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TV News: Reporting and Anchoring

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Television News ?

a)

Audio-Visual

b)

Quick delivery

c)

Wider reach   

d)

Persistent and frequent reading

2.

Which of the following is a part of television news-room

a)

Input Editor

b)

Executive producer

c)

Reporter

d)

All of the Above

3.

TV news room is divided into two parts, that are:

a)

Input-output

b)

Reporting-Editing

c)

Field-desk

d)

None of the Above

4.

What is the primary function of assignment desk ?

a)

Providing visuals

b)

Overseeing reporters

c)

Giving news ideas

d)

All of the Above

5.

Which of the following is essential for TV news writing

a)

Short sentences

b)

Conversational language

c)

Write like you talk

d)

All of the above

6.

Time is to radio-television what space is to a -

a)

Newspaper

b)

Mobile phone

c)

Movie

d)

None of these

7.

A minister resigns from his post after a TV report on corruption. Which characteristic of TV news is represented here ?

a)

Wider reach

b)

Quicker delivery

c)

Greater Impact

d)

Audio-Visual

8.

News values help to explain what makes something

a)

News Worthy

b)

Sensational

c)

Crispy

d)

Flashy

9.

Which is the senior most in TV newsroom

a)

Chief Reporter

b)

Chief Editor

c)

Editor in Chief

d)

Executive Producer

10.

Arranging Phone-in is a responsibility of --

a)

Input desk

b)

Output desk

c)

Anchor

d)

Producer

11.

Preparing the Rundown is the function of ..

a)

Output desk

b)

Assignment desk

c)

Reporter

d)

Video Editor

12.

What is ticker in TV news channels

a)

A heading

b)

A sub heading

c)

Running texts for news updates

d)

Text on a picture

13.

Which of the following is not a part of TV news?

a)

Phone-in        

b)

Piece to Camera

c)

Walk through

d)

Op-ed 

14.

Which is a major news source for TV journalists

a)

Police

b)

Court

c)

Assembly

d)

All of these

15.

Which one is scarce in TV channels in comparison to newspapers

a)

Time and Space

b)

Reporters

c)

Copy editors

d)

Stringers

16.

The tone for broadcast news stories should be

a)

Conversational, informal and relaxed

b)

Consistent with the rhetorical principles

c)

Similar to the tone adopted by a college lecture

d)

Similar to the tone of a lawyer advising a client

17.

The concept of proximity suggests that a news organization is likely to carry a story about a murder, if that crime

a)

Involved a prominent person

b)

Was committed locally

c)

Occurred within the last 24 hours

d)

Was unusually gruesome

18.

What would be the important news value for a TV news channel

a)

Timeliness

b)

Prominence

c)

Proximity

d)

All of these

19.

Who is a TV Anchor ?

a)

Arnab Goswami

b)

Sudhir Choudhary

c)

Shweta Singh

d)

All of these

20.

In a TV news channel a Video Editor is part of

a)

Assignment desk

b)

Output Desk

c)

Input Desk

d)

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