Top 550+ Solved Editing MCQ Questions Answer
Q. What is a copy?
a. Words for a headline
b. Any piece of material that makes it to print.
c. The belief that what someone says is true
d. The writer's name as it appears in the story
Q. In newspapers, news headlines should be written around a strong
a. Verb
b. Participate
c. Adjective
d. Adverb
Q. Dummy means:
a. The total copies of a newspaper printed at one run
b. An intro beginning with a display type much bigger in proportion to the text type.
c. It is an experimental printing, not for public view, it only shows the position of advertisements, stories, illustrations etc
d. Printed sheet of newspaper
Q. How are facts arranged in inverted pyramid style?
a. Less important to most important
b. Most important to less important
c. Slowly building to the most interesting facts
d. crucial facts equally spaced throughout the story
Q. What is a lead?
a. The senior reporter at a newspaper
b. The opening paragraph of a news story
c. The newspaper with the largest audience
d. The main character in a news story
Q. What makes a story "newsworthy"?
a. The story has to be about a topic that appeals to public interest
b. The story has to be published
c. The story has to have balanced sources
d. The story has to be about a celebrity
Q. What is a cutline?
a. A caption that tells you what a photo is about
b. A delete mark in an edited writing
c. The lines that draw your attention in a photo
d. A false quote from a source
Q. What are the 5 Ws and 1 H?
a. The six paragraphs that are required for a standard news story
b. The six facts necessary facts of a summary lead
c. The only six questions that a reporter can ask a source
d. The six worst mistakes a reporter can make
Q. A newspaper will include special pictures, like maps, charts, or symbols. These special pictures are called _____________.
a. Graphics
b. Glyphs
c. Important
d. Pretty
Q. Tabloid journalism is frequently termed .......
a. Cheque book journalism
b. Yellow journalism
c. Investigative journalism
d. Investigative journalism
Q. You have lived an interesting life so far, so you write your autobiography. What type of writing is it?
a. Narrative
b. Persuasive
c. Expository
d. Descriptive
Q. A quotation that begins with words such as “he,” “she,” “they” or “we” is particularly unsuitable as a lead because
a. It encourages the reader to identify with the person or persons identified by the pronouns
b. One should never begin a sentence with a pronoun
c. Readers have no way of knowing to whom the pronouns refer.
d. It is too informal for use in a daily newspaper or news broadcast.
Q. In reporting on the deaths of famous people, news organizations include facts they may not include in obituaries for ordinary people, such as
a. The names of the closest surviving relatives
b. Distinguishing aspects of the person's life
c. Whether the person served in the military
d. The cause of death.