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1
Who among the following sold the rights for his patent for television to RCA for one million dollars?
A)Vladimir Zworkin
B)Philo Farnsworth
C)David Sarnoff
D)Allen Dumont
2
The growth of television was frozen in the early 1940s because
A)patent wars prevented further development
B)the war drained technological resources
C)the public was discouraged by lack of programming
D)no one had set technical standards
3
According to the text the "Golden Age of Television" was a time of high quality dramatic programming because
A)the poor economy prevented people from going to the theatre
B)television was competing with the excellent drama broadcast on radio
C)quality dramas were needed to attract the educated types of people who could afford to have TVs
D)the networks were able to acquire high quality dramatic films from Hollywood
4
Television affiliates are
A)local stations owned by a network
B)stations that have a contractual relationship with a network but are not owned by it
C)stations which all show similar programming as part of an agreement with each other
D)owners of local stations that are under contract with a network
5
Time shifting affected the public's viewing habits, with the development of
A)Daylight savings time
B)the DVR
C)the VCR
D)the VTR
6
The must carry rules were regulations established by the FCC that require cable systems to
A)carry at least some stations from outside their local area
B)carry all local stations within the system's area of coverage
C)carry some stations for non-English speaking local residents
D)carry all major news broadcasts from around the world
7
One effect of the introduction of television on society was that it
A)encouraged families to talk during prime-time
B)slowly created an obsession with sports among American males
C)gave people less information than they needed about political issues
D)increased the attention spans of little children
8
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created
A)National Educational Television
B)The Carnegie Foundation
C)The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
D)The Public Broadcasting System
9
Direct broadcast satellite systems deliver
A)communications between satellites
B)satellites into space
C)television programming to individual homes
D)programming to space stations
10
Which term refers to showing an off-network series program in the same time period five times a week?
A)original syndication
B)strip programming
C)syndicated rerun
D)program syndication
11
The term "rating" refers to
A)the percentage of homes in which the television is in use and tuned to a particular station
B)the percentage of all homes equipped with televisions that are tuned to a particular station and particular time
C)the popularity of a program in a particular demographic group, of those who watch TV at that time of day
D)the percentage of homes equipped with televisions that have their televisions on during that time of day
12
Critics say that violence on television is bad for kids because
A)it ignores the real life results of violent action
B)it shows violent acts being punished with violence
C)it often depicts the ugly aftermath of violence to the human body
D)all of these
13
According to the text, compulsive television viewers
A)often fall asleep in front of the TV
B)are highly selective about the shows they watch
C)often complain about shows while they watch them
D)talk excessively about shows they like
14
In the cable industry, a superstation is
A)a highly popular premium cable channel
B)a local station that is delivered via satellite
C)a station that stays on the air 24 hours a day
D)a station that offers itself free of charge, until it builds in popularity
15
In 1972, ABC presented the controversial TV movie, "That Certain Summer" which dealt with the controversial issue of
A)racism
B)gang violence
C)homosexuality
D)feminism





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