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Referencing and Academic Integrity

Test your knowlege with this short quiz

Instructions

This is a 10 question quiz.

Select only one response from the multiple choice answers provided.

The answers are provided at the end of the quiz.

Questions

1/ Look at this reference. What kind of material is being referenced below?

Tiziani, A. (2022).Harvard’s nursing guide to drugs (11th ed.) Elsevier Australia.

  • web page
  • book chapter
  • book
  • journal article

2/ Look at this reference. What kind of material is being referenced?

Schirm, V. (2023). Quality of life. In I. M. Lubkin & P. D. Larsen (Eds.), Chronic illness: impact and interventions (8th ed., pp. 183-206). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

  • book chapter
  • book
  • web page
  • journal article

3/ Look at this reference. What kind of material is being referenced?

Tan, A. C. W., Emmerton, L. M. & Hattingh, H. L. (2012). Issues with medication supply and management in a rural community in Queensland. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 20(3), 138-143. doi:10.1111/j.1440-  1584.2012.01269.x

  • web page
  • book
  • book chapter
  • journal article

4/ Look at this reference. What kind of material is being referenced?

Norton, A. (2023, October 30). Tumult and transformation: The story of Australian universities over the past 30 years. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/tumult-and-transformation-the-story-of-australian-universities-over-the-past-30-years-215536

  • web page
  • book chapter
  • journal article
  • book

5/ When you list your references at the end of your work, you should:

  • have separate lists for journals, books, websites
  • have one long list arranged alphabetically by author, and thereafter chronologically, starting with the earliest date
  • have one long list for all your references arranged alphabetically by author

6/ For a journal article reference, what should be italicised?

  • the author’s name
  • the title of the article
  • the page numbers
  • journal name and volume
  • the journal name

7/ Is this a correct in-text citation? True or False?

Thwaites (2007, p. 151) argued that ‘Psychoanalysis is…..’

  • True
  • False

8/ Look at this reference. Is this a complete book reference?

Daly, J., Speedy, S & Jackson, D Contexts of nursing: An introduction, (4th ed.). Elsevier Australia.

  • True
  • False

9/ The reference list is arranged in the order of resources cited in your assignment.

  • True
  • False

10/ This is an incomplete reference. What is missing?

Whelan, S., & Wright, D. J. (2023). Health services use and lifestyle choices of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Social Science & Medicine, 1-12.

  • journal name
  • page numbers
  • volume, issue number and DOI
  • volume and issue number

Answers

1/ C – book

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book. (ed.). Publisher.

2/ B – book chapter

Chapter Author, A. A. (Book Year). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (ed., pp. x-x).

3/ D - journal article

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, Volume (Issue), Page-Page. https://doi.org/xx.xxxx

4/ A – webpage

Author, A.A., & Author, B.B. (Year, Month Day). Title of the webpage in italics. Site name/Publisher. URL

5/ B - have one long list arranged alphabetically by author, and thereafter chronologically, starting with the earliest date

6/ D – the journal name and volume

7/ A - True

8/ B – False, the year of publication is missing

9/ B – False, the reference list is arranged in alphabetical order of authors' surnames

10/ C – volume, issue number and DOI

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