IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS 5–54 THROUGH 5-60,
SELECT FROM COLUMN B THE PRIMARY SOURCE
OF NAVY NEWS THAT WILL PROVIDE THE
INFORMATION LISTED IN COLUMN A.
RESPONSES
MAY BE USED MORE THAN ONCE.
A. INFORMATION
B. SOURCES
5-54.
5-55.
5-56.
5-57.
5-58.
5-59.
5-60.
Search and rescue 1.
Future file
operations
2.
Special
Armed Forces Day
contacts
parade
3.
Messages,
Adoption of a ben-
directives
eficial suggestion
and official
submitted by a
correspon–
seaman at your
dence
command
Publicity material
on new ship con-
struction
New equipment being
tested at your base
A former child TV star,
now in the Navy, reports
for duty at your base
Changes in Navy retire–
ment benefits
5-61.
What factor should you consider
when using information in naval
messages, directives and official
correspondence as news stories?
1.
Length of the article
2.
Reader appeal
3.
Security
4.
Authenticity
5-62.
You may obtain a good flow of news
tips by which of the following
ways ?
1.
Trying to develop as many
contacts as possible
2.
Talking about your job with
your friends
3.
Cultivating good relationships
with the senior officers in
your command
4.
All of the above
5-63.
Public affairs office personnel
will find it useful to keep track
of future events and to schedule
publicity releases by use of which
of the following methods?
1.
Assigning one person in the
office to write created news
stories
2.
Using a tickler system
3.
Scheduling the publicity story
for each event on a certain
date
4.
Each of the above
5-64.
What source of Navy news is usually
collected as created news?
1.
The future file
2.
Official contacts
3.
Unofficial contacts
4.
Messages, directives and
official correspondence
5–65.
In what method of gathering news
should you attempt to get more
information than is actually
needed?
1.
Research
2.
Interview
3.
Telephone conversation
4.
Observation
5-66.
You should avoid using the
telephone to request information
under what circumstance?
1.
When a third person can
overhear the conversation
2.
When your information source
is a very busy person
3.
When the person called can be
easily reached in other ways
4.
When the subject of your
conversation may touch upon
classified matters
5-67.
In writing a feature story, you
should use what method of gathering
news to give depth to the story?
1.
Interview
2.
Research
3.
Observation
4.
Telephone conversation
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