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FBLA JOURNALISM||
COMPREHENSIVE Q&A FOR
CERTIFICATION SUCCESS 2026
Hard lead - correct-answer -A lead that reports a new development or a newly
discovered fact. See also soft lead
Hard news - correct-answer -Coverage of the actions of government or business;
or the reporting of an event, such as a crime, an accident, or a speech. The time
element often is important.
HTML - correct-answer -Short for hypertext markup language, the coding
language used to create texts on the Web.
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Hyperlink - correct-answer -A connection between two places on the Web
Hyperlocal - correct-answer -Information that is intensely local in its emphasis.
Hypertext - correct-answer -A Web document coded in HTML
Information graphic - correct-answer -A visual representation of data
Interest - correct-answer -A measure of the cumulative effect of all the news
values. The more elements of the six news values that appear in the story, the
more interesting that story will be to readers
Invasion of Privacy - correct-answer -Violation of a person's right to be left alone
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Inverted pyramid - correct-answer -The organization of a news story in which
information is arranged in descending order of importance
Investigative Reporting - correct-answer -The pursuit of information that has been
concealed, such as evidence of wrongdoing
Lay out - correct-answer -V. To prepare page drawings to indicate where stories
and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper; now done with design software.
Layout - correct-answer -n. The completed page drawing, or page dummy
Lead - correct-answer -The first paragraphy or first several paragraphs of a
newspaper story (sometimes spelled lede); the story given the best display on
Page One; or a tip.
FBLA JOURNALISM||
COMPREHENSIVE Q&A FOR
CERTIFICATION SUCCESS 2026
Hard lead - correct-answer -A lead that reports a new development or a newly
discovered fact. See also soft lead
Hard news - correct-answer -Coverage of the actions of government or business;
or the reporting of an event, such as a crime, an accident, or a speech. The time
element often is important.
HTML - correct-answer -Short for hypertext markup language, the coding
language used to create texts on the Web.
,2|Page
Hyperlink - correct-answer -A connection between two places on the Web
Hyperlocal - correct-answer -Information that is intensely local in its emphasis.
Hypertext - correct-answer -A Web document coded in HTML
Information graphic - correct-answer -A visual representation of data
Interest - correct-answer -A measure of the cumulative effect of all the news
values. The more elements of the six news values that appear in the story, the
more interesting that story will be to readers
Invasion of Privacy - correct-answer -Violation of a person's right to be left alone
, 3|Page
Inverted pyramid - correct-answer -The organization of a news story in which
information is arranged in descending order of importance
Investigative Reporting - correct-answer -The pursuit of information that has been
concealed, such as evidence of wrongdoing
Lay out - correct-answer -V. To prepare page drawings to indicate where stories
and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper; now done with design software.
Layout - correct-answer -n. The completed page drawing, or page dummy
Lead - correct-answer -The first paragraphy or first several paragraphs of a
newspaper story (sometimes spelled lede); the story given the best display on
Page One; or a tip.
