“Pricilla hood is not yet a well–known candidate.” The sign used in the statement is known as:

• A) Dash
• B) The Hyphen
• C) Exclamation mark
• D) Bracket

Which of the following statements is not correct when it comes to using abbreviations?

• A) Use abbreviations only when you are sure your reader will respond to them.
• B) Use abbreviation only when you are sure your reader will get confused.
• C) Use abbreviations only when you are sure your readers will understand them.
• D) Use abbreviations only when you are not sure your readers will understand them.

Which of the following is used for titles immediately before and after proper names?

• A) Standard abbreviations
• B) The Hyphen
• C) Parenthesis
• D) Colon

A __________________ is a newspaper industry term,which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread.

• A) Pamphlet
• B) Magazine
• C) Tabloid
• D) Broadsheet

Which of the following is not TRUE about the features in a newspaper?

• A) It explores an issue thoroughly
• B) Writer shouldn’t include his opinions in a feature
• C) They need plenty of research
• D) It depicts the policy of the newspaper

Obituary is a part of newspaper which gives the:

• A) List of persons who recently got job and promoted
• B) List of people who recently died, or death anniversaries.
• C) List of people who recently enrolled in university and passed semester.
• D) List of people who recently admitted to hospital and operated.

Which one of the following options is an introductory headline below the headline?

• A) Sidebar
• B) Tag
• C) Strap line
• D) Spread

The ________________ is a group of people, usually the top editors, who decide on a plan for each editorial that will appear in a newspaper.

• A) Federal board of revenue
• B) Editorial board
• C) Intermediate board of editors
• D) Parliamentary board

Timeliness indicates_____________.

• A) Boldness
• B) Audacity
• C) Freshness
• D) Oldness

On the editorial page, the masthead is also termed as __________.

• A) Staff Box
• B) Out of box
• C) Tool Box
• D) Box office

Personality profiles are type of:

• A) Column
• B) Feature
• C) Report
• D) Press Release

When reader reads every word and works to learn from the text, he is involved in the process of ________________.

• A) Impromptu speech
• B) Detailed Reading
• C) Skimming
• D) Scanning

Tabloid newspaper is usually characterized _______________.

• A) Scandalous
• B) Literary
• C) Poetic
• D) Critical

Which of the following is usually an inside page that is not folded vertically and just includes a front and back?

• A) Full broadsheet
• B) Full and half broadsheet
• C) Half broadsheet
• D) Tabloid

When reader is looking up for a name in the phone book: he/she moves his/her eye quickly over the page to find particular words or phrases that are relevant to the task he/she is doing. This statement explains which of the following method of educated reading?

• A) Detailed Reading
• B) Informal speech
• C) Scanning
• D) Skimming

SVO<24 stands for which of the following?

• A) Subject-verb-object sentences of generally above 24 words.
• B) Subject-verb-omission sentences of generally above 24 words.
• C) All of the given options
• D) Subject-verb-object sentences of generally less than 24 words.

KISS stands for which of the following?

• A) Keep it small and sensitive.
• B) Keep it simple and smoky.
• C) Keep it simple and systematic.
• D) Keep it simple, stupid.

An effective formula for editorial writing is SPECS. It stands for which of the following options?

• A) Society, Pertinent, Evidence, Confidence, Solutions
• B) Section, Paragraph, Effective, Conclusions, Systematically
• C) Statement, Posture, Evidence, Conclusions, Solutions
• D) State, Position, Evidence, Conclusions, Solutions

______________is a great way to generate your own overview of the story you want to write.

• A) Storyboarding
• B) Reading
• C) Story mapping
• D) Brainstorming

The newspapers can be divided into _________________ general categories.

• A) Seven
• B) Two
• C) Six
• D) Ten