true/ false

Question 1

The famous composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, was paid only as an organist and choirmaster, not as a composer, while he was alive.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Analog recording breaks sound down electronically and assigns each note a numerical code.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The jukebox, introduced in 1927, was a coin-operated piano.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

LP records ran at the speed of 45 rpm’s.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Since the late 1950s, 60 percent of record sales have been in some form of rock music.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Salt’N’Pepa was the first white rap group.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The DAT format failed with consumers because they could not get prerecorded tapes in this format.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Four major corporations collect about 80 percent of recording industry revenues each year.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Today, online stores surpass traditional retailers in sales of recordings.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Wal-Mart frequently places parental advisory stickers on albums whose content it is concerned about.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

The radio was the first device to transmit the human voice.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

An electromagnetic spectrum is an invention used to determine the range of frequencies being transmitted.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

The concept of toll broadcasting was that anyone could talk to the masses, in exchange for paying a fee to the telephone company.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

A network affiliate is a local radio station owned and operated by a network.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

ABC was created when the government forced RCA to sell off one of its networks.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

All radio stations east of the Mississippi have call letters that start with “W” and all stations west of the Mississippi have call letters that start with “K.”

Answer 16

False

Question 17

The development of the transistor helped radio survive the rise of television’s popularity.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

In most countries, public radio is more dominant than commercial radio.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

“Pay for play” is a legal way for record promoters to give money in exchange for radio airplay.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Shock radio describes programming in which on-air personalities encourage listeners to despise a particular class of people.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Channel allocation is the sharing of frequencies by more than one station.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Kinescopes were a form of videotape used in early television

Answer 22

False

Question 23

“Must carry” rules, established by the FCC, said that cable systems had to carry all local TV stations in that system’s area of coverage.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The WB and UPN were established by affiliates of the big three networks.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

HDTV represents an innovation, in that it uses only half the scanning lines of standard TV.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

UHF stands for Ultra High Frequency.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Without some form of distribution, all broadcast TV stations cannot be seen further that fifty miles from their transmission point.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

A television market is the city to which a station is licensed.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

A geostationary satellite is one that is orbiting the earth at the same rate the earth rotates

Answer 29

True

Question 30

The Children’s Television Act of 1990 required television stations to show three hours of children’s educational programming each week.

Answer 30

False