Assessment

1. Which of the following is not an instruction word?
 compare cause outline describe contrast  

2. What are the key concepts in the following topic? 
'Outline strategies that could be used by households to reduce energy consumption'.
 outline, households, energy consumption strategies, households, energy consumption strategies, households, reduce, energy consumption  

3. If you wanted the latest information on a topic, you would not consult:
 books journals newspapers websites  

4. If using a quotation from a book in your essay, the following details must be included in an in-text reference:
 author's surname, title, publisher author's surname, publication year, title, page number author's surname, publication year author's surname, publication year, page number  

5. If you paraphrase, or put someone else's ideas into your own words, you still must cite your information source.
 true false  

6. The difference between a Reference List and a Bibliography is that a Reference List:
 lists only the in-text references you have cited in the essay lists all materials used in the preparation of the essay  

7. A journal is also known as a: (Choose 2)
 serial item periodical newspaper monograph  

8. What types of resources would you expect to find in the Reference Collection? (Choose 1)
 encyclopedias dictionaries glossaries handbooks yearbooks all of these  

9. As a general rule, the body of an essay should be approximately what percentage of the total word length or word count?
 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 95%  

10. The main difference between an essay and a report is that a report is divided into specific sections using headings and numbers, whereas an essay is not.
 true false  

Module Assessment

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