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Olympiad (Class 6) Media and entertainment — practice questions — page 2

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Who usually selects the content of a newspaper?Read the answer and worked solution →Which newspaper department supervises distribution by carriers and vending machines?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is NOT one of a newspaper's four main departments?Read the answer and worked solution →The word radio comes from the Latin radius, which means what?Read the answer and worked solution →Hertz's 1886 experiment was meant to confirm whose theory?Read the answer and worked solution →Marconi's early radio systems sent telegraph signals. What was radio first called?Read the answer and worked solution →Radio waves are generated by electrons moving back and forth in what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does a radio signal weaken as you move far from the transmitter?Read the answer and worked solution →In vacuum, radio waves travel at the same speed as what?Read the answer and worked solution →A station varies the strength of its carrier wave to carry sound. Which method?Read the answer and worked solution →In an FM transmitter, which property of the carrier wave carries the sound?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can many stations broadcast in the same air without mixing up?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part of a radio receiver selects one station and rejects the rest?Read the answer and worked solution →A station broadcasts at 100 MHz. How many hertz is that?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is an electromagnetic wave, like radio waves?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can radio signals reach a receiver even in rainy or cloudy weather?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is an application of radio waves?Read the answer and worked solution →Why could the earliest radio transmitters not carry voice or music?Read the answer and worked solution →People who pay to place display or classified ads help a newspaper's what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can an online newspaper show breaking news faster than a printed one?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who usually selects the content of a newspaper?

  1. Circulation staff
  2. Press operator
  3. The chief editor
  4. News photographer
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Correct answer: C. The chief editor

The editor chooses what goes into the newspaper, while others print, distribute or photograph.

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Which newspaper department supervises distribution by carriers and vending machines?

  1. Production
  2. Editorial
  3. Circulation
  4. Advertising
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Correct answer: C. Circulation

The circulation department sells subscriptions and supervises distribution through the mail, carriers, retailers and vending machines.

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Which is NOT one of a newspaper's four main departments?

  1. Circulation
  2. Editorial
  3. Advertising
  4. Broadcasting
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Correct answer: D. Broadcasting

The four main departments are editorial, production or printing, circulation and advertising, with no broadcasting department.

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