MCQ1: Dominick (2009) defined a medium as the channel through which a message travels from the source to the _____________________. Answer: Receiver MCQ2: _______________________ is a process in which “professional” communicators use media to disseminate messages widely and rapidly. Answer: Mass communication MCQ3: The role of media in transmiting values by enforcing social norms is called ________. Answer: Media and socialization MCQ4: Which of the following is not a component of print media? Answer: Internet MCQ5: The mass media do not exist or operate in_________________. Answer: Isolation MCQ6: One of the characteristics of village festivals is dissemination of _________. Answer: Unofficial information MCQ7: ________________ are organisations that gather and process news, which they disseminate to their various subscribers such as the mass media, public institutions and commercial enterprises. Answer: News agencies MCQ8: ______________________ media interests cut across national boundaries. Answer: International MCQ9: The development of the Nigerian press was achieved by all of the following except _____________.   Answer: Military MCQ10: Associated Press (AP) is a news agency with headquarters in ____________. Answer: New York MCQ11: Which of the following papers marked the beginning of indigenous newspaper movement in Nigeria? Answer: Lagos Times MCQ12: “The press is a safeguard public right” is the _______________ editorial policy. Answer: Lagos Times MCQ13: The “divide and rule” system of control in some African countries was practiced by __________________ Answer: Colonialists MCQ14: Richard Blaize was the founder of _____________________ Answer: Lagos Times  MCQ15: Who among the following established Lagos Weekly Record? Answer: John Payne Jackson MCQ16: Journalists are expected to know the origin of their __________. Answer: Freedom MCQ17: Ray Ekpu (1998) regarded freedom of expression as the grandmother of all ______________. Answer: Freedom MCQ18: Article 19 (1) of the international Convention on Civil and Political Right says that “Everyone shall have the Right to hold opinion without _____________.” Answer: Interference MCQ19: The revolution caused by the invention of printing technology brought about literacy and the establishment of ________________. Answer: Newspapers MCQ20: Throughout the history of mankind, people have really fought for the freedom of _______________. Answer: Speech MCQ21: With the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, independent journalism began to thrive and find foot in Africa since _____. Answer: 1990s MCQ22: In 1991, a study done on “human rights” in 104 countries showed that there was an ________ in human rights conditions. Answer: Improvement MCQ 23: All over the world, press freedom is under one kind of threat or the other. Answer: Yes MCQ24: ________________ is the relative absence of governmental, economic and other controls in the operation of the press. Answer: Freedom of the press MCQ25: Journalists in the Western world are encouraged to write __________ stories about Africa Answer: Chaotic MCQ26: In Nigeria, the concept of the liberty of the press is embodied in _________ of the 1999 Constitution. Answer: Section 39 (1) MCQ27: Freedom of expression clause as stated in the Nigerian Constitution does not specifically mention ______________. Answer: All of the option MCQ28: The 1999 Constitution makes freedom of _________ subject to any law that is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society. Answer: Expression MCQ 29: West African Pilot was established by _______________ Answer: Nnamdi Azikiwe MCQ 30: Which of the following was the West African Pilot’s language of publication? Answer: English MCQ31: All of the following are contributions of the West African Pilot to the Nigeria press except__________ Answer: None of the above MCQ32: Zik was a onetime Reuter’s ________________ for West Africa. Answer: Correspondent MCQ33: Tribune newspaper was established by _______________. Answer: Obafemi Awolowo MCQ34: Awolowo’s greatest contribution to Nigeria media history was in 1959 when he established the Western Nigerian Broadcasting Service (WNBS) in __________. Answer: Ibadan MCQ35: Most of the newspapers available during the colonial era were not published ____________. Answer: Daily FBQ1: The first daily newspaper during the colonial era was _______________. Answer: Nigerian Daily Time FBQ2: Federal government forcefully acquired 60 percent sharesof the Nigerian Daily Times in _______________ Answer: 1975 FBQ3: Newspapers did not contribute to the actualisation of Nigeria as a nation. True or false Answer: False FBQ4: Gaskiya Tafi kwabo a newspaper in Hausa language was founded in ____________. Answer: 1939 FBQ5: Who was the first editor of the Nigerian Daily Times? Answer: Ernest Ikoli FBQ6: Gaskiya Tafi Kwabo means __________________________. Answer: “Truth is worthier than money.” FBQ7: New Nigerian Newspaper was established by ________________________. Answer: Northern Nigerian Government FBQ8: Daily Times was taken over by the Federal Government in 1975 alongside _______________. Answer: New Nigerian FBQ9: Which newspaper was the Northern People Congress (NPC) relying on for national leadership among its rivals? Answer: Citizen FBQ10: The African Messenger was established and edited by __________________. Answer: Ernest Sisei Ikoli FBQ11: Nigeria witnessed the emergence of modern newspapers in ____________. Answer: 1980s FBQ12: Which Nigerian newspaper has “Conscience, Nurtured by Truth” as its motto? ___. Answer: The Guardian FBQ13: What is the name of the newspaper established by Chief Sony Odogwu? ________. Answer: Post Express FBQ14: The Concord newspaper was based in ______________. Answer: Ikeja Lagos FBQ15: The Comet newspaper was set up in___________________. Answer: 1933 FBQ16: The Guardian and Concord by Chief Alex Ibru and Chief Moshood Abiola paved the way for the emergence of modern newspapers in Nigeria. True or false Answer: True FBQ17: The history of radio broadcasting in Nigeria dates back to __________. Answer: 1932 FBQ18: Radio Distribution Service (RDS) was also called ______________________. Answer: Wired broadcasting FBQ19: The wired broadcasting, which came to Nigeria in 1932, did not originate any programmes but simply relayed programmes from ____________. Answer: England FBQ20: In _____ wireless broadcasting was established in Nigeria. Answer: 1945 FBQ21: The role played by radio during the Second World War influenced the British government’s decision against setting up broadcasting services that are effective in its colony. True or false Answer: False FBQ22: The broadcasting systems in the then three Nigerian regions were fully ______. Answer: Autonomous FBQ23: Nigerian Civil War was started in ___________. Answer: 1967 FBQ24: In the early 1950s, _______________ was considered as a luxury the government could not afford. Answer: Television FBQ25: In Nigeria, it was the ___________ that first ventured into television broadcasting. Answer: Regional government FBQ26: The East Nigerian Television (ENTV) slogan was ___________________. Answer: ENTV, Second to None FBQ27: The Northern regional government of Sir Ahmadu Bello established the Radio Television Kaduna (RTVK) in ______________. Answer: 1962 FBQ28: Decree No. 38, of ________ authorised the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to issue licences for private radio and television broadcasting in Nigeria Answer: 1992 FBQ29: Private television broadcasting started in Nigeria in __________. Answer: 1993 FBQ30: ____________ has the right to withdraw licence from any of the private and public radio and television stations found guilty of flouting the law that brought it into existence. Answer: NBC FBQ31: The acronym NAN means _________________________. Answer: News Agency of Nigeria FBQ32: NAN came into existence through Decree No. 19 of_____________. Answer: 1976 FBQ33: NAN was established during the federal military government headed by ________.  Answer: Lt General Olusegun Obasanjo FBQ34: French News Agency based in ________________. Answer: Paris FBQ35: Reuters of London had played a key role in the dissemination of international news in Nigeria for many years. True or false Answer: True