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1552101 Mass Media Midterm 2021

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of ‘Mass Media’?

a)

Sending information to many other people.

b)

Sending information in newspapers.

c)

Electronic media with information.

d)

Sending information to certain people.

2.

What are three examples of mass media?

a)

Paintings

b)

Newspapers

c)

Radio

d)

Television

e)

Books

3.

What is the meaning of ‘news’?

a)

The main idea should be in the first sentence.

b)

Information sent to many people.

c)

Electronic media that is as up-to-date as possible.

d)

Information about what is happening now.

4.

Which of the following are 'print media'? Choose 2

a)

Internet

b)

Radio

c)

Magazines

d)

Television

e)

Newspapers

5.

What are the advantages of electronic media?

a)

It goes immediately into people’s houses

b)

All the news is as up-to-date as possible

c)

They are only published once a week or once a year.

d)

They are intended only for a local audience.

e)

They are one of the oldest forms of mass media.

6.

Which is one of the newest examples of mass media?

a)

Radio

b)

Television

c)

Intranet

d)

Internet

7.

In which tense do news stories usually report on something that has happened?

a)

Passive tense

b)

Past tense

c)

Present tense

d)

Future tense

8.

What are the four W’s?

a)

Write

What

Where

Who

b)

Who

Where

Why

Whom

c)

Who

What

Where

hoW

d)

Who

What

When

Where

9.

Why do we include the four W’s in the first sentence of a news story?

a)

So the reader can get a good idea about the story before reading the whole story.

b)

So the news is as up-to-date as possible.

c)

So the reader can read the story.

d)

So the reader has to read the whole story.

10.

What is the meaning of ‘main idea’?

a)

The headline and the story.

b)

The Four W's.

c)

Where the news is happening.

d)

The story in detail.

11.

What is the meaning of ‘details’?

a)

The headline and opening sentence.

b)

Pieces of information in the Four W's.

c)

The main idea, but not the headline.

d)

Pieces of information that are not part of the main idea .

12.

Identify WHO in the following sentence:


Imposter Red killed Yellow in the Admin of The Skeld during the Reactor Meltdown.

a)

Imposter Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Skeld

d)

Admin

13.

Identify did WHAT in the following sentence:


Imposter Red killed Yellow in the Admin of The Skeld during the Reactor Meltdown.

a)

Imposter Red

b)

Reactor Meltdown

c)

Killed Yellow

d)

In the Admin

14.

Identify WHERE in the following sentence:


Imposter Red killed Yellow in the Admin of The Skeld during the Reactor Meltdown.

a)

Killed Yellow

b)

Admin of The Skeld

c)

Imposter

d)

Reactor Meltdown

15.

Identify WHEN in the following sentence:


Imposter Red killed Yellow in the Admin of The Skeld during the Reactor Meltdown.

a)

Killed Yellow

b)

During the Reactor Meltdown

c)

Imposter Red

d)

In the Admin of The Skeld

16.

What is a headline?

a)

The main idea.

b)

The Four W's.

c)

The details of the story.

d)

The title of the news story.

17.

How is a headline different from a sentence? Choose 3

a)

No articles (a, an, the)

b)

No capital letters

c)

No subject

d)

No conjunctions (and, but)

e)

No auxiliary verbs

18.

What is a byline?

a)

Auxiliary verbs.

b)

The name of the author of the story.

c)

The name of the publication.

d)

The abbreviations in the headline.

19.

Why don't some stories have a byline?

a)

The story is unsourced and speculative.

b)

The story is an opinion piece.

c)

The story was written by a group of many people.

d)

The story has been censored.

20.

Identify two famous news agencies.

a)

Associated Press

b)

Consolidated Reporters

c)

Twitter

d)

Reuters