting rules for level two of
headings?
flush left, bold, italic, title heading - correct answer ✔✔what are the formatting rules for level
three of headings?
accurate, nonevaluative, coherent, concise - correct answer ✔✔what four qualities make for a
good abstract
the problem under investigation, participant/subject information, essential features of study
method, basic findings, conclusions/implications - correct answer ✔✔what are the five
elements that should be included in an abstract for empirical articles?
and answers graded A+
title of paper, name of authors, affiliation of authors, author note, running head, page number -
correct answer ✔✔What elements are contained on a Professional Title Page?
direct, concise, informative; focused and succinct; simple; includes essential terms - correct
answer ✔✔What characteristics make a good title?
brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the paper; includes keywords - correct answer
✔✔what is an abstract?
250 - correct answer ✔✔What is the word limit of an abstract?
introduction, method, results, discussion - correct answer ✔✔What are the four main sections
of the body of a manuscript?
introduction - correct answer ✔✔which of the four sections does not have a heading?
to avoid plagiarism, give credit to ideas that are not original - correct answer ✔✔what is the
purpose of a reference list?
first line is flush left, subsequent lines are indented by 0.5 in - correct answer ✔✔what is the
hanging indent form?
11 Calibri, arial, lucida sans; 12 times new roman; 10 computer modern - correct answer
✔✔what are the font options for text throughout a paper?
, double-spaced - correct answer ✔✔what is the appropriate line spacing of text in a paper?
title page, table body or figure image, footnotes, displayed equations - correct answer ✔✔what
are the exceptions to the line spacing rule?
1-in - correct answer ✔✔what are the appropriate margins for a paper?
align text to the left and leave the right margin uneven; indent first line of every paragraph 0.5in
- correct answer ✔✔what is the appropriate text alignment for a paper?
no - correct answer ✔✔do you include a heading for the introduction section?
centered, bold, title heading - correct answer ✔✔what are the formatting rules for level one of
headings?
flush left, bold, title heading - correct answer ✔✔what are the formatting rules for level two of
headings?
flush left, bold, italic, title heading - correct answer ✔✔what are the formatting rules for level
three of headings?
accurate, nonevaluative, coherent, concise - correct answer ✔✔what four qualities make for a
good abstract
the problem under investigation, participant/subject information, essential features of study
method, basic findings, conclusions/implications - correct answer ✔✔what are the five
elements that should be included in an abstract for empirical articles?
