Freelance Writing MCQs
Freelance Writing MCQs
Try to answer these 40 Freelance Writing MCQs and check your understanding of the Freelance Writing subject.
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1: State whether True or False.
Blogging does not necessarily require skilled writers.
A. True
B. False
2: 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. False
3: What are "grey hat techniques"?
A. Techniques attracting people over 65 to your blog
B. Advertising techniques through images specifically aimed at older readers
C. Techniques involving part online and part store sales
D. An optimisation strategy defining an unknown area of reputability/validity
4: Which of the following are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?
A. Create multiple links with local business community
B. Create a link with the local library website
C. Partner with non-competing businesses
D. Have business cards printed
E. All of the above
5: 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.
6: 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. False
7: 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/orphan
8: What is a "bye-line"?
A. The text at the end of a post that identifies the poster, and a play on "byline", used to identify the writer of a newspaper article
B. The headline
C. The secondary headline
D. b and c
E. None of the above
9: State whether True or False.
Editors will not take a blog seriously as an example of someone is writing skills.
A. True
B. False
10: There is little need to copy text before trying to publish it to the web because you rarely lose the text at the time of publication.
A. True
B. False
11: Which of the following techniques can provide increased credibility to an article?
A. A signature at the end of the posting
B. More links than words in a single posting
C. External links to other sites combined with sophisticated quality content
D. A self-appointed writing on the subject
12: Which of the following features will increase the likelihood of a reader staying longer on your blog?
A. Having mostly text rather than pictures, slide shows or other interactive content
B. Using external links to generate the new page as a pop-up window rather than going directly to the new site
C. Offering links to great promotional deals on other sites
13: Applying a theme to your document affects all content except tables.
A. True
B. False
14: 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.
15: If you are writing an article about the automotive industry, which of the following would be the best way of promoting your article?
A. Adding internal links within your blog that cross-reference the article
B. Adding highly specific keywords to your pages that reference aspects of the automotive industry
C. Contacting other automotive industry blogs and websites offering a link-exchange
D. All of the above
16: What is an "anonoblog"?
A. A general blog with multiple authors
B. A blog about people who used to be famous
C. A blog written and maintained by an anonymous author, often under a pseudonym or pen name
D. All of the above
17: What is a "newbie"?
A. A term - potentially negative - applied to someone new to a discussion or blog
B. A new technological addition to the internet
C. An innovation that took blogs into Web 2.0
D. The latest fashion on the blogosphere
E. a and d
18: It is a good idea to create identical content on multiple blogs as this can increase web traffic and get higher listings in search engines.
A. True
B. False
19: 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 above
20: Which of the following is not a blogging provider or blogging service available on the web free of cost?
A. Wordpress
B. Blogger
C. Technorati
D. BlueHost
21: 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 styles
22: What is "placing of keywords in the important parts of a webpage so that search engines may give them priority" called?
A. Keyword prominence
B. Optimization guesswork
C. Partial selection
D. Keyword density
23: 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 stage
24: Which is the correct order for finding your target audience and selling goods or services to it?
A. Design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, have a business plan, identify their interest in your product, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, make sales
B. Have a business plan, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, identify their interest in your product, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, make sales
C. Have a business plan, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, make sales, identify their interest in your product
D. Identify your audience type and their level of expertise, make sales, have a business plan identify their interest in your product, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product
25: 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.
26: What do you mean by your article being "non exclusive" while selling it online?
A. That you can sell it to one more company
B. That it is exclusively connected to the site where you publish it first
C. That you can publish it online elsewhere so long as they are "non exclusive" too
D. That you can sell it to 5 more companies
E. That you can post it on your blog but nowhere else
27: What is "autocasting"?
A. Automatically casting the characters in an online play
B. An autocue for a blogger to remind him or her to make a posting
C. A form of microblogging that will herald Web 3.0
D. An automated form of podcasting that allows bloggers (and blog readers) to create audio versions of text-only blogs using RSS feeds
28: Microsoft Word 2010 has enabled ligatures for which of the following fonts?
A. Open Type fonts
B. True Type fonts
29: What is a "biz blog"?
A. A blog owned and run by a company or corporation
B. A private blog for the blogger and his or her family
C. A blog in the biz of blogging only
D. A blog about finance, especially related to the London Stock Exchange
E. None of the above
30: Which of the following is the most effective idea for creating a target audience that returns again and again to your blog?
A. Make individual postings long as the more the information, the better it is.
B. Re-read and be your own editor, always removing unnecessary words and phrases; keep your postings relatively short and post regularly
C. Regularly change the colors of your blog to entertain your readership
D. Add a certain randomness to your external links so the audience never quite knows where the links may lead – it's more exciting
31: When writing an article about safety and light bulbs, which of the following is likely to be your target audience?
A. Electrical engineers
B. Ordinary people involved in home improvement
C. Working electricians
D. Light bulb manufacturers
E. All of the above
32: 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. Misinformer
33: Why is it important to make regular postings – if not daily postings – to your blog?
A. To encourage a regular readership, returning traffic, and so web robots can see your blog is regularly active
B. It isn't – making daily postings can be harmful to your blog
C. Otherwise it will be unplugged by the blog service provider
D. None of the above
34: Which kind of readers are targeted by the picture books?
A. Adults
B. Teenagers
C. Young children
D. None of the above
35: What can you do to make your articles more appealing to online readers?
A. Create external links and quality posts
B. Add a message board and / or chat room to encourage interactivity
C. Increase the product or site image / professional branding
D. All of the above
36: What is a "metablog"?
A. A highly personal, if not confessional, blog
B. A blog about metal
C. A blog devoted to explaining "metas"
D. A blog about blogging
37: What is an "affiliate business program"?
A. Getting the business standards of your company approved by a government affiliated company
B. Signing up to be a business partner with another online company to promote each other's interests and thereby reaching a larger market
C. Buying a company
D. Getting bought by a company
E. Merging with another company
38: What does the term "spomment" refer to in the blogosphere?
A. Special comments
B. Spam on a posting
C. Comment spam
D. Tiny gremlins inside the computer system
E. All of the above
39: 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. False
40: If you are writing an article about applying for admission to graduate courses in universities, your target audience is likely to be _________.
A. 18-year olds
B. students already in college
C. a range of readers who are thinking of applying for admission to a graduate school
D. people between 45 and 65
41: What do you mean by your article being "non exclusive" while selling it online?
A. That you can sell it to one more company
B. That it is exclusively connected to the site where you publish it first
C. That you can publish it online elsewhere so long as they are "non exclusive" too
D. That you can sell it to 5 more companies
E. That you can post it on your blog but nowhere else
42: What is a "bye-line"?
A. The text at the end of a post that identifies the poster, and a play on "byline", used to identify the writer of a newspaper article
B. The headline
C. The secondary headline
D. b and c
E. None of the above
43: What can you do to make your articles more appealing to online readers?
A. Create external links and quality posts
B. Add a message board and / or chat room to encourage interactivity
C. Increase the product or site image / professional branding
D. All of the above
44: Which of the following are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?
A. Create multiple links with local business community
B. Create a link with the local library website
C. Partner with non-competing businesses
D. Have business cards printed
E. All of the above
45: Which of the following is the most effective idea for creating a target audience that returns again and again to your blog?
A. Make individual postings long as the more the information, the better it is.
B. Re-read and be your own editor, always removing unnecessary words and phrases; keep your postings relatively short and post regularly
C. Regularly change the colors of your blog to entertain your readership
D. Add a certain randomness to your external links so the audience never quite knows where the links may lead – it's more exciting
46: 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
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