apa exam Correct Questions And
Answers
What does APA stand for?Correct Answers American Psychological Association
What elements are required on an APA Style student title page?Correct Answers -
Paper title
-author name
-author affiliation
-course number and name
-instructor name
-assignment due date
What information is included in a student author affiliation?Correct Answers Name of
the department or division of the course to which the paper is being submitted and
name of the college or university attended
What element is required in the page header of both student and professional APA
Style papers?Correct Answers Page number (aligned to the right margin)
What element is required in the page header of all professional papers and only for
student papers if requested by an instructor or an institution?Correct Answers Running
head (aligned to the left margin)
What line spacing should you use for all text in an APA Style paper?Correct Answers
Double-spacing
What paragraph alignment and paragraph indentation should you use for all text in an
APA Style paper?Correct Answers All text is aligned to the left margin, with the first line
of every paragraph indented 0.5 in.
How many heading levels is it possible to use in the text of an APA Style paper?Correct
Answers Five heading levels
How many heading levels does a typical APA Style paper contain?Correct Answers
Two or three heading levels
Which heading levels are written in bold? Which heading levels are written in bold italic?
Correct Answers -All heading levels are written in bold (Levels 1, 2, and 4 are only
bold).
- Levels 3 and 5 are written in bold italic.
, What should you write on the first line on the first page of text in all APA Style papers?
Correct Answers Paper Title
. What dictionaries should you consult to determine the spelling of words in APA Style
papers?Correct Answers Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary (https://www.merriam-
webster.com) and APA Dictionary of Psychology (https://dictionary.apa.org)
What words or phrases are italicized the first time they appear in the text of an APA
Style paper?Correct Answers -Key words or phrases, often accompanied by a definition
-Words or phrases from another language and not in the dictionary for the language in
which you are writing
Titles for what kinds of works are italicized in APA Style reference lists?Correct Answers
-Stand-alone works (books, reports, films, songs, webpages, etc.)
-Periodical titles (journals, magazines, newspapers, blogs, etc.)
APA Style is a "down" style, meaning that words are lowercase unless there is specific
guidance to capitalize them. What types of words are always capitalized in APA Style?
Provide at least three examples.Correct Answers -The first word in a complete sentence
-The first word after a colon in a sentence, if what follows the colon is a complete
sentence
-Proper nouns and proper adjectives
-Names of racial and ethnic groups
-Names of specific university departments, academic institutions, and academic courses
-Trade names and brand names
- Job titles or positions that precede a name
-Personal names that appear in the names of diseases, disorders, therapies,
treatments, theories, concepts, hypotheses, principles, models, and statistical
procedures
-Titles of works and headings within works and their subtitles
-Titles of tests and measures and their subscales
-Nouns followed by numerals or letters that denote a specific place in a series
-Names of derived variables within a factor analysis or principal components analysis
What are the two types of capitalization used in APA Style?Correct Answers Title case
and sentence case
Which type of capitalization is used for the titles of works in reference list entries?
Correct Answers Sentence case (meaning most words are lowercase)
. Which words do you capitalize when writing the title of a work in a reference list entry?
Correct Answers -First word of the title and any subtitle
-Any proper nouns appearing in the title
-Any nouns followed by numerals or letters
Answers
What does APA stand for?Correct Answers American Psychological Association
What elements are required on an APA Style student title page?Correct Answers -
Paper title
-author name
-author affiliation
-course number and name
-instructor name
-assignment due date
What information is included in a student author affiliation?Correct Answers Name of
the department or division of the course to which the paper is being submitted and
name of the college or university attended
What element is required in the page header of both student and professional APA
Style papers?Correct Answers Page number (aligned to the right margin)
What element is required in the page header of all professional papers and only for
student papers if requested by an instructor or an institution?Correct Answers Running
head (aligned to the left margin)
What line spacing should you use for all text in an APA Style paper?Correct Answers
Double-spacing
What paragraph alignment and paragraph indentation should you use for all text in an
APA Style paper?Correct Answers All text is aligned to the left margin, with the first line
of every paragraph indented 0.5 in.
How many heading levels is it possible to use in the text of an APA Style paper?Correct
Answers Five heading levels
How many heading levels does a typical APA Style paper contain?Correct Answers
Two or three heading levels
Which heading levels are written in bold? Which heading levels are written in bold italic?
Correct Answers -All heading levels are written in bold (Levels 1, 2, and 4 are only
bold).
- Levels 3 and 5 are written in bold italic.
, What should you write on the first line on the first page of text in all APA Style papers?
Correct Answers Paper Title
. What dictionaries should you consult to determine the spelling of words in APA Style
papers?Correct Answers Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary (https://www.merriam-
webster.com) and APA Dictionary of Psychology (https://dictionary.apa.org)
What words or phrases are italicized the first time they appear in the text of an APA
Style paper?Correct Answers -Key words or phrases, often accompanied by a definition
-Words or phrases from another language and not in the dictionary for the language in
which you are writing
Titles for what kinds of works are italicized in APA Style reference lists?Correct Answers
-Stand-alone works (books, reports, films, songs, webpages, etc.)
-Periodical titles (journals, magazines, newspapers, blogs, etc.)
APA Style is a "down" style, meaning that words are lowercase unless there is specific
guidance to capitalize them. What types of words are always capitalized in APA Style?
Provide at least three examples.Correct Answers -The first word in a complete sentence
-The first word after a colon in a sentence, if what follows the colon is a complete
sentence
-Proper nouns and proper adjectives
-Names of racial and ethnic groups
-Names of specific university departments, academic institutions, and academic courses
-Trade names and brand names
- Job titles or positions that precede a name
-Personal names that appear in the names of diseases, disorders, therapies,
treatments, theories, concepts, hypotheses, principles, models, and statistical
procedures
-Titles of works and headings within works and their subtitles
-Titles of tests and measures and their subscales
-Nouns followed by numerals or letters that denote a specific place in a series
-Names of derived variables within a factor analysis or principal components analysis
What are the two types of capitalization used in APA Style?Correct Answers Title case
and sentence case
Which type of capitalization is used for the titles of works in reference list entries?
Correct Answers Sentence case (meaning most words are lowercase)
. Which words do you capitalize when writing the title of a work in a reference list entry?
Correct Answers -First word of the title and any subtitle
-Any proper nouns appearing in the title
-Any nouns followed by numerals or letters
