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During the formative years of broadcast regulation that created the Radio Act of 1912, the Radio Act of 1927, and the Federal Communications Act of 1934: |
| | A) | The First Amendment was of prime consideration. |
| | B) | A great deal of consideration went into the notion that broadcasting could provide an open marketplace of ideas. |
| | C) | Congress was very concerned with the public's right to know. |
| | D) | There was surprisingly little consideration given to the First Amendment ideals. |
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The best way to describe the history of broadcast regulation since the early 1980s is: |
| | A) | The abandonment of one rule after another that regulated the behavior of broadcasters. |
| | B) | Greater and greater attention to the need to develop channels for minority voices. |
| | C) | Increasing attention to the notion of a democratic marketplace. |
| | D) | Complete abandonment of the economic marketplace rationale. |
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Which of the following is not a broadcasting regulation abandoned in last 25 years? |
| | A) | Restrictions against owning both a television and radio station in one of the top 50 markets. |
| | B) | The so-called fairness doctrine. |
| | C) | Limits on the amount of advertising minutes per hour. |
| | D) | All of the above are regulations abandoned in the last 25 years. |
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Federal Communication Commission members: |
| | A) | Are appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate. |
| | B) | Can be from the same political party. |
| | C) | Serve a nine-year term. |
| | D) | Must have degrees in telecommunications. |
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The ability of the FCC to censor broadcasters: |
| | A) | Is explicitly provided for in Section 326 of the Federal Communications Act. |
| | B) | Is inherent in the FCC's ability to consider programming at the time of license removal. |
| | C) | Was declared unconstitutional in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation in 1978. |
| | D) | Both A and B are correct. |
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When two applicants compete for a broadcast license, the FCC: |
| | A) | Holds a lottery. |
| | B) | Holds an auction. |
| | C) | Holds a comparative license hearing. |
| | D) | Awards the license on a first-come, first-serve basis. |
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Under the current renewal process: |
| | A) | License renewal is extremely rare. |
| | B) | License renewal normally takes about four years. |
| | C) | License renewal requires a stringent showing of service to the public. |
| | D) | While not automatic, license renewal is close to automatic. |
| | E) | The Commission must consider whether the public interest would be better served by granting the license to someone other than the current license holder. |
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Based upon statutory limits set in 1991, the maximum amount of advertising allowed during children's programs is about: |
| | A) | 10 percent of each hour. |
| | B) | 20 percent of each hour. |
| | C) | 30 percent of each hour. |
| | D) | 40 percent of each hour. |
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In 1996, the FCC reaffirmed its ban on: |
| | A) | Television programs based on toys. |
| | B) | The advertising of toys during or adjacent to programs based on them. |
| | C) | The advertising of any toys based on a television program. |
| | D) | Infomercials for children. |
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The current outcome of the safe harbor dispute is that: |
| | A) | There is a complete ban on indecent material. |
| | B) | While some people believe all television is indecent, truly indecent material is banned from the air between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. |
| | C) | Indecency is in the eye of the beholder, and the current rule is "anything goes." |
| | D) | Indecent material is banned between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. |
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The Section 312 (a) (7) candidate access rule: |
| | A) | Requires broadcasters to give federal candidates free airtime. |
| | B) | Applies to all legally qualified political candidates. |
| | C) | Prevents broadcasters from across-the-board refusals to federal candidates seeking airtime. |
| | D) | Requires broadcasters to provide candidates with free response time when they are attacked by their opponents on the air. |
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The Zapple Rule: |
| | A) | Applies the Equal Opportunity Rule (Section 315) to candidate supporters. |
| | B) | Applies the Equal Opportunity Rule (Section 315) to candidates' spouses. |
| | C) | Applies the Equal Opportunity Rule (Section 315) to prime time. |
| | D) | Was developed to counteract VCR zapping of political ads. |
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Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America v. WDAY (1959) established that remarks in a political ad: |
| | A) | Cannot be the basis for a libel suit against the candidate. |
| | B) | Cannot be the basis for a libel suit against the broadcaster. |
| | C) | Should be censored by the broadcaster to avoid a libel suit. |
| | D) | Are covered under absolute privilege. |
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In CBS v. Democratic National Committee (1973), the U.S. Supreme Court said that: |
| | A) | Television broadcasters must sell political organizations time for ads dealing with public issues. |
| | B) | Television broadcasters must give political organizations time for ads dealing with public issues. |
| | C) | Television broadcasters do not have to sell political organizations time for ads dealing with public issues. |
| | D) | Television broadcasters do not have to give anyone advertising time. |
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"Must-carry" rules require cable operators to: |
| | A) | Provide a local access channel. |
| | B) | Retransmit the signals of all local broadcast television stations. |
| | C) | Carry at least one children's channel. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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