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Write "True" or "false" for the following statements.

1. Apposition should be avoided in broadcast writing.

2. One of the most important considerations of a broadcast journalist is the timeliness of the copy he or she is writing.

3. Writing is not as important to the broadcast writer than the print journalist.

4. Deadlines are less important to the broadcast writer than the print journalist.

5. In broadcasting, you should frequently include dependent clauses at the beginning of sentences.

6. Using the present tense in broadcast coy may be a good idea when the action is in the immediate past and has some continuing effect.

7. In broadcast writing, you should use simple, declarative sentences.

8. Broadcast news writers try to eliminate all adjectives and adverbs from their copy unless they are absolutely necessary.

9. If a broadcast writer has written a story so that it can be read within the allotted time, there is usually no reason to cut it.

10. Personalizing stories--that is, telling the listener what the story will mean to him or her -- is one good way of getting his or her attention.

11. Choose the correct item in the following according to broadcasting style.

a) a million

b) one million

12. Choose the correct item in the following according to broadcasting style.

a) Bill Clinton, president

b) President Bill Clinton

13. Choose the correct item in the following according to broadcasting style.

a) $40 dollars

b) forty dollars

c) 40 dollars

14. Which of the following is the "dramatic unity" according to broadcasting writing?

a. cause-effect-climax

b. effect-cause-climax

c. climax-effect-cause

d. climax-cause-effect

15. The average length of a radio news story is about

a) 30 seconds b) 60 seconds c)90 seconds d)120 seconds

16. Whenever possible, broadcast writers should use the

a) active voice b) present tense c) both 4) neither

17. Attribution in broadcast news should generally be placed

a) at the end of the sentence

b) in the middle of the sentence

c) at the beginning of the sentence

d) nowhere--it should be avoided.

18. Personal pronouns in broadcast copy

a) are good to use in direct quotes.

b) are good to use any time

c) are good to use in paraphrased quotes

d) should never be used

19. A good time to use the present tense in broadcast copy is

a) when the action is continuing

b) when the action is completed

c) when you are uncertain about when something happened.

d) whenever you want to

20. The overriding news value in broadcast news is

a. unusual or bizarre

b. conflict

c. impact

d. timeliness

21. Name three factors, in addition to the traditional news values, that broadcasters use to select news.

22. The UPI Broadcast Stylebook says while print journalism has the five Ws, broadcast journalism has the four Cs. The four Cs are:

23. "Space" in print corresponds to (             ) in broadcasting.