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Basic Online Article Writing and Blogging MCQ

1.
When writing an article about safety and light bulbs, which of the following is likely to be your target audience?

Electrical engineers

Ordinary people involved in home improvement

Working electricians

Light bulb manufacturers

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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2.
Which of the following are good ways of protecting your online content?

Searching for the plagiarists of your content

Embedding your images

Potentially encrypting your HTML

Joining a plagiarism forum

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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3.
State whether True or False.
Copyright is available not just for published works but also for works in private use that have not or may never be published.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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4.
If your website sells golf equipment, your promotional articles should be written about _________ .

good golf courses

caddies

sport in general

the best clubs to use at certain times

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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5.
What are "stop words"?

Words that stop short of their meaning

Words that show up first in search engine result pages

Words that are banned on the blogosphere by the blog police

Some common words (such as "and", "or" and "in") that are usually ignored by a search engine performing a search

Answer

Correct Answer: Some common words (such as "and", "or" and "in") that are usually ignored by a search engine performing a search

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6.
State whether True or False.
Personality is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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7.
State whether True or False.

Legitimate political behavior is extreme political behavior that violates the implied rules of the game.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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8.
State whether True or False.
A strong culture is a culture in which the core values are intensely held and widely shared.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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9.
What is a "bye-line"?

The text at the end of a post that identifies the poster, and a play on "byline", used to identify the writer of a newspaper article

The headline

The secondary headline

b and c

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: The text at the end of a post that identifies the poster, and a play on "byline", used to identify the writer of a newspaper article

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10.
Which of the following are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?

Create multiple links with local business community

Create a link with the local library website

Partner with non-competing businesses

Have business cards printed

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Partner with non-competing businesses

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11.
What changes you should incorporate in your writing style—when writing about the university application process—if you're writing for student applicants and not for their parents?

Write the entire text in italics—it signifies that the content has been written for a student, and not for a parent

Write the entire text in the Roman style—it signifies that the content has been written for a student, and not for a parent

No amount of change can clarify if the content is written for a student or for a parent, so do not bother about changing your writing style

Add anecdotes in the description; students prefer an anecdotal style of writing

Vary the information, your tone, your advice, and recommendations, so that the description is understood by students as well as parents

Answer

Correct Answer: Vary the information, your tone, your advice, and recommendations, so that the description is understood by students as well as parents

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12.
What are "blooks"?

Books that are written by bloggers and generally grow out of their blogs

People who like to blog

People who promote their blogs on the inside pages of a book

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Books that are written by bloggers and generally grow out of their blogs

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13.
Which of the following is the most effective idea for creating a target audience that returns again and again to your blog?

Make individual postings long as the more the information, the better it is.

Re-read and be your own editor, always removing unnecessary words and phrases; keep your postings relatively short and post regularly

Regularly change the colors of your blog to entertain your readership

Add a certain randomness to your external links so the audience never quite knows where the links may lead – it's more exciting

Answer

Correct Answer: Re-read and be your own editor, always removing unnecessary words and phrases; keep your postings relatively short and post regularly

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14.
Which of the following is most likely to guarantee the content on your blog is professional, subject-appropriate and grammatically correct?

Copying it into Word, spell-checking, and copying it back

Asking a friend to read it

Reading it through before posting

Having several specialist readers check out the content for its relevance, sense, argument, and keywords

Answer

Correct Answer: Having several specialist readers check out the content for its relevance, sense, argument, and keywords

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15.
Which of the following is correct about the Websites: studymode.com and schoolsucks.com?

Sites where teachers can obtain their students' papers in an educational exchange program.

Websites dedicated to stopping plagiarism on the Web.

Websites where students can obtain papers to wrongfully use as their own, often free of charge.

A community of online papers backed by most US and UK school programs.

Answer

Correct Answer: Websites where students can obtain papers to wrongfully use as their own, often free of charge.

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16.
If you're writing an article about applying for admission to graduate courses in universities, your target audience is likely to be _________.

18- year olds

students already in college

a range of readers who are thinking of applying for admission to a graduate school

people between 45 and 65

Answer

Correct Answer: 18- year olds

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17.
Which of the following are good ways of sourcing information for online content such as blog postings?

Reading other blogs of a similar nature

Researching for content in a library by reading non-fiction, and consulting encyclopaedias, public records etc.

Using search engines to narrow down keywords and content data

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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18.
Blog comments show up in Google searches in addition to the blog posts.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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19.
What is an "affiliate business program"?

Getting the business standards of your company approved by a government affiliated company

Signing up to be a business partner with another online company to promote each other's interests and thereby reaching a larger market

Buying a company

Getting bought by a company

Merging with another company

Answer

Correct Answer: Signing up to be a business partner with another online company to promote each other's interests and thereby reaching a larger market

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20.
Why is it damaging to have disfunctioning or non-functioning(dead)links on your website?

You cannot prevent people from reaching the destination without doing so

It could damage your brand reputation; people do not want to see a "page not found" result

A person is less likely to return to your site as a repeat visitor if the links do not work

b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: b and c

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21.
Which of the following techniques can provide increased credibility to an article?

A signature at the end of the posting

More links than words in a single posting

External links to other sites combined with sophisticated quality content

A self-appointed writing on the subject

Answer

Correct Answer: External links to other sites combined with sophisticated quality content

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22.
What are "subsidiary rights" if your blog becomes successful enough to receive an offer of publication in print?

All rights originally held by the author

Translation rights

All secondary rights sold by the agent or publisher, such as volume rights, audio rights, film and T.V. rights, book club rights, paperback rights etc.

Rights that the author always retains and that cannot be licensed

Answer

Correct Answer: All secondary rights sold by the agent or publisher, such as volume rights, audio rights, film and T.V. rights, book club rights, paperback rights etc.

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23.
What is an "anonoblog"?

A general blog with multiple authors

A blog about people who used to be famous

A blog written and maintained by an anonymous author, often under a pseudonym or pen name

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: A blog written and maintained by an anonymous author, often under a pseudonym or pen name

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24.
Which of the following is the term used for the collective blogging intelligentsia, namely the most influential bloggers online by page rank owing to their high traffic count?

Glamorati

Hoi polloi

Rich and reckless

Beautiful and damned

Blogerati

Answer

Correct Answer: Blogerati

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25.
What is a "plagiarism warning banner?"

A banner e-mailed to you by a potential plagiarist to warn you of their potential copying of your site

A banner you place on your site or blog to deter potential plagiarists

A government service that bans plagiarists from the Web with an official warning, usually a letter to their home address

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: A banner you place on your site or blog to deter potential plagiarists

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26.
What is "autocasting"?

Automatically casting the characters in an online play

An autocue for a blogger to remind him or her to make a posting

A form of microblogging that will herald Web 3.0

An automated form of podcasting that allows bloggers (and blog readers) to create audio versions of text-only blogs using RSS feeds

Answer

Correct Answer: An automated form of podcasting that allows bloggers (and blog readers) to create audio versions of text-only blogs using RSS feeds

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27.
Which of the following is/are good way(s) of promoting your business or website and thereby selling your products online?

Writing reviews on other sites with a link back to your site

Getting involved in social bookmarking, especially group social bookmarking

Posting on forums around the internet with reference to your product or brand

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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28.
What is a "metablog"?

A highly personal, if not confessional, blog

A blog about metal

A blog devoted to explaining "metas"

A blog about blogging

Answer

Correct Answer: A blog about blogging

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29.
Can you sell your copyright?

Yes, by licensing it according to territory and time

No, it remains yours always

Yes, but only in certain places, and for lengths of time up to 140 years after your death

Yes, so long as someone changes his/her name to your name

Answer

Correct Answer: Yes, by licensing it according to territory and time

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30.
What is a "feed aggregator" or "feed reader"?

An online bug or virus that "feeds" on your blog and destroys content

A Web application which collects web content such as news, blogs, podcasts and vlogs for easy viewing in a single location

A Web application that links your blog to other blogs for which you always pay a fee

A third generation blogger who is addicted to blogging

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: A Web application which collects web content such as news, blogs, podcasts and vlogs for easy viewing in a single location

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31.
What is the difference between a "patent" and a "trademark"?

A copyright and a trademark are the same; a patent is made to protect goods or services for sale

Patents and trademarks are the same; it is copyright that is different

A patent protects a work, device or name that is used for trading goods whereas a trademark protects inventions or discoveries

A trademark protects a word, device or name that is used for trading goods whereas a patent protects inventions or discoveries

Answer

Correct Answer: A trademark protects a word, device or name that is used for trading goods whereas a patent protects inventions or discoveries

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32.
Search engines will return different results depending on the word order of the search terms.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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33.
What is a "biz blog"?

A blog owned and run by a company or corporation

A private blog for the blogger and his or her family

A blog in the biz of blogging only

A blog about finance, especially related to the London Stock Exchange

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: A blog owned and run by a company or corporation

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34.
What are "grey hat techniques"?

Techniques attracting people over 65 to your blog

Advertising techniques through images specifically aimed at older readers

Techniques involving part online and part store sales

An optimisation strategy defining an unknown area of reputability/validity

Answer

Correct Answer: An optimisation strategy defining an unknown area of reputability/validity

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35.
If you write something libelous in a blog, you can still be sued for written defamation despite the apparent freedom of expression on the Internet.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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36.
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.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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37.
What is "fair use" in terms of using someone else's copyrighted material online?

A system where copyright is exchanged between the original owner and the blogger who co-opts it

A term used by the prosecutor to convict a blogger who repeatedly infringes his/her copyright

A defense argument that an individual who is sued for copyright infringement can use, namely that the use of the material was in public interest

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: A defense argument that an individual who is sued for copyright infringement can use, namely that the use of the material was in public interest

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38.
Which of the following features will increase the likelihood of a reader staying longer on your blog?

Having mostly text rather than pictures, slide shows or other interactive content

Using external links to generate the new page as a pop-up window rather than going directly to the new site

Offering links to great promotional deals on other sites

Answer

Correct Answer: Using external links to generate the new page as a pop-up window rather than going directly to the new site

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39.
What is a "tag"?

An external link

A language element, such as a word, often used in blogs to identify the type or types of content that makes up a particular post

A long post that goes onto another page

Both b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: A language element, such as a word, often used in blogs to identify the type or types of content that makes up a particular post

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40.
What is "podcasting"?

Making the entire blog available in a single downloadable file

Redirecting traffic through a portal hidden on the blog called a "pod"

Distribution of audio and other media files for download to digital music or multimedia players such as iPods

Mass e-mailing for marketing purposes to promote several blogs at the same time

Answer

Correct Answer: Distribution of audio and other media files for download to digital music or multimedia players such as iPods

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

That you can sell it to one more company

That it is exclusively connected to the site where you publish it first

That you can publish it online elsewhere so long as they are "non exclusive" too

That you can sell it to 5 more companies

That you can post it on your blog but nowhere else

Answer

Correct Answer: That you can publish it online elsewhere so long as they are "non exclusive" too

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42.
What is the common rule for taking images from the web and using them on your blog or website?

Check to see if these are freely available, and if so, proceed; otherwise contact the copyright holder or blog/site manager for permission

Take whatever you like from any site by right clicking and saving the image

a and b

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Check to see if these are freely available, and if so, proceed; otherwise contact the copyright holder or blog/site manager for permission

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43.
At what point does a work – whether an online blog or in print – come under copyright?

As soon as it is published

As soon as the author registers the copyright

As soon as the author writes "Copyright"and his/her name and date next to it

As soon as it is created

Answer

Correct Answer: As soon as it is created

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44.
Online articles do not need to be cited especially when taken from another online source.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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45.
What is a "newbie"?

A term - potentially negative - applied to someone new to a discussion or blog

A new technological addition to the internet

An innovation that took blogs into Web 2.0

The latest fashion on the blogosphere

a and d

Answer

Correct Answer: a and d

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46.
At the end of an article, the reference list to other relevant works that may or may not have been cited is called the ...........

Footnotes

Bibliography

Original material

Endnotes

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Original material

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47.
What are "FAQs"?

First Asked Queries

First Answered Questions

Fast Attitude Queries

Frequently Asked Questions

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Frequently Asked Questions

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48.
If you're writing an article about applying for admission to graduate courses in universities, your target audience is likely to be _________.

18-year olds

students already in college

a range of readers who are thinking of applying for admission to a graduate school

people between 45 and 65

Answer

Correct Answer: a range of readers who are thinking of applying for admission to a graduate school

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49.
What distinguishes a blog from a website?

Postings that occur according to a timeline that is updated so old posts can be traced

50.
Which of the following is a good approach to planning to write a blog posting?

Source content, write draft, save, post to blog

Idea, source content, post to blog, read

Idea, source content, write draft, save, read and edit, post to blog

Write draft, edit, post to blog, read and edit later

Answer

Correct Answer: Idea, source content, write draft, save, read and edit, post to blog

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51.
What are "article submission sites"?

Databases of stored articles awaiting approval from a CEO

Sites that help submit articles you have written about your product for online publication so you don't have to spend valuable time sending out your articles individually

Sites where you can buy articles and adapt them to a target audience and focus them on your market

Usually scam sites that promise huge marketing distribution around the internet

Answer

Correct Answer: Sites that help submit articles you have written about your product for online publication so you don't have to spend valuable time sending out your articles individually

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52.
What is 'placing of keywords in the important parts of a webpage so that search engines may give them priority' called?

Keyword prominence

Optimization guesswork

Partial selection

Keyword density

Answer

Correct Answer: Keyword prominence

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53.
What is "misinformation"?

Mystery information partially hidden on the internet

Information which is misleading or distracting or at least partially wrong

Mr. Information

Completely wrong information on all counts

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Information which is misleading or distracting or at least partially wrong

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54.
How long does an author's copyright – whether in print or online - last in the U.S.?

Until he/she dies

Forever

For 5 years after the publication

For 40 years after he/she dies

For 70 years after he/she dies

Answer

Correct Answer: For 70 years after he/she dies

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55.
Fooling the search engines with link farms, keyword stuffing, cloaking or alt text spamming is not a good idea because .......... .

it is an offense in most countries

the search engines may restrict your site or future listings, or ban you altogether

it could reduce the traffic to your blog

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: the search engines may restrict your site or future listings, or ban you altogether

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56.
What do we mean when we say an author's copyright is within "the public domain"?

We mean it is floated on the stock exchange

We mean it is freely available for all, can be copied, reproduced and re-published

We mean it is temporarily available for a period of 1-5 years

We mean it is part of the author's estate for 70 years after his or her death

Answer

Correct Answer: We mean it is freely available for all, can be copied, reproduced and re-published

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57.
In terms of keywords for promoting a website about global money, which of the following groups would be the best choice?

Football, shopping, racing, gardening

10c, 5c, dollar, 50c, quarter

The World Bank, the Olympics, the US government, the UEFA Cup

Dollar, yen, pound sterling, exchange rate

Answer

Correct Answer: Dollar, yen, pound sterling, exchange rate

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58.
Is it a good idea to have two blogs with the same content to try and increase traffic?

No, as search engines such as Google will most likely list only one blog which may not be your preference

Yes, two blogs, even with the same content, will most likely double your traffic on the web

Yes, and to have three would be still better

No, because search engines will be advised to close down one, if not both, of your blogs

Answer

Correct Answer: No, as search engines such as Google will most likely list only one blog which may not be your preference

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59.
Which of the following are most important when optimizing content for search engines?

Regular updating of your blog

Making sure your URL is simple

Adding keywords, tags, metatags and having quality content and regular updating

Having quality content

Answer

Correct Answer: Adding keywords, tags, metatags and having quality content and regular updating

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60.
Which of the following are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?

Create multiple links with local business community

Create a link with the local library website

Partner with non-competing businesses

Have business cards printed

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Have business cards printed

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61.
If words/phrases are lifted from an original writing on the internet - not from a printed book - it's not plagiarism.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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62.
Where did the term "blog" originate?

It was invented by Mr. James Blog

An abridgment of the two terms, "web" and "log"

An abridgment of the two terms, "book" and "log"

b and c

None of the above, it was a spontaneous new coinage derived from Old English

Answer

Correct Answer: An abridgment of the two terms, "web" and "log"

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63.
If you own a copyright on your own works, you can license your work for reproduction and publication around the world according to place and length of time.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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64.
What is the term used for "the number of times the keyword is used divided by the total word count on the page"?

Keyword density

Keyword distribution

Word hardness

Density of syllables

Blog Page Intensity

Answer

Correct Answer: Keyword density

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65.
What are "Google alerts"?

A ringtone from Google

A doorbell as a prize for being a loyal Google customer

Pinging of your website by Google every time you use Yahoo and MSN instead of using Google

A system where Google e-mails you the results of your pre-arranged search terms on a regular basis to stir your thoughts about writing blog content

Answer

Correct Answer: A system where Google e-mails you the results of your pre-arranged search terms on a regular basis to stir your thoughts about writing blog content

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66.
Why is it sometimes a good idea to create a blog independently with a host other than a free blog hosting service such as the Blogger?

You can add more intelligent interactivity such as widgets, site design, custom URLs etc

You can then have two blogs and disconnect your old one

You will be able to keep the old free service

You will automatically get more traffic

Answer

Correct Answer: You can add more intelligent interactivity such as widgets, site design, custom URLs etc

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67.
Why is it important to make regular postings – if not daily postings – to your blog?

To encourage a regular readership, returning traffic, and so web robots can see your blog is regularly active

It isn't – making daily postings can be harmful to your blog

Otherwise it will be unplugged by the blog service provider

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: To encourage a regular readership, returning traffic, and so web robots can see your blog is regularly active

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68.
Which of the following is most likely to guarantee the content on your blog is professional, subject-appropriate and grammatically correct?

Copying it into Word, spell-checking, and copying it back

Asking a friend to read it

Reading it through before posting

Having several specialist readers check out the content for its relevance, sense, argument, and keywords

Answer

Correct Answer: Reading it through before posting

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69.
In sourcing information, you may use materials not subject to copyright such as names, common symbols, lists of ingredients, short phrases, slogans, slang, titles etc.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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70.
Which of the following is not a blogging provider or blogging service available on the web free of cost?

Wordpress

Blogger

Technorati

BlueHost

Answer

Correct Answer: BlueHost

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71.
What is the "useful but incomplete" approach in terms of promoting your product in an online article or so-called e-zine?

Making your product useful but leaving the article incomplete with no way of linking to your site

Making your product incomplete and the article useful

Making the article useful but leaving it incomplete so the market is enticed but has to follow your link to learn more

Making the article complete and the product useful so that there's no need to find out more

Answer

Correct Answer: Making the article useful but leaving it incomplete so the market is enticed but has to follow your link to learn more

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72.
What is "blogosphere"?

The hole in the internet through which blogs can fall

The blogs in a given area such as a street, county or country

The collective content of the blogs worldwide

Blog companies that group together and buy smaller blogs

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: The collective content of the blogs worldwide

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73.
What does the term "spomment" refer to in the blogosphere?

Special comments

Spam on a posting

Comment spam

Tiny gremlins inside the computer system

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Comment spam

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74.
What is an "open thread"?

A thread that is open for discussion by those posting to it

A thread that has closed links

Multiple posts focused around one specific subject

All posts made openly by the same blogger

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: A thread that is open for discussion by those posting to it

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75.
What does "SEO" stand for?

Sequeway Even Offered

Service Engine Oriented

Second Executive Officer

Search Engine Optimization

Answer

Correct Answer: Search Engine Optimization

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76.
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.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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77.
If you're writing an article about the automotive industry, which of the following would be the best way of promoting your article?

Adding internal links within your blog that cross-reference the article

Adding highly specific keywords to your pages that reference aspects of the automotive industry

Contacting other automotive industry blogs and websites offering a link-exchange

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Contacting other automotive industry blogs and websites offering a link-exchange

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78.
What can you do to make your articles more appealing to online readers?

Create external links and quality posts

Add a message board and / or chat room to encourage interactivity

Increase the product or site image / professional branding

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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79.
Which is the correct order for finding your target audience and selling goods or services to it?

Design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, have a business plan, identify their interest in your product, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, make sales

Have a business plan, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, identify their interest in your product, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, make sales

Have a business plan, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, make sales, identify their interest in your product

Identify your audience type and their level of expertise, make sales, have a business plan identify their interest in your product, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product

Answer

Correct Answer: Have a business plan, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, identify their interest in your product, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, make sales

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80.
What is a "CEOBlog"?

A social networking blog

A blog that has been unplugged by a corporation during a hostile takeover

A group blog

A blog written using a "stream of consciousness" writing style

A blog maintained by a Chief Executive Officer

Answer

Correct Answer: A blog maintained by a Chief Executive Officer

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81.
What changes you should incorporate in your writing style—when writing about the university application process—if you're writing for student applicants and not for their parents?

Write the entire text in italics—it signifies that the content has been written for a student, and not for a parent

Write the entire text in the Roman style—it signifies that the content has been written for a student, and not for a parent

No amount of change can clarify if the content is written for a student or for a parent, so do not bother about changing your writing style

Add anecdotes in the description; students prefer an anecdotal style of writing

Vary the information, your tone, your advice, and recommendations, so that the description is understood by students as well as parents

Answer

Correct Answer: Add anecdotes in the description; students prefer an anecdotal style of writing

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82.
What will happen if you type the words sport -basketball in the Google search box?

Google will find all the web pages containing the words "sport" and "basketball"

Google will find the web pages about "sport" and also those containing the word "basketball"

Google will find the web pages about "sport" that do not contain the word "basketball"

Google will find all the web pages in which the words "sport" and "basketball" appear together

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Google will find the web pages about "sport" that do not contain the word "basketball"

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

2. Which of the following are good ways of protecting your online content?

3. State whether True or False.Copyright is available not just for published works but also for works in private use that have not or may never be published.

4. If your website sells golf equipment, your promotional articles should be written about _________ .

5. What are "stop words"?

6. State whether True or False.Personality is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others.

7. State whether True or False. Legitimate political behavior is extreme political behavior that violates the implied rules of the game.

8. State whether True or False. A strong culture is a culture in which the core values are intensely held and widely shared.

9. What is a "bye-line"?

10. Which of the following are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?

11. What changes you should incorporate in your writing style—when writing about the university application process—if you're writing for student applicants and not for their parents?

12. What are "blooks"?

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

14. Which of the following is most likely to guarantee the content on your blog is professional, subject-appropriate and grammatically correct?

15. Which of the following is correct about the Websites: studymode.com and schoolsucks.com?

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

17. Which of the following are good ways of sourcing information for online content such as blog postings?

18. Blog comments show up in Google searches in addition to the blog posts.

19. What is an "affiliate business program"?

20. Why is it damaging to have disfunctioning or non-functioning(dead)links on your website?

21. Which of the following techniques can provide increased credibility to an article?

22. What are "subsidiary rights" if your blog becomes successful enough to receive an offer of publication in print?

23. What is an "anonoblog"?

24. Which of the following is the term used for the collective blogging intelligentsia, namely the most influential bloggers online by page rank owing to their high traffic count?

25. What is a "plagiarism warning banner?"

26. What is "autocasting"?

27. Which of the following is/are good way(s) of promoting your business or website and thereby selling your products online?

28. What is a "metablog"?

29. Can you sell your copyright?

30. What is a "feed aggregator" or "feed reader"?

31. What is the difference between a "patent" and a "trademark"?

32. Search engines will return different results depending on the word order of the search terms.

33. What is a "biz blog"?

34. What are "grey hat techniques"?

35. If you write something libelous in a blog, you can still be sued for written defamation despite the apparent freedom of expression on the Internet.

36. 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.

37. What is "fair use" in terms of using someone else's copyrighted material online?

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

39. What is a "tag"?

40. What is "podcasting"?

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

42. What is the common rule for taking images from the web and using them on your blog or website?

43. At what point does a work – whether an online blog or in print – come under copyright?

44. Online articles do not need to be cited especially when taken from another online source.

45. What is a "newbie"?

46. At the end of an article, the reference list to other relevant works that may or may not have been cited is called the ...........

47. What are "FAQs"?

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

49. What distinguishes a blog from a website?

50. Which of the following is a good approach to planning to write a blog posting?

51. What are "article submission sites"?

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

53. What is "misinformation"?

54. How long does an author's copyright – whether in print or online - last in the U.S.?

55. Fooling the search engines with link farms, keyword stuffing, cloaking or alt text spamming is not a good idea because .......... .

56. What do we mean when we say an author's copyright is within "the public domain"?

57. In terms of keywords for promoting a website about global money, which of the following groups would be the best choice?

58. Is it a good idea to have two blogs with the same content to try and increase traffic?

59. Which of the following are most important when optimizing content for search engines?

60. Which of the following are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?

61. If words/phrases are lifted from an original writing on the internet - not from a printed book - it's not plagiarism.

62. Where did the term "blog" originate?

63. If you own a copyright on your own works, you can license your work for reproduction and publication around the world according to place and length of time.

64. What is the term used for "the number of times the keyword is used divided by the total word count on the page"?

65. What are "Google alerts"?

66. Why is it sometimes a good idea to create a blog independently with a host other than a free blog hosting service such as the Blogger?

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

68. Which of the following is most likely to guarantee the content on your blog is professional, subject-appropriate and grammatically correct?

69. In sourcing information, you may use materials not subject to copyright such as names, common symbols, lists of ingredients, short phrases, slogans, slang, titles etc.

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

71. What is the "useful but incomplete" approach in terms of promoting your product in an online article or so-called e-zine?

72. What is "blogosphere"?

73. What does the term "spomment" refer to in the blogosphere?

74. What is an "open thread"?

75. What does "SEO" stand for?

76. 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.

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

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

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

1.
When writing an article about safety and light bulbs, which of the following is likely to be your target audience?

2.
Which of the following are good ways of protecting your online content?

3.
State whether True or False.
Copyright is available not just for published works but also for works in private use that have not or may never be published.

4.
If your website sells golf equipment, your promotional articles should be written about _________ .

5.
What are "stop words"?

6.
State whether True or False.
Personality is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others.

7.
State whether True or False.

Legitimate political behavior is extreme political behavior that violates the implied rules of the game.

8.
State whether True or False.
A strong culture is a culture in which the core values are intensely held and widely shared.

9.
What is a "bye-line"?

10.
Which of the following are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?

11.
What changes you should incorporate in your writing style—when writing about the university application process—if you're writing for student applicants and not for their parents?

12.
What are "blooks"?

13.
Which of the following is the most effective idea for creating a target audience that returns again and again to your blog?

14.
Which of the following is most likely to guarantee the content on your blog is professional, subject-appropriate and grammatically correct?

15.
Which of the following is correct about the Websites: studymode.com and schoolsucks.com?

16.
If you're writing an article about applying for admission to graduate courses in universities, your target audience is likely to be _________.

17.
Which of the following are good ways of sourcing information for online content such as blog postings?

18.
Blog comments show up in Google searches in addition to the blog posts.

19.
What is an "affiliate business program"?

20.
Why is it damaging to have disfunctioning or non-functioning(dead)links on your website?

21.
Which of the following techniques can provide increased credibility to an article?

22.
What are "subsidiary rights" if your blog becomes successful enough to receive an offer of publication in print?

23.
What is an "anonoblog"?

24.
Which of the following is the term used for the collective blogging intelligentsia, namely the most influential bloggers online by page rank owing to their high traffic count?

25.
What is a "plagiarism warning banner?"

26.
What is "autocasting"?

27.
Which of the following is/are good way(s) of promoting your business or website and thereby selling your products online?

28.
What is a "metablog"?

29.
Can you sell your copyright?

30.
What is a "feed aggregator" or "feed reader"?

31.
What is the difference between a "patent" and a "trademark"?

32.
Search engines will return different results depending on the word order of the search terms.

33.
What is a "biz blog"?

34.
What are "grey hat techniques"?

35.
If you write something libelous in a blog, you can still be sued for written defamation despite the apparent freedom of expression on the Internet.

36.
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.

37.
What is "fair use" in terms of using someone else's copyrighted material online?

38.
Which of the following features will increase the likelihood of a reader staying longer on your blog?

39.
What is a "tag"?

40.
What is "podcasting"?

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

42.
What is the common rule for taking images from the web and using them on your blog or website?

43.
At what point does a work – whether an online blog or in print – come under copyright?

44.
Online articles do not need to be cited especially when taken from another online source.

45.
What is a "newbie"?

46.
At the end of an article, the reference list to other relevant works that may or may not have been cited is called the ...........

47.
What are "FAQs"?

48.
If you're writing an article about applying for admission to graduate courses in universities, your target audience is likely to be _________.

49.
What distinguishes a blog from a website?

50.
Which of the following is a good approach to planning to write a blog posting?

51.
What are "article submission sites"?

52.
What is 'placing of keywords in the important parts of a webpage so that search engines may give them priority' called?

53.
What is "misinformation"?

54.
How long does an author's copyright – whether in print or online - last in the U.S.?

55.
Fooling the search engines with link farms, keyword stuffing, cloaking or alt text spamming is not a good idea because .......... .

56.
What do we mean when we say an author's copyright is within "the public domain"?

57.
In terms of keywords for promoting a website about global money, which of the following groups would be the best choice?

58.
Is it a good idea to have two blogs with the same content to try and increase traffic?

59.
Which of the following are most important when optimizing content for search engines?

60.
Which of the following are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?

61.
If words/phrases are lifted from an original writing on the internet - not from a printed book - it's not plagiarism.

62.
Where did the term "blog" originate?

63.
If you own a copyright on your own works, you can license your work for reproduction and publication around the world according to place and length of time.

64.
What is the term used for "the number of times the keyword is used divided by the total word count on the page"?

65.
What are "Google alerts"?

66.
Why is it sometimes a good idea to create a blog independently with a host other than a free blog hosting service such as the Blogger?

67.
Why is it important to make regular postings – if not daily postings – to your blog?

68.
Which of the following is most likely to guarantee the content on your blog is professional, subject-appropriate and grammatically correct?

69.
In sourcing information, you may use materials not subject to copyright such as names, common symbols, lists of ingredients, short phrases, slogans, slang, titles etc.

70.
Which of the following is not a blogging provider or blogging service available on the web free of cost?

71.
What is the "useful but incomplete" approach in terms of promoting your product in an online article or so-called e-zine?

72.
What is "blogosphere"?

73.
What does the term "spomment" refer to in the blogosphere?

74.
What is an "open thread"?

75.
What does "SEO" stand for?

76.
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.

77.
If you're writing an article about the automotive industry, which of the following would be the best way of promoting your article?

78.
What can you do to make your articles more appealing to online readers?

79.
Which is the correct order for finding your target audience and selling goods or services to it?

80.
What is a "CEOBlog"?