FSOT Practice Questions and Answers.

FSOT Practice Questions and Answers. 
What is the Freedom of Information Act? - ANSWER allows press access topublic documents
What is the Offending effrontery in relation to journalists? - ANSWERhas todo with obscenity
The journalist may print what he wishes about others, but if that informationiswrong and harmful to others' reputation, the writer must suffer the
consequences. Such protection for subjects of stories comes under the
auspices of which of the following acts?
A. Freedom of Information
B. Property Protection
C. Offending Effrontery
D. Defamation - ANSWER D. Defamation
In some instances, journalists may find that there is a conflict between the1st
Amendment and the 6th amendment, the latter having to do with
A. the right to keep and bear arms
B. the right to a speedy public trial
C. privacy
D. copyright - ANSWER B. Right to a speedy public trial is subject of thethe6th Amendment and when journalists try to cover trials, there can sometimesbe a conflict between freedom of the press and a fair trial. The largest circulated daily newspaper in the U.S. is
A. USA Today
B. The Wall Street Journal
C. The New York Times
D. The Washington Post - ANSWER B. The Wall Street Journal
A joint operating agreement provides for
A. competing newspapers to combine their circulation and advertising but
leave their editorial functions separate
B. Advertising in newspapers working with competitors in setting rates
C. legislation that allows for multiple owner, large newspaper chains
D. an agreement that all newspapers in a chain may be printed fromthesamepress - ANSWER A. A is the definition of a joint operating agreement.