When making basic marks and marginal comments/English
Question 1. When making basic marks and marginal comments, which strategy is LEAST helpful?
Underlining essential and supporting questions
Drawing a block around complex passages
Drawing lines to make connections
Highlighting large sections of text
Question 2. Which of the following steps do not help writers develop research topics into appropriate lines of inquiry?
Identify the parent, sibling, and child topics
Construct a central, one-dimensional topic
Develop a set of essential and supporting questions
Define the scope of your project
Question 3. Which of the following is the LEAST useful type of source?
One that includes other researchers’ analysis
One that offers just facts or information
One that offers you new perspectives
One that includes at least one of the BEAM elements
Question 4. Which of the following sources is likely NOT useful beyond the information it contains?
A source that is lengthy and treats subject with complexity
A source that uses the specialized language of experts
A source that serves multiple purposes
A source that is short and presents answers as matters of fact
Question 5. Which of the following statements BEST describes plagiarism?
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of common knowledge without a citation.
Plagiarism is the unique formulation of your own ideas.
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of words and ideas originating with other writers.
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of quotes from informal conversations.
Question 6. As you finalize the essential and supporting questions of the research stage, you need to reconsider coherency to determine WHICH of the following scenarios.
Your questions have asked everything possible in order to cover all bases.
Your supporting questions relate back to your essential questions.
Essential questions are independent and do not relate to your supporting questions.
You only focus on noncontroversial questions.
Question 7. Which ONE of the following is considered an advanced reading goal?
Reading to comprehend
Reading to critique
Reading to absorb
Reading to understand
Question 8. An interpretive account should include all of the following EXCEPT
an explanation of what other writers have written.
the significance of meaning of the literature.
a straightforward description of other writers’ ideas.
an evaluation of the usefulness of the articles.
Question 9. Which of the following reasons is the LEAST likely cause of plagiarism?
A belief that all information is common knowledge
The pressure to succeed at all costs
A failure to understand what constitutes plagiarism
Thinking that no one will ever notice the plagiarism
Question 10. Pre-reading strategies should include which ONE of the following activities?
Survey the writing for overviews and summaries first.
Clear your mind of questions and expectations.
Avoid making comparisons to other writings.
Consider what the writer knows instead of what you believe you know.
Question 11. When taking notes to avoid plagiarism, which of the following is NOT suggested?
Enclose all words from a source in quotation marks.
Integrate your ideas with your source material without citing.
Record all data about the source for your references page.
Attribute all words and ideas to their correct author with in-text citations.
Question 12. Which method of research offers the MOST comprehensive list of academic articles across disciplines?
Accessing Google Scholar’s broad database
Using a specialized database at a library
Searching the dictionary
viewing specific encyclopedias online
Question 13. All of the following criteria help writers gauge their interest in a topic, EXCEPT
listing unanswered questions.
mapping concepts and connections.
deciding that sufficient research already exists.
writing paragraphs about important topics.
Question 14. What can a coherent question provide for you?
Broad access to a large community of scholars
Agreement amongst scholars of the truth of a particular issue
An area of controversy in need of clarification
Open-ended questions for further research
Question 15. Which of the following BEST describes why researchers should review the “Cited by” link in Google Scholar during the early stages of a research project?
The link helps researchers avoid repeating the same topics as others.
The link shows that other researchers have considered an article significant.
The link shows the popularity of an academic author.
The link proves the accuracy of the cited information.
Question 16. Limiting the scope of your research project can involve all of the following, EXCEPT
specifying a subtopic to help limit your research.
exploring a problem fully and completely.
defining a location where you will focus your attention.
viewing your topic through a specific theoretical perspective.
Question 17. By carefully considering the numerous perspectives on a topic, which of the following is MOST likely to occur?
The researcher will get off track on the issue.
The writer will lose focus on the main purpose.
New data will complicate the issues and cause disarray.
The researcher’s understanding will deepen.
Question 18. What definition BEST describes the relationship between sibling topics and central topics?
Sibling topics are related to the central idea and important to consider.
Sibling topics are more general than your central topic.
Sibling topics show the details of your central topic.
Sibling topics are unrelated to your central topic and irrelevant.
Question 19. The correct order for Roman Numerals is:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7…
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII…
I, II, III, IIII, X, XI, XII, XIII…
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…
Question 20. When writing a thesis paragraph, you should AVOID
explaining the significance of your thesis.
claiming other authors’ ideas as your own.
establishing your own perspective in a scholarly debate.
articulating your thesis as a response to established research.
