U.S. English Proofreading-Chicago MCQ Questions Answers

1. Which of the following sentences contains an agreement error..

2. Which of following sentences contains an error in punctuation..

3. Read of following passage and select the line that contains an error in grammar or usage?

4. Which of these following sentences contains an error or inconsistency.?

5. Which of the following sentences contains an error in number usage, style, or consistency,.?

6. Which of the following sentences contains an error in punctuation................

7. Which of these following sentences contains an error in punctuation?

8. Read of these following passage and select the line that contains an error in grammar or usage?

9. Which of following sentences contains an agreement error?

10. Which of the following sentences contains an error in sentence structure?

11. Which of the following sentences is correct in terms of number usage, style, or consistency?

12. Which of the following sentences contains an error in grammar or usage?.

13. Which of the following sentences contains an error in sentence structure?

14. Carefully read these following lines that together form a passage and select the line that contains an error in punctuation.

15. Read the following passage and select the line that contains an error in grammar or usage.

16. Read the following options, which collectively form a passage, and identify the line that contains an error or inconsistency.

17. Which of the following sentences contains an error in grammar or usage?

18. Which of the following sentences contains an error in number usage, style, or consistency?

19. Read the following passage and identify the type of error or inconsistency it contains. The tomato factory effuses such a strong odor of rotten produce that I can't help but be skeptical about the quality of the products manufactured there.

20. Which of the following sentences does not contain an error or inconsistency?

21. .Which of the following sentences contains an error in sentence structure?

22.

Compare the following manuscript copy to the final proof copy and identify the line that contains an error.

MANUSCRIPT:

To Mr. Brian Brenner, Boxing and Labeling Department:

Please be advised that as of May 15 the company will discontinue

its use of clear packing tape. New packing tape products in red,

blue, and yellow have already been ordered for delivery on Friday.

Please clear inventory of old stock and advise your staff of the change.

FINAL PROOF:

23. Which of the following sentences contains an error in punctuation,?

24. The following represents a complete bibliography for a scholarly paper. Review the entries and identify the line that contains an error.

25. Which of the following sentences contains an error in grammar or usage.

26. Read the following passage and select the line that contains an error in grammar or usage?

27. Which of the following represents the correct way to write the publication information for a cited work in a bibliography?

28. Read the following passage and select the line that contains an error in punctuation.

29. Read the following passage and select the line that contains an error in number usage, style, or consistency.

30. Which of the following statements about typeset matter is correct?

31. Which of the following statements about typeset matter is correct

32. Which of following sentences contains an error in number usage, style, or consistency?

33. Which of the following sentences contains an error in apostrophe usage?

34. Read theses following passage and identify the line that contains an error or inconsistency

35. Which of the underlined sections in the following sentences contains an error in diction?

36. It is imperative to include the author's last access date when citing online sources.

37. Read the following passage and identify the line that contains an error or inconsistenc

38. Read these following passage and identify the line that contains an error or inconsistency.

39. Read the following options and select the line that contains an error in grammar or usage.

40. Read the following passage and identify the line that contains an error or inconsistency.

41. Identify the type of error contained in the following sentence. Because I have an extreme allergy to nuts, I only ate the cake and not the pecan pie.

42. Which of the following sentences contains an agreement error?

43. Which of the following sentences contains an agreement error

44. Which of the following sentences is correct in terms of number usage, style, or consistency?

45. Which of following sentences contains an error in punctuation?

46. Which of the underlined parts of the following sentences contains an error or inconsistency?

47. Review the following examples of main headings for index entries. Which example does not follow best practice for creating main headings?

48. Which of the following sentences uses correct punctuation?

49. Which of the following sentences contains an error in number usage, style, or consistency?

50. Which of the entries below does not follow best practice for indexing titles of publications?

51. Carefully read the following lines that together form a passage and select the line that contains an error in punctuation.

52. Which of the following represents a correct bibliographic entry?

53. Read the following passage and select the line that contains an error in grammar or usage.

54. Which of the following sentences contains an error in the author-date style text citation?

55. Which of the following lists is punctuated correctly?

56. Which of the following sentences contains an error in punctuation.?

57. Which of the following sentences contains an error in grammar or usage?

58. Read the following passage and identify the type of error or inconsistency it contains. The baby giraffe just loved to play with the puma cub. Their games came inevitably—and painfully—to an end, however, after the first few times the giraffe smashed his face against the low tree limbs under which the little puma lithely slipped.

59. Which of the following sentences contains an error in punctuation.

60.

Compare the following manuscript copy to the final proof copy and identify the line that contains an error.

MANUSCRIPT: One plane, eight yachts, sixteen luxury cars, numerous houses, villas, and apartments—my grandfather was disgustingly rich, but also disgustingly stingy. Upon his death, we discovered that, rather than divide his estate equally among his family members, Grandpa had decided to leave a tiny morsel to every person in town—total strangers!—so that none of us could, and I quote, "slip into the lap of luxury on the sweat of [his] brow."

FINAL PROOF:

61. Which of the following sentences contains an error or inconsistency?

62.

Compare the following manuscript copy to the final proof copy (given as answer options) and identify the section that contains an error.

MANUSCRIPT:

Invoice #32158-65 10/08/06  22:15:30

Rcvd J. Cannaro, Dep 535

Ord#65998

50 Part#665LU @ $27.50

65 Part#805ZT-1 @ $32.35

25 Part#22232-X @ $102.40

Delivery: ManhattanTrucking

FOB New Brunswick

Tel 858-654-3323 x56427

FINAL PROOF:

63. Which of the following author-date style text citations is incorrect?

64. Which of the following sentences is/are punctuated correctly?

65.

Compare the following manuscript copy to the final proof copy and identify the section that contains an error.

MANUSCRIPT:

Dr. A. Altobelli

[email protected]

Confirmation #65E1ZT

Flight BA5648

Dep London 16:05 Arr Berlin 18:30

10/11/08

Ms. Eliza Bartholomew

16548-22 Pleasant Valley Drive

Almond Grove, NH 22578

858-942-7724

FINAL PROOF:

66. Which of the following is not a duty generally performed by a proofreader?

67. Which of the entries below does not follow best practice for indexing the names of titled persons?

68. Read the following passage and identify the type of error or inconsistency it contains. Charlie has never learned to speak German very well; he still thinks in his mother tongue, which distracts him so much that he ended up making mistakes in even the simplest German sentences.

69. Which of the following sentences does not contain an error in comma usage?

70. Which of the following sentences contains an inconsistency?

71.

Compare the following manuscript copy to the final proof copy (given as answer options) and identify the line that contains an error

MANUSCRIPT:

Darling, Helga L. Ext 2331 [email protected]

Hilyam, Harper S. Ext 2535 [email protected]

OffHart, Nellie A. Ext 3323 [email protected]

Parvcel, Jerome M. Ext 3330 [email protected]

Ralston, Lucrezia F. Ext 2393 [email protected]

FINAL PROOF:

72. Which of the following index entries is incorrect?

73. Which of the following sentences is most correct in terms of punctuation?

74. Which of the following sentences contains an error in comma usage?

75. Which of the following sentences does not contain an inconsistency?

76. Identify the type of error contained in the following sentence. Each of the choristers know when and how to warm up and get ready for a performance.

77. Which of the following sentences correctly punctuates a run-in list?

78. Which of the following sentences contains an error in punctuation?

79. True or false? Using documentary note citations, you should use parentheses to put citations directly in text.

80. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should set something in boldface type?

81. Could you pass me a ____ of pizza?

82. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should set something in italic type?

83. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should set something in lower case?

84. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should spell something out?

85. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should transpose something?

86. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should set something in roman type?

87. Which of the following is an interrogative pronoun?

88. The Chicago Style is very specific in regards to proofreader's marks. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when something should be aligned vertically?

89. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should flush something left?

90. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should set something in capital letters?

91. The Chicago Style is very specific with in regards to proofreader's marks. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should move something down?

92. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate where a period should be inserted?

93. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should insert a hair space?

94. The Chicago Style is very specific with regards to proofreader's marks. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should move something up?

95. What size should the font typically be?

96. I called my mentor for some advise. Which word in this sentence is spelled incorrectly?

97. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate when a proofreader should flush something right?

98. A circle with a period inside, indicates that the writer should:

99. True or false? CMS treats scientific bibliographic citations differently than literature citations.

100. Which of the following is the proofreader's mark to indicate where a comma should be inserted?