DCIT 60 - Lecture 5

A4 size

All manuscripts, papers, and reports should be computer-generated and printed in an ______ white bond papers.

Arial, font size 11

This type of font and size should be used in all manuscripts, papers, and reports.

1.5 inches, 1 inch

The left margin of each page of the manuscript should be _____,while the top, bottom, and right margins should be ____ each.

Five spaces

Paragraph indention should be _____ (equivalent to one tab) from the left margin

Three single spaces, double spaced.

This amount of spaces should be observed between chapter headings and the text that follows. The rest should be ______.

Hanging indent format, single spaced, flushed to the left margin

References should be written in _____, _____, and _____.

top right

Page numbers are placed on the _____ of the page

imaginary page numbers

First page of every chapter should have _______.

comprehensive description

Table titles should be a _______ of the table entries

capitalization

Table titles follow sentence ______

single space

Use ______ between table title and the table itself.

succeeding lines, hanging indention

For long table titles, the ______ should be in _______.

Figures

These may come in form of picture, drawings, diagrams, photographs, blueprints, maps, graphs, and chart

Figures

These should be clear enough to be understood even without referring to the text.

Arabic numerals

Figures are numbered consecutively in ______ two spaces below them

parentheses

For figures taken from references, the source should be cited in _______ after the caption

italicized

All non-English terms and scientific names should be ______

spelled out, written in whole words

Units that are not preceded by Arabic numbers should be ______ or ______

abbreviated

Units that are preceded by Arabic numbers are to be _____

text, symbol

Use the percent _____ when in text, and use the percent _____ inside parenthesis or tables

first reference in the text

As a general rule, acronyms and abbreviated terms in parentheses should occur only after their ________

capitalized, not capitalized

In capitalization, as a general rule, proper nouns are ______. Common nouns are ______.

Proper noun

Is the specific name of a person, place, institution, organization, or brand.

capitalized

Proper nouns are always ______ regardless of where they appear in a sentence.

Common noun

Refers to a general person, place, thing, or idea.

not capitalized

Common nouns are _________ unless they start a sentence.

used with a person's name.

Titles are capitalized only when ______.

official names

Organizations and institutions are capitalized when referring to their ______

standard English dictionary

To determine correct spelling of words, the latest edition of a _______ should be consulted.

present tense

This type of tense is generally used in presenting theories, philosophies, generalizations, and conclusions.

present tense

This type of tense is used to present implication of the results of the study.

past tense

This type of tense is employed in describing the results of the study.