BMW Final Exam #1 Actual Questions And Correct Detailed Answers.

What is the meaning of convergence in journalism? - correct answer Taking different media forms and putting it on one platform What is an example of convergence? - correct answer Newspapers and magazines are now available on your iPad or tablet T/F: Convergence also applies to the idea that various technologies work together to cover news - correct answer True According to class lecture, why is it important for journalists today to know copy-editing symbols? - correct answer Helps for easy editing and also to understand other writer's work What is a slug, and what is its purpose? - correct answer 2-4 word that uniquely describe the story What is news? - correct answer Facts that are presented so that people can make their own opinions T/F: News is any story that has an impact on other people or is unusal. - correct answer True A story about a deadly crash on Interstate 40 is an example of (soft, hard) news - correct answer hard The characteristic of news that tells you that a story about your State Senator would be more newsworthy than one about your neighborhood watch group is ___________ - correct answer prominence The characteristic of news that says a story about the increase in local property taxes is more newsworthy than one about a new licensing fee for hair stylists is ____ - correct answer impact/magnitude A story taking place in Henderson is more newsworthy because of ____; a characteristic of news - correct answer proximity A story about this year's Homecoming is more newsworthy that one about homecoming in 1990 because of _________, a characteristic of news - correct answer timeliness T/F: According to your text, journalists can be completely objective - correct answer False Rewrite the following sentence eliminating male noun and pronouns: The policeman told the insurance man that the accident occurred when the car swerved to avoid an old lady who stepped off the curb. - correct answer The police officer told the insurance agent that the accident occurred when the car swerved to avoid an elderly person who stepped off the curb. Rewrite the following sentence eliminating male noun and pronouns: Congressman Janice Byron, a petite 38-year-old mother of two children who has a sunny disposition, voted in favor of the education bill. - correct answer Congressperson Janice Byron voted in favor of the education bill. Rewrite the following sentence eliminating male noun and pronouns: The girl and their male friends were expecting the concert tickets to arrive an hour before the show started. - correct answer (ASK HER) A group of friends were expecting the concerts tickets to arrive an hour before the show started. Rewrite the following sentence eliminating male noun and pronouns: The telephone man told the college girls that they would not be able to call their female friends until the line was repaired. - correct answer The telephone worker told the college students that they would not be able to call their friends until the line was repaired. Rewrite the following sentence eliminating male noun and pronouns: The author, Oliver Brooks, and his wife, Mrs. Oliver (Sunni) Brooks, an attractive woman who was wearing a green print dress, arrived at the book signing around 3 p.m. - correct answer The author and his wife arrived at the book signing around 3 p.m.. The news media are a (phenomena, phenomenon) of modern technology that have (altered, altared) the communication landscape - correct answer phenomena, altered The (envelope, envelop) the treasurer misplaced contained about $1000 in contributions - correct answer envelope She said rather (than, then) trying to convince the board of (trusties, trustees) to vote on the measure, she would work with the president and his (aids, aides) - correct answer than, trustees, aides They (hanged, hung) the new banner from a (pole, poll) and invited more than 200 (people, persons) to the cermony - correct answer hung, pole, people A large (bloc, block) of voters (alluded, eluded) to pollsters that the candidate was (elusive, illusive) when discussing (their, there, they're) views on foreign affairs - correct answer bloc, alluded, illusive, their Students are (liable, libel, likely) (to, two, too) demand fewer regulations (regardless, irregardless) what rules the committee might (adapt, adept, adopt) - correct answer likely, to, regardless, adopt The woman, an (alumnae, alumna, alumni, alumnus) of the university, (implied, inferred) that the restrictions she placed on her donation may seem (bizarre, bazzar) but eventually they would be (cited, sighted, sited) as revolutionary - correct answer alumna, implied, bizarre, cited The defendants' (consul, counsel, council) (waived, waved) her right to a jury trial, saying he (adviced, advised) the defendant not to (chose, choose) that option - correct answer counsel, waived, advised, choose The teacher was (discrete, discreet) when he (complemented, complimented) the group composed of six students for their paper (entitled, titled) News and Social Media in the Modern World - correct answer discreet, complimented, titled Substitute a single word for each of the following phrases: totally destroyed - correct answer destroyed Substitute a single word for each of the following phrases: really big - correct answer large Substitute a single word for each of the following phrases: postponed until later - correct answer postpone Substitute a single word for each of the following phrases: freak accident - correct answer accident Substitute a single word for each of the following phrases: seldom ever - correct answer rarely Substitute a single word for each of the following p