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Television Production & Broadcast Journalism - Chapter 1

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

broadcast

A(n) ___________ signal crosses city, county, state, and national boundaries.

a)

Commercial Broadcast

b)

Satellite

c)

Network

d)

Antenna

2.

The signals for subscriber television are transported by ______ transmission or by underground cables.

a)

Broadcast

b)

Satellite

c)

Audio

d)

Digital

3.

A video instructing employees how to handle dissatisfied customers is an example of _____ television

a)

Industrial/Corporate

b)

Educational

c)

Commerical

d)

Paid

4.

To develop the best programming, a station must evaluate the potential ______

a)

Numbers

b)

Viewers

c)

Demographics

5.

The fee charged to air an ad depends on the ____and the day of the week that the ad airs

a)

audience

b)

time of day

c)

viewers

6.

In June 2009 the FCC mandated that all new televisions be equipped with tuners capable of receiving _____signals

a)

radio

b)

satellite

c)

digital

d)

analog

7.

The goal of educational television is to teach basic skills to young children.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Closed circuit television serves only an extremely small area.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

An affiliate bundles a collection of programs and makes the bundles available exclusively to its networks.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The introduction of satellite broadcasting made it possible to send and receive television signals anywhere in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The first televised Presidential speech was delivered by ______

a)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

b)

Jon F. Kenneny

c)

Barak Obama

d)

Donald Trump

12.

The areas of television production include all except_____

a)

Commercial Broadcast

b)

Syndication

c)

Subscriber

d)

Closed Circuit

13.

in the television industry, a television advertisement for a product is called a(n)_____.

a)

fee

b)

commercial

c)

spot

d)

broadcast

14.

A broadcast station's signal can be received through a(n) _____

a)

antenna

b)

cable system

c)

satellite system

d)

all of the above

15.

The agreement between an affiliate and a network stipulates that a certain number of hours of daily programming be provided by _____

a)

The network

b)

the affiliate

c)

local origination

d)

a large scale television production company

16.

Local origination programming includes___

a)

NFL games

b)

Presidential adreess

c)

traffic and weather updates for that area

d)

a spot for a national food chain

17.

The Nielsen Ratings is a rating system that determines

a)

how many ads aired during the program

b)

how many people watched the program

c)

how many stations aired a particular program

d)

how much a particular program costs to air

18.

SELECT TWO CHARACTERISTICS

Commercial Broadcast Television

a)

Fee based

b)

for-profit

c)

free to consumer

d)

usually non-profit

e)

gives information to specific audience

19.

SELECT TWO CHARACTERISTICS

Subscriber Television

a)

for-profit

b)

fee-based

c)

gives information to audience

d)

prevalence of smartphones

e)

requires additional equipment

20.

SELECT TWO CHARACTERISTICS

Educational Televison

a)

fee based

b)

sent to a small area

c)

usually non-profit

d)

requires addtional equipment

e)

informs public about any topic

21.

SELECT TWO CHARACTERISTICS

Industrial Television

a)

feed based

b)

gives information to specific audience

c)

surveillance televisiomn

d)

for profit

e)

program can be accesed 24/7

22.

SELECT TWO CHARACTERISTICS

Closed Circuit Televison

a)

free to consumer

b)

fee based

c)

sent small area

d)

usually for family events

e)

surveillance television

23.

SELECT TWO CHARACTERISTICS

Home Video

a)

free to consumer

b)

sent to small area

c)

usually for family events

d)

accesible 24/7

e)

prevelance of smartphones

24.

When did US analog broadcast cease;all digital broadcasting begins in United States

a)

July 12,2008

b)

March 10,2009

c)

June 11,2009

d)

June 12,2009

25.

What is Sydication

a)

camera quality

b)

leasing program or bundle of programs to station

c)

broadcasting

d)

analog

26.

The 4 networks are

a)

CBS,NFL,FOX,WSAV

b)

ABC,NBC,FOX,CBS

c)

NBC,HBO,NBS,WJCL

27.

What Percent of Brocast Jobs are in entertainment (broadcast/cablecast)

a)

50%

b)

20%

c)

15%

d)

5%

28.

What percent of Broacast jobs are industrial non-broadcast

a)

50%

b)

80%

c)

5%

d)

95%

29.

What is the BIGGEST factor in determining how much a network or station will charge to run a company’s ad?

a)

Time and Day

b)

Number of Viewers

c)

demographics

d)

quality of program