CFPT Practice COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICES
|VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS (NEW)
UPDATED 2026
The capacity of news media to select some aspects of a story that promote a particular
problem definition, interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation is
known in the media as:
a) agenda setting
b) cultivation
c) framing
d) priming -CORRECTANSWER c) framing
Which of the following is a daily newspaper published in the UK?
a) The Independent
b) Time Out
c) The Daily Herald
d) The Observer -CORRECTANSWER a) The Independent
Which of these mandated that media broadcasters present a diversity of perspectives
on contentious or controversial issues in order to prevent domination by a single
viewpoint, was repealed by Congress in 1987?
a) Communications Decency Act
,b) Equal Time Rule
c) Media Bias Rule
d) Fairness Doctrine -CORRECTANSWER Fairness Doctrine
Weber Shandwick, Fleishmen-Hillard, Hill anad Knowlton and Ketchum Inc. are among
the largest US-based:
a) Newspaper Chains
b) media conglomerates
c) public relations agencies
d) media research firms -CORRECTANSWER c) public relations agencies
Operates independently of the State dept and reports directly to congress:
a) educational and cultural affairs bureau
b) public affair bureau
c) international information programs bureau
d) the broadcasting board of governors -CORRECTANSWER d) the broadcasting board
of gov
The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (or the Smith-Mundt Act)
prohibits the US gov from: -CORRECTANSWER disseminating information intended for
foreign audiences within the US borders
,US citizens are unlikely to be able to listen to or rea\d US public diplomacy outreach
materials because of which act of Congress? -CORRECTANSWER Smith-Mundt
Which of the following is an official organ of the US govt public diplomacy efforts?
a) national endowment for democracy
b) international visitors program
c) business for diplomatic action -CORRECTANSWER international visitors program
1960s and 1970s writers such as Tom Wolfe, Gay Tales, and Joan Didion often wrote
from the POV of their sources, one of the techniques that defined a form of reporting
known as:
a) civic jounrlism
b) investigative reporting
c) muckraaking
d) new jounralism -CORRECTANSWER new journalism
term commonly used to reflect the contribution that the attractiveness of a nation's
culture and values can make to its international standing?
a) national branding
b) CNN effect
c) psychological operations
d) soft power -CORRECTANSWER d) soft power
, type of speech used when advocating a solution to a societal problem or arguing for
action on leg matter? -CORRECTANSWER persuasive
Relationships between the US and Lapatria are at an all time low. In order to best
engage with the local press, the embassy should:
a) avoid face to face contact with the press until diplomatic relations stabilize
b) invite influential journalists to the embassy for one-on-one interviews to explain the
US position
c) hold a press conference to explain the US position on the tensions
d) set up a Web page explaining the US position on the matter -CORRECTANSWER b)
invite influential journalists to the embassy for one-on-one interviews to explain the US
position
What is the most effective way to counter criticisms from the Lapatrian press about the
lack of donor aid from the US govt?
a) lobby for the expansion of US Agency for International Development (USAID) support
for development in Lapatria
b) publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the importance of private
as well as public US philanthropic activities in Lapatria
c)host a press conference denouncing US crticisms as unjust
d) contact the State dept home office regarding the expansion of donor aid to Lapatria -
CORRECTANSWER b) publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the
importance of private as well as public US philanthropic activities in Lapatria
QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICES
|VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS (NEW)
UPDATED 2026
The capacity of news media to select some aspects of a story that promote a particular
problem definition, interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation is
known in the media as:
a) agenda setting
b) cultivation
c) framing
d) priming -CORRECTANSWER c) framing
Which of the following is a daily newspaper published in the UK?
a) The Independent
b) Time Out
c) The Daily Herald
d) The Observer -CORRECTANSWER a) The Independent
Which of these mandated that media broadcasters present a diversity of perspectives
on contentious or controversial issues in order to prevent domination by a single
viewpoint, was repealed by Congress in 1987?
a) Communications Decency Act
,b) Equal Time Rule
c) Media Bias Rule
d) Fairness Doctrine -CORRECTANSWER Fairness Doctrine
Weber Shandwick, Fleishmen-Hillard, Hill anad Knowlton and Ketchum Inc. are among
the largest US-based:
a) Newspaper Chains
b) media conglomerates
c) public relations agencies
d) media research firms -CORRECTANSWER c) public relations agencies
Operates independently of the State dept and reports directly to congress:
a) educational and cultural affairs bureau
b) public affair bureau
c) international information programs bureau
d) the broadcasting board of governors -CORRECTANSWER d) the broadcasting board
of gov
The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (or the Smith-Mundt Act)
prohibits the US gov from: -CORRECTANSWER disseminating information intended for
foreign audiences within the US borders
,US citizens are unlikely to be able to listen to or rea\d US public diplomacy outreach
materials because of which act of Congress? -CORRECTANSWER Smith-Mundt
Which of the following is an official organ of the US govt public diplomacy efforts?
a) national endowment for democracy
b) international visitors program
c) business for diplomatic action -CORRECTANSWER international visitors program
1960s and 1970s writers such as Tom Wolfe, Gay Tales, and Joan Didion often wrote
from the POV of their sources, one of the techniques that defined a form of reporting
known as:
a) civic jounrlism
b) investigative reporting
c) muckraaking
d) new jounralism -CORRECTANSWER new journalism
term commonly used to reflect the contribution that the attractiveness of a nation's
culture and values can make to its international standing?
a) national branding
b) CNN effect
c) psychological operations
d) soft power -CORRECTANSWER d) soft power
, type of speech used when advocating a solution to a societal problem or arguing for
action on leg matter? -CORRECTANSWER persuasive
Relationships between the US and Lapatria are at an all time low. In order to best
engage with the local press, the embassy should:
a) avoid face to face contact with the press until diplomatic relations stabilize
b) invite influential journalists to the embassy for one-on-one interviews to explain the
US position
c) hold a press conference to explain the US position on the tensions
d) set up a Web page explaining the US position on the matter -CORRECTANSWER b)
invite influential journalists to the embassy for one-on-one interviews to explain the US
position
What is the most effective way to counter criticisms from the Lapatrian press about the
lack of donor aid from the US govt?
a) lobby for the expansion of US Agency for International Development (USAID) support
for development in Lapatria
b) publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the importance of private
as well as public US philanthropic activities in Lapatria
c)host a press conference denouncing US crticisms as unjust
d) contact the State dept home office regarding the expansion of donor aid to Lapatria -
CORRECTANSWER b) publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the
importance of private as well as public US philanthropic activities in Lapatria
