chapter 16 quiz

How many commissioners are there at the FCC?

Five

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

10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

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

39 percent

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

Sexual or excretory activities or organs

The candidate access rule requires broadcasters to give

all candidates for federal office an equal opportunity to appear on radio and television stations.

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

all of these. (equal time. comparable costs. equal facilities)

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

efficiency

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

eight

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

false

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:

indecent and profane.

The V-chip is designed to allow parents to

limit access of children to certain TV programming.

In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. that

the FCC failed to give broadcasters sufficient notice about changes to its indecency rules.

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

the date of the program in question

In 2010, President Obama signed into law the CALM Act, a clever acronym that stands for "Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act.

true

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 white spaces.

true

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

true

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 spectrum scarcity.

true

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

true

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

Children's programming

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?

Whether the speech in question appeals to a prurient interest in sex.