Editing/Copy Editing MCQs
Editing/Copy Editing MCQs
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1: Which sentence uses "their," "there," or "they're" correctly?
A. Look at that plane over there!
B. They're plane is over their!
C. Look at that plane over their!
D. Look at that plane over they're!
2: Which of the following sentences is grammatically INCORRECT?
A. The cats have large ears.
B. The cats ears are large.
C. The cat has large ears.
D. The cats' ears are large.
E. The cat's ears are large.
3: Identify the sentence written in active voice.
A. Your time and money investment are made smaller by our services.
B. Our service is enabled by reducing your time and money investment.
C. Today, our services are designed by people who want to save you time and money.
D. Our services save you time and money.
4: Which sentence has the right spelling?
A. Gina and Marco are going on their honeymon.
B. Gina and Marco are going on their honeymoon.
C. Gina and Marco are going on they're honeymoon.
D. Gina and Marco are going on there honeymoon.
5: In grade school you were disciplined by the _____.
A. principal
B. principle
6: What is the name for two words with opposite meanings?
A. metanyms
B. opponyms
C. antonyms
D. synonyms
7: Which sentence uses "they're," "their," and "there" correctly?
A. There not good at evaluating their customers.
B. They're not good at evaluating their customers.
C. They're not good at evaluating there customers.
D. Their not good at evaluating they're customers.
8: Which sentence is properly capitalized?
A. I was born in Shanghai, China, but grew up in the United States.
B. I was born in shanghai, china, but grew up in the United States.
C. I was born in shanghai, China, but grew up in the United States.
D. I was born in Shanghai, China, but grew up in the united states.
9: Which sentence uses "too" correctly?
A. There are too fingers pointing on me.
B. He doesn't want too.
C. He's too good to be true.
10: Britney Spears is going to keep on dancing...
A. until the world ends.
B. untill the world ends.
11: What is an artist's board used for mixing paints called?
A. palate
B. palette
C. pallet
12: Choose the correct preposition in each sentence. I slept ___________________ only two hours last night.
A. to
B. of
C. for
D. about
13: Choose the correct phrase.
A. A honest mistake
B. An honest mistake
14: Which one of the following is grammatically correct?
A. My deer dear is very deer.
B. My dear deer is very dear.
C. My deer dear is very dear.
D. My dear deer is very deer.
15: Choose the right conjunctive adverb for the sentence. Hurry up; ________, you will be late for the train.
A. instead
B. likewise
C. otherwise
D. however
16: It was my first trip ______ Hawaii.
A. at
B. to
C. in
D. on
17: Which sentence uses "you're" and "your" properly?
A. Your the one who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're."
B. You're fly is down.
C. Your really pretty.
D. You're the one who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're."
18: Vincent Crabbe is using ___ sleeping bag this weekend.
A. yor
B. you're
C. yur
D. your
19: Choose the correct preposition in each sentence. Spencer is one ______ my best friends.
A. of
B. best
C. at
D. for
20: When you are unsure of the spelling of a word, what should be your next course of action?
A. Check in a dictionary.
B. Ignore the word.
C. Put in what sounds best.
21: Which answer correctly completes the sentence? The equipment ___ delivered tomorrow afternoon.
A. have been
B. will been
C. will
D. will be
E. has already been
22: Which sentence uses "to", "too," and "two" correctly?
A. My sister said too me, "I have two cards, to."
B. There were two kinds of pie, so I ate to much on Thanksgiving.
C. Two birds flew to Timbuktu, and they went to Miami, too.
23: Which sentence shows the correct use of "to," "two," and "too"?
A. The two of us are going to the movies and want you to come too.
B. The two of us are going to the movies and want you to come to.
C. The 2 of us are going to the movies and want you to come two.
D. The too of us are going to the movies and want you to come to.
24: Choose a correct preposition to complete the sentence: I want to lose five kilograms _____________ one month.
A. at
B. for
C. on
D. in
25: Where is everyone going?
A. Their!
B. They're!
C. There!
26: Which sentence uses "to," "too," or "two" correctly?
A. I can't wait too go to the mall.
B. I can't wait to go to the mall.
C. I want too go to the mall two.
D. I'm to exhausted to go to the mall.
27: Which sentence uses "they're", "their", or "there" correctly?
A. They're soldiers don't have shoes.
B. These are there uniforms.
C. Their very emotional.
D. Put them over they're.
E. There are many prepared questions.
28: Choose the correct capitalization.
A. The nhl season starts in october.
B. The NHL season starts in October.
C. The NHL season starts in october.
D. The nhl season starts in October.
29: Which of these sentences uses "except" correctly?
A. I can't except this kind of behavior.
B. Everyone was accounted for except Nancy.
C. Dan and I will except the invitation.
D. Tom will except the award for Dan.
30: Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank: The 2000 Census showed that married couples _____ half of the 2 million households in the state.
A. to make up
B. made up
C. which they made up
D. and made up
31: Your actions have _______ me greatly.
A. affected
B. effected
32: Which sentence features the correct spelling for a particular cooking utensil?
A. The utensils were in the drawer, but the spachola was left on the counter.
B. Turn the eggs once with a spatuola.
C. John turned the pancakes over with a spatula.
33: Choose the sentence with correct capitalization.
A. There is a copy of the Bible in each Motel Room.
B. There is a copy of the bible in each motel room.
C. There is a copy of the Bible in each motel room.
34: Which choice answers this question grammatically: What will you be doing at 8 p.m. tomorrow?
A. I would have been preparing for a conference.
B. I am preparing for a conference.
C. I will preparing for a conference.
D. I will be preparing for a conference.
E. I have been preparing for a conference.
35: You do like going to the party alone. _____ you?
A. Doesn’t
B. Do
C. Don’t
D. Does
36: Which is INCORRECT?
A. Could of
B. Could have
C. Could've
37: Which sentence is both imperative and exclamatory?
A. Clean your room!
B. You should call them.
C. I will go!
D. There is a problem.
38: In proofreading and editing, what is a "query"?
A. A question addressed to the author or editor
B. A rhetorical question addressed to the reader
C. An upside-down question mark, as in Spanish
D. A character who asks a lot of questions
39: Which of the following words uses the British English spelling?
A. color
B. recognize
C. honour
D. center
40: Which commonly misspelled word is spelled incorrectly?
A. independent
B. vacume
C. museum
D. restaurant
41: Which of the following titles is spelled correctly?
A. Lieutenent Dan
B. Colonel Mustard
C. Genaral Disarray
D. Captin Crunch
42: Which of the following sentences does not contain any errors?
A. He could've succeeded with a little more effort.
B. We should have gone in there car.
C. You might of crashed, the way you were driving.
D. We would of arrived on time if you hadn't spent so much time getting ready.
43: Which word is incorrect? If your pants are to loose you might lose your pants.
A. "to" should be "too"
B. "lose" should be "loose"
C. "loose" should be "lose"
D. "your" should be "you're"
E. "are" should be "our"
44: What happened in the race?
A. The tortoise was victorious over the hair.
B. The hair lost the race.
C. The tortoise won the hare.
D. The tortoise triumphed over the hare.
E. The hare was the looser of the race.
45: What do you call this punctuation mark: "..."?
A. triple dot
B. anaphora
C. three periods
D. dieresis
E. ellipsis
46: ___ disagree on the facts.
A. Her and I
B. Him and I
C. He and me
D. He and I
E. She and me
47: Choose the correct spelling.
A. successful
B. successfull
C. sucessful
D. succesful
48: Which sentence demonstrates the proper use of "affect" or "effect"?
A. Your effection for me is overwheming.
B. How will this affect me?
C. The affects of the pill are very strong.
D. I didn't know how strongly my actions would effect others.
49: Fill in the blank using an appropriate auxiliary verb: I ____________ leave now. It is too late.
A. would
B. should
C. could
D. have
50: What is the Oxford comma?
A. Another name for a "comma splice."
B. A system of punctuation used only in academic writing.
C. A comma that only the British use.
D. A comma placed before the word "and" at the end of a list.
51: choose the correctly spelled word
A. accumodate
B. accomodate
C. accommodate
D. acommodate
52: Choose the correct sentence:
A. The dogs' collars were fastened properly.
B. The dog's collar's were fastened properly.
C. The dogs collars were fastened properly.
D. The dog's collars' were fastened properly.
53: Which is the correct use of "its" and "it's"?
A. It's not a good night for this to happen. Its so snowy!
B. Its not my fault we got stuck! It's motor just died.
C. It's not my fault we got stuck! Its motor just died.
D. Its not a good night for this to happen. It's so snowy!
54: According to conservative usage rules, which of the following sentences might be considered INCORRECT?
A. Due to the rain, the picnic was cancelled.
B. The increase in sales is due to the ongoing promotions.
C. The picnic was cancelled because of the rain.
D. The increase in sales is because of the ongoing promotions.
55: Which answer choice uses "for," "four," or "fore" correctly?
A. Let's go foreword on our mission.
B. My forefinger is sore.
C. I can only count to for.
D. Who is forth in line?
56: Which of the following is the correct use of "complemented"?
A. He complemented her on her hair.
B. Her red shirt complemented her brunette hair.
C. The group complemented the cook on the turkey dinner.
57: Which punctuation mark is most often used to create a compound word, such as "mother-in-law"?
A. hyphen
B. pound sign
C. ellipsis
D. em dash
E. en dash
58: Fill in the blank: On the ___ day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, twelve drummers drumming.
A. twelfth
B. twelevefth
C. twelfh
D. twelveth
59: Which of the following is spelled correctly?
A. acomodate
B. acommodate
C. accommodate
D. accomodate
60: When presenting a dish or work of art, many Americans use a foreign word to be dramatic. What is the correct spelling?
A. voilà
B. voilá
C. wa-la
D. viola
E. woilà
61: Pick the correct sentence?
A. Bad light affected both players' ability to see the ball.
B. Bad light effected both player's ability to see the ball.
C. Bad light effected both players ability to see the ball.
D. Bad light effected both players' ability to see the ball.
E. Bad light affected both player's ability to see the ball.
62: Which of these words is spelled INCORRECTLY?
A. quarrell
B. gruesome
C. throughout
D. ferret
63: Which editing mark signifies you are inserting a word?
A. *
B. ^
C. <word>
D. (word)
64: choose the correct spelling
A. fluorescent
B. floorescent
C. flouriscent
D. fluoresent
E. flourescent
65: Which of the following is not spelled correctly?
A. lightning
B. eighth
C. undoubtedly
D. elegible
E. caffeine
66: Which sentence demonstrates correct apostrophe use?
A. The children's toys were kept in the toy box.
B. The childrens' toys were kept in the toy box.
C. The children's toy's were kept in the toy box.
D. The childrens' toy's were kept in the toy box.
67: The company will upgrade ______ computer systems next week.
A. it’s
B. their
C. its
D. there
68: True or false? There is a mispelled word in this sentence.
A. False
B. True
69: What is the meaning of the editing term "stet"?
A. Use a stencil.
B. Subtext.
C. Leave as is.
D. Straighten.
70: Which of these tasks is most likely to be assigned to a copyeditor?
A. Mechanical editing -- reviewing and correcting spelling, grammar, punctuation, usage, and style
B. Text or cover design
C. Proofreading
D. Developmental or substantive editing -- rewriting and restructuring text in depth
E. Ghostwriting
71: Which of the following does NOT generally fall under the responsibilities of a copyeditor?
A. querying the author when material seems to be missing or unclear
B. correcting errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and usage
C. typesetting page proofs
D. flagging potentially biased or outdated language
E. suggesting changes to align a text with house style
72: Shakespeare was boring to her. She was completely ________ in the professor's lecture.
A. disinterested
B. uninterested
73: Which answer choice lists these commonly confused punctuation marks from shortest to longest?
A. em dash, en dash, hyphen
B. em dash, hyphen, en dash
C. hyphen, em dash, en dash
D. hyphen, en dash, em dash
74: Which sentence is INCORRECT?
A. I have less vacation days than senior employees.
B. He delivered the message in fewer words and less time.
C. His speech was less lengthy than in previous years.
D. That solution would be less than ideal.
75: Shakespeare writes, "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments." The phrase "to the marriage of two minds" is:
A. An infinitive
B. A prepositional phrase serving as an adverb
C. A prepositional phrase serving as an adjective
D. None of the above.
76: "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments" is what kind of sentence?
A. Declarative
B. Not a complete sentence
C. Imperative
D. Interrogative
77: According to conservative usage rules, which is more correct for the sign over the express checkout lane?
A. 15 items or fewer
B. 15 items or less
78: What is the term for headings (giving the chapter title, author, or other information) at the top of book pages?
A. widows and orphans
B. printer's devils
C. blind folios
D. guide words
E. running heads
79: Which is the term for a section at the front of a book?
A. foreward
B. forword
C. foreword
D. forward
80: Which would you expect to find in the back matter of a book?
A. a half title page
B. an epigraph
C. a preface
D. an index
81: What is the traditional proofreading notation to indicate that the spacing between words or lines should be made equal?
A. stet
B. hr #
C. eq #
D. fl
E. wf
82: In which sentence would it be more correct to spell out the numerals in words?
A. We need 5 more apples to make this pie.
B. There were 455 guests at the wedding.
C. She lives at 10 Oak Lane.
D. Only 2 percent of patients improved.
83: What does the "fair use" doctrine refer to?
A. the use of online material in academic works
B. the use of unpublished archival material in fiction
C. the use of copyrighted material without obtaining permission
D. the use of unconventional grammar or style rules
84: Which of the following Latin abbreviations has an extraneous period?
A. i.e.
B. ibid.
C. e.g.
D. etc.
E. et. al.
85: Which sentence has a capitalization error?
A. President Lincoln greeted the visiting dignitaries.
B. Barack Obama was elected president in 2008.
C. That chair is for president Roosevelt.
D. He is the president of the debate club.
86: What is the correct abbreviation for the SI unit of length (the meter)?
A. m
B. M.
C. m.
D. M
E. mm.
87: Which is the correct word to describe a winding path?
A. tortious
B. tortuous
C. torturous
D. tortoise
88: Who would most likely be accurately referred to as "Latino," but not "Hispanic"?
A. a person from Mexico
B. a person from Spain
C. a person from Brazil
89: What is the traditional proofreading mark for adding smallcaps?
A. A triple underline
B. A wavy underline
C. A double underline
D. A single underline
90: When should a number be spelled out in words instead of written as numerals?
A. when it is larger than a thousand
B. when it's at the beginning of a sentence
C. when it indicates a year
D. when it is used in a scientific or technical context
91: Which answer choice is correctly hyphenated?
A. He was a forty year-old circus clown.
B. The victim was a thirty-year-old man.
C. A five year old came running up the stairs.
D. The activity is intended for seven year olds.
E. She was sixteen-years old on that fateful day.
92: Which sentence contains a foreign word that would usually be italicized?
A. They ordered green tea and okonomiyaki.
B. The pottery was dated to circa 300 B.C.
C. The novel's main character is the Russian czarina.
D. We enjoyed an alfresco picnic.
93: Which title is properly capitalized using headline style?
A. Gone With the Wind
B. Mr. Smith goes to Washington
C. Singin' In The Rain
D. Some Like it Hot
E. All Quiet on the Western Front
94: Which sentence would be least likely to raise concerns of gender bias?
A. All firemen should be treated like the heroes they are.
B. She's the best woman doctor you'll ever meet.
C. We'll be joined by a famous poetess.
D. It's increasingly common to see a lady lawyer in the courtroom.
E. The university offers a major in women's studies.
95: Which term is generally used for introductory material written by someone other than the author of the main text?
A. foreword
B. preface
96: Which would normally be set in quotation marks?
A. the name of a painting
B. the name of a podcast episode
C. the name of a TV show
D. the name of an opera
E. the name of an epic poem
97: Which would generally be set in italics?
A. the title of a magazine article
B. the title of a page of a website
C. the title of an episode of a TV show
D. the title of a movie
98: What is the traditional proofreading notation to indicate that an incorrect typeface has been used?
A. c/sc
B. pe
C. wf
D. bb
E. ital
99: What type of error does this sentence have? "They walked along the Rio Grande River."
A. redundancy
B. pathetic fallacy
C. dangling modifier
D. misspelling
E. subject-verb agreement
100: Which means "to deny under oath"?
A. abjure
B. adjure
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Édition/Copie Questions d'édition en langues françaises
Editando/Copiando Perguntas de edição em idiomas portugueses
Bearbeitung/Kopieren Bearbeitung von Fragen in deutschen Sprachen
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