Modules 66 – 70 Test
Instructions: On a blank sheet of paper write
your name and period and Modules 66-70 Test. Number your paper 1 through 13 and place the
correct letter next to the number.
1. Which of the following is/are associated with career success:
a) knowledge and skills
b) ability to follow instructions
c) motivation.
d) ability to meet deadlines
e) all of the above are correct
2. The top qualification for getting a job in television is:
a) prior experience
b) college GPA
c) extracurricular activities
d) appearance and poise
e) success in college sports
3. According to the study cited in the
module, more than half of the recent hires in broadcast news had a degree in:
a) political science
b) mass communications
c) journalism or broadcast news
d) English
e) sociology
4. A work is in the public domain when:
a) you get a synchronization license from the music copyright
owner
b) the copyright has expired
c) you get dubbing rights from the record company that produced
the record
d) all of the above are correct
e) none of the above is correct
5. The disclosure of true statements can be judged as an invasion
of privacy when it:
a) is obtained through illegal means
b) consists of information of a private nature that is deemed
offensive to a reasonable person
c) consist of information that's not deemed newsworthy or of
legitimate concern to the public
d) all of the above are correct
e) none of the above is correct
6. What elements are relevant in judging if illegal intrusion has
taken place in getting a story or ENG footage?
a) whether you could have gotten the information in a legal way
b) whether what you heard or photographed was also accessible
to the average person standing on public property
c) whether the information you got was of legitimate concern to
the public
d) all of the above are correct
e) none of the above is correct
7. Commercial appropriation involves:
a) the unauthorized use of an individual's or organization's
prominence in order to benefit someone else
b) selling photos or videotape footage of famous
personalities--generally to tabloid outlets
c) the illegal use of private, nonprofit funds for commercial
purposes
d) commercially appropriating funds for private use
e) all of the above are correct
8. A shield law:
a) protects the press from action being taken as a result of
honest mistakes
b) protects news people from having to reveal their sources
c) is a law that protects prominent people from the public
spotlight
d) shields the press from libel suits
9. The fair use act:
a) limits the amount of money that can be made from copyrighted
materials
b) is clearly defined by
c) allows copyrighted material to be used in limited ways for
criticism, teaching, scholarship, news, or research without the permission of
the copyright holder
d) all of the above are correct
e) none of the above is correct
10. The most difficult presentation
format to produce is the:
a) the interview format
b) dramatic format
c) lecture format
d) documentary format
11. One of the grayest areas of the law and one that is most often
encountered by news people is:
a) commercial appropriation
b) copyright
c) access to locations
d) shield laws
e) slander
12. Which is an example of avocational video:
a) a husband and wife team travels the world with a camcorder
and then sells their videos to video libraries to be used as stock footage
b) an insurance agent videotapes the contents of insured homes
for evidence in case of loss
c) an animal rights group videotapes graphic evidence of the
inhumane treatment of cattle. The tape ends up in a network documentary
d) a law student earns tuition money by taking video
depositions for law firms
e) all of the above are examples
13. It is true that:
a) that individuals with an advanced degree can expect to earn
almost four times as much each year as those who fail to finish high school
b) many resumes are now computer scanned and classified
c) even non-broadcast related employment can be important in
getting your first job in broadcasting
d) over a lifetime the difference in income between finishing
high school and those getting a college degree would amount to more than two
million dollars
e) all of the above are correct