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2019 Digital Media Internship Test

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INSTRUCTIONS

This test has a one-hour time limit. Please print clearly using a dark pencil or pen. Cell phones are not permitted. Participants and monitors should not divulge the contents of this test and no parts can be reproduced without written permission.

Copyright ? 2018 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.

PART 1 - CURRENT EVENTS. Circle or fill in the best answer.

1. Mike Pompeo was _________________________ before being confirmed as _______________. a. director of the C.I.A., Secretary of State b. director of Homeland Security, director of the National Security Council

2. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School led a nationwide demonstration

a. to end school shootings

b. to legalize marijuana use

c. against anti-immigration policies

3. The women's team from ______________won March Madness 2018.

a. University of Notre Dame

b. University of Connecticut

c. Villanova University

4. The ______________ at the U.S.-Mexico border has resulted in 500 minors alone in the country after parents were deported or

detained.

a. zero-tolerance policy

b. construction of the wall

c. vigilantism

5. The ________ won the Super Bowl for the first time ever.

a. Minnesota Vikings

b. Philadelphia Eagles

c. Carolina Panthers

6. Mike Pence is a. Director of the National Security Agency b. Vice President of the United States c. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

7. A disgruntled user shot three people before killing herself at ____________________ headquarters.

a. Google

b. Twitter

c. YouTube

8. Opioid overdoses rose due to a. overprescription of oxycontin/oxycodone b. tainted heroin c. tainted heroin and overprescription

PART 1 - CURRENT EVENTS. (continued)

9. U.S. Attorney General ______________ said the Justice Department will not be "improperly influenced by political

considerations."

a. Scott Pruitt

b. Steve Bannon

c. Jeff Sessions

10. A Russian military plane was shot down in a friendly-fire incident in

a. Yemen

b. Afghanistan

c. Syria

11. Cyber extortionists crippled several of the City of ____________________'s computer systems.

a. Atlanta

b. Philadelphia

c. Houston

12. A policewoman killed her upstairs neighbor saying she mistook his apartment for hers and thought he was an intruder.

a. Denver

b. Dallas

c. Austin

13. Rapper Kendrick Lamar won an unprecedented _________________________________.

a. Pritzker Prize

b. Pulitzer Prize

c. Nobel Prize

14. Uber's self-driving car tests were halted in ______________ in response to_______________.

a. California, the death of a safety driver b. Texas, its refusal to pay state fees

c. Arizona, the death of a pedestrian

15. South African apartheid opponent and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, ______________, died in April.

a. Graca Machel

b. Ellen Sirleaf

c. Winnie Madikizela

16. _________________teachers won a 5% pay raise after a statewide walkout that lasted nine days.

a. Delaware

b. West Virginia

c. Illinois

17. Comedian and actor _____________________________ was sentenced to prison for rape in Pennsylvania. Movie mogul ________________________________ faces rape charges in New York.

18. The Washington Capitals won _____________________________________________.

a. the World Series

b. the NBA Championship

c. the Stanley Cup

19. Bitcoin is a type of ______________________.

a. stock

b. cryptocurrency

c. digital security

20. Men's 2018 March Madness winners were _______________.

a. Villanova University

b. the University of Kentucky

c. Drexel University

PART 2 - GRAMMAR AND USAGE. Underline the best answer.

1. The grandparents went to court arguing the couple's frozen embryos were their's / theirs . 2. Investigative journalists who perservere / persevere usually uncover important stories. 3. Almost nine / 9 million U.S. / US jobs depend / depends on trade and investment with Canada. 4. After writing about scandal, the authors decided to abridge / cut long sections of dialogue. 5. The dissident was deported back / deported to Myanmar despite protests from human rights organizations. 6. Investor confidence was rattled by fluctuations in the commodities and futures market's / markets. 7. The European Union countered Google's resistance to their / its privacy laws.

PART 2 - GRAMMAR AND USAGE. (continued) 8. I would rather have vegan entrees than / then omnivorous meals. 9. The CEO responded with dispersions / aspersions about the committee's ignorance of algorithms and analytics. 10. Tammy Duckworth became the first U.S. senator to give birth / deliver a baby while in office.

PART 3 - DIGITAL TERMS. Select the best definition.

1. Which describe examples of data visualization? a. infographics b. bar, pie and fever charts c. sparklines and histograms d. All of the above

2. Embed code a. HTML code that enables software to solve complex problems b. HTML that allows users to copy code from one website to make its content appear in another c. Malicious computer code used to spread viruses

3. Augmented reality a. is state of hyper awareness common in gaming b. is a technology that superimposes a computer-generated image on a user's view of the real word

4. Social media analytics is the practice of gathering and analyzing data from social media websites. a. True b. False

5. Virtual reality is a computer-generated simulation of the real world commonly using a headset, gloves or body suits with sensors.

a. True

b. False

6. Is 360-degree video the same as virtual reality?

a. Yes

b. No

PART 4 - WEB ELEMENTS, CODING AND DESIGN - Select the best answer.

1. Register to vote. is the correct code to insert a link. a. True

b. False

2. The code will result in a right-aligned image named DJNFLogo.

a. True b. False

3. Select all sets of start and end tags. a. , 4. What is the rule of thirds?

b. ,

c. , d. ,

a. A universal rule for images

b. A principle for creating off-center compositions c. An approach for cropping photos

5. Social media managers and engagement editors may

a. Study analytics across social media accounts

c. Plan public events for their media outlets

b. Test headlines and story approaches for online media

d. All of the above

PART 5 - TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY. Select all answers that apply to illustrating the story the data tell.

Jeremy Singer-Vine reported in Data Is Plural that a team led by Princeton sociologist and Evicted author Matthew Desmond has compiled the United States' first-ever national-scale, publicly-available database of eviction metrics. Among the information collected by the Eviction Lab is the data above about Minneapolis from 2004 to 2011.

a. Create a scatterplot chart b. Create a pie chart c. Create an interactive map d. Include still photos of addresses with high eviction rates e. Do video interviews with court officials, evictees, homeless advocates, landlords f. Create a line chart g. All of the above.

Write a credit for the eviction data graphic. ______________________________________________________________

Write a one-line headline for the eviction data graphic with between 31 and 35 characters including spaces. ________________________________________________________________________________________________

FINAL INSTRUCTIONS: When you have finished, return this test to your monitor whose signature will certify it was completed within one hour. The monitor must mail your test postmarked by Nov. 12, 2018, to the Dow Jones News Fund, P.O. Box 300, Princeton, NJ 08543-0300.

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