JMM 102 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
,1. What are the two main sources of
C) Sales and advertising
revenue for newspapers?
A) Sales and subscriptions
B) Advertising and circulation
C) Sales and advertising
D) Subscriptions and donations
2. What type of advertising has large-
Digital ads
ly replaced traditional newspaper
ads?
A) Radio ads
B) Television ads
C) Digital ads
D) Print ads
3. Which of the following is NOT a
C) Paywall model
model for local news?
A) Non-profit conversion
B) Cooperative model
C) Paywall model
D) Government support
4. Which of the following is NOT a type D) Easy paywall
of paywall for newspapers?
A) Soft paywall
B) Metered paywall
C) Hard paywall
D) Easy paywall
5. Who was the first to use truth as B) John Peter Zenger
a defense against defamation in a
newspaper?
, A) Benjamin Franklin
B) John Peter Zenger
C) Thomas Paine
D) William Randolph Hearst
6. What major historical event con- B) The Industrial Revolution
tributed to the rise of newspapers
due to increased literacy and indus-
trialization?
A) The Civil War
B) The Industrial Revolution
C) The French Revolution
D) The Great Depression
7. What is confirmation bias? B) Interpreting new evidence as confirmation of exist-
A) The act of ignoring conflicting ev- ing beliefs
idence
B) Interpreting new evidence as con-
firmation of existing beliefs
C) The tendency to believe every-
thing we read online
D) A method used in fact-checking
8. Which type of fake news involves A) Disinformation
false information spread with the in-
tent to mislead?
A) Disinformation
B) Misinformation
C) Satire
D) Hoaxes
9. What does the term "metered pay- A) A paywall that only allows a limited number of arti-
wall" refer to? cles to be read per month
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
,1. What are the two main sources of
C) Sales and advertising
revenue for newspapers?
A) Sales and subscriptions
B) Advertising and circulation
C) Sales and advertising
D) Subscriptions and donations
2. What type of advertising has large-
Digital ads
ly replaced traditional newspaper
ads?
A) Radio ads
B) Television ads
C) Digital ads
D) Print ads
3. Which of the following is NOT a
C) Paywall model
model for local news?
A) Non-profit conversion
B) Cooperative model
C) Paywall model
D) Government support
4. Which of the following is NOT a type D) Easy paywall
of paywall for newspapers?
A) Soft paywall
B) Metered paywall
C) Hard paywall
D) Easy paywall
5. Who was the first to use truth as B) John Peter Zenger
a defense against defamation in a
newspaper?
, A) Benjamin Franklin
B) John Peter Zenger
C) Thomas Paine
D) William Randolph Hearst
6. What major historical event con- B) The Industrial Revolution
tributed to the rise of newspapers
due to increased literacy and indus-
trialization?
A) The Civil War
B) The Industrial Revolution
C) The French Revolution
D) The Great Depression
7. What is confirmation bias? B) Interpreting new evidence as confirmation of exist-
A) The act of ignoring conflicting ev- ing beliefs
idence
B) Interpreting new evidence as con-
firmation of existing beliefs
C) The tendency to believe every-
thing we read online
D) A method used in fact-checking
8. Which type of fake news involves A) Disinformation
false information spread with the in-
tent to mislead?
A) Disinformation
B) Misinformation
C) Satire
D) Hoaxes
9. What does the term "metered pay- A) A paywall that only allows a limited number of arti-
wall" refer to? cles to be read per month
