General Freelance Writing MCQs

1. Blogging does not necessarily require skilled writers.

2. Chapters for the young readers should be long, so that they may not be able to read the chapter quickly and feel as if they have accomplished something.

3. What are 'grey hat techniques'?

4. Which are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?

5. Anna selects a paragraph in a Microsoft Word 2010 file. On the horizontal ruler, she drags the Hanging Indent marker to the left. What will happen?

6. If you want to write children's books, you must be an illustrator as well as a writer.

7. On creating her two page resume, Emma finds the paragraph heading for her 'Professional Achievements' paragraph is showing at the bottom of the first page, while the details are on the next page. To keep the paragraph heading as well as the paragraph text on the same page, and assuming there are no empty paragraph markers in the document and the widow/orphan option is turned on, Emma should click in the paragraph heading and select which option from the Paragraph group:

8. What is a 'bye-line'?

9. Editors won't take a blog seriously as an example of someone's writing skills.

10. There's little need to copy text before trying to publish it to the web because you rarely lose the text at the time of publication.

11. Which techniques can provide increased credibility to an article?

12. Which features will increase the likelihood of a reader staying longer on your blog?

13. Applying a theme to your document affects all content except tables.

14. In Microsoft Word 2010, 'Keep lines together' paragraph formatting:

15. If you're writing an article about the automotive industry, which one would be the best way of promoting your article?

16. What is an 'anonoblog'?

17. What is a 'newbie'?

18. It's a good idea to create identical content on multiple blogs as this can increase web traffic and get higher listings in search engines.

19. What is self-publishing?

20. Which one is not a blogging provider or blogging service available on the web free of cost?

21. You want to select all instances of a specific style used in your document. However, the Select All command in the Styles pane is not available (grayed out). You must enable:

22. What is 'placing of keywords in the important parts of a webpage so that search engines may give them priority' called?

23. At what age are children ready for books that delve into themes like bullying and adventure?

24. Which is the correct order for finding your target audience and selling goods or services to it?

25. Choose the INCORRECT statement:

26. What do you mean by your article being 'non exclusive' while selling it online?

27. What is 'autocasting'?

28. Microsoft Word 2010 has enabled ligatures for which of the following fonts?

29. What is a 'biz blog'?

30. Which one is the most effective idea for creating a target audience that returns again and again to your blog?

31. When writing an article about safety and light bulbs, which of the following is likely to be your target audience?

32. What is the method of finding inspiration from an already published piece of writing and creating stories with the same characters in a different situation, or different characters in the same situation called?

33. Why is it important to make regular postings – if not daily postings – to your blog?

34. Which kind of readers are targeted by the picture books?

35. What can you do to make your articles more appealing to online readers?

36. What is a 'metablog'?

37. What is an 'affiliate business program'?

38. What does the term 'spomment' refer to in the blogosphere?

39. When you apply a theme to a Microsoft Word 2010 document, all the tables, charts, SmartArt graphics, shapes, and other objects are updated to complement one another.

40. If you're writing an article about applying for admission to graduate courses in universities, your target audience is likely to be _________.

41. What do you mean by your article being 'non exclusive' while selling it online?

42. What is a 'bye-line'?

43. What can you do to make your articles more appealing to online readers?

44. Which are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?

45. Which one is the most effective idea for creating a target audience that returns again and again to your blog?

46. On creating her two-page resume, Emma finds that the paragraph heading for her 'Professional Achievements' paragraph is showing at the bottom of the first page, while the details are on the next page. To keep the paragraph heading as well as the paragraph text on the same page, and assuming there are no empty paragraph markers in the document and the widow/orphan option is turned on, Emma should click in the paragraph heading and select which option from the Paragraph group?