Journalism Test Review

Students at public high schools lose their right to free speech when:

• Their speech is critical of school policy
• Their speech causes a substantial disruption to the learning environment
• Their speech supports or opposes a political candidate
• Their speech expresses a religious message

Which verb tense should usually be used in headlines?

• Active tense
• Passive tense
• Past tense
• Present tense

When can the government censor news media in the United States?

• The government can never, ever censor news media, no matter what
• The government can only censor news media if it can prove that a story will seriously and irreparably harm people (e.g., directly lead to their death)
• The government can censor news media if its stories are too critical of the government
• The government can censor news media if it publishes false information

Your principal censors your newspaper. Why are they allowed to do that?

• Student newspapers are not public forums
• Student newspapers are considered “school-sponsored” activities
• Student newspapers are part of the educational mission of the school
• All of these

Which of these types of words should be in a headline?

• A main verb such as “says,” “votes” and “wins”
• Helping verbs such as “is,” “was” or “are”
• Articles such as “a,” “an” or “the”
• The conjunction “and”

Headlines should have a subject and verb.

• True
• False

Hate groups, like the KKK, have a First Amendment right to hold rallies in public forums, like parks. Why?

• The only way for society to collectively decide what is true is to allow all kinds of speech to compete in a marketplace of ideas
• Public forums are open to anyone, no matter how hateful their views are
• Allowing such hate groups to speak in public means that authorities can monitor their activities
• All of these

A football player at your school is suspended for kneeling during the national anthem before a game. He is kicked off the team. Are his rights violated?

• No; The speech is anti-American
• No; Student athletics are extracurricular activities that have their own rules
• Yes; The speech is not disruptive to the learning environment
• Yes; Students can say whatever they want, whenever they want, at school without being punished

Why should headlines be relatively short?

• So readers will understand them more easily
• Because your space is usually limited
• Because you want to summarize the news as concisely as possible
• All of these

How many words should a headline have?

• 20-30
• 1-2
• 15-18
• 8-10