1–9.
“The newly designated Under
Secretary of the Navy, John T.
McNaughton, was injured today in an
airplane crash near Henderson, N.C.
He was flying to Washington, where,
in just three days, he would have
been sworn into office.”
A story
with the preceding lead features
which of the following elements?
1.
Oddity and immediacy
2.
Prominence and consequence
3.
Suspense and proximity
4.
Emotion and suspense
1-10.
Which of the following elements
must be present in every good news
story?
1.
Sex
2.
Human interest
3.
Immediacy
4.
Prominence of suspense
1-11.
The term “news peg” refers to what
factor(s)?
1.
Who, what, when, where, why
and how facts
2.
The dominant news elements
of the story
3.
The length of the story
4.
The situation that the story
concerns
1-12.
Which of the following subjects
is NOT spot news?
1.
A collision of a bus in which
several members of the Navy
football team were injured
2.
A transcontinental record set
by a Navy jet aircraft
3.
An explosion that caused
serious damage and loss of
life aboard an aircraft carrier
at sea
4.
A christening and launching
of a new nuclear submarine
1-13.
A story about a ball to be held
raise money for the Navy Relief
to
1-14.
Off-duty military personnel
volunteer to treat wounded Lebanese
children.
This subject is what
type of story?
1.
Hard news
2.
Feature
3.
Sports
4.
Social
1-15.
A story about the new football
coach at the Naval Academy in which
his background and qualifications
are detailed is what type of news
story?
1.
Hard news
2.
Feature
3.
Sports
4.
Social
1-16.
A story about new regulations
affecting military pay is what
type of news story?
1.
Hard news
2.
Feature
3.
Sports
4.
Social
1-17.
A metropolitan newspaper article
analyzing the consequences of a
primary election is what type of
news story?
1.
Interpretive
2.
Financial
3.
Scientific
4.
Consumer
1-18.
One of the major differences
between literary writing style and
newspaper style is that newspaper
journalists try to avoid using
which of the following style
elements?
1.
Difficult or unfamiliar words
2.
Simple language and sentences
3.
Short sentences and paragraphs
4.
Complicated ideas as subjects
Society is what type of news story?
1.
Hard news
2.
Feature
3.
Sports
4.
Social
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