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Public Relations in Media Writing MCQ

1. Reaction release is a form of a press release that allows public relations practitioners to respond to newsworthy events and statements that affect your audience.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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2. The idea behind transparency is to lay bare all of the issues associated with a topic, regardless of how good or bad they are, in a clear and immediate way.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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3. Practitioners in this field rarely have multiple audiences.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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4. Your goal in public relations is to create the best possible message and disseminate it in a way that your audience can accept and understand it.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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5. The less important the person, the more likely people will pay attention.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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6. Pitches blend the lead writing approach associated with the inverted pyramid and the bulleted approach common to fact sheets.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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7. Spot announcements allow you to notify the media and the public about things like changes in personnel, product launches, employment opportunities, and legal actions.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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8. In public relations, good practitioners understand that sending a message is important, and receiving feedback from the recipients doesn’t really matter.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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9. Public-relations workers take action that is intentional.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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10. In public relations, good practitioners understand that sending a message is important, but receiving feedback from the recipients of that message ______.

Also matters

Doesn’t really matter

Is annoying

Is expensive

Answer

Correct Answer: Also matters

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11. All of the following are types of news releases EXCEPT ______.

Announcements

Reflex releases

Reaction releases

Bad news

Answer

Correct Answer: Reflex releases

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12. What will determine how public-relations practitioners are judged?

How loud they are?

How good-looking they are?

How well practitioners execute their work?

How much they earn?

Answer

Correct Answer: How well practitioners execute their work?

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13. Public relations is a(n) ______ attempt to create action or reaction.

Unorganized

Organized

Archaic

Distributed

Answer

Correct Answer: Organized

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14. Public-relations workers take action that is ______.

Intentional

Non-intentional

Accidental

Obtrusive

Answer

Correct Answer: Intentional

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15. ______ types of releases allow you to explain issues related to bad news and make statements regarding what will happen next from your end?

Localization

Announcements

Reflex releases

Bad news

Answer

Correct Answer: Bad news

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16. A news release, or press release as it is often called, can do all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Create awareness

Draw attention

Create product

Inspire action

Answer

Correct Answer: Create product

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17. A public-relations approach that allows everyone within your audience to see what happened in a situation and why it happened is called _____.

Transparency

Opacity

Translucency

Integrity

Answer

Correct Answer: Transparency

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18. A form of a press release that alerts the media to _____ items that affect the company or organization is called spot announcement.

Highlights

Bullet-in

Breaking news

Press release

Answer

Correct Answer: Breaking news

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19. Negative term associated with public relations in order to benefit the client despite the reality of the situation called _____.

Spin

Rotate

Spiral

All of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Spin

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20. Press release is a public relations material that is issued to the _____.

Media

Celebrities

Politicians

Students

Answer

Correct Answer: Media

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21. Pitch is a suggestion of _____ of stories proposed to an outlet.

Ideas

Clues

Themes

Concepts

Answer

Correct Answer: Ideas

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22. News release is a form of public relations material that is issued to the media to give them information on a specific topic.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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23. _______form of a public relations release that blends the lead-writing approach associated with the inverted pyramid and the bulleted approach common to fact sheets.

Media alert

Press release

Spot announcement

Announcement

Answer

Correct Answer: Media alert

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24. Fact sheet is a basic information of the topics given to _____ representatives.

Media

Politics

Celebrities

Police

Answer

Correct Answer: Media

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25. Byline is used to identify the _____.

Author

Composer

Director

Producer

Answer

Correct Answer: Author

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26. Announcement is a form of a _______that allows practitioners to notify the media and the public about things like changes in personnel, product launches, employment opportunities and legal actions.

Press release

Media coverage

Spot announcement

Byline

Answer

Correct Answer: Press release

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27. Audiovisual materials or PowerPoint in a presentation are very distracting.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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28. The newsletter is a tremendously popular publication.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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29. News releases should be written

As a tease to reporters.

In inverted pyramid style.

As a chronology.

To entertain.

Answer

Correct Answer: In inverted pyramid style.

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30. The news release

No longer exists.

Does not reach journalists.

Is often reported verbatim by reporters.

Has been strengthened through search engine optimization

Answer

Correct Answer: Has been strengthened through search engine optimization

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31. Email pitches to reporters

Are usually ignore

Are an important lead for stories.

Are the primary source of media relations.

Are nonexistent.

Answer

Correct Answer: Are usually ignore

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32. A newspaper writing about the groundbreaking of a new wing on your hospital is an example of

Paid medi

Earned medi

Owned medi

None of the above.

Answer

Correct Answer: Earned medi

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33. The E in the ROPE model stands for

Effort

Evaluation

Efficiency

Earn

Answer

Correct Answer: Evaluation

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34. The objective of public relations is

To impact public opinion.

To motivate individuals to take a specific action.

To motivate groups to take a specific action.

All of the above.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above.

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35. Many PR professionals started out as

Politicians.

Journalists.

Scientists.

History teachers.

Answer

Correct Answer: Journalists.

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36. The most successful public relations practitioners

Are strong communicators.

Don’t read much.

Are strong in math and science.

Tend to be better talkers than they are listeners.

Answer

Correct Answer: Are strong communicators.

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37. The job of a public relations practitioner is largely

That of a publicist.

Damage control.

Spin doctoring.

An applied social science that influences behavior and policy

Answer

Correct Answer: An applied social science that influences behavior and policy

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38. On a typical day, PR specialist Brad Groznik will write for

Journalists.

Clients.

Both.

Neither.

Answer

Correct Answer: Both.

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