FSOT Practice Questions with
Correct Answers
What is the Freedom of Information Act? - ANSWER✔✔-allows press access to public
documents
What is the Offending effrontery in relation to journalists? - ANSWER✔✔-has to do
with obscenity
The journalist may print what he wishes about others, but if that information is wrong
and harmful to others' reputation, the writer must suffer the consequences. Such
protection for subjects of stories comes under the auspices of which of the following
acts?
A. Freedom of Information
B. Property Protection
C. Offending Effrontery
,D. Defamation - ANSWER✔✔-D. Defamation
In some instances, journalists may find that there is a conflict between the 1st
Amendment and the 6th amendment, the latter having to do with
A. the right to keep and bear arms
B. the right to a speedy public trial
C. privacy
D. copyright - ANSWER✔✔-B. Right to a speedy public trial is subject of the the 6th
Amendment and when journalists try to cover trials, there can sometimes be a conflict
between freedom of the press and a fair trial.
The largest circulated daily newspaper in the U.S. is
A. USA Today
B. The Wall Street Journal
C. The New York Times
D. The Washington Post - ANSWER✔✔-B. The Wall Street Journal
A joint operating agreement provides for
,A. competing newspapers to combine their circulation and advertising but leave their
editorial functions separate
B. Advertising in newspapers working with competitors in setting rates
C. legislation that allows for multiple owner, large newspaper chains
D. an agreement that all newspapers in a chain may be printed from the same press -
ANSWER✔✔-A. A is the definition of a joint operating agreement.
Tabloid newspapers are those that:
A. are always sensational, with a de-emphasis on current news events
B. have a printing format that uses pages that are about half the size of a traditional
newspapers page
C. are sold only on newsstands, not by subscription
D. are published in English, but not generally found in the United States -
ANSWER✔✔-B. Answer B connotes the origin of the word tabloid, although many
tabloid newspapers have come to be associated with sensationalism and include many
photographs.
Of all the types of magazines, the one with the most rapid growth (1989-2000) is
, A. health
B. women's magazines
C. environment and ecology
D. comics - ANSWER✔✔-D. Comics
The top U.S. circulated magazine is:
A. Modern Maturity
B. Reader's Digest
C. TV Guide
D. Time - ANSWER✔✔-A. Modern Maturity, then Reader's Digest, then TV Guide then
Time
In advertising, CPM is
A. creative, promotion and marketing
B. circulation, production and marketing
C. cost per thousand
Correct Answers
What is the Freedom of Information Act? - ANSWER✔✔-allows press access to public
documents
What is the Offending effrontery in relation to journalists? - ANSWER✔✔-has to do
with obscenity
The journalist may print what he wishes about others, but if that information is wrong
and harmful to others' reputation, the writer must suffer the consequences. Such
protection for subjects of stories comes under the auspices of which of the following
acts?
A. Freedom of Information
B. Property Protection
C. Offending Effrontery
,D. Defamation - ANSWER✔✔-D. Defamation
In some instances, journalists may find that there is a conflict between the 1st
Amendment and the 6th amendment, the latter having to do with
A. the right to keep and bear arms
B. the right to a speedy public trial
C. privacy
D. copyright - ANSWER✔✔-B. Right to a speedy public trial is subject of the the 6th
Amendment and when journalists try to cover trials, there can sometimes be a conflict
between freedom of the press and a fair trial.
The largest circulated daily newspaper in the U.S. is
A. USA Today
B. The Wall Street Journal
C. The New York Times
D. The Washington Post - ANSWER✔✔-B. The Wall Street Journal
A joint operating agreement provides for
,A. competing newspapers to combine their circulation and advertising but leave their
editorial functions separate
B. Advertising in newspapers working with competitors in setting rates
C. legislation that allows for multiple owner, large newspaper chains
D. an agreement that all newspapers in a chain may be printed from the same press -
ANSWER✔✔-A. A is the definition of a joint operating agreement.
Tabloid newspapers are those that:
A. are always sensational, with a de-emphasis on current news events
B. have a printing format that uses pages that are about half the size of a traditional
newspapers page
C. are sold only on newsstands, not by subscription
D. are published in English, but not generally found in the United States -
ANSWER✔✔-B. Answer B connotes the origin of the word tabloid, although many
tabloid newspapers have come to be associated with sensationalism and include many
photographs.
Of all the types of magazines, the one with the most rapid growth (1989-2000) is
, A. health
B. women's magazines
C. environment and ecology
D. comics - ANSWER✔✔-D. Comics
The top U.S. circulated magazine is:
A. Modern Maturity
B. Reader's Digest
C. TV Guide
D. Time - ANSWER✔✔-A. Modern Maturity, then Reader's Digest, then TV Guide then
Time
In advertising, CPM is
A. creative, promotion and marketing
B. circulation, production and marketing
C. cost per thousand
