Deck 8: Television

Question 1

Who was the initiator of the CTV television network?

A) Spence Caldwell
B) John Bassett
C) Peter C. Newman
D) Ken Soble
E) Rick Mercer

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In which year did television first arrive in Canada?

A) 1965
B) 1862
C) 1943
D) 1952
E) 1971

Answer 2

D

Question 3

By 1958,which network stretched from Victoria to Halifax?

A) NBC
B) PBS
C) Global
D) CTV
E) CBC

Answer 3

E

Question 4

According the Kaiser Family Foundation,what percentage of children age 4-6 use screen media about two hours a day?

A) 61 percent
B) 83 percent
C) 76 percent
D) 90 percent
E) 55 percent

Question 5

Which was Canada's first privately owned national television network?

A) Fox
B) Global
C) NFB
D) CBC
E) CTV

Question 6

In which city was the first Canadian television station?

A) Winnipeg
B) Vancouver
C) Windsor
D) Montreal
E) Toronto

Question 7

Which is the dominant mass medium for entertainment and news?

A) Magazines
B) The internet
C) Radio
D) Newspapers
E) Television

Question 8

Canadians watch American programming what percentage of the time?

A) 47 percent
B) 52 percent
C) 65 percent
D) 76 percent
E) 88 percent

Question 9

Children in which kind of family are more likely to have a television in their bedroom?

A) Immigrant
B) Middle-income
C) Upper-income
D) Lone-parent
E) Lower-income

Question 10

Linda and Robert Lichter and Stanley Rothman make a case that the creators of television programs are

A) conformist.
B) creative geniuses.
C) social reformers.
D) radical agents of change.
E) benevolent humanitarians.

Question 11

How many hours of television do Canadians watch per week?

A) 7 hours
B) 15 hours
C) 21 hours
D) 28 hours
E) 35 hours

Question 12

Currently,there are how many national television networks in Canada?

A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Six
E) Twenty

Question 13

According to the CRTC,what percentage of Canadian content is required on television?

A) 52 percent
B) 30 percent
C) 40 percent
D) 55 percent
E) 65 percent

Question 14

By 1954,how many television sets had been purchased in Canada?

A) Five million
B) One million
C) Five hundred thousand
D) Twelve million
E) Sixty thousand

Question 15

In which year did the Public Broadcasting Service begin providing programs to noncommercial stations?

A) 1952
B) 1967
C) 1976
D) 1959
E) 1987

Question 16

How many Canadian national television networks are privately owned?

A) Five
B) Two
C) Four
D) Seven
E) Fifteen

Question 17

In which year did Canadian television stations begin broadcasting in digital?

A) 1999
B) 2001
C) 2011
D) 2005
E) 1976

Question 18

What was created by an act of Parliament in 1936?

A) NFB
B) CBC
C) CTV
D) CRTC
E) CCFT

Question 19

Which Canadian program began on radio in the 1920s and continues to draw huge audiences?

A) Sesame Street
B) The National
C) Canadian Idol
D) Wayne and Shuster
E) Hockey Night in Canada

Question 20

In the United States,there are how many major television networks?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 8

Question 21

Which term refers to audience control of time for viewing a chosen program?

A) Betamax
B) VOD
C) TiVo
D) Time-shifting
E) Audience metre

Question 22

Which term is used to describe brief episodic stories for web delivery?

A) Webisodes
B) i-shows
C) Tube TV
D) e-shows
E) Net flix

Question 23

Which American television network attracted an audience interested in sports with shows such as Wide World of Sports and Monday Night Football?

A) NBC
B) PBS
C) Fox
D) CBS
E) ABC

Question 24

Which American network owned the early-morning and late-night television audience for years?

A) ABC
B) Fox
C) PBS
D) CBS
E) NBC

Question 25

In which year was the first television broadcast received in Canada?

A) 1947
B) 1952
C) 1963
D) 1936
E) 1976

Question 26

What is the core revenue stream for cable television systems?

A) Monthly fees
B) Local advertising
C) National advertising
D) Government funding
E) Private donations

Question 27

Canadian television stations began broadcasting in digital in 2001.

Question 28

Television creates only long-term effects.

Question 29

Scholars and broadcasters agree that television has some degree of influence on society.

Question 30

Which medium,introduced in the early 1950s,has reshaped the other media?

A) Podcasting
B) Magazines
C) Radio
D) Television
E) The internet

Question 31

CTV was Canada's first public television network.

Question 32

The original television industry was composed of

A) local stations.
B) large networks.
C) small networks.
D) public corporations.
E) international stations.

Question 33

According to Statistics Canada,how much was television advertising worth in 2009?

A) $750 million
B) $10.7 billion
C) $500 million
D) $2.6 billion
E) $3.1 billion

Question 34

Which was the first to transmit television programming by satellite?

A) CBC
B) CTV
C) CBS
D) Fox
E) HBO

Question 35

Since 2008,how many minutes of advertising are Canadian TV stations allowed to air per hour?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 12
D) 8
E) 18

Question 36

In Quebec,what percentage of television viewing is Canadian?

A) 77 percent
B) 52 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 66 percent
E) 89 percent

Question 37

According to Moses Znaimer,which medium is the acknowledged king of transmitting information and entertainment?

A) Radio
B) The internet
C) Magazines
D) Newspapers
E) Television

Question 38

According to Moses Znaimer,television reflects values and ideals.

Question 39

When the storyline of Corner Gas includes mention of the Sears catalogue,this is an example of

A) product placement
B) national marketing
C) direct marketing
D) commercial advertising
E) payola

Question 40

In which year did online viewing surpass traditional television viewing in Canada?

A) 2001
B) 2010
C) 2002
D) 2005
E) 2007

Question 41

The first television broadcast signal received in Canada came from the United States.

Question 42

Canadian television stations need to schedule 40 percent Canadian content overall,with at least 35 percent scheduled during prime time.

Question 43

In 1961,Global television became the first Canadian private broadcaster.

Question 44

At present,there are five major Canadian national television networks.

Question 45

The CBC television network began as a radio network in 1936.

Question 46

Television officially arrived in Canada in 1932 with the formation of the CBC.

Question 47

The first Canadian television station was in Windsor.

Question 48

Sixty-one percent of babies watch screen media in a typical day.

Question 49

Television transformed the mass media.

Question 50

Viewers in Quebec are more likely to watch American programming.

Question 51

The advent of television has had little effect on other mass media.

Question 52

Kids in upper-class homes are more likely to have a TV in their bedrooms.

Question 53

Television took advertisers from the mass-circulation magazines.

Question 54

The CRTC encourages the broadcast of Canadian dramas by offering drama credits.

Question 55

According to Joseph Blatt,it is impossible to produce quality programming for children in a commercial environment.

Question 56

Television is now the dominant mass medium for entertainment and news.

Question 57

Canada's first television network was publicly owned.

Question 58

Evening television newscasts encouraged the development of afternoon editions of newspapers.

Question 59

Canadians still watch Canadian programming the majority of the time.

Question 60

Radio demassified with the arrival of television.

Question 61

Most commercial time is purchased during the TV season.

Question 62

CBC is the only noncommercial television broadcaster in Canada.

Question 63

There are two satellite TV companies in Canada.

Question 64

HBO was the first cable programming via satellite.

Question 65

Because of dwindling audiences,television networks have had to reduce their advertising rates.

Question 66

In the United States and Canada,television is a two-tiered system featuring both local and national programming.

Question 67

? In 2011,Canadian television stations began broadcasting in __________________.

Question 68

Most Canadians get their news and information from __________________.

Question 69

Canadians watch American programming __________________ percent of the time.

Question 70

By the early 1950s,television networks and their local affiliates reached every community in the United States and Canada.

Question 71

According to Michael McCabe,the goal for Canadian networks is to maximize profits.

Question 72

At present,there are __________________ national television networks in Canada.

Question 73

The Lichters and Rothman identify television's creative community as largely secular and politically __________________.

Question 74

Television officially arrived in Canada in __________________.

Question 75

The original television industry was composed of __________________.

Question 76

__________________ is Canada's public television broadcaster.

Question 77

__________________ demassified with the arrival of television.

Question 78

The first feature film in colour was __________________.

Question 79

The television viewing audience is becoming empowered.

Question 80

Cable TV arrived in Canada before the first Canadian television station.