Deck 10: Broadcast Regulation

Question 1

The _____ Act of 2010 required every large oceangoing vessel traveling more than 200 miles from port.

A) Transition and Public Safety
B) Vessel Communications
C) Wireless Ship
D) Radio
E) Wireless Broadcast

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following required oceangoing vessels to have wireless radio operators on duty twenty-four hours every day?

A) Radio Act of 1912
B) Vessel Communications Act of 1910
C) Wireless Ship Act of 1910
D) Transition and Public Safety Act of 1912
E) Radio Broadcast Act of 1912

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The _________ was created to make reasonable regulations governing potential radio frequency interference.

A) Wireless Broadcast Bureau
B) Federal Telecommunications Commission
C) Federal Communications Commission
D) Federal Radio Broadcast Agency
E) Federal Radio Commission

Answer 3

E

Question 4

When U.S. lawmakers refer to the PICON standard for FCC rules, they are thinking of _____ .

A) public interest
B) convenience
C) necessity
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 5

The Federal Communications Commission has ____ members and each one represents a/n ____.

A) nine/ congressional district
B) five/media platform
C) seven/broadcasting organization
D) three/government agency
E) five/political party

Question 6

Regulation of broadcast by government radio licensing is constitutionally permissible under the ________ clause of the United States Constitution.

A) commerce
B) contracts
C) free speech
D) dormant commerce
E) establishment

Question 7

Which of the following court decisions served to establish the need for licensing by showing how the U.S. Commerce Dept. Secretary had no legal authority to sanction stations operating without a license with interfering with other station broadcasts?

A) FRC v. Nelson Bros. Bond & Mortgage Co.
B) United States v. Zenith Radio Corp.
C) Hoover v. Intercity Radio Co.
D) b and c
E) a, b, and c

Question 8

Delivering the mail and seeking the holy grail is the metaphors one expert observer used to describe federal regulation with regard to the ____ .

A) MVPD (cable and satellite) subscriber base
B) FCC regulation and policy
C) network neutrality abandonment
D) political campaign advertising
E) none of the above

Question 9

The ___________ was given responsibility to regulate both wired and wireless communications - replacing the Federal Radio Commission.

A) Federal Broadcasting Commission
B) Secretary of Commerce
C) Federal Communications Commission
D) Federal Telecommunications Commission
E) Federal Media Commission

Question 10

The FCC is divided into _________ operating bureaus, of which, the __________ Bureau is the most important to broadcasters.

A) three/Broadcast
B) seven/Media
C) five/Communications
D) five/Media
E) seven/Broadcast

Question 11

In order to modify, delete, or introduce new regulation, the FCC must first issue a __________.

A) Record of Issue
B) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
C) Report and Order
D) Notice of Inquiry
E) Notice of Issue

Question 12

As part of the rulemaking process, the FCC will issue a ______, which gives broadcasters a chance to hear the issue and discuss what action, if any, should be taken.

A) Report & Order
B) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
C) Notice of Inquiry
D) Hearing on Issue
E) Notice of Hearing

Question 13

At the end of the rulemaking process, the final decision of the FCC is issued in the form of a _____, which is published by the U.S. Government Printing Office in the ____.

A) Order/Daily Digest
B) Notice of Rule/Federal Register
C) Rule/Federal Reserve
D) Report and Rule/Daily Register
E) Report and Order/Federal Register

Question 14

U.S. citizenship of the controlling interest is no longer a requirement for broadcast licensees, but what factor(s) below are still considered to be pertinent to the approval of an application?

A) Good financial standing
B) Maintenance of technical engineering
C) Good character of the applicant (no felony conviction)
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 15

In response to licensing infractions, the FCC may issue all of the following sanctions except ___?

A) Notices of Apparent Liability
B) Notice of Investigation
C) letters of reprimand
D) forfeitures
E) license revocations

Question 16

During deregulation era in broadcasting, the license term was expanded to ___________ years.

A) three
B) seven
C) eight
D) five
E) one

Question 17

The FCC uses the term, _____ , to define a situation where one owner has taken control of two
Television stations in a single market.

A) Monopoly
B) Acquisition
C) Merger
D) Natural monopoly
E) Duopoly

Question 18

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a federal program that applied racial criteria in determining media ownership with its decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena. The Supreme Court held that racial criteria could be considered only when the government ______ ?

A) was hoping to resolve a natural condition of inequality in the population
B) had discovered a specific case of discrimination
C) was confronted with the social ill of profiling
D) wished to fulfill the ideal of diversity in the marketplace
E) none of the above

Question 19

Which of the following is not an example of a structural regulation in terms of FCC policy?

A) spectrum allocation
B) cross-ownership
C) indecency enforcement
D) duopoly control
E) frequency assignment

Question 20

The ___________ Act required television stations to devote three hours in their weekly lineup for educational and informational content.

A) Children's Educational
B) Youth Television Programming
C) Children's Television
D) Child Programming
E) Information & Education

Question 21

A political candidate as defined by FCC terms is legally qualified based on all of the following factors except ______ .

A) publicly announced candidacy
B) placement on the ballot
C) budget of sufficient funding
D) meets qualifications for political office
E) eligibility for write-in voting

Question 22

The M/V Truxillo was carrying cargo as well as more than 250 passengers on a voyage from NewYork to the Florida Keys. Under the Wireless Ship Act of 1910, the M/V Truxillo is required to have on board a radio transmitter as well as an operator or operators who will monitor the radio device twenty-four hours per day.

Question 23

The rationale in support of broadcasting regulation lies solely in the fact that the electromagnetic energy used to transmit broadcast airwaves is scarce and not everyone can secure an FCC license.

Question 24

WPEG broadcasts rock and alternative music. A regular part of the broadcast on Monday mornings is a five-minute talk segment that comically skewers news events from over the weekend. One Monday morning, WPEG's broadcasters were mocking a new U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding profanity by reciting every "dirty" word they could think of on air. The government may punish WPEG based on its right to censor such content.

Question 25

Technical standards in broadcasting are regulated by the Federal Radio Commission.

Question 26

Suppose the U.S. Congress plans to enact a law redefining the scope of obscene, indecent, and profane language to be punished after a broadcast. In order to enforce the law, Congress must create a new agency or delegate enforcement power to a specialized office within the FCC.

Question 27

Once the five presidential appointees to the FCC are confirmed by the Senate, they vote to elect one commissioner from among the members to preside as chair.

Question 28

Once the issuance of an FCC license has been approved, it provides the licensed broadcaster with the ownership rights over the channel (frequency assignment) of radio transmission.

Question 29

Imagine a feminist named Heather Bryant decides to start a new radio station in a large metro area featuring talk about politics and court decisions to keep the public abreast of important issues. In order to do so, Heather must apply to the FCC for a license and pay the trustee fee if it's granted.

Question 30

Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a broadcast license is renewed only when the applicant for its renewal can demonstrate a strong history of serving the public interest.

Question 31

Based on the principle of diversity, the FCC and Congress are foresworn to protect the diversity at several levels - in terms of ownership, content, viewpoint, and employees.