MAC214

Category: MAC214

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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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MAC214

1 / 50

The purpose of in-depth
investigative stories is
generally to reveal or
expose
in the society.

2 / 50

What does the
governments use most
often, to justify illegal,
dangerous or unethical acts
and to restrict or discourage
journalists from reporting on
a real problem?

A) international interest

B) Public interest

C) National sovereignty

D) National interest

3 / 50

James Bright Davies
founded ______ in 1910

A) Nigerian Times

B) Lagos daily News

C) Lagos Weekly Record

D) West African pilot

4 / 50

For a journalist to be a
watch dog, he must
engaged in ________

A) None of the options

B) Feature writing

C) Investigative work

D) Entertainment story

5 / 50

According to Levin
(2000:18) hard news is also
called ______news

A) Soft

B) Straight

C) Accurate

D) All the options

6 / 50

Should an investigative
reporter pay attention to
deadlines? Yes OR No?

7 / 50

Proprietorial interference,
which is one of the
limitations to investigative
reporting means_______

A) Public influence

B) Reporters decision on what to cover

C) Media owners influence

D) All of the options

8 / 50

Mass media act as the
middle man between the
policy formulators and
_______

A) Media consumers

B) The journalists

C) Nine of the options

D) The government

9 / 50

Defamation is made up
of______

A) Publication and injury

B) Written words and libel

C) Spoken words and slander

D) Slander and libel

10 / 50

10)

Technological limitation
means a media house lacks
required _______to carry
out the investigative
reporting,

A) Media gadget

B) Economically

C) Technologically

D) By skill man power

11 / 50

11)

In developing an
investigative report item
more than one source is
essential. True OR False?

12 / 50

12)

Straight news or hard news
is a_______ report of news
that is current and
important

A) Important

B) All the options

C) None of the options

D) Factual

13 / 50

13)

Judging whether a
statement is defamatory will
normally involves how
many steps?

14 / 50

14)

When was West Africa Pilot
founded?

A) 1936

B) 1938

C) 1939

D) 1937

15 / 50

15)

The two major types of
interview according to Itule
and Anderson are Funnel
and

16 / 50

16)

The letter “E” in news
represents

A) Empathy

B) Embargo

C) Encourage

D) Emphasis

17 / 50

17)

To know your audience
properly you must embark
on
to find out more about them

18 / 50

18)

First person narrator is
allowed in breaking news.
True or false
_?

19 / 50

19)

Categories of limitations to
interpretative journalism
include all except_____?

A) Economic

B) Ownership

C) Political

D) Domestic

20 / 50

20)

Captions may be in
question format e.g. Who
killed Dele Giwa? . True OR
False?

21 / 50

21)

According to Brady (1977)
interviews are based on two
major aims for the journalist
and these are trust and
_______

A) Balance

B) Objectivity

C) Information

D) Judgement

22 / 50

22)

Mass media act as the
middle man between the
policy formulators and
_______

A) None of the options1

B) Media consumers

C) The journalists

D) The government

23 / 50

23)

A newspaper meant for the
elderly, should use
__________ font size

A) Smaller

B) Bold and Bigger

C) Medium sized

D) Pint size

24 / 50

24)

According to________
(2000) a primary source is
an expert recognized as
aleading authority on a
topic

A) Lorenz

B) Larry

C) Levin

D) Lewis

25 / 50

25)

Conflicts can arise where a
journalist is involved in
politics or personal
relationships or vested
interests.

26 / 50

26)

______Is a factual report of
news that is current and
important

A) Soft news

B) A’ and ‘C’

C) None of the options

D) Straight news or hard news

27 / 50

27)

The beginning of journalism
in Nigeria could be traced
to _______

A) Owen Macaulay

B) Henry Townsend

C) Obafemi Awolowo

D) Lord Lugard

28 / 50

28)

Newspapers can “report”
indirectly some stories that
cannot be categorically
reported in texts, by means
of

A) Investigations

B) Interpretation

C) Cartoons

D) Stories

29 / 50

29)

The level of fault a plaintiff
needs to prove depends on
whether the plaintiff is a
public figure or a
individual.

30 / 50

30)

Which ethical principle
requires you to judge what
is right by asking what will
give the greatest good to
the greatest number of
people
?

31 / 50

31)

The law of
__is one of the most
common allegations
brought against journalists.

32 / 50

32)

One of these is not among
the importance of
investigative reporting

A) It increases competition among the media

B) It increases competition among the media

C) It makes the media more credible

D) It makes the media and the journalists more incredible

33 / 50

33)

Who formulated Categorical
Imperative
__?

34 / 50

34)

Interpretative journalism is
a SINE QUA NON for every
journalist

A) FALSE

B) Untrue

C) All the options

D) TRUE

35 / 50

35)

Media owners influence is a
type of _______ limitations
to investigative reporting

A) All of the options

B) Public influence

C) Reporters decision on what to cover

D) Proprietorial interference

36 / 50

36)

When was The “5Ws & H”
communication model
propounded?

A) 1984

B) 1994

C) 1949

D) 1948

37 / 50

37) Usenet is another name for

38 / 50

38)

What is the consequence of
the inaccurate estimates of
the journalist’s audience?

A) Their Sources will dry up

B) They make a great breakthrough in their professional functions

C) They will step aside of the professional functions

D) They will fail to interpret the news accurately and effectively to the society

39 / 50

39)

Itule and Anderson
propounded the Funnel and
interviews

40 / 50

40)

Which ethical principle
requires that when there is
an extreme position in a
situation, one seeks a
middle ground ?

41 / 50

41)

Which of these is not
among the elements of
investigative reporting?

A) The issue or topic has to be of public interest

B) It’s about digging deeply into an issue or topic

C) It is always in favour of the news source

D) It’s a process, not an event

42 / 50

42)

Which of these is not a
limitation to investigative
reporting?

A) Political interference

B) None of the options

C) Media gatekeepers

D) Economic constraint

43 / 50

43)

Who probes falsity when
defamatory statements
involve matter of public
interest, Plaintiff or
Defendant?

44 / 50

44)

Liberal theory of the press
can be found in which stage
of Steven Wards’s six
stages in the development
of journalism ethics
_?

45 / 50

45) The beginning of journalism in Nigeria started with the __newspaper

46 / 50

46)

_is defamation by spoken
words or gesture?

47 / 50

47)

Which paper was founded
byJames Bright Davies?

A) Nigerian Times

B) Lagos daily News

C) West African pilot

D) Lagos Weekly Record

48 / 50

48)

James Bright Davies
founded ______ in 1910?

A) Lagos Weekly Record

B) Lagos daily News

C) Nigerian Times

D) West African pilot

49 / 50

49)

Is defamation a civil or
criminal offence ?

50 / 50

50)

Another name for straight
News is _______

A) Minor news

B) Soft News

C) Hard news

D) Major News

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