Which of the following facts/statements is not true for public relations?
A. Public relations is a management function
B. It protects the interests of the goverment
C. It is the art and science of building relationship between an organisation and its key audience
D. It is based on truth, knowledge and information
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An unfortunate belief among many journalists, policy makers and laymen is that
A. 'Public relations ethics' is an oxymoron
B. It is a crude reality
C. 'Public relations ethics' are biased
D. Public relations ethics affect free journalism
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What involves creating the crisis management plan?
A. Preparation
B. Prevention
C. Response
D. Analysis
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The initial crisis response guidelines during a crisis focus on
A. being quick
B. being accurate
C. being consistent
D. all of these
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What encompasses all communication activities that an organisation undertakes, both within and outside the organisation?
A. Corporate communication
B. Public relations
C. Company management
D. Advertisement
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Organisations hire crisis communication
specialists to over come tough times as well as . . . . . . . .
A. To make sure information is kept confidential
B. To control media
C. Totake quick decisions
D. To maintain their reputation and position in the market
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What is/are the rule/s to remain ethical as a PR practitioner?
A. Be honest
B. Be competent
C. Respect confidentiality
D. All of these
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Match the following.
List-I (Crisis Communication Theorist)
List-II (Theory)
a. William Benoit
1. Image Repair Theory
b. Timothy Coombs
2. Situational Crisis Communication Theory
c. Jin, Pang and Cameron
3. Integrated Crisis Mapping Model
d. Kelley
4. Attribution Theory
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
C. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
D. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
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Co-variation based approach is an extension of which of the following theories?
A. Integrated Crisis Mapping
B. Image Repair Theory
C. Situational Crisis Communication Theory
D. Social Mediated Crisis Communication
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Why is an organisation's crisis communication team advised to develop holding statements?
A. They keep the curiosity intact
B. They can be used immediately after crisis breaks
C. They keep the employees under check
D. They can prevent market from sudden slump
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What is often the subject of public issue, health, energy, the environment and employee satisfaction?
A. Leadership
B. Corporate communication
C. Public relations
D. Management
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Which model is introduced to invest crisis management in online context?
A. Social Mediated Crisis Communication Model
B. Integrated Crisis Mapping Model
C. Image Repair Theory
D. Situational Crisis Communication Theory
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Everything involved in achieving a favourable opinion" is a popular definition of public relations by . . . . . . . .
A. George F Meredith
B. Edward Bernays
C. Herbert M Baus
D. Institute of Public Relations, USA
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Which communication takes place side by side with formal communication?
A. Written
B. Oral
C. Informal
D. External
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Through what can the sender know the reaction of the recipient and take necessary action accordingly?
A. Formal communication
B. Informal communication
C. Means of communication
D. Feedback
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Traditionally, PR and marketing have been functionally:
A. united
B. merged
C. separate
D. confronting
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Publishing or telecasting controversial advertisements is a
A. PR tactic
B. political stunt
C. non-commercial strategy
D. mindless act
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Which of the following is not correct for strategies during pre-crisis phase?
A. Crisis management
B. Crisis response
C. Crisis management team
D. Pre-draft messages
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Match the following descriptions with suitable golden rules of PR crisis management.
List-I (Description)
List-II (Golden Rules of PR Crisis Management)
a. Do not try to cover up the PR crisis
1. Get ahead of the story
b. I won't wait until I had a story.
2. Remember to be human
c. The worst thing companies can do is to ignore the possibility that a fire storm could ignite on social media.
3. Take responsibility
d. Saying you're deeply saddened by what went down and will work on making things better is important
4. Be ready for media backlash
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
C. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
D. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
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According to the communication scholar Timothy Coombs . . . . . . . . is the collection, processing and dissemination of information required to address a crisis situation.
A. Crisis communication
B. Crisis
C. Corporate communication
D. Public relations
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