Graphics
Citations
Tables
Text and Wording
100

The number of spaces after "Figure 1." in a figure caption

2

100

The font and font size for citations

Helvetica 8

100

The correct cell padding setting for tables

6 on all sides

100

The word we should use in place of "since" or "as" when indicating causal relationships, where possible

Because

200

The capitalization styles for axis labels and legend-box symbol definitions, respectively

Sentence case and all lowercase

200

The test sections whose citations have article titles in title case

PSBB, BBLS, and CPBS

200

The maximum width of a table, in pixels

575 px

200

The situation that calls for using all capital letters on a word in an item stem

A negative word (usually NOT or LEAST) in an item that presents the examinee with three choices that are true and one that is not

300

The steps that, if missed when reinserting, could cause a graphic to become "stretched"

Deleting the graphic and the line it was on and saving before reinserting

300

The two types of information that can be omitted from a citation

Excess author names and article titles that could cue examinees

300

Something a table in a passage shouldn't be far from (besides its caption)

An introduction of the table in the text

300

What determines whether a theory/concept with a double-barreled name uses a hyphen or an en dash

Hyphen: The theory/concept is named for one person with a hyphenated name

En dash: The theory/concept is named for two people

400

The box that should not be checked in the Edit Exhibit menu

Exhibit Resizable

400

The two appropriate ways to start a citation specific to a graphic

"Figure from" if the figure is pulled directly from the source unaltered; "Figure adapted from" if the figure has been modified for the test

400

The rules that determine text alignment in leftmost-column non-header cells

If the text is all one word/number/letter, center align in both directions. If the text is composed of multiple words, center align vertically and left align horizontally.

400

The only cardinal direction that gets capitalized as the name of a type of blot

Southern

500

The correct way to label a two-part graphic in the graphic itself and in the figure caption

In the graphic: "A." and "B."
In the caption: "(A)" and "(B)"

500

All four issues with the following PSBB citation:
Adapted from E.A. Poe, M. Shelley, B. Stoker, S. King, and H.P. Lovecraft et al. PNAS. ©2022 the Authors.

-Initials should have a space between them
-There should not be both an "and" and an "et al."
-Missing comma after "et al."
-Journal name should be spelled out

500

The two newest pieces of table border guidance

-Double borders below header rows should have a thickness of 5
-Top borders of the row below the header row should be set to "none" style

500

The notation we should convert "BC" and "AD" to and the font size it should appear in

BCE and CE, respectively; font size 10

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