Practice quiz: Writing a literature review

4 questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right. You can try as many times as you like. These are for practice: the final test has different questions.

1. 1.What is the most common mistake in student literature reviews?

   Citing too many papersWriting one paragraph per paper, as a list of summaries, without synthesisUsing headingsMentioning limitations
2. 2.What should the first sentence of a strong review paragraph do?

   Name one paperState the point the paragraph makesList all authorsGive a quote
3. 3.Which is the best place to look for open problems?

   The title page of old papersThe limitations and future work sections of recent papersJournal fee pagesThe acknowledgements
4. 4.Which wording is safest when you believe nobody has studied something?

   "We are the first ever to study this.""No one has ever done this.""To our knowledge, no study has tested...""This is obviously new."