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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Mass Media in Journalism (BMM Journalism) .
| 51. |
All reading materials except advertisements are assembled in the ______________ |
| A. | Managerial Department |
| B. | Editorial department |
| C. | Advertisement Department |
| D. | Productive Department |
| Answer» B. Editorial department | |
| 52. |
A large newspaper's editorial department will have _________ general divisions |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» B. 5 | |
| 53. |
In _____________ local, regional, national and international news is received through terminals |
| A. | Editorial Room |
| B. | Copy Desk |
| C. | Newsroom |
| D. | picture room |
| Answer» C. Newsroom | |
| 54. |
___________ is the place where the editor and editorial page writers handle the material that goes in the editorial page |
| A. | Newsroom |
| B. | Copy Desk |
| C. | picture room |
| D. | Editorial Room |
| Answer» D. Editorial Room | |
| 55. |
_______________ is the place where staff photographers submit their photographic assignments. |
| A. | Copy Desk |
| B. | Picture Division |
| C. | Library |
| D. | Newsroom |
| Answer» B. Picture Division | |
| 56. |
In big news papers a ________ popularly called the 'morgue' |
| A. | Library |
| B. | picture room |
| C. | Newsroom |
| D. | Picture Division |
| Answer» A. Library | |
| 57. |
This department supports the sutvival and success of the newspaper. |
| A. | Advertisement Department |
| B. | Business Department |
| C. | Logistics Department |
| D. | Accounts Department |
| Answer» A. Advertisement Department | |
| 58. |
_____________ department is headed by the circulation manager. |
| A. | Business Department |
| B. | Circulation Department |
| C. | Accounts Department |
| D. | Advertisement Department |
| Answer» B. Circulation Department | |
| 59. |
________________ department takes care of everything after the newspaper is printed. |
| A. | Advertisement Department |
| B. | Accounts Department |
| C. | Business Department |
| D. | Circulation Department |
| Answer» D. Circulation Department | |
| 60. |
The ______________ is the top boss of the editorial department. |
| A. | Editor |
| B. | Publisher |
| C. | Editor in chief |
| D. | Desk Editor |
| Answer» B. Publisher | |
| 61. |
The ___________ is responsible for all aspects of the news operation. |
| A. | Publisher |
| B. | Editor |
| C. | Statutory |
| D. | Editor in chief |
| Answer» D. Editor in chief | |
| 62. |
The _________________ is the one who directly overseas day to day operations. |
| A. | Editor in chief |
| B. | Desk Editor |
| C. | Managing Editor |
| D. | Editor |
| Answer» C. Managing Editor | |
| 63. |
A ____________ works in a print or broadcast journalism newsroom. |
| A. | Editor |
| B. | Publisher |
| C. | Managing Editor |
| D. | Desk Editor |
| Answer» D. Desk Editor | |
| 64. |
A _______________ manages and delegates the coverage of news items for print, broadcast or online news media. |
| A. | Editor |
| B. | Desk Editor |
| C. | Publisher |
| D. | Managing Editor |
| Answer» B. Desk Editor | |
| 65. |
______________ check the written text of newspapers, magazines or websites. |
| A. | Sub - Editors |
| B. | Editor |
| C. | Publisher |
| D. | Managing Editor |
| Answer» A. Sub - Editors | |
| 66. |
While reading a sentence, if there's a short pause, you probably need a __________ |
| A. | Comma |
| B. | Full stop |
| C. | Exclamation |
| D. | Semi - Colon |
| Answer» A. Comma | |
| 67. |
While reading a sentence, if there's a long pause, you probably need a __________ |
| A. | Full stop |
| B. | Exclamation |
| C. | Comma |
| D. | Semi - Colon |
| Answer» D. Semi - Colon | |
| 68. |
The _____________ is used to set off parts of a sentence. |
| A. | m - dash |
| B. | Exclamation |
| C. | Semi - Colon |
| D. | Semi - Colon |
| Answer» A. m - dash | |
| 69. |
Too many _____________ in a sentence cause confusion. |
| A. | Adjectives |
| B. | Verbs |
| C. | Nouns |
| D. | Pronouns |
| Answer» D. Pronouns | |
| 70. |
Never use ____________when yor're referring to a person. |
| A. | that |
| B. | this |
| C. | them |
| D. | there |
| Answer» A. that | |
| 71. |
Avoid ____________ voice because it tends to sap energy and power from your prose. |
| A. | Active Voice |
| B. | Passive voice |
| C. | Past voice |
| D. | Nother Voice |
| Answer» B. Passive voice | |
| 72. |
Never use a sentence with a ___________. |
| A. | Figure |
| B. | Drawing |
| C. | Word |
| D. | Chart |
| Answer» A. Figure | |
| 73. |
When editing, try to reduce long clauses for ____________ |
| A. | short phrases |
| B. | Huge phrases |
| C. | long phrases |
| D. | medium phrases |
| Answer» A. short phrases | |
| 74. |
For ages always use _______________ |
| A. | medium phrases |
| B. | Figures |
| C. | Drawing |
| D. | long phrases |
| Answer» B. Figures | |
| 75. |
Use ____________ around the titles of books, songs, television shows, computer games, poems, lectures, speeches and works of art. |
| A. | Semi - Colon |
| B. | Quotation marks |
| C. | Question mark |
| D. | Exclamation |
| Answer» B. Quotation marks | |
| 76. |
Use _____________ for dates, months and years. |
| A. | phrases |
| B. | Words |
| C. | figures |
| D. | drawing |
| Answer» C. figures | |
| 77. |
Newspapers use _____________ when the information for a story is obtained outside the paper's hometown. |
| A. | Datelines |
| B. | phrases |
| C. | Words |
| D. | Paragraphs |
| Answer» A. Datelines | |
| 78. |
When writing about height, weight or other dimensions, use figures and spell out words such as ____________ |
| A. | words |
| B. | phrases |
| C. | figures |
| D. | feet |
| Answer» D. feet | |
| 79. |
Use figures for any distances over _________ |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 7 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» D. 10 | |
| 80. |
Never begin a sentence with a figure, except for sentence that begin with a __________ |
| A. | date |
| B. | week |
| C. | month |
| D. | year |
| Answer» D. year | |
| 81. |
A __________ is a window to the newsstory. |
| A. | bottomline |
| B. | mainline |
| C. | headline |
| D. | baseline |
| Answer» C. headline | |
| 82. |
Always start a sentence with a ______________ |
| A. | subject |
| B. | phrase |
| C. | object |
| D. | clause |
| Answer» A. subject | |
| 83. |
_______________ is a type of headline written in large letters across the width of the page. |
| A. | Rectangle |
| B. | Hanging indentation |
| C. | Banner headline |
| D. | Skyline |
| Answer» C. Banner headline | |
| 84. |
The heading with more than two or more lines which are justified on the right side and unjustified on the left. |
| A. | Skyline |
| B. | headline |
| C. | Banner headline |
| D. | Hanging indentation |
| Answer» D. Hanging indentation | |
| 85. |
The lead should not be more than __________ words. |
| A. | 40 - 50 words |
| B. | 15 - 30 words |
| C. | 15 - 20 words |
| D. | 25 - 30 words |
| Answer» D. 25 - 30 words | |
| 86. |
A _____________ is written in variuos formats |
| A. | minor story |
| B. | News story |
| C. | back story |
| D. | major story |
| Answer» B. News story | |
| 87. |
Basically the story of a newspaper is divided in _______ parts. |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» A. 3 | |
| 88. |
______________ stated that, " an effective lead is a brief, sharp statement of the story's essential facts." |
| A. | Charnley |
| B. | Anthony |
| C. | Augustus |
| D. | Himmey |
| Answer» A. Charnley | |
| 89. |
Leads are sometimes categorized in to ___________________ and _____________. |
| A. | innovative news and tragic news |
| B. | Hard news lead and soft news lead |
| C. | sentences & Clauses |
| D. | leads and phrases |
| Answer» B. Hard news lead and soft news lead | |
| 90. |
In _____________ editing plays a vital role. |
| A. | News Organization |
| B. | Advertisement Department |
| C. | Marketing |
| D. | Business Department |
| Answer» A. News Organization | |
| 91. |
______________ is a tailoring of news items and news story. |
| A. | Coping |
| B. | editing |
| C. | scaling |
| D. | cropping |
| Answer» B. editing | |
| 92. |
In _______________, each newspaper has its own set of rules that are enforced. |
| A. | Business process |
| B. | News process |
| C. | Marketing process |
| D. | Editing process |
| Answer» D. Editing process | |
| 93. |
Newspapers and news organisations follow their own ______________. |
| A. | Gather |
| B. | Styling |
| C. | Pattern |
| D. | House style |
| Answer» D. House style | |
| 94. |
It is said that _____________ speaks a thousand words. |
| A. | Photograph |
| B. | Video |
| C. | Movies |
| D. | Music |
| Answer» A. Photograph | |
| 95. |
____________ is an art by itself. |
| A. | Writing Caption |
| B. | Writing content |
| C. | Writing news |
| D. | Writing lead |
| Answer» A. Writing Caption | |
| 96. |
The _____________ have to compare the printed copy with the original. |
| A. | Manager |
| B. | Editor |
| C. | Proof readers |
| D. | Desk Editor |
| Answer» C. Proof readers | |
| 97. |
Each newspaper has ___________ columns. |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» B. 8 | |
| 98. |
____________ is the architecture on the basis of which the whole structure is built. |
| A. | Drawing |
| B. | Design |
| C. | Schedule |
| D. | Plan |
| Answer» B. Design | |
| 99. |
__________________ in some newspapers are highly paid professionals. |
| A. | Designers |
| B. | Manufacturers |
| C. | Marketing Managers |
| D. | Decorators |
| Answer» A. Designers | |
| 100. |
In General __________________ newspapers have a greater depth of appeal than other newspapers. |
| A. | Afternoon |
| B. | Evening |
| C. | Night |
| D. | Morning |
| Answer» D. Morning | |
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