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Review Quiz on Basic Journalism

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

News is break from a normal flow of events, an interruption of the unexpected.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Timeliness came from the Latin word "diornaliz".

a)

True

b)

False

3.

This element of news refers to the nearness of the event to the place of the readers or its closeness to their personal affairs.

(a)  

4.

This element of news refers to thee unusualness of things. News story is about rarity or the occurrence of an unsual event.

(a)  

5.

This element of news refers to the physical or mental struggle.

(a)  

6.

News stories must appeal to human interest, emotion, and instinct.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

News breakout from anywhere and anytime.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Check out the two sources of news.

a)

Actual coverage

b)

Hearsay

c)

Rumor

d)

Written Documents

9.

Reporters must be skilled and resourceful when assigned to a certain beat.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

This type of gathering of news is used when newspapers still continue to use the story until such a time that the editors believe the readers are losing interest on it.

(a)  

11.

This type of news gathering technique is a common practice in news publication where a reporter rewrites an old story published earlier by other rival paper.

a)

Advancer Story

b)

Calendar Story

c)

Jazzed-up Story

d)

Reaction Story

12.

_____ structure is when the information is arranged from the most important to the least important ones.

a)

Inverted pyramid

b)

Pyramid

c)

Basic news

13.

Check out ALL the advantages of using the "most important- least important" structure.

a)

Facilitates reading

b)

Helps newspaper layout artists

c)

Facilitates headline writing

14.

This type of lead raises a question in the hope of inducing the reader to read on.

a)

Freak Lead

b)

Cartridge Lead

c)

Question Lead

15.

This type of lead stresses out the tone or moral of the story.

a)

Epigram Lead

b)

Freak Lead

c)

Figurative Lead

16.

These questions are used in the summary lead.

a)

5Ws and 1H

b)

To whom and for whom?

c)

So what?

17.

News must always be direct to the point.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Redundancy is allowed in news writing.

a)

True

b)

False