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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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MAC225
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A media house can be compelled to publish as well as payment of damages as forms of remedies for defamation
2 / 50
When journalists argue for legislation to assist them to source information, they are actually asking for
3 / 50
News stories that emanate from events such as national celebration, budget speech, special anniversary, is known as ____
4 / 50
The obnoxious _of 1984 was enacted by General Buhari to curtail press freedom
5 / 50
A benefit or immunity enjoyed by someone or a class of people which does not apply to the general public is called
6 / 50
The reporter must not editorialize. This means ____
7 / 50
A good reporter must have nose for news This means that
8 / 50
The writing rule ‘use the inverted pyramid forms when writing news’ means ____
9 / 50
Interview in journalism parlance can be defined as _____
10 / 50
The factors that determine news values include some of these…
11 / 50
If a competent court of law orders a retraction but a news publication still refuses to do so, the publication is guilty of
12 / 50
A piece of information can be regarded as news when _____
13 / 50
Advocates for collective ownership of resources as a cardinal principle in the eastern world
14 / 50
The following, according to Sonaike (1987) is not a type of lead ____
15 / 50
Broadcast news stories are written in _voice;
16 / 50
For a reporter to win the credibility and confidence of his readers and listeners, he must adhere to which of the following virtues?
17 / 50
You can identify a poor writing by which of the following? ____
18 / 50
To become a specialist reporter, one needs a Ph.D degree in the area of coverage. YES/NO
19 / 50
Developing stories are continuing stories; help to connect parts to the whole.
20 / 50
The press theory that guides the Western world is
21 / 50
Political parties are a good _of information for the reporter
22 / 50
In a defamation case earlier decided, an accused can plead as a defence.
23 / 50
A poor writing has the following attributes except _____
24 / 50
Lull periods are a challenges for the journalist; but an imaginative report can turn to which of these for his story ____
25 / 50
How does the idiom, ‘dress how you want to be addressed’ relate to the reporter?
26 / 50
An area assigned to a reporter as his responsibility is known as
27 / 50
The lead performs several functions excluding the following _____
28 / 50
If an accused agrees to plead for guilty in return for a lesser sentence this is called
29 / 50
In the Nigerian judicial system, there are superior and courts
30 / 50
In order not to compromise on the reputation and credibility of the media industry, a good reporter must be ______
31 / 50
When should a reporter conduct an interview? _____
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One of these is not a motivating factor for journalists to go the extra mile ____
33 / 50
An in-depth, thorough, elaborate, comprehensive and lucid report of a specific field of journalistic coverage is known as _report
34 / 50
Update is a type of story
35 / 50
The practice whereby journalists eagerly condemn an issue in a foreign country but would not comment on same in his is called
36 / 50
If a news medium presents news in a way to arouse a quick and excited reaction, it is said to engage in
37 / 50
Which news element is projected in the following sentence, ‘A total sum of N28billion was pumped into the foreign exchange market in March this year alone by the Central Bank of Nigeria?’ _____
38 / 50
The most outstanding difference between news writing and poetry or novel is which of these? _____
39 / 50
In international communication parlance the third world is also referred to as the
40 / 50
In Nigerian law, the is presumed innocent until proved guilty
41 / 50
A skilled interviewer should watch out for the interviewers emotional tone level (ETL) by doing which of the following in the cause of the interview_____
42 / 50
The reason Inverted Pyramid format is used in news writing include which of these? ____
43 / 50
A News story is considered to be of good quality if it has which of the following qualities? ______
44 / 50
Prize was instituted to reward journalists who excel in investigative journalism, etc
45 / 50
Which of the following can be generally regarded as poor writing ____
46 / 50
Those who oppose the right of the press to freedom believe that journalists do not need to compel them to work
47 / 50
When many reporters from different media organizations participate in an interview, they are in involved in ____
48 / 50
Crime reporters are encouraged to work closely with which agency of Government?
49 / 50
Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, are countries from part of the world?
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Open-ended questions result in When a reporter uses which of the following ways to phrase his question and achieve the desired result in addition to other benefits ____
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