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lecture test #1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is known as TV news?

a)

Podcast

b)

Broadcast television

c)

Network news programming

d)

Cable television

2.

What is the error that appears in the red circled content?

a)

Information density

b)

Spelling

c)

Dramatic unity

d)

Word choice

3.

What is the error that appears in the image?

a)

Information density

b)

Spelling

c)

Dramatic unity

d)

Word choice

4.

Which factor determines the newsworthiness of this TV News ?

a)

Eliteness

b)

Negativity

c)

Superlativeness

d)

Proximity

5.

What key questions does this sentence give answer to?

“The students from more than 50 universities are taking part in a rent strike in protest at how the pandemic has affected their studies”

a)

Who is involved?

b)

What has happened?

c)

Who is involved? and What has happened?

d)

Who is involved? What has happened? and Why did it happen?

6.

Choose the definition of the word Credible.

a)

Food you're able to eat

b)

A brand of basketball shoe

c)

Able to be believed; trustworthy

7.

Statements from the people, witnesses, or experts related to the events.

a)

Source

b)

Background event

c)

Newsworthy event

d)

Headline

8.

In the process of writing news report, which one is the first step?

a)

Writing

b)

Organize your materials

c)

Revising and editing

d)

Gathering information

9.

After gathering information, what is the next step?

a)

writing

b)

script summary of the information

c)

organizing your materials

d)

analyzing the data

10.

What is the last step of news report writing?

a)

Summarizing and Reviewing

b)

Revising and Editing

c)

Checking with the witnesses

d)

Discussing and questioning

11.
What is journalism?
a)
Reading
b)
Editing
c)
The writing of newspapers, magazines, and news to be broadcast.
d)
Violent news story.
12.
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
13.
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
14.

A timely news story of a serious nature that serves to deliver facts in an unbiased and balanced way.

a)

Caption

b)

Editorial

c)

Hard News

d)

Lead

15.

Who/What/When/Where/Why

a)

question words

b)

5 Ws

c)

inverted pyramid structure

d)

lead

16.
Feature and human interest, informational, educational, emotional or entertaining stories
a)
Hard news 
b)
breaking news
c)
soft news
d)
enterprise news 
17.
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
18.
A story about a(n) ? would be considered a hard news story
a)
upcoming art show
b)
a musician's new album
c)
an earthquake
d)
new business
19.
A story about a(n) ? would be considered a soft story
a)
government passing a new law
b)
fire
c)
an ordinary person winning a prize
d)
crime 
20.
Interviews help to make a story better.
a)
True
b)
False
21.

Politics, war, economics and crime as well as up-to-the-minute news and events is considered...

a)

Hard News

b)

Soft News

22.

Sports News

a)

Hard News

b)

Soft News

23.

Which is an example of Hard News?

a)

The Mayor of Birmingham takes his daughter to a football game.

b)

A new dog park opens on 5th Ave.

c)

The President of the United States declares war on France.

24.

Which is an example of Soft News?

a)

Joe Biden announces Kamala Harris as his 2020 running mate.

b)

LeBron James signs 200 posters at the BJCC.

c)

A 100 ft high tsunami destroys a Japanese oceanfront city.

25.

In photography and videography outside, what is the best source of light?

a)

Reflector

b)

Flash

c)

Universe

d)

Sun

26.

Journalists must meet deadlines.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

What's a deadline?

27.
It is a journalist’s job to evaluate what is Out There. What is news? Which statement refers to “Proximity” method of newsworthiness?
a)
It is close to home.
b)
It is about someone famous.
c)
It just happened.
d)
It refers to human behavior.
28.
Which statement refers to the “Timeliness” method of newsworthiness?
a)
It is close to home.
b)
It is about someone famous.
c)
It just happened.
d)
It refers to human behavior.
29.
Which statement refers to the “Prominence” method of newsworthiness?
a)
It is close to home.
b)
It is about someone famous.
c)
It just happened.
d)
It refers to human behavior.
30.
What is the most import aspect of preparing for an interview?
a)
Writing your lead
b)
The inverted pyramid
c)
How well you know a person
d)
Research
31.

Writing shorter means...

a)

Make your script shorter

b)

Precise and concise - make each word count

c)

Speak with an active voice

d)

Say only what needs to be said in the simplest way possible

32.

What is a VO?

a)

Where a news ‘jingle’ is played to grab the audience

b)

Where the anchor talks over the video

c)

A sound bite over video

d)

A sound on tape

33.

What is a ‘package’?

a)

That thing you wait a week for in the mail

b)

90 second long narration of a story by an anchor with VO, SOT, and VOB’s

c)

10 second long narration of a story by an anchor with VO, SOT, and VOB’s

34.

Always prepare more interview questions than you think you need for a story.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

Only ask one question at a time during an interview.

a)

true

b)

false

36.
The main portion of audio video footage in a news story.
a)
A-Roll
b)
B-Roll
c)
C-Roll
d)
Cinnamon Roll
37.
written broadcast stories
a)
scripts
b)
copy
c)
texts
d)
teletype
38.

What is a MMJ?

a)

Multimedia Job

b)

One person who talks on radio

c)

One person who shoots, writes and edits video

d)

Main Message Job

e)

None of he above

39.

When writing a news story you want to active WHAT brain chemicals?

a)

Cortisol

b)

Oxytocin

c)

Adrenalin

d)

The cortex

40.

What is the name of our guest speaker?

(a)