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1. Choose the editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.
A doctor at the Metropolitan Clinic in Chicago claims that if women give up smoking and ate a healthful diet, their children would be less likely to develop lung diseases.
Answers: • claims that if women gave up smoking and ate a healthy diet
2. Read the following sentence and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
Daphne's latest exhibition was roundly panned by the critics, whereas her earlier works had received a lukewarm reception.
Answers: • Replace the incorrect adverb "roundly" with the more appropriate "thoroughly."
3. Choose the editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.
The Board of Directors on Monday said that the company could undertake the additional activities without first seeking the approving of the foreign investors.
Answers: • without first seeking approval from the foreign investors
4. Read the following passage from the manuscript of a novel and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
Along the dusty roadway lay intermittent reminders of the war: a mud-filled crater here, a bullet-riddled tree there—and all around, the silence of expectation, of the calm before the storm.
Answers: • Query the author about the logic of the phrase "the silence of expectation."
5. Read the following passage and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
1)Catherine Bliss, who was one of the richest women
2)in the city in the 1940s, died at the age of 92 in a dingy
3)New York hotel suite where she had lived with 3 cats and five
4)parakeets for more than 20 years. Her downfall was attributed to
5)her husband Barry Bliss's shady dealings in the early 1970s.
Answers: • Edit lines (2) and (5) for apostrophe usage.
6. Read the following sentence and identify the type/s of error/s it contains.
The differences in the two committees had finally reached an insurmountable level; each wanted to delve in the problem more deeply, but neither wanted to cooperate among the other.
Answers: • Errors in preposition usage
7. Which of the following sentences requires editing to correct errors in diction or spelling?
Answers: • Please lie the snake on the table and back away slowly.
8. All but one of the following sentences require editing to correct passive voice, wordiness, or redundancy. Consider the underlined phrases, and then select the sentence that does NOT require editing.
Answers: • Our uncle has over $100,000 hidden under his mattress, yet he won't give us one dollar even when we beg for it.
9. A possible way to collect real-time statistics about traffic to a WordPress site is to
a) use a built-in tool
b) Use a plug-in
c) use a widget
d) None of the above
10. In order to to display a widget, the user must _____
a) Set he “Show Property” of the desired widget to “true”
b) Drag the desired widget of the side bar
c) Add the Desired widget to the post
d) Change the source code
11. Image size can be set __________
a) Directly in the post’s
b) in the wp-imageresize plug-in
c) in the admin settings
d) a and b
12. Which of the following blog site can be imported into wordpress?
a) Joomla
B) Yahoo Blog
c) Drupal
d) Blogspot
e) All of the above
13. Which of the following methods can be used to display the time in every post?
A) Changing the config file
B) Setting the feature in the admin settings
C) Changing the index.php file
D) Updating the database
14. Which of the following methods can be used to make permalinksSEO friendly?
A) Updating the database
B) Changing the source code
C) Configuring the features in the config file
D) Configuring the features in the admin settings
15. Where can Google Adsense be integrated into a WordPress blog?
A) Only in the sidebar
B) Only in the header
C) Anywhere
d) Only in the content
16. Which of the following are true about Template Tags?
A) The template tag comprises of the three tag (PHP code tag, WordPress function, optional Parameters)
B) A template tag is code that instruct WordPress to do or get something
C) There are only two types of parameters that are supported by wordpress template tag (String, Boolean)
D) All of the above
17. Which of the following files are mandatory for a WordPress theme?
A) Index.php
B) Style.css
C) functions.php
D) page.php
18. Contributor may change the timestamp on a post?
A) True
B) False
19. “Shortcodes” can be defined in WordPress.
A) True
B) False
20. Which of the following statements are true regarding widgets and plug-in in WordPress?
A) Plug-in is a software used to add function to blog
B) Widget is an object derived from a plug-in and can be added to the sidebar
C) Widgets are alwasy plugins
D) All of the above
21. A plug-in must be used in order to allow users to post flast or multimedia files.
A) True
B) Flase
22. The “function_exist()” function can be used to check whether a plug-in activated or not?
A) True
B) False
23. To manually make the sidebar widget ready, the user must___
A) modify the sidebar.php file (Or this)
B) Enable it in the admin settings
C) Change the index.php
24. A theme’s source code must be changed manually in order to customize the admin login page
A) True
B) False
25. Which of the following tasks must be performed to add a favicon icon to your site?
A) Upload a favicon icon to your side
B) Add a favicon link to the theme’s header file or update the exising favicon icon link to the new one
C) Change the favicon icon in admin settings
D) The favicon icon can not be changed
26. How can a WordPress blog theme be used to display content in two coloumns?
A) By changing the theme options to two columns in admin settings
B) By changing the layout in the config file
C) WordPress theme cannot be customized to display posts in two columns
D) By using two-columns theme
27. Which of the following method helps you put HTML code into a post, and get it to format the way you expect?
A) Replacing special characters with corresponding html codes or character codes
B) Using the <codegt; <pre=”” c)=”” tag=”” the=”” using=””>tag
D) None of the above : WordPres auto-replaces special character with substituted characters
28. Which of the following options are true regarding Plug-ins in WorpPress?
A) Plug-ins can be used to eliminate spam
B) Plug-ins can be used to integrate a WordPress blog with a forum
C) Plug-ins can be used to integrate Twitter with a WordPress blog
D) Plug-ins can be used to embed javascript in a WordPress blog
E) All of the above
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1. Choose the editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.
A doctor at the Metropolitan Clinic in Chicago claims that if women give up smoking and ate a healthful diet, their children would be less likely to develop lung diseases.
Answers: • claims that if women gave up smoking and ate a healthy diet
2. Read the following sentence and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
Daphne's latest exhibition was roundly panned by the critics, whereas her earlier works had received a lukewarm reception.
Answers: • Replace the incorrect adverb "roundly" with the more appropriate "thoroughly."
3. Choose the editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.
The Board of Directors on Monday said that the company could undertake the additional activities without first seeking the approving of the foreign investors.
Answers: • without first seeking approval from the foreign investors
4. Read the following passage from the manuscript of a novel and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
Along the dusty roadway lay intermittent reminders of the war: a mud-filled crater here, a bullet-riddled tree there—and all around, the silence of expectation, of the calm before the storm.
Answers: • Query the author about the logic of the phrase "the silence of expectation."
5. Read the following passage and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
1)Catherine Bliss, who was one of the richest women
2)in the city in the 1940s, died at the age of 92 in a dingy
3)New York hotel suite where she had lived with 3 cats and five
4)parakeets for more than 20 years. Her downfall was attributed to
5)her husband Barry Bliss's shady dealings in the early 1970s.
Answers: • Edit lines (2) and (5) for apostrophe usage.
6. Read the following sentence and identify the type/s of error/s it contains.
The differences in the two committees had finally reached an insurmountable level; each wanted to delve in the problem more deeply, but neither wanted to cooperate among the other.
Answers: • Errors in preposition usage
7. Which of the following sentences requires editing to correct errors in diction or spelling?
Answers: • Please lie the snake on the table and back away slowly.
8. All but one of the following sentences require editing to correct passive voice, wordiness, or redundancy. Consider the underlined phrases, and then select the sentence that does NOT require editing.
Answers: • Our uncle has over $100,000 hidden under his mattress, yet he won't give us one dollar even when we beg for it.
9. A possible way to collect real-time statistics about traffic to a WordPress site is to
a) use a built-in tool
b) Use a plug-in
c) use a widget
d) None of the above
10. In order to to display a widget, the user must _____
a) Set he “Show Property” of the desired widget to “true”
b) Drag the desired widget of the side bar
c) Add the Desired widget to the post
d) Change the source code
11. Image size can be set __________
a) Directly in the post’s
b) in the wp-imageresize plug-in
c) in the admin settings
d) a and b
12. Which of the following blog site can be imported into wordpress?
a) Joomla
B) Yahoo Blog
c) Drupal
d) Blogspot
e) All of the above
13. Which of the following methods can be used to display the time in every post?
A) Changing the config file
B) Setting the feature in the admin settings
C) Changing the index.php file
D) Updating the database
14. Which of the following methods can be used to make permalinksSEO friendly?
A) Updating the database
B) Changing the source code
C) Configuring the features in the config file
D) Configuring the features in the admin settings
15. Where can Google Adsense be integrated into a WordPress blog?
A) Only in the sidebar
B) Only in the header
C) Anywhere
d) Only in the content
16. Which of the following are true about Template Tags?
A) The template tag comprises of the three tag (PHP code tag, WordPress function, optional Parameters)
B) A template tag is code that instruct WordPress to do or get something
C) There are only two types of parameters that are supported by wordpress template tag (String, Boolean)
D) All of the above
17. Which of the following files are mandatory for a WordPress theme?
A) Index.php
B) Style.css
C) functions.php
D) page.php
18. Contributor may change the timestamp on a post?
A) True
B) False
19. “Shortcodes” can be defined in WordPress.
A) True
B) False
20. Which of the following statements are true regarding widgets and plug-in in WordPress?
A) Plug-in is a software used to add function to blog
B) Widget is an object derived from a plug-in and can be added to the sidebar
C) Widgets are alwasy plugins
D) All of the above
21. A plug-in must be used in order to allow users to post flast or multimedia files.
A) True
B) Flase
22. The “function_exist()” function can be used to check whether a plug-in activated or not?
A) True
B) False
23. To manually make the sidebar widget ready, the user must___
A) modify the sidebar.php file (Or this)
B) Enable it in the admin settings
C) Change the index.php
24. A theme’s source code must be changed manually in order to customize the admin login page
A) True
B) False
25. Which of the following tasks must be performed to add a favicon icon to your site?
A) Upload a favicon icon to your side
B) Add a favicon link to the theme’s header file or update the exising favicon icon link to the new one
C) Change the favicon icon in admin settings
D) The favicon icon can not be changed
26. How can a WordPress blog theme be used to display content in two coloumns?
A) By changing the theme options to two columns in admin settings
B) By changing the layout in the config file
C) WordPress theme cannot be customized to display posts in two columns
D) By using two-columns theme
27. Which of the following method helps you put HTML code into a post, and get it to format the way you expect?
A) Replacing special characters with corresponding html codes or character codes
B) Using the <codegt; <pre=”” c)=”” tag=”” the=”” using=””>tag
D) None of the above : WordPres auto-replaces special character with substituted characters
28. Which of the following options are true regarding Plug-ins in WorpPress?
A) Plug-ins can be used to eliminate spam
B) Plug-ins can be used to integrate a WordPress blog with a forum
C) Plug-ins can be used to integrate Twitter with a WordPress blog
D) Plug-ins can be used to embed javascript in a WordPress blog
E) All of the above
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