NEW CFPT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS NEWLY MODIFIED TESTED AND
APPROVED!!!
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 -- ANSWER--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 --
ANSWER--b) publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the importance of
private as well as public US philanthropic activities in Lapatria
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,Which is an international broadcasting service funded by the US govt and directed to
audiences in the middle east?
a) al Jazeera
b) Al-Arabiya
c) Radio Farda
d) Radio Dijla -- ANSWER--Radio Farda
As part of US public dipolomacy outreach efforts, the US State Dept Bureau of Educational
and CUltural Affairs brings non-US citizens to the US for graudate study in which of the
following programs?
a) Herbert Hoover Fellows Program
b) Hubert H. HUmpreys Fellows Program
c) HEnry M. Catto Fellowships
d) E. Eugene Pell Fellows Program -- ANSWER--Hubert H. Humpreys Fellows Program
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 -- ANSWER--c) public relations agencies
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,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 -- ANSWER--d) the broadcasting board of gov
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 -- ANSWER--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 -- ANSWER--a) The Independent
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, 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 -- ANSWER--Fairness Doctrine
The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (or the Smith-Mundt Act)
prohibits the US gov from: -- ANSWER--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? -- ANSWER--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 -- ANSWER--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
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ANSWERS NEWLY MODIFIED TESTED AND
APPROVED!!!
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 -- ANSWER--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 --
ANSWER--b) publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the importance of
private as well as public US philanthropic activities in Lapatria
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,Which is an international broadcasting service funded by the US govt and directed to
audiences in the middle east?
a) al Jazeera
b) Al-Arabiya
c) Radio Farda
d) Radio Dijla -- ANSWER--Radio Farda
As part of US public dipolomacy outreach efforts, the US State Dept Bureau of Educational
and CUltural Affairs brings non-US citizens to the US for graudate study in which of the
following programs?
a) Herbert Hoover Fellows Program
b) Hubert H. HUmpreys Fellows Program
c) HEnry M. Catto Fellowships
d) E. Eugene Pell Fellows Program -- ANSWER--Hubert H. Humpreys Fellows Program
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 -- ANSWER--c) public relations agencies
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,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 -- ANSWER--d) the broadcasting board of gov
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 -- ANSWER--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 -- ANSWER--a) The Independent
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, 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 -- ANSWER--Fairness Doctrine
The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (or the Smith-Mundt Act)
prohibits the US gov from: -- ANSWER--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? -- ANSWER--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 -- ANSWER--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
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