Deck 7: Audio: Music and Talk Across Media

Question 1

What medium did Guglielmo Marconi help invent?

A)television
B)motion pictures
C)recording industry
D)radio

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Emile Berliner is famous for which of the following?

A)He developed the gramophone.
B)He invented the compact disc.
C)He was the star of the movie The Jazz Singer.
D)He founded MTV.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is the federal agency charged with regulating telecommunications,including radio and television broadcasting?

A)FTC
B)FCC
C)IRS
D)FAA

Answer 3

B

Question 4

William S.Paley,the first president of the CBS network,saw radio as which of the following?

A)an exciting new medium that should not be polluted by commercial advertising
B)a novelty that people would soon tire of
C)an excellent tool for advertising products and services
D)a powerful communication tool that should be controlled by the U.S.Navy

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true about radio as we know it?

A)It was invented by Heinrich Hertz.
B)It was initially invented as a way of carrying advertising.
C)It first went on the air in 1939.
D)It depended on a series of inventions and discoveries over a 40- to 60-year perioD.

Question 6

What is Berry Gordy Jr.best known for?

A)being the radio operator who received the initial distress call from the Titanic
B)starring in the first kinetoscope film
C)founding Motown Records
D)discovering Bob Dylan

Question 7

A podcast is which of the following?

A)an MP3 compressed audio file that can be listened to online or downloaded
B)a group of radio commercials that lasts about 5 min
C)a song recorded by someone other than the original artist
D)Thomas Edison's original encoding technique for recording sound and music

Question 8

Which of these was the producer who worked on recordings for Johnny Cash,the Dixie Chicks,Kanye West,and Adele?

A)Alan Freed
B)Rick Rubin
C)George Martin
D)Babyface

Question 9

Smart speakers operate by ______.

A)typing commands into them using a wireless keyboard
B)predicting what you want to hear based on your smartphone's browser history
C)hand signals
D)giving them spoken commands

Question 10

Which of the following developments occurred during World War I?

A)Amateurs helped decipher German radio signals.
B)The military took over radiobroadcasting.
C)David Sarnoff translated radio signals for codes.
D)KDKA broadcast the results of the 1916 elections.

Question 11

In 2018,the most popular radio format in the United States was ______.

A)adult contemporary
B)news/talk
C)rhythmic contemporary hits radio
D)country

Question 12

How do Doug and Telisha Williams of the band Wild Ponies make a living as musicians?

A)They have a contract with a major record label.
B)They have a mobile app that lets their fans stream their music for a monthly fee.
C)They've developed a strong,direct connection with fans who want to help them succeed.
D)You can't fool me,both Doug and Telisha have to work day jobs to support themselves in this music/business environment.

Question 13

As of 2014,the longest-running soap opera on radio and television was ______.

A)General Hospital
B)The Guiding Light
C)The Young and the Restless
D)Days of Our Lives

Question 14

Social music is which of the following?

A)music that people perform for each other in a social setting
B)music that is performed for a large group of people
C)music that is recorded for mass-market distribution
D)music that comments on social concerns

Question 15

All of the following except ______ were part of RCA.

A)United Fruit Company
B)General Electric
C)Westinghouse
D)Columbia Broadcasting System

Question 16

The method of recording sound that involves storing it in a series of numbers is called which of the following?

A)long-playing recording
B)analog recording
C)social recording
D)digital recording

Question 17

The most popular radio drama of the late 1920s was ______.

A)The Guiding Light
B)The Shadow
C)Amos 'n' Andy
D)Focus on Africa

Question 18

Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit show "Hamilton: An American Musical" made extensive use of ______.

A)Motown-style soul music
B)British invasion rock 'n' roll
C)hip-hop
D)You can't fool me;"Hamilton" is primarily made up of conventional Broadway musical songs.

Question 19

Before 1948,recordings of popular Black music were referred to as which of the following?

A)race records
B)R&B records
C)soul records
D)jazz records

Question 20

Which of these is Akio Morita famous for?

A)inventing the MP3 process
B)creating the compact disc
C)inventing the Walkman
D)inventing the iPod

Question 21

If you are listening to music that involves a DJ speaking over musical sample loops,you are likely listening to ______ music.

A)classic rock
B)hip-hop
C)country
D)adult contemporary

Question 22

The golden age of radio was from the late 1960s until 1985.

Question 23

Akio Morita is best known as the engineer who invented the Sony Walkman in the late 1970s.

Question 24

Which of the following was the major effect of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 on radio?

A)Fewer stations played urban contemporary music.
B)Many conservative talk radio hosts were forced off the air.
C)Radio programs started having content ratings similar to that used by movie studios.
D)Individual companies were allowed to own an unlimited number of radio stations.

Question 25

Frank Conrad was the promoter responsible for transforming Elvis Presley into a major recording star.

Question 26

Popular radio host Howard Stern has transformed from being a shock jock to doing exclusively sports talk.

Question 27

Which of the following describes the biggest influence of the Sony Walkman?

A)People started buying music on tapes instead of LPs.
B)People could start creating their own personal soundtrack instead of listening to music programmed by other people.
C)People started pirating recording onto their own mix tapes instead of paying to purchase musiC.
D)People stopped buying expensive stereo equipment.

Question 28

Frank Conrad was the engineer who put KDKA,the first commercial radio station in the United States,on the air.

Question 29

Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry both helped create rock 'n' roll by combining White hillbilly music with Black R&B music.

Question 30

As shock jock Howard Stern has gotten older,he has gained a reputation as a serious and insightful interviewer.

Question 31

Digital recordings,such as CDs,frighten recording companies for which of the following reasons?

A)They don't wear out as fast as tapes or vinyl recordings did.
B)Consumers can potentially make perfect digital copies of the music without paying for them.
C)They can contain more music than old analog LP discs,so consumers expect to receive more songs to fill that space.
D)The sound quality of digital recordings is different from that of analog recordings.

Question 32

The Beatles,The Who,and The Rolling Stones were all rock groups that were a part of the British punk movement of the 1970s.

Question 33

Kendrick Lamar's album DAMN.was the first time hip-hop was honored with a Pulitzer Prize.

Question 34

Motown was one of the first recording labels publishing songs for Black artists to perform as hits rather than providing a source of covers for White artists.

Question 35

Which of these statements about radio following the growth of television in the late 1940s and early 1950s is true?

A)Radio reinvented itself to become a companion medium,serving narrow niche audiences with specialized formats.
B)A majority of radio stations went bankrupt as people stopped listening to radio.
C)Most radio stations kept playing the same kinds of programs that they had prior to television.
D)You can't fool me;television didn't become popular until 1962.

Question 36

Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon helped show that recorded music could exist as something independent from live musical performances.

Question 37

The statement that radio became a companion medium means which of the following?

A)Radios and televisions were being sold together as a package deal.
B)Radio became less focused.
C)Radio tried to be all things to all people.
D)Radio became the medium listened to while doing something else.

Question 38

If you are listening to a song with lyrics that deal with heartbreak,kids,and adult relationships,you are likely listening to ______ music.

A)classic rock
B)hip-hop
C)country
D)adult contemporary

Question 39

Both of the actors on the radio show Amos 'n' Andy were White.

Question 40

KDKA was the United States' first commercial radio station.

Question 41

What was the key difference between Edison's phonograph and Berliner's gramophone?

Question 42

NPR's Morning Edition news program attracts a larger daily audience than any of the television networks' morning news programs.

Question 43

What is known as the new form of digital radio broadcasting?

Question 44

How do streaming audio and podcasting differ from each other?

Question 45

Shock jocks draw listeners by making offensive and outrageous comments on the air.

Question 46

Syrian exile Mohammad Abu Hajar was forced to leave the country for writing songs critical of the government.

Question 47

Political talk radio is populated primarily by liberal hosts.

Question 48

What was the significance of David Sarnoff's "Radio Music Box" memo?

Question 49

Revenue for Spanish-language news radio has remained steady in recent years.

Question 50

New car audio systems allow drivers to listen to streaming audio sources like Pandora as well as CDs or terrestrial radio.

Question 51

Content broadcast on satellite radio has to meet the same level of content decency as terrestrial radio does.

Question 52

How does notated music differ from non-notated music?

Question 53

As of 2018,approximately 50% of American homes had a fan of podcasts living in them.

Question 54

Who are the major providers of consumer satellite radio in the United States?

Question 55

Rob Cesternino has shown that he can use his fame from being on a short-head television reality show to being a successful host of a long-tail podcast series.

Question 56

In 2017,the amount of revenue being collected for recorded music started to grow significantly for the first time in several years.Why did this start to happen?

Question 57

What makes talk and sports radio so popular with advertisers?

Question 58

List two reasons why 12" vinyl LP albums have staged a resurgence in popularity.

Question 59

Who was Dewey Phillips?

Question 60

In the recording industry,what is a "cover?"

Question 61

In a brief essay,explain what podcasts are,how they provide a long-tail alternative to broadcasting,and discuss what kind of programming can be found in podcasts.

Question 62

In a brief essay,explain how recording artists have responded in the 21st century to the threats of file sharing and other new digital media to their ability to make a living.

Question 63

In a brief essay,explain what Kevin Kelly's theory of "1,000 True Fans" is and explain how it applies to touring musicians such as Doug and Telisha Williams.

Question 64

In a brief essay,discuss the role that rock 'n' roll played in integrating music.

Question 65

In a short essay,using Rob Cesternino as an example,explain how being successful on a short-head media program and a long-tail program differ.