Top 250+ Solved Reporting MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?
a. A journalist needs a great deal of money to start a new news organization.
b. Journalists have a wider choice of career paths than in the past.
c. The journalism industry is evolving as people get their news in new ways.
d. Creative ideas for journalistic content and delivery systems are springing up every where.
Q. In journalism, a “mojo” is a
a. journalist who has an unusual degree of sex appeal.
b. a source who provides a journalist with a good-luck charm.
c. a source who has the ability to bounce back from adversity.
d. journalist who carries her tools—computers, cameras, recorders—with her at all times.
Q. Which of the following is NOT one of the things young reporters learn from working the police beat?
a. The community, both geographically and sociologically.
b. How to trick sources into telling reporters things the sources should keep confidential.
c. News values and the need for accuracy.
d. How to develop sources that will serve them for years.
Q. What is investigative journalism?
a. in-depth reporting that looks hard at one specific topic or subject
b. a format that reports on everyday topics such as neighborhood conflicts
c. a format that compares social news with political news
d. a type of journalism in which regular citizens do the reporting to local news channels
Q. On-the-record attribution of source means
a. you can use both their words and their name
b. you cannot use their words and name
c. you can use the information but not their name
d. you can use their name but not the information
Q. The official police report is
a. primary source
b. secondary source
c. leaked document
d. tip-off
Q. The primary advantage of the inverted-pyramid organization is that it
a. is a natural way of telling any story
b. rarely contains any surprises for the reader
c. allows the reader to stop after reading only one or two paragraphs and still get the most important information
d. locks reporters into a formula and discourages innovation
Q. The opening paragraph or the introduction paragraph of the news story is called as
a. Lead
b. Spot
c. Observation
d. Space
Q. In seeking the best available source to interview for a news story, the reporter primarily is looking for a person who
a. has a knack for saying things that are controversial
b. will look good on video or in a photograph
c. knows enough about a topic to bluff his or her way through an interview
d. has relevant expertise or experience and is articulate
Q. The rule for when to use “who” and when to use “whom” is that
a. “whom” refers to the subject of a clause and “who” refers to the object of a verb or preposition
b. “who” is acceptable in spoken language but “whom” is preferred in written language
c. “whom” is used only in scholarly writing and “who” is used in more informal writing
d. “who” refers to the subject of a clause and “whom” refers to the object of a verb or preposition
Q. At the prewriting stage, the reporters should
a. identify a central point and have a good kicker in mind
b. identify a central point and prepare a brief outline.
c. prepare a brief outline and select the quotations to use
d. have the story completely drafted in their hea
Q. Because newspapers use small type and narrow columns, reporters strive to write
a. without paragraph breaks
b. stories with no more than three paragraphs
c. paragraphs that are no more than one sentence in length
d. short paragraphs
Q. “Plagiarism” is defined as
a. making up quotations or sources for a news story.
b. taking someone else’s words or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.
c. pretending to be someone other than a reporter to get an interview.
d. accepting gifts or bribes from sources.
Q. The second paragraph of an inverted-pyramid story should
a. continue with the most newsworthy point, adding details and color.
b. start an entirely new topic
c. name people, without further clarification, who are referred to in the lead.
d. provide background information.