JLS111

Category: JLS111

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JLS111

1 / 50

The rule for including the
five W’s and H in the lead
of a news story is correctly
stated in which of the
following principles?

A. All six questions should be answered in the lead

B. Only the most important of these questions should be answered in a summary lead

C. Only when and where questions are always answered in the lead

D. Either four or five elements of the story should be included in the lead

2 / 50

When writing a lead, you
should abide by all except
which of the following
guidelines?

A. Answer all of the five W’s and H

B. Stress the news peg

C. Get the reader interested in reading the rest of the story

D. Present a summary of the story

3 / 50

The development of press
in Nigeria can be classified
into these eras except-------
-------

A. Indegenous era

B. Commercialization era

C. Missionary era

D. Aliendominated era

4 / 50

The following are the three
key interests of journalism
except-----

A. news processing

B. news feedback

C. news disseminating

D. news gathering

5 / 50

5. Which of these is not a function of headline

A. It conveys to the reader the relative seriousness of the news

B. It displays very prominently the news that are paid fo

C. It tells the news to the reader by way of conveying mandatorily the accurate information.

D. It conveys the relative significance of the news as expressed in terms of type display

6 / 50

6. List 3 main types of style

7 / 50

Two key new values are
and

8 / 50

Which of the following
sentences contains a
strong, active verb?

A. The car wash was manned by the chiefs of the air station

B. The men in the life raft were rescued by the destroyer

C. The tank slowly rolled to a stop

D. The ship’s crew ate dinner with the admiral

9 / 50

The writer should never
violate which of the
following principles of
newswriting?

A. Unity.

B. Clarity

C. Accuracy

D. Emphasis

10 / 50

10.

Society is what type of
news story?

A. Feature

B. Social

C. Sports

D. Hard news

11 / 50

11.

Technology makes
_-the work of the journalist

12 / 50

12.

The Action Group used
as their mouth piece

13 / 50

13.

The news value connotes
exactness and truthfulness

14 / 50

14.

The newspaper first
newspaper establishe by
Chief Obafemi Awolowo
was

15 / 50

15.

A writer who writes a
newsstory in such a way
that the reader is not left in
doubt of the meaning of
words in sentences has
ensured

16 / 50

16.

Which of these is not a
function of headline

A. It displays very prominently the news that are paid for.

B. It conveys the relative significance of the news as expressed in terms of type display.

C. It tells the news to the reader by way of conveying mandatorily the accurate information.

D. It conveys to the reader the relative seriousness of the news

17 / 50

17.

The major instrument for
editing is

18 / 50

18.

What is the purpose of a
summary lead?

A. To give details to satisfy reader interest

B. To make it possible for an editor to cut the story at any point

C. To give the story coherence

D. To present the essential facts quickly

19 / 50

19.

The editing symbols LC
means

20 / 50

20.

List 3 determinants of news
,
_, and

21 / 50

21.

Which of the following
elements must be present
in every good news story?

A. Sex

B. Human interest

C. Prominence of suspense

D. Immediacy

22 / 50

22.

All these newspapers were
owned by aliens during
Nigeria pre-independence
except.............

A. Lagos Anchor

B. The Weekly Times

C. The Lagos Weekly

D. Iwe Irohin Eko

23 / 50

23.

The West African Pilot was
published by

24 / 50

24.

When selecting words for a
news story, you should
observe which of the
following rules?

A. Avoid unnecessary word

B. Use short, common words

C. Simplify technical words

D. All of the above

25 / 50

25.

What are the major
components of a cutline?

A. Lead, bridge, action and credit line

B. Identification; tie-in; action and background information

C. Tieback, identification, attribution and conclusion

D. Action, background information, credit line and identification

26 / 50

26.

Sensational stories that do
not serve the democratic
function of journalism

A. penny press

B. hard news

C. yellow journalism

D. soft news

27 / 50

27.

Which of the following is not
a type of news---------

A. Human Interest news

B. Investigative news reports

C. The straight forward news

D. none of the above

28 / 50

28.

You realize that the news
story you are writing is
developing into two basic
topics. In this case, you
should follow what
recommendation?

A. Select one of the topics and discard the facts on the other topic

B. Continue to combine all the facts into one story

C. Eliminate the story and select another unrelated topic

D. Write the topics as two separate news stories

29 / 50

29.

The first newspaper in
Nigeria was established by-
----------

A. Herbert Macaulay

B. Rev. Henry Townsend

C. Bishop Ajayi Crowther

D. Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe

30 / 50

30.

Jeremy Tunstull and Lord
Macaulay are mainly
associated with the notion
of

31 / 50

31.

A defamatory statement
made in written or printed
words is called

32 / 50

32.

Which of these is not a skill
required for a good
headline writer.

A. A keen eye for ambiguity

B. A sharp sense of sentence structure

C. Knowledge of more than one language

D. Accurate perception of the story

33 / 50

33.

By injecting personal
feelings or opinions in a
straight news story, you
violate which of the
following rules?

A. Accuracy

B. Clarity

C. Unity

D. Objectivity

34 / 50

34.

The popular Decrees No. 4
and No. 2 were
promulgated under
regime.

35 / 50

35.

Sensational stories that do
not serve the democratic
function of journalism

36 / 50

36.

A story about the new
football coach at the Kwara
United in which his
background and
qualifications are detailed
is what type of news story?

A. Sports

B. Social

C. Feature

D. Hard news

37 / 50

37.

A story about new
regulations affecting civil
servants pay is what type
of news story?

A. Hard news

B. Social

C. Feature

D. Sports

38 / 50

38.

we Irohin was purely a
newspaper

39 / 50

39.

When writing a news
release, what rule should
you observe with regard
to completeness and
brevity?

A. Assure that the article is short, even though it may be incomplete.

B. Be brief without sacrificing completeness

C. Assure completeness, even though the article may be lengthy

D. Be brief although you may lack completeness

40 / 50

40.

_is referred to as the fourth
estate of the realm

41 / 50

41.

Good journalism is
influenced by the
_of the society

42 / 50

42.

Which of the following is
NOT an axiom of
newswriting?

A. Use well-known, often-used phrases

B. Use specific words

C. Avoid gobbledygook

D. Don’t use unnecessary words

43 / 50

43.

The press is often referred
to as

44 / 50

44.

The amount of
background information
needed in a cutline is
influenced by which of the
following factors?

A. Why the picture was taken and what the story tells

B. Who is in the picture and what is being depicted

C. How and where the picture will be used.

D. When and where the action occurred

45 / 50

45.

One of these was involved
in the efforts to get the first
world legislation that
guarantee the freedom of
the press

A. Gabriel

B. Ruthfum

C. Caxton

D. George

46 / 50

46.

The first prototype of
English newspaper is called

47 / 50

47.

Robert Campbell was a
newspaper publisher who
published the

48 / 50

48.

The interrogative method of
newswriting was
propounded by?

A. Harold Lasswell

B. Westley and Maclean

C. Ungrait and Bohnn

D. HaroldLasswell

49 / 50

49.

In copyright law, instances
in which material may be
used without permission or
payment is

50 / 50

50.

The department that
oversees newspapers
circulation as well as
advertisement in
newspaper organisation is

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