What is the Freedom of Information Act? Correct Answer: allows press access to public documents
What is the Offending effrontery in relation to journalists? Correct Answer: has to do with obscenity
The journalist may print what he wishes about others, but if that information is wrong and harmful to
others' reputation, the writer must suffer the consequences. Such protection for subjects of stories
comes under the auspices of which of the following acts?
A. Freedom of Information
B. Property Protection
C. Offending Effrontery
D. Defamation Correct Answer: D. Defamation
In some instances, journalists may find that there is a conflict between the 1st Amendment and the 6th
amendment, the latter having to do with
A. the right to keep and bear arms
B. the right to a speedy public trial
C. privacy
D. copyright Correct Answer: B. Right to a speedy public trial is subject of the the 6th Amendment and
when journalists try to cover trials, there can sometimes be a conflict between freedom of the press and
a fair trial.
The largest circulated daily newspaper in the U.S. is
A. USA Today
B. The Wall Street Journal
C. The New York Times
D. The Washington Post Correct Answer: B. The Wall Street Journal
A joint operating agreement provides for
A. competing newspapers to combine their circulation and advertising but leave their editorial functions
separate
B. Advertising in newspapers working with competitors in setting rates
C. legislation that allows for multiple owner, large newspaper chains
D. an agreement that all newspapers in a chain may be printed from the same press Correct Answer: A.
A is the definition of a joint operating agreement.
Tabloid newspapers are those that:
A. are always sensational, with a de-emphasis on current news events
B. have a printing format that uses pages that are about half the size of a traditional newspapers page
C. are sold only on newsstands, not by subscription
, D. are published in English, but not generally found in the United States Correct Answer: B. Answer B
connotes the origin of the word tabloid, although many tabloid newspapers have come to be associated
with sensationalism and include many photographs.
Of all the types of magazines, the one with the most rapid growth (1989-2000) is
A. health
B. women's magazines
C. environment and ecology
D. comics Correct Answer: D. Comics
The top U.S. circulated magazine is:
A. Modern Maturity
B. Reader's Digest
C. TV Guide
D. Time Correct Answer: A. Modern Maturity, then Reader's Digest, then TV Guide then Time
In advertising, CPM is
A. creative, promotion and marketing
B. circulation, production and marketing
C. cost per thousand
D. chief promotion manager Correct Answer: C. Cost per thousand is the basic measurement of
advertising efficiency; m-1000.
This act gave the Secretary of Commerce the right to issue licenses to parties interested in radio
broadcasting and to decide which radio frequencies should be used for which types of services:
A. Radio Act of 1912
B. Radio Act of 1927
C. Communications Act of 1934
D. Radio-Telephone Act of 1952 Correct Answer: A. Radio Act of 1912
O & O Stations are those
A. without sanctions to operate by the FCC
B. operated by companies with public stock offerings
C. interconnected together, coast to coast, with the same network
D. owned and operated by a network that provides a regular schedule of programming Correct Answer:
D. O & O means owned and operated by a network. O & O stations so have sanction by the FCC to
operate. Companies with public stock having nothing to do with being O & O
This term describes an activity in which promotion personnel pay money in radio DJs in order to ensure
that they will devote airtime to artists that their recording companies represent
A. networking
B. conglomeration