Deck 5: Journalism and Media Industry

Question 1

A Health reporter relies on many parameters to get Covid numbers. Which one does he not depend upon?

A)Goes to hospitals and gets statistics
B)Checks with municipal authorities
C)Monitors Health ministry statistics
D)Calls families afflicted by the disease

Answer 1

Calls families afflicted by the disease

Question 2

What does a court reporter not do?

A)Report on cases that are sub-judice
B)Simplify legal jargon for easy reading
C)Report on major cases in high courts
D)Monitor crime statistics for comparison

Answer 2

Report on cases that are sub-judice

Question 3

Specialised training should be given to war correspondents because

A)They may let out operational details
B)They will display bodies of soldiers
C)They may file reports not checked by the army
D)They may file erroneous reports

Answer 3

They may let out operational details

Question 4

What is Barkha Dutt famous for?

A)For covering political rallies
B)For covering Kargil conflict
C)As an expert on China
D)As an expert on Pakistan

Question 5

Which editor was jailed for sexual harassment?

A)Tarun Tejpal
B)Aakar Patel
C)Shekhar Gupta
D)Vinod Dua

Question 6

Lifestyle reporter does not cover which one of the following?

A)Food
B)Travel
C)Politics
D)Exhibitions

Question 7

During 'Me Too' campaign, against which Indian journalist turned politician 11 cases were filed by women journalist under sexual harassment charges?

A)Vineet Jain
B)Manoranjan Bharti
C)M J Akbar
D)Vir Sanghvi

Question 8

Reacently, TV Journalist Nidhi Razdan was in news for quitting the field of journalism and starting her career as an academcian. Which channel was she associated with?

A)CNN
B)NDTV
C)Aaj Tak
D)BBC

Question 9

In case of a natural disaster what should a reporter do?

A)Not to upset the sensitivity of the victims
B)Report gory details
C)Show mutilated bodies
D)Hamper rescue workers by interviewing victims

Question 10

When covering an air crash what is it that you do not do?

A)Talk to the airline and get the manifest
B)Talk to the rescue workers
C)Talk to the relatives assembled at the airport
D)Give unconfirmed names of the dead

Question 11

If you are sent to report on the launch of a navy destroyer from Mazagon shipyard what is NOT expected from you?

A)Hinder the process by barging into the event
B)Wait to interview the admiral of the Indian Navy
C)Talk to the engineers on the technology used
D)Interview the head of the Maagon docks

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?

A)A journalist needs a great deal of money to start a new news organization.
B)Journalists have a wider choice of career paths than in the past.
C)The journalism industry is evolving as people get their news in new ways.
D)Creative ideas for journalistic content and delivery systems are springing up everywhere.

Question 13

Traditional news media-newspapers, magazines and broadcast news operations-provide what percentage of the factual information on the Internet?

A)70 percent.
B)55 percent.
C)85 percent.
D)90 percent.

Question 14

The proportion of people who get their news from mobile devices was recently estimated at

A)About one-quarter.
B)About three-quarters.
C)About two-thirds.
D)About half.

Question 15

In journalism, "convergence" means

A)Sharing facilities, newsgathering resources, personnel or content.
B)Different news media all cover the same story in the same way.
C)The content of one newspaper is indistinguishable from that of any other newspaper.
D)News organizations are all striving to put the same ideological slant on news stories.

Question 16

Media General's creation of a single center for its newspaper, television and Internet news organizations in Tampa, Fla., is an example of

A)Conglomerate journalism.
B)Convergence.
C)Vertical integration.
D)Horizontal integration.

Question 17

In journalism, a "mojo" is a

A) Journalist who has an unusual degree of sex appeal.
B) A source that provides a journalist with a good-luck charm.
C) A source that has the ability to bounce back from adversity.
D) Journalist who carries her tools-computers, cameras, recorders-with her at all times.

Question 18

An Internet service provider (ISP) informs the manager of a school television station that the station's Web site has exceeded its allocated bandwidth. Which of the following recent changes to the Web site is most likely responsible?

A)the addition of a number of e-mail addresses in the "Contact Us" section
B)a new section that allows visitors to download video and audio files
C)the addition of a "Guestbook" section that allows visitors to leave comments
D)a new photo gallery of news-related images

Question 19

The role of which agency is important in disaster prevention.

A)Media
B)Police
C)Government officials
D)Public

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?

A)Stories created for one medium are likely to be found in other media.
B)Few people nowadays rely on journalists for information about important events.
C)The techniques for researching and writing stories continue to be important.
D)The tenets of good journalism-critical thinking, clear writing and organized presentation-remain the same.

Question 21

Interviews conducted by broadcast reporters differ from those conducted by print reporters because

A)the broadcast interview should always make the subject of the story look good.
B)the broadcast interview should never go into as much depth as a print interview.
C)the broadcast interview is just part of the story, not the entire story.
D)the broadcast interview is the story, not just part of the story.

Question 22

In regard to taking notes and recording interviews, most reporters recommend

A)Relying on one's memory rather than bothering with notes or recordings.
B)Recording the interview on tape or digitally and dispensing with note taking.
C)Taking notes of names, dates and amounts but relying on memory for direct quotations.
D)Taking detailed notes and recording the interview on tape or digitally.

Question 23

Telephone interviews are best for

A)Talking to a person who is the target of an investigative story.
B)Conducting a long interview on a complicated topic.
C)Getting a few pieces of information quickly from a source.
D)Getting information from the subject of an in-depth personality profile.

Question 24

One way of organizing questions for an interview is called the funnel, which arranges questions

A)From the most general to the most specific.
B)From the most personal to the most impersonal.
C)From the most impersonal to the most personal.
D)From the most specific to the most general.

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT one of characteristics of a good question to ask during an interview?

A)The question is likely to elicit an anecdote.
B)The question encourages the subject to respond with a "yes" or "no."
C)The question starts a subject talking about her or his experiences
D)The question encourages the source to provide details.