First graded quiz, Chapter one and Class Notes Put down the answers on a sheet of paper. Please keep your phones put away and do not consult notes or web pages. Good luck!
Use a sheet of paper numbered 1-25.
Please put down the letter and term: example–25) A) Government studies
Part One: Current Events. Part Two: Questions from Week One lecture, discussion and study guides.
- Boar’s Head was cited for sanitary failures after an outbreak of listeria linked to its product . . . A) caused ten deaths. B) Closed down the company C) Was exposed by novelist Upton Sinclair D) Caused the company to be acquired by Armour Meats.
2) Armour Meats company was cited for sanitary failures in the novel The Jungle about the meatpacking industry in (what year)? a) 2024. B) 1906. C) 1950 d) 2001
3) President Biden last December signed legislation into law requiring ___ to report criminal hazing cases. Choose the best answer.
A) Colleges and universities B) the military. C) Jobs and professional groups d) all the above
4) Prof. Elizabeth Allan and her University of Maine colleagues played a huge role in a new federal bill signed by Joe Biden. The Maine survey examined:
A) Drugs b) sexual assault c) criminal and non-criminal hazing D) forced alcohol drinking at parties
5) How did the public, Joe Biden, and the U.S. Congress know approximately how many people died in hazing deaths over the last nearly 200 years?
A) Government studies. B) Newspaper headlines. C) The Hazing Deaths Clearinghouse, 1975-2025 D) info from state hazing laws
6) Does Alaska have a state hazing law? A) Yes b) No
7) A recent study shows a strong link between alcohol and ___ a) listeria b) Underaged drinking reaching new high levels c) cancer. D) teen pregnancies
8) All communication involves a message. Where does the message come from?
A) A receiver of the message b) a source c) the federal government d) none of answers a, b, c
9) What is an example of non-verbal interpersonal communication? A) Hilary Clinton smirking at President Bush’s desire to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico b) a protester’s voice at a rally. C) a megaphone used at a rally. D) a letter to an editor
10) What is an example of a mass medium? A) newspapers and radio b) private chat group c) a classroom d) the hazing deaths clearinghouse
11) The imparting or exchanging of information and/or news is defined as: a) communication b) outsourcing c) mass media d) None of these examples
12) Chapter 10 question was marked “correct for all” due to poor question wording. It’s been rewritten below.
Communications theorist Lasswell created a model of communication that analyzes communication in terms of five basic questions. Which one of these answers isn’t one of the five? A) “Who”, b) “What”, c) “What mass media reports it” D) “Which Channel”, “E) To Whom”, and F) “With What Effect”. C is the right answer: “What mass media reports it?”
13) New York Times reporter Judith Miller was accused of writing articles with misinformation regarding a) Saddam Hussein of Iraq and weapons of mass destruction B) the listeria epidemic of 2024. C) the source of covid in China D) steroid use by Soviet female athletes
14) Former soccer player, soccer coach and politician Jim Keady is a longtime critic of NIKE executive _______.
A) Eldon Musk b) Martin Mull c) Chuck Person d) Phil Knight
15) Former Auburn and Indiana Pacers star Chuck Person narrowly avoided prison after his conviction on using this company’s funds to influence recruiting of basketball players? A) NIKE b) Adidas c) Tesla d) Volkswagen
16) This company was accused of deliberately lying about its emission control results: A) NIKE b) Adidas c) Tesla d) Volkswagen
17) Walt Disney’s entertainment company put out propaganda cartoons for the United States during a) World War One b) the Korean War c) the Vietnam Conflict d) World War Two
18) Both coded and decoded material comes into play in a) blog b) newspaper or magazine interview c) an investigation of environmental corruption d) none of the preceding examples
19) The term _____ can be briefly defined as “shared experience”: a) culture, b) communication, advertisements. D) bias
20) Bias is when a newspaper intentionally or unintentionally ___ a) editorializes in a news story b) uses a news slant. C) commits libel. D) tells an untruth about statistics
21) President George W. Bush had to acknowledge in a speech that he had ___ a) lied under oath about ahis DUI conviction b) began a conflict with Iraq over weapons of mass destruction that did not exist c) said the Holocaust never happened d) lost the election to Democrat Party opponent Al Gore
22) Choose the best answer. Media scholar Silverblatt stated that persons considered to have media literacy a) have critical thinking skills to develop judgments about media content b) an understanding of the process of mass communication c) an awareness of the impact of media on the individual and society d) a and b and C are all correct
23) The invention by Johannes Gutenberg revolutionized society. He invented a) the first machines of the Industrial Revolution. B) the theories behind artificial intelligence (AI) c) the printing press d) None of a or b or c is correct
24) President Trump has ordered a cabinet member to require the name of Alaska’s “Denali” permanently changed to honor former President ______: a) Washington b) Lincoln c) Warren G. Harding d) William McKinley
25) Communication is said to be a ____. process. A) reciprocal. b) literacy c) cultural forum d) None of these are correct
There will be a graded quiz on Chapter One in Baran and class lectures through Jan. 21 on Jan. 23.
Please use the UAF study guide at Hanknuwer.com this weekend.