CFPT Practice Questions With Correct Answers

CFPT Practice Questions With Correct
Answers

The |capacity |of |news |media |to |select |some |aspects |of |a |story |that |promote |a |particular |
problem |definition, |interpretation, |moral |evaluation, |and/or |treatment |recommendation |is |
known |in |the |media |as: |

a) |agenda |setting

b) |cultivation

c) |framing |

d) |priming |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-c) |framing



Which |of |the |following |is |a |daily |newspaper |published |in |the |UK?

a) |The |Independent

b) |Time |Out

c) |The |Daily |Herald

d) |The |Observer |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a) |The |Independent



Which |of |these |mandated |that |media |broadcasters |present |a |diversity |of |perspectives |on |
contentious |or |controversial |issues |in |order |to |prevent |domination |by |a |single |viewpoint, |was |
repealed |by |Congress |in |1987?

a) |Communications |Decency |Act

b) |Equal |Time |Rule

c) |Media |Bias |Rule

d) |Fairness |Doctrine |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Fairness |Doctrine

,Weber |Shandwick, |Fleishmen-Hillard, |Hill |anad |Knowlton |and |Ketchum |Inc. |are |among |the |
largest |US-based: |

a) |Newspaper |Chains

b) |media |conglomerates |

c) |public |relations |agencies

d) |media |research |firms |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-c) |public |relations |agencies



Operates |independently |of |the |State |dept |and |reports |directly |to |congress: |

a) |educational |and |cultural |affairs |bureau

b) |public |affair |bureau |

c) |international |information |programs |bureau

d) |the |broadcasting |board |of |governors |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-d) |the |broadcasting |board |of |
gov



The |U.S. |Information |and |Educational |Exchange |Act |of |1948 |(or |the |Smith-Mundt |Act) |
prohibits |the |US |gov |from: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-disseminating |information |intended |for |
foreign |audiences |within |the |US |borders



US |citizens |are |unlikely |to |be |able |to |listen |to |or |rea\d |US |public |diplomacy |outreach |materials
|because |of |which |act |of |Congress? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Smith-Mundt




Which |of |the |following |is |an |official |organ |of |the |US |govt |public |diplomacy |efforts?

a) |national |endowment |for |democracy |

b) |international |visitors |program

c) |business |for |diplomatic |action |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-international |visitors |program



1960s |and |1970s |writers |such |as |Tom |Wolfe, |Gay |Tales, |and |Joan |Didion |often |wrote |from |the |
POV |of |their |sources, |one |of |the |techniques |that |defined |a |form |of |reporting |known |as: |

,a) |civic |jounrlism |

b) |investigative |reporting

c) |muckraaking

d) |new |jounralism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-new |journalism



term |commonly |used |to |reflect |the |contribution |that |the |attractiveness |of |a |nation's |culture |
and |values |can |make |to |its |international |standing?

a) |national |branding |

b) |CNN |effect

c) |psychological |operations

d) |soft |power |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-d) |soft |power



type |of |speech |used |when |advocating |a |solution |to |a |societal |problem |or |arguing |for |action |on
|leg |matter? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-persuasive




Relationships |between |the |US |and |Lapatria |are |at |an |all |time |low. |In |order |to |best |engage |
with |the |local |press, |the |embassy |should: |

a) |avoid |face |to |face |contact |with |the |press |until |diplomatic |relations |stabilize

b) |invite |influential |journalists |to |the |embassy |for |one-on-one |interviews |to |explain |the |US |
position

c) |hold |a |press |conference |to |explain |the |US |position |on |the |tensions

d) |set |up |a |Web |page |explaining |the |US |position |on |the |matter |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-b) |
invite |influential |journalists |to |the |embassy |for |one-on-one |interviews |to |explain |the |US |
position



What |is |the |most |effective |way |to |counter |criticisms |from |the |Lapatrian |press |about |the |lack |
of |donor |aid |from |the |US |govt?

a) |lobby |for |the |expansion |of |US |Agency |for |International |Development |(USAID) |support |for |
development |in |Lapatria

, b) |publish |booklets |and |disseminate |press |releases |that |stress |the |importance |of |private |as |
well |as |public |US |philanthropic |activities |in |Lapatria |

c)host |a |press |conference |denouncing |US |crticisms |as |unjust |

d) |contact |the |State |dept |home |office |regarding |the |expansion |of |donor |aid |to |Lapatria |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-b) |publish |booklets |and |disseminate |press |releases |that |stress |the |
importance |of |private |as |well |as |public |US |philanthropic |activities |in |Lapatria



Which |is |an |international |broadcasting |service |funded |by |the |US |govt |and |directed |to |
audiences |in |the |middle |east?

a) |al |Jazeera

b) |Al-Arabiya

c) |Radio |Farda

d) |Radio |Dijla |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Radio |Farda



As |part |of |US |public |dipolomacy |outreach |efforts, |the |US |State |Dept |Bureau |of |Educational |
and |CUltural |Affairs |brings |non-US |citizens |to |the |US |for |graudate |study |in |which |of |the |
following |programs?

a) |Herbert |Hoover |Fellows |Program

b) |Hubert |H. |HUmpreys |Fellows |Program

c) |HEnry |M. |Catto |Fellowships

d) |E. |Eugene |Pell |Fellows |Program |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Hubert |H. |Humpreys |Fellows |
Program



Which |is |the |best |way |to |engage |the |local |Lapatrian |journalism |community |when |it |is |
notoriously |biased |an |do |not |adhere |to |internationally |recognized |standards |of |professional |
journalism?

a) |create |an |exchange |program |for |Lapatrian |and |US |journalists

b) |invite |established |US |academics |and |journalists |to |hold |a |journalism |training |workshop |