This element of Journalism allows for the exercise of the journalist’s personal
conscience. This gives the newspaper a way to decide in the end what the right
choice on running the story is or not.
A. Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience
B. It must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise
C. Citizens, too, have rights and responsibilities when it comes to the news
D. Its essence is a discipline of verification
This means "show your work so readers can decide for themselves why they should
believe it."
A. Humility
B. Transparency
C. Originality
D. News
Is a branch of philosophy that deals with the principles of conduct of an individual or
group. It works as a guiding principle as to decide what is good or bad.
A. Ethics
B. Morals
C. Values
D. Law
Is a concentration or interest in one particular area or subject. In Journalism it means
that the author is one-sided and editorializes when writing
A. Objectivity
B. Truth
C. Bias
D. Concentration
What kinds of evidence can be presented to verify or explain the central point of the
story?
A. What is the central point?
B. Who are the central characters?
C. What is the central place?
D. What is the central evidence?
Ethical journalism means taking responsibility for one’s work and explaining one’s
decisions to the public. (Perry Cohen, 2017)
A. Be Accountable and Transparent
B. Minimize Harm
C. Act Independently
D. Seek Truth and Report It
All are the couple of ways to detect bias except for one.
A. Whose point of view is the news reported in?
B. Do the headlines and stories seem off together or do they go well
C. Which opinion is more important?
D. First, detect who the sources are. Is it mostly or only the government and corporate?
This is the term in Journalism that is used when planning a story, when doing the re-
porting and photography, when writing and editing
A. Editorial Meeting
B. Editorial Writing
C. Editorial Process
D. What is the Central Point?
The truth makes people feel like they are reading a reliable source and would cause
more of a continuous read.
A. Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover
B. Its essence is a discipline of verification
C. Its first loyalty is to citizens
D. Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth
What is the process of the Journalism activities as stated by the American Press
Institute?
A. gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting
B. assessing, gathering, creating, and presenting
C. gathering, presenting, assessing, and creating
D. gathering, assessing, presenting, and creating
Choose which action in a given situation is unbiased
A. Nina only interviewed the side of the jeepney drivers about their call for the transportation
fare increase.
B. Jill wrote the total number COVID-19 cases in Marikina which she got from a shared post on
Facebook.
C. Rhea included both conflicting sides in her news story.
D. Sheena asserted that the #TimeOut campaign of the COVID-19 frontliners are too selfish and
that they should instead do their job since they are already earning money.
Choose which statement is false
A. Reporters typically write gossips
B. Journalists exists in order to enlighten the publication on the different issues.
C. Coverage is the term used when a journalist is reporting a certain incident.
D. Journalists play a vital role in delivering truth to the public.
What does 5W and H mean?
A. Who, Which, Where, When, Why, and How
B. Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How
C. Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How Much
D. Who, What, Where, When, and How
You pattern your artwork from that of your classmate without his/her permission.
A. Immoral
B. Unlawful
C. Ethical
D. Unethical
Angela needs at least a grade of 90 in English to retain her number 1 position in the
honor roll. She studies doubly hard instead of asking her parents to send an
expensive gift to her teacher when the latter celebrates his/her birthday.
A. Immoral
B. Ethical
C. Unethical
D. Unlawful
Journalists say the times they most often got something wrong was when they took
something from somebody or some place else and failed to check it themselves.
A. Transparency
B. Humility
C. Honesty
D. Originality
Journalists need to keep an open mind.
A. Originality
B. Humility
C. Honesty
D. Transparency
The essence of journalism is a discipline of verification. The discipline of verification
distinguishes journalism from other forms of __________.
A. communication
B. information
C. expulsion
D. intermission
In this element, every citizen is a journalist is some sort of way
A. It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional
B. Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience
C. It must strive to keep the significant interesting and relevant
D. Citizens, too, have rights and responsibilities when it comes to the news
The discipline of journalist is not always clear and can vary from place to place, but
the articles should not be opinionated unless asked to be.
A. Its essence is a discipline of verification
B. It must serve as an independent monitor of power
C. Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover
D. Its first loyalty is to citizens
The following are some of the questions that can serve as your guide in detecting
bias in an article except for one.
A. Do the headlines and stories seem off together or do they go well?
B. Is there a lack of diversity?
C. None of the above
D. Is the language strong and firm?
Information can be viewed as a hierarchy. At the top is the work you have done for
yourself, reporting you can directly vouch for.
A. Transparency
B. Humility
C. Honesty
D. Originality
History reveals that the more ____________ a society, the more news and
information it tends to have.
A. abusive
B. autocratic
C. democratic
D. fair
They are the authors of the book "Elements of Journalism"
A. Bill Gates and Tom Rosenstiel
B. Bill Kovach and Tom Hanks
C. Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel
D. Bill Kovach and Tom Rose
All of the following are part of the 5Ws and H except
A. Where
B. Will
C. How
D. What
The code of ethics being used by the Filipino journalists
A. Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas Code of Ethics
B. Philippine Journalist's Code of Ethics
C. Philippine Journalist's Code of Conduct
D. SPJ Code of Ethics
An act of making sure that the right facts are there and those facts are right.
A. Bias
B. Fairness
C. Balance
D. Accuracy
Make sure to present all sides, arguments and opinions.
A. Fairness
B. Balance
C. Context
D. Accuracy
"Never use the ideas, words and concepts of others without giving credit to sources"-
is one of the grave acts in practicing journalism. It refers to:
A. Bias
B. Ethics
C. Plagiarism
D. Fairness
A form of bias that deals with passing along errors or assumptions in order to support
or refute a point of view
A. Bias by Omission
B. Bias by Interpretation
C. Bias by Placement
D. Bias by Commission
