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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.
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Man’s ability to feel and empathize with others makes it possible for him/her to behave1
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Programmes broadcast seven days a week at the same time is called
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In a radio or TV station, the schedule of broadcasting is called
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Reporters discover and publish information that is based on rumour and speculation
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As a reporter, some of your morally correct principles and standards could be compromised in certain circumstances. This is the position of ____
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The attributes of a journalist requires that he/she develops the ability to be impartial, impersonal and dispassionate
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When a newspaper or any other mass medium presents news in a way designed to arouse a quick and excited reaction, this is amounts to
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If your job is to make inquiries rather than attend a function, the section of the library should be your first port of call
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lead is almost like a headline. It is usually a short sentence but if deployed effectively, can have great effect.
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When your sources are anonymous, your readers congratulate you for upholding the confidentiality of sources
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The media theory that calls for grassroots participation in the control of the media is the
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A radio spectrum frequency assigned to a radio or television station(s) is called
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Special reporter could be assigned to report crime, sport or business. True or false?
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Transmission of the social heritage from one generation to the next is____
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When events that depart from everyday experiences make news, it is because of the involved.
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According to ____, an action is justified if the intentions of the doer are good, regardless of the consequences that ensure from the action
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Antinomian theory is closely related to _____
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With regards to the ethics of news writing and reporting, the ____ journalist acts according to his/her whims and caprices
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19. Dateline refers to
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The Umbrella Code for journalists in Nigeria is
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A lead provides answer to all except
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A good constitutional representation of the libertarian press is found in the
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Journalistic professional ethical norms first began to be codified in
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24. Cut line is also called
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is the main theme of the story which provides the spine of the story.
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26. CAR refers to
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Objectivist theory holds that ethics is rather than emotional
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s the body expected to interpret the code while acting as a judicator when any of the provisions of the code is breached
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29. Credit line means
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The naturally makes the first decision on what constitutes news
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31. Cut line is also called
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32. Continuity means
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Reporters’ area of specialization is often called ___
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The first code of ethics for journalists in Nigeria was established in
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An action is either good or bad depending on the context in which it was made. This is the position of ______
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The Law of Defamation applies to
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The instrument most professions, including the media profession uses to regulate the professional conduct of their members is codified as
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A beat reporter could be regarded as a______
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Determinants of news include all except @
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40. A Cub refers to
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The 5 key principles of radio programme include all except
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The media function that concerns interpretation and analysis is regarded by Lasswell & Wright as
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Which date is appropriate for Broadcast copy
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Information given to a reporter in complete confidence and should not be printed under any circumstances is called
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Journalistic professional ethical norms first began to be codified in _____
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The International principles of Professional Ethics in journalism emerged in
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The Inverted Pyramid Format of writing means the story begins with
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Writing news stories from tips gotten from cocktail parties could be regarded as
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Theory states that it is the result or consequence of actions that determine the rightness or wrongness of such action
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Reporters primarily write for the following reasons ____
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