Exam 11: Specialty Announcing

All television weathercasters are required to receive a ''seal of approval'' from the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

For which announcer specialty are age and on-camera looks least important?

Which of the following is not something the majority of weathercasters do when reporting the weather?

Which specialty announcer is least likely to have to clarify jargon or other terms in the normal performance of his or her job?

The mistake many beginning announcers make when trying to carry off a fake foreign dialect is that they drop in and out of ''character'' as they are reading the script.

Skills for general reporting of financial news include all of the following except ________.

The main difficulty for the performer in working with a chromakey effect is ________.

As a host of a shopping channel, you should not know too much about the product you're selling so as you talk about it, it will be fresh and exciting to you.

As an announcer selling a product on television, regardless of the personality you employ, what is your most important task?

Which of the following is not a common term used in a weather forecast?

An important skill for a host of a shopping channel is _________.

Which voice characterization announcer was famous for creating the voices of Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, and many other Warner Brothers cartoon characters?

An isotherm is any situation in television where something other than the announcer is seen on the screen while his or her voice is heard.

A financial reporter would be least likely to include which of the following in his or her nightly report?