Top 550+ Solved Editing MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Celebrities make the news over small things because of the ______ news value
a. Prominence
b. Currency
c. Human interest
d. Novelty
Q. The value of the Associated Press Stylebook is that it
a. Promotes consistency in newswriting and reduces errors.
b. Tells sub editors what constitutes fine writing and what does not.
c. Gives sub editors a template for all news stories they may write.
d. Grammatical errors checking
Q. Which of the following stories could NOT be written with the inverted pyramid?
a. a bank robbery
b. a profile of a rock star
c. a BMC meeting
d. a warehouse fire
Q. What is hard news?
a. News that affects an entire group of people
b. The only kind of news there is
c. News that covers hard to understand topics
d. News that’s based on opinions, not facts
Q. You go on a hiking trip across Europe. Throughout your journey, you keep a journal in which you describe the scenes, people, buildings, plants, animals and everything else you encounter. What type of writing is it?
a. Expository
b. Narrative
c. Persuasive
d. Descriptive
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. The main purpose of a newspaper editorial is to
a. Provide up to date information
b. provide readers with a chance to voice their opinions
c. analyze the news
d. Provide a newspaper with the chance to voice it's opinions
Q. Small advertisements classified according to subject area and carrying no illustrations are known as
a. Small ads
b. News library
c. Back volume stock
d. Classified
Q. Blurb means
a. A publisher's commendatory description of a book commonly printed on the jacket
b. News story enclosed in a box.
c. An item covered on all four sides with a border to enclose short important news
d. Box item
Q. What is attribution?
a. Giving a source credit for a quote
b. The description of what a photo is about
c. The best qualities of a news story
d. A mistake a reporter can get sued for