General Directions: Read the statements very carefully.

Select among the choices the best corresponds to

the correct answer.

I. THE CAMPUS PAPER AND THE STAFFERS

1. The following are the main functions of campus paper EXCEPT one:
A campus paper makes announces the achievements of the school.
A campus paper develops cooperation among school’s stakeholders.
A campus paper disseminates school administration’s flaws.
A campus paper develops cooperation between the parents and the school.

2. The writers in a school publication are the eyes of the readers to see what is happening in the school
and to guard the right of the young ones.
Watchdog Function
Laboratory Function
Entertainment Function
Education Function

3. Where can you find the signature, name, or pseudonym of the writer who prepared the article?
Nameplate
Byline
Masthead
Banner

4. Who among the staffers is responsible for the release and distribution of the campus paper?
Managing Editor
Circulation Manager
Associate Editor
Chief Editor

5. He/She takes charge of the designing and formatting of all the pages in the campus paper. Who is
he/she?
The Correspondent
The Layout Artist
The News Editor
The Copyreader

II. NEWS WRITING

6. The news writer has written an article about a sixty-year-old student who just graduated from Senior
High School. What characteristic of news did the writer achieve?
Nearness
Significance
Accuracy
Unusualness

7. News writing follows the inverted triangle structure. What should a news writer bear in mind?
The most important information is in the headline of the article.
The most important information is in the beginning of the article.
The most important information is in the middle of the article.
The most important information is in the end part of the article.
8. What kind of lead is evident in the following?
Neglected. Denuded. Abused. Abandoned. This
is the real picture of our forest today.
Punch Lead
Parody Lead
Staccato Lead
Background Lead

9. The following should be remembered in news writing EXCEPT one:

Practice ambiguous statements.
Learn to get other’s point of view.
All news reports must be sourced.
Observe brevity in sentences.

10. Which among the sentences below should be written by a news writer.
The PTA officers were ordered by the principal to make the payment.
The principal ordered the PTA officers to make the payment.
The principal was ordered by the PTA officers to make the payment.
The PTA officers were ordered by the principal to make the payment.

III. EDITORIAL AND COLUMN WRITING

11. Which among the following is true about editorial writing.
It complicates issues by adding more extraneous part of the news.
It is about adding fuel to a present problem.
It is not necessarily written by the chief editor.
It is extremely subjective that refutes issues directly.

12. What usually starts the editorial?

Argument
News Peg
Analogy
Belief

13. What technique of persuasion is applied in the following editorial:

Do we want that we will only be the higher learning
institution in the country which does not change its
opening of classes?
Cause and Effect
Humor
Hyperbole
Rhetorical Question

14. What do you call the type of column which consists of several short reviews which help the reader
find titles for book reports?
Exchange Column
Opinion Column
Personal Column
Book Column
15. When writing a column, a columnist should NOT:
Use technical or complex words.
Write simple and shorts sentences.
Give reader timely and helpful information.
Use a variety of material.

IV. FEATURE WRITING

16. What technique in writing the introduction is portrayed in this statement?
He was a murderer and a drug pusher. Yes, that was
Ambo seven years ago. You now see him preaching in
the chapel of St. Anthony every Wednesday.
Allusion
Contrast
Summary
Descriptive

17. With a type of feature story in mind, which of the following does NOT belong to the group?
Journey to Mt. Iraya
How to Cook Uved Balls
Skateboarding on the Sand
Batanes Invites!

18. Which of the following parts of a feature story primarily leaves a punch to the reader?
Nut graph
Body of the article
Introduction
Ending Statement

19. Which of the following is NOT included during the post-writing stage in crafting features?
Narrowing the topic
Verifying facts
Polishing construction
Checking grammar

20. What is called of feature story that is based on a timely news happening?
News Feature
Historical Essay
Personality Sketch
Human Interest Feature

V. SPORTS WRITING
21. What is the first thing that a good sports writer should have?
His/her knowledge of sports
His/her score sheets
His/her skills in playing sports
His/her scrapbooks

22. It is important that in sports writing, one should take all of his/her reports fairly. Hence, what should
he/she consider?
Entertainment
Unusualness
 Impartiality
Accuracy

23. What element is important when the sports writer wants to tell his/her readers about who won the
game?
The score
The individual stars
The crowd
The sports equipment

24. If team A won the basketball game with team B by only two (2) points. What verb should a sports
writer use?
Rout
Whip
Overwhelm
Nip

25. In sports writing, what should NOT be done by a writer?

He/she should use a language that is colorful.
He/she should use a language that denotes action.
He/she should use a language that is simple.
He/she should use a language that displays neutrality.

VI. COPYREADING AND HEADLINE WRITING

26. In journalism, writing should be concise. Hence, complete the analogy below.
affixed his signature : signed :: in view of the fact that : ________________
although
because
perhaps
while

27. Which of the following sentences is precise?

A large number assembled for the meeting.
Officers removed a gun from his clothing.
His skull was fractured with a hammer.
He spoke in disparaging terms about the radical element.

28. What copy fixer’s action should be done by an editor in the following line?
Proofing is a no. 1 priority.
Insert quotation marks
Spell out
Delete period
Close up

29. What word should be used to shorten the word “reject” in headline writing?
Nix
Feud
Raze
Rift
30. Which among the following is a correctly written headline?
Drug pushers are nabbed
Unida will attend GSP confab
Mar a liar, says Duterte
Meeting not to push through