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1
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The famous composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, was paid only as an organist and choirmaster, not as a composer, while he was alive.

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True

2
Q

Analog recording breaks sound down electronically and assigns each note a numerical code.

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False

3
Q

The jukebox, introduced in 1927, was a coin-operated piano.

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False

4
Q

LP records ran at the speed of 45 rpm’s.

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False

5
Q

Since the late 1950s, 60 percent of record sales have been in some form of rock music.

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True

6
Q

Salt’N’Pepa was the first white rap group.

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False

7
Q

The DAT format failed with consumers because they could not get prerecorded tapes in this format.

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True

8
Q

Four major corporations collect about 80 percent of recording industry revenues each year.

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True

9
Q

Today, online stores surpass traditional retailers in sales of recordings.

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False

10
Q

Wal-Mart frequently places parental advisory stickers on albums whose content it is concerned about.

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False

11
Q

The radio was the first device to transmit the human voice.

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False

12
Q

An electromagnetic spectrum is an invention used to determine the range of frequencies being transmitted.

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False

13
Q

The concept of toll broadcasting was that anyone could talk to the masses, in exchange for paying a fee to the telephone company.

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True

14
Q

A network affiliate is a local radio station owned and operated by a network.

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False

15
Q

ABC was created when the government forced RCA to sell off one of its networks.

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True

16
Q

All radio stations east of the Mississippi have call letters that start with “W” and all stations west of the Mississippi have call letters that start with “K.”

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False

17
Q

The development of the transistor helped radio survive the rise of television’s popularity.

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True

18
Q

In most countries, public radio is more dominant than commercial radio.

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True

19
Q

“Pay for play” is a legal way for record promoters to give money in exchange for radio airplay.

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True

20
Q

Shock radio describes programming in which on-air personalities encourage listeners to despise a particular class of people.

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False

21
Q

Channel allocation is the sharing of frequencies by more than one station.

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False

22
Q

Kinescopes were a form of videotape used in early television

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False

23
Q

“Must carry” rules, established by the FCC, said that cable systems had to carry all local TV stations in that system’s area of coverage.

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True

24
Q

The WB and UPN were established by affiliates of the big three networks.

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False

25
Q

HDTV represents an innovation, in that it uses only half the scanning lines of standard TV.

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False

26
Q

UHF stands for Ultra High Frequency.

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True

27
Q

Without some form of distribution, all broadcast TV stations cannot be seen further that fifty miles from their transmission point.

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True

28
Q

A television market is the city to which a station is licensed.

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False

29
Q

A geostationary satellite is one that is orbiting the earth at the same rate the earth rotates

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True

30
Q

The Children’s Television Act of 1990 required television stations to show three hours of children’s educational programming each week.

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False