APA Mastery Practice Test #1

DESIGN

Pseudo-point-value: 50

Number of items: 25

Item point value: 2

Number of bonus items: 2 @ 2 points

Constructs / Skills to Test

  1. General APA Format
  2. Font size / style
  3. Margins
  4. Line spacing
  5. The components / format of a title page
  6. format of running head
  7. components of a title
  8. format of a title
  9. page headers
  10. The components / format of an abstract
  11. formatting of the abstract page
  12. number of words in an abstract
  13. abstract critique???
  14. The components / format of the body text
  15. Title centered at top of page
  16. Citing authors in-text
  17. Citing secondary sources
  18. HEADINGS
  19. ordering of headings
  20. format of headings
  21. Introduction Section
  22. Necessary components of a experimental / research paper
  23. lit review
  24. purpose
  25. theoretical issues
  26. def of variables
  27. statement of hypotheses
  28. The components / format of a references page
  29. References centered
  30. Hanging indent
  31. Language / Grammar
  32. parallel structure
  33. sexist language
  34. use of affect / effect
  35. use of their / there
  36. pronoun use
  37. shift in pronoun
  38. pronoun agreement
  39. informal use of you
  40. editorial use of we
  41. comma splices
  42. non-science words: (e.g., feel, think, prove, stated)
  43. redundancies
  44. colloquialisms
  45. since / while
  46. irregular plurals (e.g., phenomena)
  47. abbreviations (et al., etc., e.g., i.e.)

Structure of Test

·  True-False: 5

·  Multiple choice: 15

·  Short answer: 5

ITEM MATRIX

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
1a / x
1b / x
1c / x
2a / x
2b / x
2c / x
2d / x
3a / x
3b / x
3c / x
4a
4b / x / x / x
4c
4di / x
4dii / x
4e
4ei
5a / x / x
5b / x / x
6a / x
6b / x / x
6c
6d
6ei / x
6eii
6eiii
6eiv
6f / x / x
6g / x
6h / x
6i / x
6j / x
6k / x
6l