MEJO 141 Final Exam Questions
with Accurate Answers
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no
warrants shall issue, but on probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,
and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to
be seized." Where is this from? correct answer The Fourth Amendment
A popular local minister has been arrested in a prostitution sting. In deciding
whether to print his name, you consult multiple ethical theories and philosophies.
From the descriptions below, name the pair of philosophers you have most
closely based your decision on.
You decide that you have an overriding loyalty to your readers and that should
serve as your guiding principle; also, you have weighed your responsibility to tell
the truth vs. doing harm to the minister and decided that telling the truth wins
out. correct answer Royce; Ross
A popular local minister has been arrested in a prostitution sting. In deciding
whether to print his name, you consult multiple ethical theories and philosophies.
From the descriptions below, name the pair of philosophers you have most
closely based your decision on.
You try to imagine what decision you would make if you were not the night
editor, but could be any stakeholder in your community; you decide that since the
paper's policy is to not make exceptions in regards to people charged with crimes,
you should print his name. correct answer Rawls; Kant
, A television station is planning to air a story based on a new survey of UNC
students on the subject of sexual harassment on campus. They send out a crew to
take film of students walking around the pit area on campus. The station shows
that film while the news anchor -- not shown on the screen -- reads the script
about the survey findings.
Obviously, it is not known if any of the students filmed walking around the pit
have taken the survey, or have experienced sexual harassment. What would this
technique be called correct answer Eyewash
Using stock photos or unrelated photos or footage.
According to the text, the proper initial order of the Potter's Box is: correct
answer Facts, values, principles, loyalties
Advertising or promotional material that makes broad exaggerated or boastful
statements about a product or service that are subjective (or a matter of opinion),
rather than objective (something that is measurable), and that which no
reasonable person would presume to be literally true. correct answer Puffery
Advertising puffery correct answer advertising material that makes broad
exaggerated or boastful statements about a product or service
Aggregation and Curation correct answer To aggregate is to bring things together
in one place, to gather a number of different items, to create a collection.
(Google and The Huffington Post: aggregation is used)
with Accurate Answers
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no
warrants shall issue, but on probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,
and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to
be seized." Where is this from? correct answer The Fourth Amendment
A popular local minister has been arrested in a prostitution sting. In deciding
whether to print his name, you consult multiple ethical theories and philosophies.
From the descriptions below, name the pair of philosophers you have most
closely based your decision on.
You decide that you have an overriding loyalty to your readers and that should
serve as your guiding principle; also, you have weighed your responsibility to tell
the truth vs. doing harm to the minister and decided that telling the truth wins
out. correct answer Royce; Ross
A popular local minister has been arrested in a prostitution sting. In deciding
whether to print his name, you consult multiple ethical theories and philosophies.
From the descriptions below, name the pair of philosophers you have most
closely based your decision on.
You try to imagine what decision you would make if you were not the night
editor, but could be any stakeholder in your community; you decide that since the
paper's policy is to not make exceptions in regards to people charged with crimes,
you should print his name. correct answer Rawls; Kant
, A television station is planning to air a story based on a new survey of UNC
students on the subject of sexual harassment on campus. They send out a crew to
take film of students walking around the pit area on campus. The station shows
that film while the news anchor -- not shown on the screen -- reads the script
about the survey findings.
Obviously, it is not known if any of the students filmed walking around the pit
have taken the survey, or have experienced sexual harassment. What would this
technique be called correct answer Eyewash
Using stock photos or unrelated photos or footage.
According to the text, the proper initial order of the Potter's Box is: correct
answer Facts, values, principles, loyalties
Advertising or promotional material that makes broad exaggerated or boastful
statements about a product or service that are subjective (or a matter of opinion),
rather than objective (something that is measurable), and that which no
reasonable person would presume to be literally true. correct answer Puffery
Advertising puffery correct answer advertising material that makes broad
exaggerated or boastful statements about a product or service
Aggregation and Curation correct answer To aggregate is to bring things together
in one place, to gather a number of different items, to create a collection.
(Google and The Huffington Post: aggregation is used)
