This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Writing – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Writing Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. . 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. 3. What is citing? A) Giving credit for a resource used. B) Touring a city. C) Using someone else work as your own. D) Using a database for research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giving credit for a resource used. 4. In academic writing, what is the function of a literature review? A) To present new research findings. B) To summarize the author's personal opinions. C) To evaluate and synthesize existing research on a topic. D) To provide a detailed biography of the author. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To evaluate and synthesize existing research on a topic. 5. Based on the lecture given, what is "audience" ? A) Spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting. B) A group of people identified as being likely customers of a business. C) A group of people who watch, read, or listen to the same thing. D) A group of people who watch a sports match or other large events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of people who watch, read, or listen to the same thing. 6. 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. 7. The code that was formulated 50 years ago in August and in Nuremberg, Germany are A) Code 1947 (Nuremberg). B) Nuremberg Code (1947). C) Germany code (1947). D) Nuremberg Code (1950). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuremberg Code (1947). 8. 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. 9. 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) Wake Forest is not in the ACC. B) Its use of the word "You". C) There is a contraction. D) Duke is spelled wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its use of the word "You". 10. 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. 11. Which of the following is not an element in the method section? A) A description of the study's participants. B) The kinds of statistical analysis that were used. C) Describe a gap in the existing knowledge on a subject. D) Explaining how the materials used in the study were prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describe a gap in the existing knowledge on a subject. 12. Which of the following is a characteristic of academic writing? A) Use of slang and colloquial language. B) Structured and formal tone. C) Personal anecdotes. D) Emotional language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structured and formal tone. 13. 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. 14. Which of the following does not belong in academic text that requires academic writing? A) Lab report. B) Dissertation. C) Literature review. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drama. 15. A piece of research, either individual or group work, with the topic chosen by the student(s). A) Project. B) Paper. C) Essay. D) Report. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Project. 16. 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. 17. Academic writing requires research. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 18. 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. 19. Your class code is? A) 100-1. B) 100-2. C) 100-3. D) 100-4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100-1. 20. "For these reasons, we will focus on this unconditionally stable IP-DG method in this paper." This future form ..... A) Makes a prediction. B) Describes a plan. C) Makes a promise or states a fact. D) Makes a deduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes a promise or states a fact. 21. 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. 22. Which section of a research paper should outline the methodology? A) Introduction. B) Discussion. C) Abstract. D) Methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methods. 23. 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. 24. What is the effect of using passive voice in writing? A) It makes the writing more direct. B) It often makes the writing less clear. C) It emphasizes the subject performing the action. D) It shortens the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It often makes the writing less clear. 25. "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. 26. Which words help create coherence? A) Wow. B) Anyway. C) First, second, finally. D) Hey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First, second, finally. 27. 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. 28. People ..... practice the Hindu religion can not eat beef. A) Where. B) Who. C) Which. D) Whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who. 29. 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. 30. "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 simple present. B) This is the simple past. C) This is the present perfect. D) This is the past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is the simple present. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAcademic Writing Quiz 1Academic Writing Quiz 3Academic Writing Quiz 4Academic Writing Quiz 5Academic Writing Quiz 6Academic Writing Quiz 7Academic Writing Quiz 8Academic Writing Quiz 9Academic Writing Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books