FBLA JOURNALISM (2024/2025) EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS || ALREADY GRADED A+
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
information center - ANSWER ✔ A support function that provides users with
assistance, training, application development, documentation, equipment selection
and setup, standards, technical assistance, and troubleshooting.
citizen journalism - ANSWER ✔ news reported and distributed by citizens, rather
than professional journalists and for-profit news organizations
open-source reporting - ANSWER ✔ occurs when news organizations ask citizens
to participate in citizen journalism and send stories
circulation - ANSWER ✔ Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur
on a regular basis.
online journalism - ANSWER ✔ journalism conducted over the internet
storyboarding - ANSWER ✔ A sequence of drawings, with directions and
sometimes dialog, that represents planned shots for a movie.
sidebar - ANSWER ✔ Text set off from the main body of text in a text box that
provides additional information for the reader.
beat - ANSWER ✔ A beat is a particular topic or subject area that a reporter
covers. Most journalists working in print and online news cover beats.
, general assignment - ANSWER ✔ A reporter who covers a variety of stories
rather than a single "beat."
hard news - ANSWER ✔ media coverage focused on facts and important issues
surrounding a campaign
soft news - ANSWER ✔ Media coverage that aims to entertain or shock, often
through sensationalized reporting or by focusing on a candidate or politician's
personality.
Concentration of Ownership - ANSWER ✔ When ownership rests only in a few
hands
Interlocking Directorates - ANSWER ✔ Members of the board of one company
also sits on the board of the other company
Two Sided Business Model - ANSWER ✔ Is a platform for economic exchange
between two distinct user groups that provide each other with the benefits of a
large network.
"Institutional memory" - ANSWER ✔ Loss of veteran reporters who were more
intelligent with the topics they reported.
AP Style - ANSWER ✔ The definition of AP style is the grammar, capitalization
and punctuation style of the Associated Press news agency, used by newspapers
and other news and media outlets. Ex: 26 Rose Ave.
FDA - ANSWER ✔ Known as the Food and Drug Administration; requires
pharmaceutical ads to include disclosures
Jargon - ANSWER ✔ Language that pertains to one business
Requirements of the AP Style - ANSWER ✔ - Only street, avenue, and boulevard
are abbreviated
- Numbers 1-9 are spelled out
- The months August through February are abbreviated when used with numbered
dates. March through July are never abbreviated.
- Percents are expressed in numbers followed by the word "percent"
, Inverted Pyramid - ANSWER ✔ Journalism style that puts the most important
facts in the first paragraph
Ethics - ANSWER ✔ The moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for
individuals and organizations
Credibility - ANSWER ✔ A reputation for being right
Opinion Privilege - ANSWER ✔ Protects reporters when they publish their work.
Protects written opinions (especially insulting ones) from libel suits by recognizing
a crucial distinction between facts and opinions.
Actual Malice - ANSWER ✔ Knowing that you are lying or not telling the truth
Slander - ANSWER ✔ Defamation that's spoken instead of printed
Copyright - ANSWER ✔ Government approved protection for all forms of
creative expression. Expires 100 years after a work is created. All work protected
immediately after it appears in concrete form.
Libel - ANSWER ✔ Publication of a false statement that deliberately or carelessly
damages someone's reputation
Golden Age of Radio - ANSWER ✔ When Americans listened to their radios for
music, drama, comedy, variety shows and news.
Penny Press - ANSWER ✔ Newspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent
Sources - ANSWER ✔ People who supply reporters with information
Gate Keepers - ANSWER ✔ Editors, producers, publishers and other managers
who decide what will get into the paper, onto the Web site or onto the nightly news
broadcast
Multiple Platforms - ANSWER ✔ The news organization has both a print
publication and an Internet site; media through which consumers obtain news, such
as through newspapers and news magazines, television, radio, and the Internet
, Yellow Journalism - ANSWER ✔ Journalism that represented sensationalism,
screaming headlines and cheap melodrama
Muckraking - ANSWER ✔ The beginning of investigative journalism; journalists
took on the role of promoting social responsibility investigating corruption,
especially in big business, social institutions and politics
Networks - ANSWER ✔ Groups of stations that broadcast the same programs at
the same time.
Newspaper - ANSWER ✔ Publication that contains information about current
events, features on different topics and advertisements
Teaser - ANSWER ✔ A short audio or video segment produced to advertise an
upcoming news
bulletin or news items
Non-Excludable - ANSWER ✔ Once the news is reported, anyone else can use it,
including competitors
reporting their version of your news
Editorial Board - ANSWER ✔ Group of people at a publication who strategize
and determine the tone
and direction
Crowdsourcing - ANSWER ✔ The practice of asking members of the public to
provide information for a story
Cutline - ANSWER ✔ The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine
photograph. The terms dates from the days when photos were reproduced with
etched zinc plates called cuts.
Byline - ANSWER ✔ A line identifying the author of a story
Gatekeeper - ANSWER ✔ An editor who determines what readers or viewers
read, hear, and see.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS || ALREADY GRADED A+
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
information center - ANSWER ✔ A support function that provides users with
assistance, training, application development, documentation, equipment selection
and setup, standards, technical assistance, and troubleshooting.
citizen journalism - ANSWER ✔ news reported and distributed by citizens, rather
than professional journalists and for-profit news organizations
open-source reporting - ANSWER ✔ occurs when news organizations ask citizens
to participate in citizen journalism and send stories
circulation - ANSWER ✔ Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur
on a regular basis.
online journalism - ANSWER ✔ journalism conducted over the internet
storyboarding - ANSWER ✔ A sequence of drawings, with directions and
sometimes dialog, that represents planned shots for a movie.
sidebar - ANSWER ✔ Text set off from the main body of text in a text box that
provides additional information for the reader.
beat - ANSWER ✔ A beat is a particular topic or subject area that a reporter
covers. Most journalists working in print and online news cover beats.
, general assignment - ANSWER ✔ A reporter who covers a variety of stories
rather than a single "beat."
hard news - ANSWER ✔ media coverage focused on facts and important issues
surrounding a campaign
soft news - ANSWER ✔ Media coverage that aims to entertain or shock, often
through sensationalized reporting or by focusing on a candidate or politician's
personality.
Concentration of Ownership - ANSWER ✔ When ownership rests only in a few
hands
Interlocking Directorates - ANSWER ✔ Members of the board of one company
also sits on the board of the other company
Two Sided Business Model - ANSWER ✔ Is a platform for economic exchange
between two distinct user groups that provide each other with the benefits of a
large network.
"Institutional memory" - ANSWER ✔ Loss of veteran reporters who were more
intelligent with the topics they reported.
AP Style - ANSWER ✔ The definition of AP style is the grammar, capitalization
and punctuation style of the Associated Press news agency, used by newspapers
and other news and media outlets. Ex: 26 Rose Ave.
FDA - ANSWER ✔ Known as the Food and Drug Administration; requires
pharmaceutical ads to include disclosures
Jargon - ANSWER ✔ Language that pertains to one business
Requirements of the AP Style - ANSWER ✔ - Only street, avenue, and boulevard
are abbreviated
- Numbers 1-9 are spelled out
- The months August through February are abbreviated when used with numbered
dates. March through July are never abbreviated.
- Percents are expressed in numbers followed by the word "percent"
, Inverted Pyramid - ANSWER ✔ Journalism style that puts the most important
facts in the first paragraph
Ethics - ANSWER ✔ The moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for
individuals and organizations
Credibility - ANSWER ✔ A reputation for being right
Opinion Privilege - ANSWER ✔ Protects reporters when they publish their work.
Protects written opinions (especially insulting ones) from libel suits by recognizing
a crucial distinction between facts and opinions.
Actual Malice - ANSWER ✔ Knowing that you are lying or not telling the truth
Slander - ANSWER ✔ Defamation that's spoken instead of printed
Copyright - ANSWER ✔ Government approved protection for all forms of
creative expression. Expires 100 years after a work is created. All work protected
immediately after it appears in concrete form.
Libel - ANSWER ✔ Publication of a false statement that deliberately or carelessly
damages someone's reputation
Golden Age of Radio - ANSWER ✔ When Americans listened to their radios for
music, drama, comedy, variety shows and news.
Penny Press - ANSWER ✔ Newspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent
Sources - ANSWER ✔ People who supply reporters with information
Gate Keepers - ANSWER ✔ Editors, producers, publishers and other managers
who decide what will get into the paper, onto the Web site or onto the nightly news
broadcast
Multiple Platforms - ANSWER ✔ The news organization has both a print
publication and an Internet site; media through which consumers obtain news, such
as through newspapers and news magazines, television, radio, and the Internet
, Yellow Journalism - ANSWER ✔ Journalism that represented sensationalism,
screaming headlines and cheap melodrama
Muckraking - ANSWER ✔ The beginning of investigative journalism; journalists
took on the role of promoting social responsibility investigating corruption,
especially in big business, social institutions and politics
Networks - ANSWER ✔ Groups of stations that broadcast the same programs at
the same time.
Newspaper - ANSWER ✔ Publication that contains information about current
events, features on different topics and advertisements
Teaser - ANSWER ✔ A short audio or video segment produced to advertise an
upcoming news
bulletin or news items
Non-Excludable - ANSWER ✔ Once the news is reported, anyone else can use it,
including competitors
reporting their version of your news
Editorial Board - ANSWER ✔ Group of people at a publication who strategize
and determine the tone
and direction
Crowdsourcing - ANSWER ✔ The practice of asking members of the public to
provide information for a story
Cutline - ANSWER ✔ The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine
photograph. The terms dates from the days when photos were reproduced with
etched zinc plates called cuts.
Byline - ANSWER ✔ A line identifying the author of a story
Gatekeeper - ANSWER ✔ An editor who determines what readers or viewers
read, hear, and see.
