Open a Word document and number 1-33. Answer the following questions. The photos for the shot scale questions can be found by clicking on the second "Graphic Design Class Blog" tag at the top of this page.
Journalism Final Exam
Part I
1. Writers also had to create stories that told both sides of any story. The journalists did not want to be accused of bias. Stories which lack bias are:
a. fictional
b. feature stories
c. objective stories
d. hard news stories
2. News stories which use inverted pyramid openings are:
a. hard news stories
b. feature stories
c. human interest stories
d. common stories
3. Feature stories differ from hard news stories in what way?
a. they bury their lead, putting it in the middle;
b. they put their lead at the very end of the story
c. they do not differ from hard news stories. They are the same.
d. They do not have a lead at all.
4. Do feature stories have inverted pyramid leads, yes or no?
5. What do feature stories have at their beginnings?
a. two inverted pyramid paragraphs
b. one inverted pyramid paragraph
c. a joke
d. a story about the subject of the piece
Information Gathering
6. Journalists get information for stories by talking to subjects. A conversation between a reporter and a subject is called:
a. an interrogation
b. an interview
c. a hazing
d. all of the above
7. What type of questions does an effective journalist want to avoid?
a. ones that make the subject angry
b. ones that make the subject think
c. ones that lead to yes or no answers
d. all of the above
8. List three words that are effective opening words to interview questions
9. Good interview questions are called:
a. leading questions
b. biased questions
c. cue questions
d. feature questions
Photojournalism
10. Letting in the proper amount of light to your camera when you take a photograph is called proper:
a. density
b. depth of field
c. exposure
d. balance
11. A photograph which is taken with too little light, and is dark, is:
a. properly exposed
b. underexposed
c. overexposed
d. oversaturated
12. A photograph which has too much light is:
a. properly exposed
b. underexposed
c. overexposed
d. undersaturated
13. Which items on your camera let you control how much light enters the camera?
a. Your shutter speed
b. Your iris opening
c. A and B
d. B and C
14. If you want to take sharp photographs of fast-moving cars or dancers, what type of shutter speed do you need?
a. slow shutter speed
b. fast shutter speed
c. fast or slow
d. it does not matter, your iris opening matters.
15. What is another name for your lens iris?
a. the diaphragm
b. the reflex
c. the aperature
d. the lens
16. A short lens, like a 16 mm or a 24 mm lens, will give you:
a. shallow focus
b. deep focus
c. deep and shallow focus
d. none of the above
17. A long lens, or a zoom lens, will give you what kind of focus?
a. shallow focus
b. deep focus
c. deep and shallow focus
d. neither deep nor shallow focus
18. The amount of space in focus in a shot, be it deep focus or shallow focus, is called your:
a. aperature
b. depth of field
c. color range
d. area of sharpness
19. You want to create a dramatic shot of your friend but have no lights. You have a large room with tall windows. What light source can you use?
I am going to show you seven shots. Tell me whether they are extreme long shots (XLS); long shots (LS); medium long shots (MLS); medium shots (MS); medium close-ups (MCU); close-ups (CU); or extreme close ups (XCU)
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Media Ethics
26. Printing false information about a person, especially a private citizen, with the intent to harm their reputation is:
a. okay
b. plagiarism
c. slander
d. all of the above
27. Who does a journalist serve?
a. the public
b. the company who employs you
c. a and b.
d. none of the above
28. Having a situation where your boss wants you to do something, and your duty to the public requires you to do something else is a:
a. libel
b. slander
c. conflict of interest
d. all of the above
29. A situation where you have two difficult choices to make is a :
a. libel
b. slander
c. conflict of interest
d. dilemma
30. When a source asks you to keep them anonymous, what is your best course of action as a journalist?
a. protect them
b. expose them
c. protect them if you like them but expose them if you don’t.
d. none of the above
31. The Atlanta Olympic volunteer whose reputation was harmed because papers printed stories that falsely claimed he was the Olympic bomber was:
a. Donald Trump
b. Richard Marx
c. Richard Jewell
d. the singer Jewell
32. What is just as dangerous as printing false information?
a. not printing a story because it might reflect poorly on a company, even though the story is true
b. not printing a story because it might reflect poorly on a public official, even thought it’s true.
c. a crime of omission, (leaving something out)
d. All of these are examples of bad journalism.
33. What is the name for an opening which has who, what, when, where and why information?
a. a broken pyramid
b. an inverted pyramid
c. a how-to story
d. a human interest story
Journalism Final Exam
Part I
1. Writers also had to create stories that told both sides of any story. The journalists did not want to be accused of bias. Stories which lack bias are:
a. fictional
b. feature stories
c. objective stories
d. hard news stories
2. News stories which use inverted pyramid openings are:
a. hard news stories
b. feature stories
c. human interest stories
d. common stories
3. Feature stories differ from hard news stories in what way?
a. they bury their lead, putting it in the middle;
b. they put their lead at the very end of the story
c. they do not differ from hard news stories. They are the same.
d. They do not have a lead at all.
4. Do feature stories have inverted pyramid leads, yes or no?
5. What do feature stories have at their beginnings?
a. two inverted pyramid paragraphs
b. one inverted pyramid paragraph
c. a joke
d. a story about the subject of the piece
Information Gathering
6. Journalists get information for stories by talking to subjects. A conversation between a reporter and a subject is called:
a. an interrogation
b. an interview
c. a hazing
d. all of the above
7. What type of questions does an effective journalist want to avoid?
a. ones that make the subject angry
b. ones that make the subject think
c. ones that lead to yes or no answers
d. all of the above
8. List three words that are effective opening words to interview questions
9. Good interview questions are called:
a. leading questions
b. biased questions
c. cue questions
d. feature questions
Photojournalism
10. Letting in the proper amount of light to your camera when you take a photograph is called proper:
a. density
b. depth of field
c. exposure
d. balance
11. A photograph which is taken with too little light, and is dark, is:
a. properly exposed
b. underexposed
c. overexposed
d. oversaturated
12. A photograph which has too much light is:
a. properly exposed
b. underexposed
c. overexposed
d. undersaturated
13. Which items on your camera let you control how much light enters the camera?
a. Your shutter speed
b. Your iris opening
c. A and B
d. B and C
14. If you want to take sharp photographs of fast-moving cars or dancers, what type of shutter speed do you need?
a. slow shutter speed
b. fast shutter speed
c. fast or slow
d. it does not matter, your iris opening matters.
15. What is another name for your lens iris?
a. the diaphragm
b. the reflex
c. the aperature
d. the lens
16. A short lens, like a 16 mm or a 24 mm lens, will give you:
a. shallow focus
b. deep focus
c. deep and shallow focus
d. none of the above
17. A long lens, or a zoom lens, will give you what kind of focus?
a. shallow focus
b. deep focus
c. deep and shallow focus
d. neither deep nor shallow focus
18. The amount of space in focus in a shot, be it deep focus or shallow focus, is called your:
a. aperature
b. depth of field
c. color range
d. area of sharpness
19. You want to create a dramatic shot of your friend but have no lights. You have a large room with tall windows. What light source can you use?
I am going to show you seven shots. Tell me whether they are extreme long shots (XLS); long shots (LS); medium long shots (MLS); medium shots (MS); medium close-ups (MCU); close-ups (CU); or extreme close ups (XCU)
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Media Ethics
26. Printing false information about a person, especially a private citizen, with the intent to harm their reputation is:
a. okay
b. plagiarism
c. slander
d. all of the above
27. Who does a journalist serve?
a. the public
b. the company who employs you
c. a and b.
d. none of the above
28. Having a situation where your boss wants you to do something, and your duty to the public requires you to do something else is a:
a. libel
b. slander
c. conflict of interest
d. all of the above
29. A situation where you have two difficult choices to make is a :
a. libel
b. slander
c. conflict of interest
d. dilemma
30. When a source asks you to keep them anonymous, what is your best course of action as a journalist?
a. protect them
b. expose them
c. protect them if you like them but expose them if you don’t.
d. none of the above
31. The Atlanta Olympic volunteer whose reputation was harmed because papers printed stories that falsely claimed he was the Olympic bomber was:
a. Donald Trump
b. Richard Marx
c. Richard Jewell
d. the singer Jewell
32. What is just as dangerous as printing false information?
a. not printing a story because it might reflect poorly on a company, even though the story is true
b. not printing a story because it might reflect poorly on a public official, even thought it’s true.
c. a crime of omission, (leaving something out)
d. All of these are examples of bad journalism.
33. What is the name for an opening which has who, what, when, where and why information?
a. a broken pyramid
b. an inverted pyramid
c. a how-to story
d. a human interest story