University of Caloocan City

College of Education
English Department
Midterm Examination
Campus Journalism

Name: _______________________________________________ Score: ____________

Section: ______________________________ Date: _____________

GENERAL DIRECTION: Read and understand each question/statement. Write your answer in CAPITAL LETTER.
NO ERASURE, there will deduction in any form of erasure.

I. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter that corresponds to your answer on your answer sheet.

1. What is the Campus Journalism Act of the Philippines?

a. Journalism Act of 1991 c. Journalism Act of 1993
b. Journalism Act of 1981 d. Journalism Act of 1983

2. What do you call the press’ duty of imparting events to our society with a view to present them a
later on, in decent manner to the society people?
a. Social Responsibility c. Legal Responsibility
b. Professional Responsibility d. Community Responsibility

3. In journalism, what element pertains to making sure that the right facts are there and those facts
are right?
a. accuracy b. bias c. context d. delivery

4. What element is exhibited by the reporter?

Reporter presented all sides, arguments and opinions of both parties.
a. fairness b. accuracy c. context d. bias

5. “Never use the ideas, words and concepts of others without giving credit to sources.” This is one of
Campus Journalism don’ts. It refers to ____________.
a. bias b. reporting c. plagiarism d. citation

6. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?

a. A journalist needs a great deal of money to start a new organization.
b. Journalists have a wider choice of career paths than in the past.
c. The journalism industry is evolving as people get their news in new ways.
d. Creative ideas for journalistic content and delivery systems are springing up everywhere.

7. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism?

a. Stories created for one medium are likely to be found in other media.
b. Few people nowadays rely on journalists for information about important events.
c. The techniques for researching and writing stories continue to be important.
d. The tenets of good journalism- critical thinking, clear writing and organized presentation-
remain the same.

8. Traditional news media- newspapers, magazines and broadcast news operations- provide what
percentage of factual information on the internet?
a. 70 percent b. 55 percent c. 85 percent d. 90 percent

9. In journalism, “convergence” means ___________.

a. sharing facilities, newsgathering resources, personnel or content.
b. different news media all cover the same story in the same way.
c. the content of one newspaper is indistinguishable from that of any other newspaper.
d. news organization are all striving to put the same ideological slant on news stories.
10. Which of the following is a cardinal sin for a journalist?
a. a misspell name
b. disagree with the editor
c. publish a story that angers local officials
d. reveal how decisions are made about what is newsworthy

11. Which of the following is the best definition of fact?

a. A provable statement
b. Anything that appears in a news story
c. The results of a poll
d. A view shared by many people

12. What is a soft news?

a. Any news story that is under 2000 words.
b. A web publishing platform
c. Any news story accessible on a mobile device
d. A light news story intended to entertain

13. In which section of the newspaper would you find information about last night’s school board
meeting?
a. entertainment b. local news c. sports d. editorial

14. What is a lead?

a. The senior reporter at a newspaper
b. The opening paragraph of a news story
c. The newspaper with the largest audience
d. The main character in a news story

15. The approach a writer takes in a story to give it a focus is called _________.
a. lead b. catch phrase c. angle d. news peg

16. The name of the writer is called ________.

a. Writer b. author c. byline d. copy

17. How long a lead-paragraph should be?

a. Less than 25 words
b. 35-45 words
c. 25-35 words
d. More than 40 words

18. Which of the following is NOT a way to combat fake news?

a. Validate the information
b. Check the reliability of the details
c. Do fact checking of the data and sources
d. Use misleading lead

19. Which of the following is NOT means of data gathering?

a. Observation
b. Interview
c. Speeches and memorandum
d. None of the above

20. In news writing, the article is usually written in _______ structure.

a. inverted pyramid
b. hour glass
c. boxed or compartmental
d. pyramid
21. A news story is said to possess timeliness if it _____________.
a. stresses events that have occurred in the last month
b. stresses events that occurred today or yesterday
c. has been written within the last six month
d. has been read or heard within the last six month

22. Journalists recognize two types of news stories; hard and soft. In this regard, hard news _______
and soft news _____________.
a. is about complicated topics like science and economics; is about things like entertainment
and fashion
b. stories have long, complicated sentences; have short, simple sentences.
c. about serious topics and recent event; refers to human interest stories.
d. stories are always 2,000 words or more; stories never exceed 500 word.

23. The concept of proximity suggests that a news organization is likely to carry a story about a
murder, if that crime _______________.
a. involved a well-known person
b. was committed locally
c. occurred within the last 24 hours
d. was unusually gruesome

24. Reporters get ideas for feature stories by being _____________.

a. detached and unemotional
b. rigid and dogmatic
c. curious and observant
d. diligent and unimaginative

25. The only requirement for a lead for a feature story is that it _____________.
a. interest readers and lure them inti the story.
b. be a summary lead.
c. include at least one quotation.
d. present a question the rest of the story will answer.

26. Feature story writers should avoid ending their stories with ___________.
a. an anecdote
b. a quotation
c. a summary
d. some details that evoke the lead

27. Which of the following is NOT one of the attributes of features stories?
a. They amuse, entertain, inspire and stimulate readers.
b. They use novelistic elements to dramatize a story’s theme.
c. They usually are less timely than straight news stories.
d. They are written to a single formula.

28. This type of writing convinces someone to believe on the proposition with supported facts.
a. exposition b. persuasion c. argumentation d. description

29. What do you call the part of newspaper which is written by the consensus of the publication?
a. News b. Feature c. Editorial d. Sports

30. School newspapers may explain new school rules or a particular student-body effort like a food
drive. In which type of editorial does the given text be classified?
a. explain c. criticize c. persuade d. praise
II. Write an article based on the given fact sheets. Answer directly and briefly the following statement.
Write your answer in correct mechanics. (10 points each).

A. Write a 7-8 paragraph news article with headline based on the following facts which are given at random:

- the incident happened shortly after midnight yesterday.

- unidentified men sprayed the casualties with bullets.
- two men died in the said incident. Another was seriously wounded.
- the unidentified men were in a sport utility vehicle.
- A service crew of a fast food chain named Sonny Cagaoan was declared dead
on arrival at the Mary Johnston Hospital. He is 22 years old.
- Cagaoan died due to gunshot wounds in the head and body.
- Investigation showed that the victims were having a drinking spree in front of a
house along Panday Pira Street. Here, the suspects in a dark blue Mitsubishi
Pajero repeatedly shot at the group. Afterwards, they drove away.
- The car’s plate number is ERY-929.
- Danilo Fajardo- the companion of the two.He is 19 years old and is under
observation at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center for gunshot wounds
in the arm and foot.
- Chief Inspector Alberto Peco – head of the Homicide Section of the Manila Police
District. Accoding to him, revenge could be the motive for the attack.
- Another who also succumbed to gunshot wounds in the head is Mar Jerkin Tan.
Tan is 24 years old and a maintenance crew of the Ninoy Aquino Int’l Airport.
- the suspects were backed up by unidentified men on board another sports utility
vehicle resembling an Isuzu Crosswind.
- Police are verifying the identities of the owners of the vehicles used in the shooting.
- Peco said his follow-up team failed to find Quan and the rest of his gang at their
residences.
- Peco gathered from the witnesses that several days ago, Tan and his group figured
in a fight with five residents of the nearby Dandan Street resulting in injuries.
the injured here are the cousins Francis Quan and Edward Basilio.

B. Write an 8-10 paragraph feature article on the declaration of public health emergency and enhanced
community quarantine in the entire Luzon.

C. Write an 8-10 paragraph editorial article on the declaration of community quarantine vs lockdown in Metro
Manila last March 14, 2020.
KEY
1. A
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. A
10. A
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. C
16. C
17. C
18. D
19. D
20. A
21. B
22. C
23. B
24. C
25. A
26. C
27. D
28. B
29. C
30. A

A. NEWS

B. 2 dead, 1 hurt in Tondo drive-by shooting

C. Two men died, while another was seriously injured when unidentified men in a
sport utility vehicle sprayed them with bullets in Tondo, Manila shortly after
midnight yesterday.

D. Sonny Cagaoan, 22, a service crew of a fastfood chain, was declared dead on
arrival at the Mary Johnston Hospital due to gunshot wounds in the head and
body.

E. Mark Jerkin Tan, 22, a maintenance crew of Ninoy Aquino International Airport,
also succumbed to gunshot wounds in the head at the Philippine General
Hospital.

F. Their companion, Danilo Fajardo, 19, a student, is under observation at the Jose
Reyes Memorial Medical Center for gunshot wounds in the arm and foot.

G. Investigations showed the victims, together with some friends, were having a
drinking spree in front of a house along Panday Pira street in Tondo when the
 suspects in a dark blue Mitsubishi Pajero (ELY-929 or 299) repeatedly shot at the
group, then drove away. Witnesses said the suspects were backed up by
unidentified men on board another sports utility vehicle resembling an Isuzu
Crosswind.

H. A deformed slug from a yet unknown type of firearm was recovered at the crime
scene.

I. Chief Inspector Alberto Peco, who heads the homicide section of the Manila
Police District, said revenge could be the motive for the attack. Peco gathered
from witnesses that several days ago, Tan and his group figured in a fight with
five residents of nearby Dandan street, resulting in injuries to cousins Francis
Anthony Quan and Jamil Eduardo Basilio.

J. Both groups were summoned to the barangay hall to settle their differences, but
Tan and his group reportedly refused to attend, prompting Quan and his group to
warn Tan and the others that they will get back at them.

K. Peco said his follow-up team failed to find Quan and the rest of his gang at their
residences. Police are verifying the identities of the owners of the vehicles used in
the shooting.