Deck 16: Telecommunications Regulation

Question 1

PICON stands for _____________________________________.

Answer 1

Public Interest,Convenience or Necessity

Question 2

On a national basis,a single entity may own television stations reaching up to what maximum percentage of the national TV viewing audience?

A)25 percent
B)28 percent
C)39 percent
D)50 percent

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How many commissioners (members)are there at the FCC?

A)Five
B)Seven
C)Nine
D)Ten

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In 2006,maximum fine for an indecency regulation violation was raised to $100,000.

Question 5

Television stations are licensed by the FCC for how many years?

A)Three
B)Five
C)Seven
D)Eight

Question 6

To fall within the FCC's definition of indecency,the content must relate to which of the following?

A)Nudity or prurient interests
B)Sexual or violent images and dialogue
C)Sex,sexual violence or sexual humiliation
D)Sexual or excretory activities or organs

Question 7

The FCC in late 2008 adopted rules that allow sophisticated new wireless and mobile devices to operate without a license on previously unused portions of the broadcast television spectrum known as ________________.

Question 8

In March 2004,the FCC concluded that U2 singer Bono's acceptance speech during the Golden Globes Award program made the NBC broadcast of that program:

A)indecent.
B)obscene.
C)both indecent and obscene.
D)indecent and profane.

Question 9

When it comes to regulating telephones,the FCC in 2011 turned its attention to implementing a new act at that focuses on

A)sexually explicit telephone services.
B)the practice of spoofing.
C)911 emergency answering services.
D)so-called "robo calls."

Question 10

The candidate access rule requires broadcasters to give

A)all candidates for public office a reasonable opportunity to buy broadcast time at radio and television stations.
B)all candidates for public office an equal opportunity to appear on a radio or television station.
C)all candidates for federal office a reasonable opportunity to buy time on radio and television stations.
D)all candidates for federal office an equal opportunity to appear on radio and television stations.

Question 11

Which one of the following is not one of three traditional policy objectives of the FCC that is supposed to serve the public interest?

A)efficiency
B)localism
C)competition
D)diversity

Question 12

Which of the following areas of broadcast programming is regulated most heavily?

A)Children's programming
B)Sports programming
C)News programming
D)Infomercials

Question 13

The FCC's rules about broadcast indecency do not apply to satellite radio content.

Question 14

The notion that there are a finite number of frequencies on which to broadcast and,in turn,that there are more people who want to broadcast than there are available frequencies is known as ________________.

Question 15

Under Section 315 of the Communications Act,the term equal opportunity means

A)equal time.
B)equal facilities.
C)comparable costs.
D)all of the above.

Question 16

The V-chip is designed to allow parents to

A)filter out inappropriate Web sites on the Internet.
B)limit access of children to certain TV programming.
C)make it impossible for youngsters to play certain video games on their home video game systems.
D)none of the above.

Question 17

To file a proper complaint with the FCC over particular content broadcast on a television program,a person must include:

A)the date of the program in question.
B)the name of the producer of the program in question.
C)both "a" and "b" are correct.
D)neither "a" nor "b" is correct.

Question 18

The FCC used to define "profane language" as divine imprecation and religious blasphemy.

Question 19

Which one of the following is NOT one of the three principal factors that the FCC often considers to determine the patent offensiveness of content in its indecency cases?

A)Whether the speech in question appeals to a prurient interest in sex.
B)Whether the speech in question was graphic or explicit.
C)Whether the speech in question is used to shock,titillate or pander.
D)Whether the speech in question was repeated or dwelled upon.

Question 20

The FCC's safe-harbor zone for when indecent content may be broadcast on television without facing legal action from the FCC is from

A)10:00 p.m.to 6:00 a.m.
B)11:00 p.m.to 6:00 a.m.
C)midnight to 6:00 a.m.
D)midnight to 8:00 a.m.

Question 21

Describe any four (4)of the conditions that the FCC imposed in 2011 on Comcast when the FCC approved that same year a 51 percent ownership stake by Comcast in NBC Universal,owner of TV channels such as NBC and Spanish-language giant Telemundo and cable channels including CNBC and Bravo.

Question 22

Set forth the three things that a viewer or listener must include in a properly filed complaint alleging that a broadcast was indecent.

Question 23

Identify the four types of TV or radio appearances by a candidate for political office that are not governed by the Equal Opportunity Rule.

Question 24

In December 2010,President Obama signed into law the CALM Act,a clever acronym that stands for _____________________________.

Question 25

Describe what the acronym NTIA stands for and explain what NTIA does.