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- You want to include a 60-word excerpt from an article. What’s the correct formatting style?. Number it as a footnote. Indent as a standalone block without quotes. Use quotation marks in line with text. Write it in italics.

MLA style is typically used in: Biomedical sciences. Engineering. Humanities, language, and literature. Business.

- A researcher wants to evaluate the influence of a journal over the past few years. Which indicator should they primarily consult?. Language of publication. Number of authors. Journal Impact Factor (JIF). Quartile ranking.

- Professor Lin wants to know how her articles are being shared and discussed on Twitter and Facebook. Which tool can help her track this?. Altmetric. ORCID. Academia. Google Scholar.

Which bibliographic manager is best suited for a user who prefers an entirely web-based solution without installing any software?. Mendeley. Zotero. RefWorks. EndNote.

Which citation style is commonly used in engineering, featuring bracketed numbers?. IEEE. Chicago. MLA. Vancouver.

- What is the main goal of including citations and references?. To only use direct quotes. To make the paper longer. To avoid paying for sources. To acknowledge authors and allow verification.

Why is citing sources considered essential in academic research?. To avoid formatting issues. To let readers verify, show rigor, and avoid plagiarism. To reduce paper length. To personalize an opinion.

Which of the following features is common to all three bibliographic managers (Mendeley, RefWorks, Zotero)?. Ability to generate citations in multiple styles. Requires desktop installation. Completely free and open-source. Only works with Google Docs.

- Imagine a researcher wants to annotate PDF files, share them, and perform full-text searches within their PDF library. Which bibliographic manager best suits these needs?. Mendeley. EndNote. Zotero. RefWorks.

- Why are quartiles a useful tool when selecting a journal for publication?. They measure the article's length. They rank journals by their grammatical accuracy. They show the journal’s position in its field based on impact. They describe the author’s writing style.

- A researcher is comparing journals using quartiles. What does it mean if a journal is classified as Q1?. It has the fewest articles. It’s in the top 25% of journals in its field. It uses only double-blind reviews. It’s open access.

- A reviewer uncovers major plagiarism in a manuscript. What role are they fulfilling in this scenario?. Editing the article for grammar. Promoting the journal. Preventing ethical violations. Managing author profiles.

- A professor wants to export search results to a reference manager like Zotero or Mendeley. Which step should be performed first in Google Scholar?. View statistics. Go to configuration and choose a preferred bibliographic manager. Use advanced search. Set up alerts.

When performing a search in Google Scholar, what kind of information might appear in the results?. Only books and websites. Advertisements. Social media posts. Citations, versions, and related articles.

- Which style primarily uses footnotes and is common in humanities?. IEEE. Chicago. Harvard. APA.

- APA 7th edition is typically used in which disciplines?. Humanities and Literature. Social and Behavioral Sciences. Biomedicine. Engineering and Medicine.

- Vancouver style is primarily used in: Engineering. Humanities. Health and biomedicine. Physics.

- You include a 30-word quotation from a published study in your paper. According to the guidelines, how should you format this quote?. Use quotation marks around it within the paragraph. Indent it as a block without quotation marks. Summarize it in your own words. Omit it and just cite the author.

- Which style uses an author and year citation format similar to APA but originated in the UK?. Chicago. Vancouver. IEEE. Harvard.

- An author finds that their article has been cited 15 times, not including self-citations. What does this indicate about the article?. It is receiving recognition from peers. It has been plagiarized. It lacks originality. It’s too complex to be read.

- A researcher wants to assess both the quantity and quality of a colleague’s scientific output. Which metric should they use?. H-index. Total number of published journals. Number of affiliations. Year of first publication.

- If a publisher requires ISO style, which detail is essential for electronic sources?. Summary of findings. Only author and title. DOI or URL and access date. Footnoted formats.

- APA 7th edition is typically used in which disciplines?. Humanities and Literature. Social and Behavioral Sciences. Biomedicine. Engineering and Medicine.

- Which bibliographic manager is best suited for a user who prefers an entirely web-based solution without installing any software?. RefWorks. Zotero. EndNote. Mendeley.