This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Writing – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Writing Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. New students ..... shy during the first week of class A) Are. B) Tend to be. C) Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tend to be. 2. Which sentences show conviction and have a formal tone? A) There are many people walking on the street duringSundays. It is important to keep your valuable close toyou. B) Many people walk on the street during Sundays.Keeping your valuable close to you is important. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many people walk on the street during Sundays.Keeping your valuable close to you is important. 3. Which sentence is the most concise? A) The presentation that was given by the manager was informative. B) The presentation that the manager gave was informative. C) The manager's presentation was informative. D) The presentation given by the manager was informative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The manager's presentation was informative. 4. This is an important feature of academic writing which is the concept of cautious language, often called "hedging" or "vague language" . A) Formality. B) Explicitness. C) Caution. D) Objectivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caution. 5. 'the reason for the conclusion is not relevant.' A) Slippery slope. B) False appeal. C) Irrelevance. D) Overgeneralization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irrelevance. 6. Match the sentence halves. "Most of their customers are in the developed ..... A) Use of email led to a fall in the number of letters sent.". B) Number of older people is starting to affect public services.". C) Countries, less than 10% of people have internet access.". D) Economies of Europe and North America.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economies of Europe and North America.". 7. Hospitals are so understaffed that they find it almost impossible to ..... patients with minor injuries. A) Cure. B) Infer. C) Imply. D) Treat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treat. 8. [email protected]$^{2}$Apakah fungsi angka 2 kecil pada alamat email di atas? A) Agar ringkas dan menghemat halaman. B) Agar memudahkan identifikasi pemilik email. C) Agar memudahkan identifikasi pengirim email. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agar memudahkan identifikasi pemilik email. 9. What is an academic essay? A) It is a formal piece of writing several paragraps long about two general topics. B) It is a colloquial collection of paragraphs about one general topic. C) It is a formal piece of writing several paragraphs long about one general topic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a formal piece of writing several paragraphs long about one general topic. 10. In Task 1, you need to write at least ..... words in about ..... minutes. A) 150-20. B) 250-20. C) 150-40. D) 250-30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 150-20. 11. At the planning stage, an author should do the following EXCEPT for ..... A) Generating ideas. B) Choosing a topic. C) Creating an outline. D) Writing the first draft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writing the first draft. 12. Present ideas explicitly. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 13. Formal use of language should be evident in writing a critical paper. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 14. There is no need to use references in supporting one's ideas. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 15. Structuring an argument:What is the purpose of the introduction in an academic essay? A) To introduce unrelated topics. B) To provide personal opinions. C) To summarize the entire essay. D) To provide background information, context, and to present the thesis statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide background information, context, and to present the thesis statement. 16. Substitute the colloquial expression and/or abbreviated form with a more acceptable formal substitute.The contractor was unable to give the committee a ballpark figure of the project cost. A) Estimate. B) Timetable. C) Budget. D) Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estimate. 17. Which of these are true about referencing? A) It must be cited in the text. B) Include authors name and date. C) It must be in alphabetical order. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 18. Good academic writing should be long and complete A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What does "Take into consideration" mean? A) To think about something carefully before making a decision. B) To ignore something important. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To think about something carefully before making a decision. 20. Choose the correct form of sentence. A) I await upon your decision. B) I wait your decision. C) I await for your decision. D) I await your decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I await your decision. 21. Berikut adalah domain website dan fungsi yang sesuai yaitu ..... A) .org digunakan untuk bisnis pariwisata. B) .mil digunakan untuk keluarga atau personal. C) .com digunakan untuk komersial atau perusahaan. D) .biz digunakan untuk organisasi. E) .edu digunakan untuk entertainment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) .com digunakan untuk komersial atau perusahaan. 22. What is self-plagiarism? A) Submitting the same work in more than one course. B) Using personal experiences without citation. C) Citing oneself as a source. D) Paraphrasing one's own previously submitted work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Submitting the same work in more than one course. 23. Choose the most concise option. A) Introverts rarely choose to work in groups but often prove tobe productive team members. B) It is rare that introverts choose to work in groups, but they are often productive team members. C) Introverts may prove to be productive team members, and they may make positive contributions to groups at work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introverts rarely choose to work in groups but often prove tobe productive team members. 24. What do 'APA, Harvard, Chicago, and MLA' refer to? A) Types of dictionary. B) Styles of reference and citation. C) Format in academic writing. D) Types of footnotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Styles of reference and citation. 25. Which of these is correct? A) This article gives us an insight between . B) This article gives us an insight in . C) This article gives us an insight into . D) This article gives us an insight to . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This article gives us an insight into . 26. The purpose of an introduction is often: A) To give your aims and methods. B) To exicte the reader. C) To summarise your ideas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give your aims and methods. 27. What is an abstract? (a) A) A summary of a conclusion. B) A personal writing. C) A. a summary of a research paper. D) An introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. a summary of a research paper. 28. What are the instructional words for "Analysis" ? A) Analyze, examine, discuss, compare, contrast and include. B) Analyze, examine, discuss, compare, contrast and determine. C) Examine, discuss, compare, contrast, determine and assess. D) Examine, discuss, compare, contrast, determine and identify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyze, examine, discuss, compare, contrast and determine. 29. Similarly to the advice given by Hertel, Singer, and Van Cott (2009), I did not immediately contact the most senior individuals I wished to speak to, but tried to identify experts who would likely have strong networks that might assist in the snowballing technique A) Case Study. B) Journal Article. C) Blog Post. D) News Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Case Study. 30. Which one of the listed characteristics below that is NOT describing an academic audience? A) Published and experienced authors/researchers. B) Experts in any field. C) Academic writers who have knowledge on the literature. D) Experienced journalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experienced journalists. 31. Why should you cite your resources? A) To give credit to the people created it. B) To copy another person's work. C) To use it as our own. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give credit to the people created it. 32. . In order to actively participate in academic discussion, you must ..... A) Know, accept, and use the terms, values, and rules of academic discussion. B) Know how to revise terms, values, and rules of academic discussion. C) Know how to create and use the terms, values, and rules of academic discussion. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 33. Based on the lecture given, what is "audience" ? A) A group of people who watch a sports match or other large events. B) A group of people who watch, read, or listen to the same thing. C) Spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting. D) A group of people identified as being likely customers of a business. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of people who watch, read, or listen to the same thing. 34. MP3 players are devices that record and play back music. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. The code that was formulated 50 years ago in August and in Nuremberg, Germany are A) Germany code (1947). B) Code 1947 (Nuremberg). C) Nuremberg Code (1950). D) Nuremberg Code (1947). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuremberg Code (1947). 36. Library Research Work A) Academic Writing. B) Professional Writing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Academic Writing. 37. What is wrong with the following sentence?"There are many basketball programs in the state of North Carolina that are among the best in history. You have all heard about the Duke Blue Devils, but there are also the universities of Wake Forest, N.C. State, and UNC-Chapel Hill in the ACC. A) Duke is spelled wrong. B) There is a contraction. C) Its use of the word "You". D) Wake Forest is not in the ACC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its use of the word "You". 38. What does the TIME acronym stand for? A) Time, In-depth, Measured, Evidence. B) Targeted, In-depth, Measured, Evidence. C) Targeted, In-depth, Measured, Evaluate. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Targeted, In-depth, Measured, Evidence. 39. Which of the following is not an element in the method section? A) Explaining how the materials used in the study were prepared. B) Describe a gap in the existing knowledge on a subject. C) A description of the study's participants. D) The kinds of statistical analysis that were used. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describe a gap in the existing knowledge on a subject. 40. Integrating evidence:How can you effectively incorporate statistics into your argument in academic writing? A) By making up random statistics to support your claims. B) By using statistics from unreliable sources. C) By ignoring the significance of the statistics in relation to your argument. D) By providing specific data to support your claims, using reputable sources, and explaining the significance of the statistics in relation to your argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By providing specific data to support your claims, using reputable sources, and explaining the significance of the statistics in relation to your argument. 41. Which of the following does not belong in academic text that requires academic writing? A) Dissertation. B) Literature review. C) Drama. D) Lab report. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drama. 42. A piece of research, either individual or group work, with the topic chosen by the student(s). A) Essay. B) Report. C) Paper. D) Project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Project. 43. You do not have to cite common knowledge. Which example is common knowledge? A) The capital of Thailand is Bangkok. B) The population of Iowa in 1910 is 65.000. C) The first twenty lines of Hatchet contains a heartbreaking story. D) The reasons America was colonized is to expand England's teritory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The capital of Thailand is Bangkok. 44. Academic writing requires research. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 45. As advanced forms of writing, reaction papers, reviews, and critiques require skills in critical thinking and recognizing arguments. A) True. B) False. C) Maybe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Your class code is? A) 100-1. B) 100-4. C) 100-3. D) 100-2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100-1. 47. "For these reasons, we will focus on this unconditionally stable IP-DG method in this paper." This future form ..... A) Makes a prediction. B) Makes a deduction. C) Makes a promise or states a fact. D) Describes a plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes a promise or states a fact. 48. We use a mindmap to ..... A) Identify what we know and don't know about the topic. B) Identify the different parts of the question. C) Identify what we're interested in writing about. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identify what we know and don't know about the topic. 49. Which section of a research paper should outline the methodology? A) Introduction. B) Abstract. C) Discussion. D) Methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methods. 50. The following text incorrectly uses APA formatting. Determine what is incorrect:Learners with anxiety may exhibit learned helplessness more often than learners without anxiety (Byrnes & Wasik). A) The citation goes at the beginning of the sentence. B) The citation should use "and" instead of the "&" symbol. C) The citation is missing a page number. D) The citation is missing the date. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The citation is missing the date. 51. What is the effect of using passive voice in writing? A) It emphasizes the subject performing the action. B) It often makes the writing less clear. C) It shortens the sentence. D) It makes the writing more direct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It often makes the writing less clear. 52. "Due to this loss of stability, a strict mesh constraint of the form O(k 2h) = 1 (called the asymptotic mesh constraint) was required to obtain optimal and quasioptimal error estimates for the acoustic Helmholtz problem [3, 11, 12]." A) This is the active voice. B) This is the passive voice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is the passive voice. 53. Which words help create coherence? A) Wow. B) Anyway. C) First, second, finally. D) Hey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First, second, finally. 54. Based on a topic choice of teacher pay, which thesis would be the strongest? A) This paper will explore reasons why teachers across the country should be paid higher wages. B) I think teachers are hard workers. C) Teachers have the important job of educating our children and should be paid higher wages to reflect the importance of this task. D) Teachers make less money than most people think. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teachers have the important job of educating our children and should be paid higher wages to reflect the importance of this task. 55. People ..... practice the Hindu religion can not eat beef. A) Who. B) Which. C) Whom. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 56. John and Adam ..... that mine workers have more psychological issues A) Suggest. B) Affirm. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suggest. 57. "This concept, in the context of topological dynamical systems, is known as the (uniform) rigidity, which was introduced by S. Glasner and D. Maon (see [14], [10] and [11])." A) This is the past perfect. B) This is the simple present. C) This is the simple past. D) This is the present perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is the simple present. 58. What academic writing is a synthesis of existing research on a topic to approach a new research? A) Literature review. B) Research paper. C) Annotated Bibliography. D) Research Proposal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literature review. 59. What does "Makes a case for" mean? A) To clearly show or explain the difference between two things. B) To criticize an idea or action. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To clearly show or explain the difference between two things. 60. Which statement is more academic? A) The police in the UK aren't as scary as the police in other countries. B) It seems that the police in the UK are not as intimidating as the police in other countries. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It seems that the police in the UK are not as intimidating as the police in other countries. 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