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Date: _________________________________Parent’s Signature: ____________________

TEST I: Directions: Read and analyze each statement. Write TRUE if the statement is correct;
otherwise, write FALSE if it is incorrect.

_______1. A newspaper falls under oral journalism.

_______2. Radio falls under visual journalism.
_______3. Periodicals, brochures, journals, books, and graphic arts are classified under broadcast
media.
_______4. There are three areas of journalism namely, written, oral, and visual.
_______5. Radio and television are examples of print media.
_______6. Journalism is concerned on accumulating factual information, thus disregarding
opinions of other opinions.
_______7. Being in the media press means business and therefore be driven by wealth and
money.
_______8. Listening to your editor is a good way of maintaining balanced reporting, while
injecting personal opinions in articles gives bias to news.
_______9. Readers have the right to judge critically the opinions written in the newspaper;
however, they cannot contest the data written in the news.
_______10. The freedom of the press is absolute, that is, the press enjoys it anytime, every time,
everywhere, without considering the liability to the public.

TEST II: Directions: Read and understand each item statement/question. Encircle the letter that
corresponds to your answer.

11. This pertains to the obligations of journalists to their readers to write the truth whatever it
costs.
a. Freedom of the press b. Responsibility c. Independence
12. This pertains to the right given for journalists to write, publish newspapers, magazines,
books, etc., without censorship from the government.
a. Freedom of the press b. Responsibility c. Independence
13. Journalists should always present both sides of the coin, both sides of the argument, and both
sides of controversial issues. This tenet is the whole point why objectivity is being advocated.
a. Fairness b. Truthfulness c. Accuracy
14. Checking the veracity of data and information before they are published is an example of
being accurate and ________.
a. Objective b. Independent c. Truthful
15. This is simply avoiding conflicts of interest on the treatment of the articles and on the way
arguments and news are written.
a. Objectivity b. Truthfulness c. Accuracy
16. It is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead
uses eye-catching headlines to sell more news.
a. Yellow Journalism b. New Journalism c. Advocacy Journalism
17. This is giving the reporter's opinion rather than the facts. It may also means the expanding of
news about an insignificant happening to give publicity to a subject.
a. Advocacy Journalism b. Stylistic Journalismc. Editorializing
18. It emphasizes imaginative, stylized writing of stories and considers newspapers as "the
literature of immediate fact.
a. Advocacy Journalism b. Stylistic Journalismc. Editorializing
19. The new Journalists expanded the definition of journalism and of legitimate journalistic
reporting and writing techniques.
a. Yellow Journalism b. New Journalism c. Advocacy Journalism
20. This is a genre of journalism that is fact-based but supports point of view on an issue. The
journalists in this type of journalism are expected to focus on stories dealing with corporate
business practices, government policies, political corruption, and social issues.
a. Yellow Journalism b. New Journalism c. Advocacy Journalism
TEST III: Directions: Enumerate what is asked in the following item numbers.

21-23. Enumerate the three (3) areas where Journalism may appear.
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24-28. Enumerate the five (5) tenets of Journalism.
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29-30. Give at least two (2) examples of visual journalism.
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