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1
Citizen journalism is the practice of
collaborating with nonprofit organizations
preparing stories that will help citizens vote in elections.
inviting readers to create news content
publishing stories that are about politics
2
A cardinal sin for a journalist is to
publish a story that angers local officials.
disagree with an editor or news director.
misspell a name.
reveal how decisions are made about what is newsworthy.
3
When a sentence has several elements in a series, all of the elements should
be in grammatically parallel form
have more than three words.
refer to concrete objects.
have the same subject.
4
What's wrong with this sentence? “General Motors is expanding their production line.”
Everyone knows General Motors is downsizing.
“General Motors” is singular but the pronoun is plural.
“General Motors” is plural but the verb is singular.
The gender of the pronoun is incorrect.
5
The three parts of an hourglass story are
the inverted-pyramid top and the chronological conclusion.
the chronological lead, the turn and the pyramid base.
the inverted-pyramid top, the funnel and the base.
the lead, the funnel and the chronological conclusion.
6
The subject of the passive-voice sentence is usually
the subject of the active-voice sentence.
longest prepositional phrase from the active-voice sentence
the direct object of the active-voice sentence.
the adjective that modifies the subject
7
The proportion of people who get their news from mobile devices was recently estimated at
about half.
about one-quarter.
about two-thirds.
about three-quarters.
8
In journalism, a “mojo” is a
a source who has the ability to bounce back from adversity.
a source who provides a journalist with a good-luck charm.
journalist who carries her tools with her at all times.
journalist who has an unusual degree of appeal.
9
A single center for a newspaper, television and Internet news organization is an example of...
horizontal integration.
vertical integration.
conglomerate journalism.
convergence.
10
Which of the following is NOT an adverb?
fully
backward
heavy
quickly
11
The word in a sentence that conveys action is the
verb
noun
adverb
conjunction
12
A focus story lead is often
one-sentence paragraph that states the story’s central point
a funny story to entice the reader
10 or 15 paragraphs long.
an anecdote that may not be newsworthy in itself
13
Traditional news media provide what percentage of the factual information on the Internet?
90 percent.
55 percent.
70 percent.
85 percent.
14
The primary advantage of the inverted-pyramid organization is that it
is a natural way of telling any story.
allows the reader to stop after reading two paragraphs
rarely contains any surprises for the reader.
locks reporters into a formula and discourages innovation.
15
Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?
A lot of money is needed to start a new news organization.
journalistic content springs up everywhere.
People get their news in new ways.
Journalists have a wider choice of career paths now.
16
The most popular Internet sites for Americans seeking news are those operated by
bloggers who repackage news from real news organizations.
traditional news organizations, newspapers, and TV stations.
bloggers who have a clear political ideology.
Web sites operated by companies
17
What is the problem with the following sentence: Jim should be back from the store in a hour.
the article "a" before "hour" should be “an.”
“Jim” should be replaced with a pronoun.
The store is not identified.
The verb is in the passive voice.
18
The words “that” and “which” are called
relative pronouns.
adjectives.
conjunctions.
confusing.
19
In order to avoid confusion, a modifier should be placed
as close to the beginning of the sentence as possible
as close to the end of the sentence as possible
as far as possible from the word or phrase it is modifying.
as close as possible to the word or phrase it is modifying.
20
Which of the following best describes why good writers avoid passive-voice sentences?
Passive-voice sentences have less words than active-voice.
Passive-voice sentences use verbs that are too colorful.
Passive-voice sentences have more words than active voice.
English speakers rarely use passive-voice sentences.
21
The second paragraph of an inverted-pyramid story should
continue with the most newsworthy point
start an entirely new topic.
name people, without further clarification
provide background information.
22
The organization of a basic sentence is
object-subject-verb
subject-verb-object
actor-action-consequence
time-action-consequence
23
The purpose of a slugline on a news story is to
hit a news organization’s enemies with an insult.
enable reporters to write the headlines for their stories.
help editors organize stories
identify the political orientation of a news story.
24
The rule for when to use “who” and when to use “whom” is that
“who” refers to the subject; “whom” refers to the object
“whom” refers to the subject; “who” refers to the object.
“who” is only acceptable in spoken language
“whom” is used only in scholarly writing
25
The advantages of the hourglass story structure are that it
Allows the writer to invent scenes and dialogue.
puts the most newsworthy information at the end of the story
Forces the writer to stick to the facts
allows the writer to develop the story as a narrative.
26
The antecedent of a pronoun usually is
the proper or common noun it replaces.
the indirect object of the main verb.
an adjective that precedes it.
a prepositional phrase that follows it.
27
The dateline on a news story indicates the
place where the events described in the story took place.
time when the story occurred.
date when the story was written.
date when the story should be published.
28
The value of the Associated Press Stylebook is that it
gives reporters a template for all news stories types
promotes consistency in newswriting and reduces errors.
tells reporters what constitutes fine writing
assures all stories with have a uniform political slant.
29
In journalism, “convergence” means...
sharing facilities, newsgathering resources, or content.
the content of one newspaper is the same as other newspapers
different news media cover the same story in the same way.
news organizations all strive to put the same slant on news.
30
The general practice in American English is to treat collective nouns as
singular
plural
humans
inanimate objects
31
A news reporter writing a narrative style story writes as a playwright or a novelist would by
creating characters, events and places.
making up a story to suit the writer’s purpose.
creating dialogue and attributing it to people.
describing how people interact with each other.
32
The tense of a verb indicates
who engaged in an action.
when an action occurred.
where an action occurred.
what the result of an action was.
33
Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?
Few people rely on journalists for information.
Good journalism is critical thinking.
The technique of researching continues to be important.
Stories are likely to be found in various media.
34
Which of the following is NOT one of the errors news writers make in the second paragraphs?
They continue with additional newsworthy information
They emphasize the names of sources
They put lots of background information in the paragraph.
They name a person referred to in the lead.
35
The focus style story includes a nut graph, which
is never more than one paragraph in length.
is always the first paragraph of the story
takes the reader in a wholly new direction from the lead.
states the central point of the story and explains the lead
36
Stories that include many important subtopics often deal with these by
summarizing the most important topic and ignoring the rest.
providing a lead that can could apply to subtopics
summarizing all subtopics in the lead.
summarizing the most important topic or two in the lead
