FBLA JOURNALISM PRACTICE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔using confidential information or anonymous sources can be controversial for
reporters to use in their report, but can be very helpful in - ✔✔uncovering related facts
or sources who are willing to speak 'on the record'
✔✔example of an above-the-line media expense - ✔✔script
✔✔the following are considered non-public forums and the government is permitted to
impose content-based restrictions of free speech except - ✔✔the side of a city-owned
bus open to advertising
✔✔lede/lead - ✔✔hook/opening sentence or paragraph of a news article that
summarizes the most important aspects of the story
✔✔tip-off - ✔✔information about a surprise event or breaking news whether on or off
the record
✔✔underwriter - ✔✔shadowing a prominent figure to write their life's story
✔✔first amendment does not protect - ✔✔obscenity
✔✔the FCC passed the media cross-ownership rule. this ban prohibits the ownership of
- ✔✔a daily newspaper and any full-power broadcast station served by the same
community
✔✔media bias - ✔✔bias of journalists in mass media
✔✔"if it bleeds it leads" - ✔✔stories about serious crimes or accidents top the newscast
✔✔"if your mother tells you she loves you, check it out" - ✔✔reported by the Chicago
Tribune; accredited to both Edward H. Eulenberg and Arnold A. Dornfeld; means double
check all facts
✔✔kill - ✔✔used to cancel or delete all or part of a story
✔✔you are just about to send your article to your editor when you get a call from your
source. she said that her boss told her to get a copy of the article before it goes to print
so they could make sure that the quotes are correct. you: - ✔✔don't send her the article.
ask your editor about your newsroom's policy first
, ✔✔according to some historians, what invention helped usher in the "inverted pyramid"
style of prioritizing and structuring a news report? - ✔✔telegraph
✔✔inverted pyramid style - ✔✔the most important information is presented first
✔✔the rise of the internet, cable news, and social media has transformed economics of
journalism and media by - ✔✔increasing competition in the number of options for both
receiving news and viewing the news
✔✔AP style: appropriate abbreviation for "weightlifting" when writing on sports events -
✔✔WEI
✔✔incorrect rule for "last" - ✔✔the word "last" is necessary to convey the notion of most
recent when the name of a month is used
✔✔editor with the lowest rank in the newsroom - ✔✔copy editor
✔✔what type of software can translate scanned text into editable text that journalists
can use in their reporting? - ✔✔optical character recognition
✔✔what is false about social media's impact on news and journalism? - ✔✔social
media is so new to traditional news that journalists are struggling to understand how to
use it effectively
✔✔which type of editor may assign you an article to write? - ✔✔news editor
✔✔which of the following is not a type of headline?
-teaser
-super lead
-feature summary
-basic - ✔✔basic
✔✔how many sentences are in most lede paragraphs? - ✔✔one or two
✔✔in 2016, the Pew Research Center released a statistic that 62% of US adults obtain
their news via - ✔✔social media
✔✔a reporter asks an interviewee, "what can you tell me about the judge's decision?"
this is an example of a(n) - ✔✔open question
✔✔you are the public safety reporter. an editor in the newsroom is arrested for stealing
a car and injuring another person. you find out about the arrest at the police station. do
you report it? - ✔✔yes. it is news, and you would report on it if it was someone else.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔using confidential information or anonymous sources can be controversial for
reporters to use in their report, but can be very helpful in - ✔✔uncovering related facts
or sources who are willing to speak 'on the record'
✔✔example of an above-the-line media expense - ✔✔script
✔✔the following are considered non-public forums and the government is permitted to
impose content-based restrictions of free speech except - ✔✔the side of a city-owned
bus open to advertising
✔✔lede/lead - ✔✔hook/opening sentence or paragraph of a news article that
summarizes the most important aspects of the story
✔✔tip-off - ✔✔information about a surprise event or breaking news whether on or off
the record
✔✔underwriter - ✔✔shadowing a prominent figure to write their life's story
✔✔first amendment does not protect - ✔✔obscenity
✔✔the FCC passed the media cross-ownership rule. this ban prohibits the ownership of
- ✔✔a daily newspaper and any full-power broadcast station served by the same
community
✔✔media bias - ✔✔bias of journalists in mass media
✔✔"if it bleeds it leads" - ✔✔stories about serious crimes or accidents top the newscast
✔✔"if your mother tells you she loves you, check it out" - ✔✔reported by the Chicago
Tribune; accredited to both Edward H. Eulenberg and Arnold A. Dornfeld; means double
check all facts
✔✔kill - ✔✔used to cancel or delete all or part of a story
✔✔you are just about to send your article to your editor when you get a call from your
source. she said that her boss told her to get a copy of the article before it goes to print
so they could make sure that the quotes are correct. you: - ✔✔don't send her the article.
ask your editor about your newsroom's policy first
, ✔✔according to some historians, what invention helped usher in the "inverted pyramid"
style of prioritizing and structuring a news report? - ✔✔telegraph
✔✔inverted pyramid style - ✔✔the most important information is presented first
✔✔the rise of the internet, cable news, and social media has transformed economics of
journalism and media by - ✔✔increasing competition in the number of options for both
receiving news and viewing the news
✔✔AP style: appropriate abbreviation for "weightlifting" when writing on sports events -
✔✔WEI
✔✔incorrect rule for "last" - ✔✔the word "last" is necessary to convey the notion of most
recent when the name of a month is used
✔✔editor with the lowest rank in the newsroom - ✔✔copy editor
✔✔what type of software can translate scanned text into editable text that journalists
can use in their reporting? - ✔✔optical character recognition
✔✔what is false about social media's impact on news and journalism? - ✔✔social
media is so new to traditional news that journalists are struggling to understand how to
use it effectively
✔✔which type of editor may assign you an article to write? - ✔✔news editor
✔✔which of the following is not a type of headline?
-teaser
-super lead
-feature summary
-basic - ✔✔basic
✔✔how many sentences are in most lede paragraphs? - ✔✔one or two
✔✔in 2016, the Pew Research Center released a statistic that 62% of US adults obtain
their news via - ✔✔social media
✔✔a reporter asks an interviewee, "what can you tell me about the judge's decision?"
this is an example of a(n) - ✔✔open question
✔✔you are the public safety reporter. an editor in the newsroom is arrested for stealing
a car and injuring another person. you find out about the arrest at the police station. do
you report it? - ✔✔yes. it is news, and you would report on it if it was someone else.
