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16. Journalists in Lapatria are notoriously biased and do not adhere to the internationally recognized standards of professional journalism. Which of the following strategies would be the best way for a Foreign Service Officer to best engage the local journalism community?
  1. Create an exchange program for Lapatrian and U.S. journalists
  2. Invite established U.S. academics and journalists to Lapatria to hold a journalism-training workshop
  3. Invite the most influential Lapatrian journalists to help design and implement a training program on the international standards of professional journalism
  4. Publish booklets about best journalistic practices and distribute them to Lapatrian journalists
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17. Three American military officers stationed in Lapatria are accused of accidentally killing a Lapatrian civilian, whom they mistakenly believed to be an enemy combatant. The Lapatrian press reports that the death was no accident and a widespread public outcry against the presence of American military forces ensues. In order to best manage this crisis, a Foreign Service Officer stationed in Lapatria would first:
  1. create a centralized response team responsible for formulating all public embassy statements and information about the crisis
  2. establish a flexible decentralized emergency response network among embassy staff members
  3. compile a comprehensive report documenting that the incident was indeed an accident and then release it to the press
  4. set up a press conference with influential Lapatrian journalists
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18. Which of the following web-based publications was developed by the Los Angeles Times as an experiment in letting its readers rewrite and edit editorials?
  1. The People's Page
  2. The People's Times
  3. Wikipedia
  4. Wikitorial
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19. Which of the following is a database that contains current and past news stories?
  1. Google
  2. Lexis Nexis
  3. Alta Vista
  4. Wikipedia
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20. Effective downward communications within an organization or company can include all of the following except:
  1. delivering copies of job descriptions to all employees
  2. provide regular opportunities for employees to provide supervisors with status updates
  3. regularly scheduled staff meetings where management shares goals and achievements
  4. employee performance reviews conducted annually or more frequently
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