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. Plural form of problem or turning point
crises
italics
half staff
who's
2. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
biannual
in spite of
Nobel Prize
No.
3. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
alumnae
premier
who
4. Use all-caps ZIP for zoning improvement plan - but always lowercase the word code - run the 5 digits together without a comma and do not put a comma between state name and ZIP
primiere
ZIP code
figuratively
alumnae
5. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
reference works
one another
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
manslaughter
6. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
more than
each other
altar
farther
7. Physical distance
accommodate
biennial
president
farther
8. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.
last
people
all right
as
9. To argue to the contrary
rebut
affect
rock 'n' roll
literally
10. Kiss
buss
less
founder
person
11. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
amid
drowned
crises
literally
12. Multiple transportation vehicles
immigrate
Cabinet
buses
its
13. Singular form of a standard
criterion
demolish or destroyed
login - logon - logoff
flaunt
14. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
collide - collision
teenage
troops
accommodate
15. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses
firefighter - police officer
manslaughter
daylight saving time
federal
16. For hanging not referring to a person's death
half mast
hung
beside
since
17. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
defendant
alter
NAACP
last
18. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
lie
stationary
flaunt
since
19. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
accept
it's
biennial
No.
20. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore
beside
flair
aide
NAACP
21. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
buss
drowned
nicknames
imply
22. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
comprise
because
plurality
City Council
23. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
buses
among
Internet
hopefully
24. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
staunch
ZIP code
criterion
one another
25. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
under way
toward
alumnae
titles
26. 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
toward
arrest
composition titles
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
27. When speaking of an individual
alumni
felony
person
flair
28. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
wrack
more than
rebut
off of
29. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia
demolish or destroyed
premier
either...or - neither...nor
half staff
30. Kisses
troupe
off of
troops
busses
31. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
last
titles
biannual
login - logon - logoff
32. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.
norm
lie
bad
over
33. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
demolish or destroyed
fiancee
emigrate
courtesy titles
34. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
in spite of
afterward
federal
criterion
35. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
daylight saving time
principle
teenage
all right
36. Extension of time or degree
fiance
further
native
badly
37. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
her
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
citizen
alumnae
38. The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject - Neither they nor he is going - Neither he nor they are going.
firefighter - police officer
it's
media
either...or - neither...nor
39. Homicide without malice or premeditation
flounder
toward
manslaughter
federal
40. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
Orient - Oriental
nicknames
faze
reference works
41. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
allege
resident
subject
pore
42. To show contempt for
magazine names
biennial
flout
flounder
43. A contraction for it is or it has
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
44. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
biannual
criteria
accommodate
naval
45. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
each
murder
troops
crisis
46. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
troops
ravish
which
primiere
47. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups
crisis
was drowned
italics
people
48. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
liaison
defendant
forward
median
49. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
because
compose
troops
further
50. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
stationary
murder
between
average