Copywriters Skills MCQs
Copywriters Skills MCQs
These Copywriters Skills multiple-choice questions and their answers will help you strengthen your grip on the subject of Copywriters Skills. You can prepare for an upcoming exam or job interview with these 40 Copywriters Skills MCQs.
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1: What is self-publishing?
A. It is a method by which you enter a contract with a publishing company to get your manuscript printed in book form for you
B. It is a method by which your book can be turned into a PDF or some other easily downloadable document and purchased off a website so that the readers can either get a print out to read it in page form, or read it online
C. It is a method by which you publish the book yourself.
D. None of the aboveÂ
2: Which of the following works are not protected?
A. Literary works
B. Standard calendars
C. Height and weight charts
D. Motion pictures
3: What is a query letter?
A. A letter sent to a newspaper to try and promote a non-fictional or fictional writing
B. A letter (or email) sent to the editor of a magazine which tries to "sell" the article to the editor
C. A letter (or email) that is sent to the editor of a magazine to determine what kind of articles the magazine is looking for
D. A letter sent to a writer in response to a book submitted by him/herÂ
4: PDF is an acronym for:
A. Protected Document Format
B. Portable Data File
C. Portable Document Formatting
D. Portable Document FormatÂ
5: On creating her two page resume, Emma finds the paragraph heading for her "Professional Achievements" paragraph is showing at the bottom of the first page, while the details are on the next page. To keep the paragraph heading as well as the paragraph text on the same page, and assuming there are no empty paragraph markers in the document and the widow/orphan option is turned on, Emma should click in the paragraph heading and select which option from the Paragraph group
A. Keep lines together
B. Keep with next
C. Widow/orphanÂ
6: State whether true or false:
A copyright in the context of authorship immediately becomes the property of the person who wrote the work.
A. True
B. False
7: What should you do to avoid plagiarism?
A. Just make sure to copy from obscure sources.
B. Cite sources when using copyrighted material.
C. Obtain permission before using copyrighted material.
D. Use only Government sources.
E. None of the aboveÂ
8: State whether True or False.
Chapters for the young readers should be long, so that they may not be able to read the chapter quickly and feel as if they have accomplished something
A. True
B. FalseÂ
9: Josh is to create a technical write-up comprising short paragraphs with double line spacing. Each paragraph is to be separated from the other by a single line space. He writes a paragraph, selects the text, points to Line Spacing on the paragraph toolbar and sets it to 2.0. He gets the paragraph double spaced. The moment he clicks enter to start a new paragraph, it automatically gets double spaced. How can Josh achieve paragraphs separated by single line spaces from each other within the document?
A. He sets the Line Spacing on the formatting toolbar to 1.0.
B. He selects the double-spaced paragraphs and clicks on Paragraph.Then under Indents and Spacing, he sets the Spacing "Before" and "After" options to zero.
C. He uses the Shift and Enter keys at the same time to create a new paragraph.
D. He selects the double-spaced paragraphs and clicks on Paragraph. Then under Indents and Spacing, he sets the Spacing
10: What are screen shots?
A. Graphics of computer screens that are captured to be inserted in a technical document
B. Pictures that are downloaded from the Internet and inserted in a document, for instance, to help illustrate the instruction manual
C. Graphics that are created by a designer as an illustrated step-by-step manual
D. All of the aboveÂ
11: _____ is a method by which you enter a contract with a publishing company to print your manuscript in book form for you.
A. Self-publishing
B. Journaling
C. E-publishing
D. A query letter
12: State whether true or false:
Different states have different copyright laws in America.
A. True
B. False
13: Which of the following best defines RoboHELP?
A. It is an operating system.
B. It is an application software that helps create "computer help files" in various formats.
C. It is a software that assists amateurs in technical writing.
D. It is a utility software that helps design graphics.
E. It is a flowcharting tool.Â
14: At what age are children ready for books that delve into themes like bullying and adventure?
A. At the elementary school stage
B. At the pre-school stage
C. At the middle school stage
D. At the high school stageÂ
15: A diamond shaped box in a flowchart signifies:
A. A start/end symbol
B. A decision that must be made
C. The flow of control
D. Processing steps
E. Input/outputÂ
16: Choose the INCORRECT statement:
A. Only high-risk documents from an uncertain location are opened in Read-Only view.
B. All documents that contain macros open in Read-Only view.Â
17: As a writer, what do you do when you create a macro?
A. You create a shortcut for performing repetitive tasks in a program.
B. You work on several files at the same time.
C. You download software from the Internet that helps organize tasks.
D. You break up work tasks into manageable parts.
E. You combine small sub-tasks into a macro-task.Â
18: State whether true or false:
A person work is only recognized as original if it has a copyright notice attached.
A. True
B. FalseÂ
19: State whether True or False.
When you agree to first serial rights, you give a magazine the right to use your article only.
A. True
B. FalseÂ
20: To select vertical blocks of text, you would hold down which key while dragging the mouse?
A. Alt
B. Ctrl
C. ShiftÂ
21: State whether True or False.
Blogging does not necessarily require skilled writers.
A. True
B. False
22: You want to select all instances of a specific style used in your document. However, the Select All command in the Styles pane is not available (grayed out). You must enable:
A. Formatting marks
B. Keep track of formatting
C. Linked stylesÂ
23: Using the thoughts and writings of other people and passing them as your own is known as_______.
A. Altruism
B. Copying
C. Plagiarism
D. Hedonism
E. ImitationÂ
24: Which is the standard language used to create Web pages?
A. JavaScript
B. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
C. C
D. C++Â
25: Applying a theme to your document affects all content except tables
A. True
B. FalseÂ
26: What are copyrights?
A. the legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter
B. The legal activity you engage in to sell your work
C. The authority you give a book agent to sell your work
D. The authority you give an editor to proofread your work and make changesÂ
27: When you apply a theme to a Microsoft Word 2010 document, all the tables, charts, SmartArt graphics, shapes, and other objects are updated to complement one another.
A. True
B. FalseÂ
28: Microsoft Word 2010 has enabled ligatures for which of the following fonts?
A. Open Type fonts
B. True Type fonts
29: What view must be used when inserting a subdocument?
A. Print Layout
B. Web Layout
C. Outline
D. Full Screen Reading
30: Anna selects a paragraph in a Microsoft Word 2010 file. On the horizontal ruler, she drags the Hanging Indent marker to the left. What will happen?
A. The whole paragraph will get indented to the left.
B. The first line will get indented to the left.
C. All but the first line will get indented to the left.Â
31: Which kind of readers are targeted by the picture books?
A. Adults
B. Teenagers
C. Young children
D. None of the aboveÂ
32: State whether True or False.
Editors would not take a blog seriously as an example of someone writing skills.
A. True
B. FalseÂ
33: What is the method of finding inspiration from an already published piece of writing and creating stories with the same characters in a different situation, or different characters in the same situation called?
A. Ghost Writing
B. Photocopyig
C. Fan Fiction
D. MisinformerÂ
34: State whether True or False.
If you want to write childrens books, you must be an illustrator as well as a writer.
A. True
B. FalseÂ
35: A PDF file can be viewed if ____________ is installed.
A. Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
B. Adobe Acrobat Reader
C. Macromedia Flash MX
D. WinRAR ArchiverÂ
36: In Microsoft Word 2010, "Keep lines together" paragraph formatting:
A. works well for paragraphs within a table if "Allow row to break across pages" is also selected.
B. automatically enables the text rows to break across pages.
C. does not work for paragraphs within a table if "Allow row to break across pages" is also selected.
D. always works for paragraphs within a table.Â
37: In Microsoft Word 2010, "Keep lines together" paragraph formatting:
A. works well for paragraphs within a table if "Allow row to break across pages" is also selected.
B. automatically enables the text rows to break across pages.
C. does not work for paragraphs within a table if "Allow row to break across pages" is also selected.
D. always works for paragraphs within a table.Â
38: A legal violation of a copyright could be a(n) ___________.
A. Social matter
B. Criminal matter
C. Political matter
D. Civil matter
E. Academic matter
39: Which of the following are Help Authoring Software?
A. Microsoft HTML Help
B. RoboHelp HTML
C. Made-to-Help
D. HTML HelpÂ
40: State whether True or False.
The kind of rights where you agree to first serial rights, you give a magazine the right to be the first to publish your article, but you own the rights and you can later have the article published elsewhere are known as simultaneous rights.
A. True
B. False
41: Which of the following is a diagram drawing software application used to draw diagrams like flowcharts?
A. Visio
B. Microsoft Project
C. Photoshop
D. Flash
E. OracleÂ
42: On creating her two-page resume, Emma finds that the paragraph heading for her "Professional Achievements" paragraph is showing at the bottom of the first page, while the details are on the next page. To keep the paragraph heading as well as the paragraph text on the same page, and assuming there are no empty paragraph markers in the document and the widow/orphan option is turned on, Emma should click in the paragraph heading and select which option from the Paragraph group?
A. Keep lines together
B. Keep with next
C. Widow/orphan
43: Writers use foreshadowing to _____.
A. Build dramatic tension only
B. Build dramatic tension and suspense
C. Suspense only
D. None of these
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