SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. In its sense used in arithmetic and statistics - is an average and is determined by adding the series of numbers and dividing the sum by the number of cases
mean
federal
navel
rock 'n' roll
2. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
collide - collision
criteria
alumni
her
3. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
alumni
biannual
each
it's
4. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.
ensure
comprise
badly
in-law
5. Verb to stop the flow of something
amid
naval
stanch
ZIP code
6. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
website
last
flounder
person
7. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
infer
firefighter - police officer
each other
each
8. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
farther
citizen
arrest
compliment
9. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
defendant
insure
teenage
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
10. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
marshall
complement
nicknames
citizen
11. To change
alter
staunch
like
Orient - Oriental
12. Introduces two items - is the correct word when expressing the relationships of three or more items considered one pair at a time - all pronouns must be in the objective case - between him and her - between you and me
between
murder
muslims
drowned
13. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
aide
Legislature
premier
troop
14. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
further
navel
half staff
adviser
15. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
nicknames
widower
refute
lay
16. Means in addition to
which
people
accommodate
besides
17. For hanging not referring to a person's death
affect
hung
farther
alumni
18. Do not use the term teenaged
teenage
navel
lay
mean
19. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
norm
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
arrest
email
20. Means in a hopeful manner. Do not use to mean it is hoped - let us hope or we hope - right: It is hoped we will complete our work in June. wrong: Hopefully - we will complete our work in June.
hopefully
alter
average
plurality
21. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
besides
average
mean
on
22. A group of people - often military or animals
troop
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
biennial
subject
23. Transportation vehicle
nicknames
widower
bus
troupe
24. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
who
founder
half staff
25. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
ZIP code
ravish
muslims
imply
26. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
27. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
primiere
drowned
comprise
pour
28. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
either
on
misdemeanor
flier
29. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
misdemeanor
troops
aide
alumnus
30. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
compose
more than
stationery
infer
31. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.
teenage
ravage
national
norm
32. The of is unnecessary
drowned
busses
off of
as
33. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being
allege
ravish
ensure
rebut
34. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
email
accommodate
native
whom
35. A table-like platform used in a religious service
altar
complement
half staff
whose
36. A minor offense against the law
rebut
hang - hangs
misdemeanor
lie
37. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
all right
her
accommodate
its
38. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
courtesy titles
ravage
flaunt
Black muslim
39. Individual items reduced in number
forward
fewer
flaunt
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
40. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
troop
among
flare
whom
41. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
Fourth of July
medium
City Council
which
42. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
ZIP code
which
liaison
Orient - Oriental
43. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
heaven
firefighter - police officer
felony
wrack
44. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
hopefully
altar
who's
figuratively
45. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
City Council
alumna
on
average
46. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
either...or - neither...nor
off of
navel
median
47. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
norm
further
who
ravish
48. To embarrass or disturb
off of
faze
refute
affect
49. To stand still
ensure
stationary
flair
half mast
50. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
flaunt
email
half staff
principle