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US Major Communication Test 2

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20 questions · All questions on one page

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University Major — Test 2 (Communication) University (Undergraduate Majors, USA) USA USA University Majors Curriculum
What is this test? for University Major review (University Major — Test 2 (Communication)), USA — University (Undergraduate Majors, USA) level, USA.
For University students (Undergraduate) in Test 2 (Communication) in the USA — is this your major?
Section: University Major — Test 2 (Communication) · Education: University (Undergraduate) · Part: University Major — Test 2 (Communication) · Country: USA

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Question 1
What is mass communication?
A) Wide audience media
B) Chatting
C) Letters
D) No audience
Question 2
What is a press release?
A) Ad
B) News announcement
C) Review
D) Secret memo
Question 3
What is a newsletter?
A) Spam
B) No mail
C) Email update
D) Print only
Question 4
What is libel?
A) Spoken insult
B) True report
C) Opinion
D) Written defamation
Question 5
What is a caption?
A) Photo text
B) Headline
C) Story
D) Ad
Question 6
Which term means "Opinion piece"?
A) communication
B) an op-ed
C) mass communication
D) news values
Question 7
Which of the following best defines AP style?
A) No rules
B) Essays only
C) News writing rules
D) Novels
Question 8
What best defines the digital divide?
A) No gap
B) Skill gap
C) Age gap
D) Access gap
Question 9
What best defines objectivity?
A) Neutral reporting
B) Bias
C) Opinion
D) Ads
Question 10
Which term means "Merging outlets"?
A) communication
B) consolidation
C) mass communication
D) news values
Question 11
What best defines a source?
A) Reporter
B) Reader
C) Info provider
D) No source
Question 12
What best defines an interview?
A) Lecture
B) Party
C) Exam only
D) Question meeting
Question 13
What best defines shield law?
A) Reporter protection
B) No protection
C) Gag order
D) Censorship
Question 14
Which term means "Reviewing manager"?
A) communication
B) an editor
C) mass communication
D) news values
Question 15
What best defines prior restraint?
A) After fines
B) Taxing papers
C) Banning before publishing
D) Closing libraries
Question 16
Provide the definition of copyright:
A) No protection
B) Free all
C) Short term
D) Work protection
Question 17
Provide the definition of a headline:
A) Title hook
B) Story body
C) Caption
D) Byline
Question 18
Which term means "Limited reuse right"?
A) communication
B) fair use
C) mass communication
D) news values
Question 19
Which term means "Checking facts"?
A) communication
B) mass communication
C) verification
D) news values
Question 20
Which term means "Fixed error note"?
A) communication
B) mass communication
C) news values
D) a correction

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