English 5

All of these mean “to skim” EXCEPT for:
Read for gist
Look through a source for main information
Look for details
read for general comprehension
A summary of scholarly source material on a particular topic is called a/an _______________.
Abstract
Literature review
Analysis
Executive summary
The use of someone else’s writing or ideas without proper documentation is called a/an _____.
Paraphrase
Plagiarism
Citation
Quotation
All of these are purposes of Literature Review EXCEPT for:
To study and understand the previous research works on your topic;
To find out major concepts, theories and conclusions in your topic;
To design your research
To identify areas of controversy in the literature;
All of these are sources for Literature Review EXCEPT for:
Electronic databases
CD-ROMs
Libraries
Journals
To provide ________ while taking notes look for works that express a variety of viewpoints on your topic
Reliability
Coverage
Bias
Depth
A disadvantage of _____________ is that the information is less referred and not always reliable.
Books
Journals
Theses
Internet sources
An advantage of ______________ is that they are up to date.
Theses
Audio-visual materials
Books
Periodicals
Put the following strategies for reading in order: A. Take notes while reading; B. Critically analyse and summarise the information from the works you read; C. Read only relevant and significant works; D. Mainly concentrate on the ideas not on the individual publications; E. Decide what types of literature you need
ABDEC
EDCBA
ECDAB
CEDAB
Which expression shows that the author disagrees with smb’s point of view?
In line with the above….
Contrary to this opinion the author maintains that…
This controversy has been addressed more than once.
According to this author…
Which of the following is plagiarism?
A summary of scholarly source material on a particular topic
The use of someone else’s words, ideas, or line of thought without acknowledgment.
A list of sources which are actually cited in the paper
The use of someone else’s words, ideas, or line of thought
Literature review section should make up ___% of the whole paper.
70-80
10-15
30-40
50-60%
Which statement about the use of books as a source is true?
Books typically offer broad coverage of a topic
Books are becoming outdated as sources for research papers.
Books are always available when you need them.
Books are a current source of information
Which of the following would be considered plagiarism?
Properly documenting a quotation but forgetting to surround it with quotation marks.
Using source material.
Quoting five lines or more from a source.
Properly documenting a quotation
All of these should be included into Literature Review EXCEPT for:
Controversial views on the problem under study
Arguments and findings of other authors
Your comments on other researchers’ vc,iews
The structure of the research project
When evaluating the usefulness of a source you would typically consider all of these EXCEPT for:
The popularity of the source in terms of sales numbers, readership, or online "hits."
Reliability factors such as the author's qualifications or the publisher's reputation.
The relevance of the source to your specific topic.
The source’s currency
Which approach is the most useful as an early step in evaluating sources?
Thoroughly reading your sources.
Skimming your sources.
Taking detailed notes on your sources
Analyzing the sources
The purpose of literature review is to _____________.
To get ideas about current approaches and methods
To explain why it is important to investigate the problem
To place the most important graphs/tables
To describe your research
All of these are sound purposes of reading for research EXCEPT for:
To learn what other researchers have done in your area
In order to spot areas which have not been researched
Because your supervisor expects you to
To identify the problem areas in the field
Which expression shows that the author disagrees with smb’s point of view?
In line with the above….
Contrary to the opinion of…
This controversy has been addressed more than once.
The author rightfully maintains that…
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