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Final Review: Mass & Social Media

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a lead?
a)
The conclusion
b)
Most important part of a story
c)
The people named in your story
d)
You are are the lead as the writer
2.
What is journalism?
a)
Reading
b)
Editing
c)
The writing of newspapers, magazines, and news to be broadcast.
d)
Violent news story.
3.
What do you need to avoid when writing a story?
a)
Clear concise writing
b)
A lead
c)
Using second or third person
d)
Long paragraphs
4.
What are the most important out of the 5W's and H?
a)
How, Why, What
b)
When, Where, Why
c)
What, When, Who
d)
How, Who, Why
5.

What is the definition of ethics?

a)

A system of moral principals

b)

A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation

c)

The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation

d)

Permitting a person criticized in a story to respond to that criticism in the same story

6.

What is the definition of plagiarism?

a)

a complete libel defense protecting a journalist’s opinion of public figures or review of books or movies, music, theatrical events, public entertainment or the public part of a performance or creative art

b)

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

c)

The idea that once a place where ideas are exchanged is created the ideas expressed there cannot later be controlled

d)

A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation

7.

An un-posed photo is called a ______________.

a)

Headline

b)

Copy

c)

Candid

d)

Dominant

8.

A news or sports story should be written in which format?

a)

Inverted Pyramid

b)

Regular Pyramid

c)

Block

d)

Five Paragraph

9.

The copy that describes a picture.

a)

Folio

b)

Dominant

c)

Caption

d)

Gutter

10.
High school journalism students are exempt from having to follow the rules of ethics because students are not actual reporters. 
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What is the difference between SLANDER and LIBEL?
a)
Slander is spoken; libel is written.
b)
Libel is spoken; slander is written.
c)
ONLY slander can damage a person's reputation.
d)
Defamation only applies to famous people
12.
What is defamation?
a)
Determining whether something is moral
b)
Intrusion into someone's personal life
c)
Act of damaging someone's good reputation
d)
Use of works protected by the law
13.
Media organizations will be judged on accuracy and reliability.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
14.
Which of these is NOT a VIOLATION of good photo ethics?
a)
Taking pictures of people doing inappropriate things
b)
Using pictures that damage one's reputation
c)
Taking candid pictures
d)
Taking controversial pictures
15.
It is acceptable to reproduce, distribute, display, or perform a protected work if you obtain the author's permission.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
16.
Information which is new, unusual and interesting or significant to the recipient. It is usually about people or related in some way to their lives.
a)
Story
b)
News
c)
Article
d)
Editorial
17.
A journalist who gathers information - including researching and interviewing people - and writes news stories.
a)
Anchor
b)
Editor
c)
Producer
d)
Reporter
18.
A job given to a journalist by an editorial supervisor, such as a news editor.
a)
Assignment
b)
Editorial
c)
Story
d)
News
19.
Someone who finds and presents information as news to the audiences of newspapers, magazines, radio or television stations or the Internet.
a)
Journalist
b)
Reporter
c)
Anchor
d)
Researcher
20.

News reporting on all relevant sides of an issue that allows representatives of those various sides the same coverage is

a)

soft news

b)

fairness

c)

frame

d)

beat

21.

Our freedom of press is protected by the ______________.

a)

2nd Amendment

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

First Amendment

d)

Declaration of Independence

22.

Removal or prohibition of material by an authority is

a)

censorship

b)

libel

c)

slander

d)

ethics

23.

The exclusive rights to something a person has written is?

a)

libel

b)

slander

c)

copyright

d)

censorship

24.

The printing or broadcasting of false information that damages a person's reputation is

a)

libel

b)

slander

c)

censorship

d)

copyright

25.

A spoken falsehood is?

a)

libel

b)

slander

c)

censorship

d)

copyright

26.

A story that gives opportunity for all parties involved to speak is?

a)

misleading

b)

a conflict of interest

c)

fair and balanced

d)

off the record

27.

Information that is not know, delivered through mass media and has an impact on the greatest number of people is

a)

entertainment

b)

news

c)

opinion

d)

editorial

28.

Stories such as crime, or election results are termed

a)

Hard news

b)

Soft news

c)

Opinions

d)

Editorial

29.

Writing that expresses a viewpoint or takes a side is?

a)

Feature

b)

Entertainment

c)

News

d)

Opinion

30.

Writing that is factual, effects a large number of people, but is not necessarily hard news

a)

Opinion

b)

News

c)

Entertainment

d)

Feature Story

31.

A Byline is?

a)

Proximity

b)

a type of question

c)

A summary

d)

The writer of the story's name

32.

Which is NOT a characteristic of a news story?

a)

Proximity

b)

Timeliness

c)

Opinion

d)

Conflict

33.

A person or document essential to the story is

a)

Interview

b)

Human element

c)

Primary source

d)

Secondary source

34.

The format of putting the most important information first in a story is called

a)

Summary

b)

Lead

c)

Inverted Pyramid

d)

Organizational FLow

35.

The opening of a news story is called?

a)

Introduction

b)

Summary

c)

Lead

d)

Direct

36.

Reporting facts, and not opinion, in a news story is called

a)

Summarizing

b)

Editorializing

c)

Organizing

d)

Objectivity

37.

The exact words spoken by a source and cited in a story i s?

a)

Cite

b)

Summary

c)

Paraphrasing

d)

Quotation

38.

A summary of what the speaker said reworded by the writer is

a)

Paraphrase

b)

Quote

c)

Third Person

d)

Attribute

39.

Crediting a source is called

a)

paraphrase

b)

quote

c)

attribute

d)

editorial

40.

Human interest, personality profiles, and personal experiences are?

a)

News stories

b)

Editorials

c)

Features

d)

Sports stories

41.

Photos should always have?

a)

a boarder

b)

a photo caption and credit

c)

three people

d)

Red eyes

42.
A summary of a person’s words given instead of a direct quote for greater understanding by the audience.
a)
Plagiarism
b)
Attribute
c)
Paraphrase
d)
Off-script
43.
Which of these is the best example of "conflict of interest"? 
a)
A reporter writes nasty comments about a person or a candidate
b)
A journalist, who owns stock in a company, praises the company in articles
c)
A journalist leaves out important information intentionally
d)
Stealing someone's work and calling it your own
44.
Something that is a lie
a)
Objective Journalism
b)
Advocacy Journalism
c)
Conflict of Interest
d)
Fabrication
45.
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing the work or ideas off as one's own.
a)
Citizen Journalism
b)
Theft
c)
Plagiarism
d)
Libel
46.
News that is happening now and that journalists must cover live and on deadline
a)
breaking news
b)
hard news
c)
soft news
d)
enterprise news
47.
Feature and human interest, informational, educational, emotional or entertaining stories
a)
Hard news 
b)
breaking news
c)
soft news
d)
enterprise news 
48.
serious or important topic and has a sense of immediacy 
a)
breaking news
b)
enterprise news
c)
hard news
d)
soft news
49.
language specific to a business, sport, or subject 
a)
slang
b)
jargon
c)
lingo
d)
content
50.
Many reporters say the biggest problem with a beat is that... 
a)
breaking news takes the top headlines
b)
writing about the same beat gets boring
c)
their contacts are seldom around
d)
there is little time to develop enterprise stories 
51.
Which could be the subject of a profile?
a)
the causes of earthquakes
b)
a local electronics store that’s having a big sale
c)
 local woman who became a presidential speechwriter 
d)
the history of the internet
52.
brainstorming meetings prepared to share with others their ideas and expertise
a)
beats
b)
pitching
c)
swapping
d)
general assignment
53.
Reporters should rely on the Internet for all their research
a)
True
b)
False
54.
Interviews help to make a story better.
a)
True
b)
False