Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Sports Quiz

Test your knowledge of the sports chapter material!

1 / 10

How would you find out if a sports nonprofit organization or one of its executives has been sued?

Look up civil lawsuits at the county or federal courthouse

Ask the nonprofit organization themselves

Nonprofits can’t be sued

Check the news reports

2 / 10

True or false: Covering sports business is all about finding who is making what profit.

False

True

3 / 10

Where would you look to see the total amount of money a nonprofit has?

None of these

Total revenue

Reportable compensation

Net assets

4 / 10

True or false: Unless you can confirm financial data, you should not use it.

False

True

5 / 10

Which of the following resources has annual financial records for more than 1 million nonprofit organizations?

USAToday.com

Forbes.com

SportsBusinessJournal.com

GuideStar.org

6 / 10

True or false: Sports business coverage is exclusive to large cities.

True

False

7 / 10

Why might you want to look at the financial records for nonprofit organizations as a sports business reporter?

Nonprofit organizations often sponsor sports teams.

You wouldn’t want to look at nonprofit organizations at all.

Players or executives often start their own nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit organizations can run sports-related businesses in small and large communities.

8 / 10

True or false: SEC filings can’t tell you anything about sports.

True

False

9 / 10

True or false: You can do both game coverage and business reporting as a journalist covering sports.

True

False

10 / 10

True or false: It’s more important to have a story out first than for it to be completely accurate.

True

False

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The average score is 80%

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