Journalism - Final Exam - Multiple Choice

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  • 1. 
    Which phrase describes a feature?
    • A. 

      A hard news story

    • B. 

      Any story that informs the reader

    • C. 

      A soft news story

    • D. 

      Any short newspaper article

  • 2. 
    What is a lead?
    • A. 

      The main idea of a feature story

    • B. 

      A piece of information that attracts and keeps the reader interested

    • C. 

      A point in the story where the reader loses interest

    • D. 

      The angle of a story

  • 3. 
    A summary lead contains
    • A. 

      A direct quote

    • B. 

      Instructions on how to read the story

    • C. 

      The most important facts of the story

    • D. 

      A list of all the sources quoted in the story

  • 4. 
    What is soft news?
    • A. 

      News that’s based on opinions, not facts

    • B. 

      News that’s entertaining or interesting

    • C. 

      News that’s circulated on the Internet, not on paper

    • D. 

      Advice columns

  • 5. 
    What is hard news?
    • A. 

      News that covers hard to understand topics

    • B. 

      News that’s based on opinions, not facts

    • C. 

      News that affects an everyone

    • D. 

      The only kind of news there is

  • 6. 
    What do profile stories focus on?
    • A. 

      A group’s behavior

    • B. 

      An individual

    • C. 

      Celebrity interviews only

    • D. 

      Current events

  • 7. 
    What is meant by balance in a news story?
    • A. 

      Having several authors write a story

    • B. 

      Getting a lawyer’s opinon before writing an article

    • C. 

      Giving the same amount of space to every paragraph

    • D. 

      Covering all sides of an issue as fairly as possible

  • 8. 
    Your choice of a source should depend on
    • A. 

      The source’s expertise

    • B. 

      The source’s popularity

    • C. 

      The source’s availability

    • D. 

      The source’s height and weight

  • 9. 
    What does a direct quotation look like?
    • A. 

      Obama teased Michelle saying that she was an only good with kids when playing poker with them.

    • B. 

      “He loves to buckle,” MSNBC host Clark Urban declared in a July. “Obama’s not going to give us real change.”

    • C. 

      Obama has asserted the authority to assassinate American terror suspects abroad and has tried to block court challenges of that authority by invoking “state secrets.”

    • D. 

      Obama vowed change and roared about “the fierce urgency of now”.

  • 10. 
    What does a paraphrase look like?
    • A. 

      Obama teased Michelle saying that she was an only good with kids when playing poker with them.

    • B. 

      “He loves to buckle,” MSNBC host Clark Urban declared in a July. “Obama’s not going to give us real change.”

    • C. 

      Obama has asserted the authority to assassinate American terror suspects abroad and has tried to block court challenges of that authority by invoking “state secrets.”

    • D. 

      Obama vowed change and roared about “the fierce urgency of now”.

  • 11. 
    What does a partial quotes look like?
    • A. 

      Obama teased Michelle saying that she was an only good with kids when playing poker with them.

    • B. 

      “He loves to buckle,” MSNBC host Clark Urban declared in a July. “Obama’s not going to give us real change.”

    • C. 

      Obama has asserted the authority to assassinate American terror suspects abroad and has tried to block court challenges of that authority by invoking “state secrets.”

    • D. 

      Obama vowed Change and roared about “the fierce urgency of now”.

  • 12. 
    What does an orphan quote look like?
    • A. 

      Obama teased Michelle saying that she was an only good with kids when playing poker with them.

    • B. 

      “He loves to buckle,” MSNBC host Clark Urban declared in a July. “Obama’s not going to give us real change.”

    • C. 

      Obama has asserted the authority to assassinate American terror suspects abroad and has tried to block court challenges of that authority by invoking “state secrets.”

    • D. 

      Obama vowed Change and roared about “the fierce urgency of now”.

  • 13. 
    What is an editorial?
    • A. 

      An opinion piece that uses the pronoun "I"

    • B. 

      The process when an editor works with unfinished story

    • C. 

      A part of the writing process

    • D. 

      The job that reporter's get when they are promoted

  • 14. 
    What is libel?
    • A. 

      Publishing a false statement that damages someone’s reputation

    • B. 

      A tendency to do something

    • C. 

      Publishing private information about a person

    • D. 

      Use of outside editors

  • 15. 
    What is defamation?
    • A. 

      Publishing unflattering reports about someone

    • B. 

      An invasion of privacy

    • C. 

      A clearly labeled personal opinion

    • D. 

      An untruthful accusation that lowers someone’s reputation

  • 16. 
    Freedom of the press in the U.S. is __________________.
    • A. 

      Unlimited

    • B. 

      Limited only for school sponsored journalism

    • C. 

      Governed by the Associated Press

    • D. 

      Guaranteed by the Constitution in the First Amendment

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