1. ​The belief that the U.S. press should be free from government control originated with the:
a. First Amendment.
b. Sixth Amendment.
c. Declaration of Independence.
d. New Deal.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What’s Ahead
2. Which of the following was not an attempt by government to control free speech?
a. the Alien and Sedition Laws of 1798
b. the Espionage Act of 1918
c. the Smith Act of 1940
d. the recording industry’s content labels
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Government Tries to Restrict Free Expression
3. During World War II:
a. the federal government placed no limits on war reporting.
b. President Roosevelt created the Office of Censorship and worked out the voluntary Code of
Wartime Practices with the press.
c. more than 100 reporters were found guilty under the Sedition Act of 1943 for reporting war
news that could endanger the security of U.S. and Allied troops.
d. to prevent leaking of information, reporters were barred from traveling in war zones and
mingling with U.S. troops.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Government Tries to Restrict Free Expression
4. ​Joseph McCarthy did all but which of the following?
a. presided over the Army-McCarthy hearings
b. aggressively hunted communists in the United States
c. created the voluntary Code of Wartime Practices for American Broadcasters
d. was eventually censured by his colleagues in the Senate
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Government Tries to Restrict Free Expression
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5. ​The broadcast media:
a. have greater regulatory freedom than do the print media.
b. are regulated by state communications boards.
c. are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission.
d. have complete freedom over content they place on their Web sites.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: FCC Regulates Broadcast and Cable
6. ​After the Roth and Miller cases, determining obscenity is the responsibility of:
a. the U.S. Supreme Court.
b. local school boards.
c. state censorship boards.
d. local courts.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is the Standard for Obscenity?
7. To prove libel, someone must show that:
a. the statement injured the person’s reputation or income or caused mental anguish.
b. the statement was communicated to a third party.
c. the journalist or the print or broadcast organization is at fault.
d. All of these answers are correct.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: LibelLawOutlinestheMedia’sPublicResponsibility
8. Which of the following is not a defense against libel?
a. truth
b. privilege
c. the First Amendment
d. fair comment
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: LibelLawOutlinestheMedia’sPublicResponsibility
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9. In the New York Times v. Sullivan decision, the Supreme Court held that:
a. reporters are protected from naming sources in a court of law.
b. the plaintiff in a loss of privacy lawsuit cannot be a celebrity.
c. reporters must prove actual malice in a libel suit.
d. a public official must prove that the story was published with a reckless disregard for the truth.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: LibelLawOutlinestheMedia’sPublicResponsibility
10. The media can invade privacy by:
a. disclosing embarrassing personal facts.
b. using someone’s name or likeness for commercial benefit.
c. intruding on a person’s physical or mental solitude.
d. All of these answers are correct.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Invasion of Privacy Defined Four Ways
11. The case of Carson v. Here’s Johnny Portable Toilets established which legal principle?
a. fair comment and criticism
b. the right of publicity
c. truth as a libel defense
d. the right of privacy
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Invasion of Privacy Defined Four Ways
12. The Sheppard v. Maxwell case:
a. upheld the government’s right to eminent domain.
b. established the legal precedent of allowing cameras in the courtroom.
c. established the legal precedent for limiting press access to courtrooms.
d. involved tape dubbing and copyright violations.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Debate Continues over Fair Trial, Courtroom Access and Shield Laws
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13. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 established:
a. relaxed ownership and licensing rules.
b. unregulated cable rates.
c. provisions to allow telephone companies to deliver video services.
d. All of these answers are correct.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Telecommunications Act of 1996 Changes the Marketplace
14. The Communications Decency Act:
a. allowed sex-oriented programming on cable TV.
b. attempted to define and control user access to specific programs and content.
c. applied only to children’s materials.
d. was declared unconstitutional after World War II.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Congress Attempts to Control Access to Indecent Content
15. The law designed to prevent illegal copying of material on the Internet is:
a. the Child Online Protection Act.
b. the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
c. the Smith Act of 1940.
d. the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Intellectual Property Rights Affirmed
16. Which of the following is not true of efforts to censor books, magazines and films?
a. Most reported book challenges take place in schools and public libraries.
b. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has never been targeted by censors.
c. A school district in Little Rock, Ark., removed Harry Potter books from its library because the
school board claimed the tales of wizards and spells could harm schoolchildren.
d. TheStateofAlabamabasedcensorshipeffortsonafederaljudge’srulingthatcertainbooks
promoted“secularhumanism.”
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: What Is the Standard for Obscenity?
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17. Changes in 2003 in FCC regulations concerning ownership of broadcast stations:
a. were intended to restrict competition.
b. allowed a company to own stations that reach more than half of the U. S. population.
c. allowed companies to expand the number of radio and TV stations they could own.
d. have since been overturned and reversed by the FCC.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Deregulation Unleashes the Media
18. Which of the following is not true of the U.S. v. American Library Association case decided
by the U. S. Supreme Court in 2003?
a. Librarians argued that Internet filters are a form of censorship.
b. Internet filters are designed to help government to monitor terrorist activities.
c. The Supreme Court ruled that the requirement for Internet filters in federally funded libraries is
“avalidexerciseofCongress’spendingpower.
d. The filters are intended to screen out pornographic Internet content.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Congress Attempts to Control Access to Indecent Content
19. Which legislation led to a conflict between the FBI and libraries over government access
to library records?
a. Communications Decency Act
b. The PATRIOT Act
c. The Privacy Act
d. The Federal Shield Law
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: USA PATRIOT Act Meets Public Resistance
20. ​Which of the following is not true of the concept of press shield laws?
a. Reporters are protected by a federal shield law
b. 31 states have passed shield laws.
c. The issue is whether courts can order reporters to reveal their sources.
d. In Branzburg v. Hayes the U.S. Supreme Court rules that journalists do not have a
constitutional privilege to refuse to testify.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Debate Continues over Fair Trial, Courtroom Access and Shield Laws
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21. Which Supreme Court case forms the basis for commercial speech protection today?
a. Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co.
b. Bartnicki v. Vopper
c. Time, Inc. v. Hill
d. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Courts and Regulators Govern Advertising and PR
22. AccordingtotheImpact/Societybox,“Excerptsfromthe1943CodeofWartimePractices
forAmericanBroadcasters,”whichofthefollowingwasnot censored by the Office of War
Information?
a. weather forecasts
b. quiz programs
c. reports of troop movements
d. situation comedies
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Government Tries to Restrict Free Expression
23. AccordingtotheImpact/Profilebox,“JohnGreen’sThe Fault in Our Stars Is Banned,
ThenReturnedtoRiverside,California,Classrooms,”whichofthefollowingistrue?
a. The book was originally banned after one parent complained about sex and crude language.
b. The book drew a large group of protestors who were upset about inappropriate content.
c. The Unified School District unanimously voted to return the book to the library shelves.
d. None of these answers are correct.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: LibelLawOutlinestheMedia’sPublicResponsibility
24. AccordingtotheImpact/Societybox,“2014Top10MostFrequentlyChallengedBooks,”
what was the most challenged book of the year?
a. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
b. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
c. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
d. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: LibelLawOutlinestheMedia’sPublicResponsibility
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25. AccordingtotheImpact/Societybox,“CamerasintheCourtroom:AStatebyState
Guide,” …
a. The U.S. Supreme Court allows video coverage of court proceedings.
b. Only 3 states allow some camera access to courtroom proceedings.
c. California and New York allow video coverage of most courtroom proceedings.
d. Most states allow at least some camera access to courtroom proceedings.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Debate Continues over Fair Trial, Courtroom Access and Shield Laws
26. ​During World War I, the Espionage Act gave people the legal right to speak out publicly
against the war.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Government Tries to Restrict Free Expression
27. Beginning in 2003, the U.S. government adopted a system for war reporting called
“embedding.”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Government Manages War Coverage
28. ​The press was required to submit news stories for government review during World War II.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Government Tries to Restrict Free Expression
29. The Pentagon Papers were prevented from ever being printed in the Washington Post and
The New York Times by the U.S. Supreme Court.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Prior Restraint Rarely Used
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30. In the early days of the Gulf War, when the U.S. ground assault began, the Defense
Department announced the first total news blackout in U.S. military history.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Government Manages War Coverage
31. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that obscenity is protected by the First Amendment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: What Is the Standard for Obscenity?
32. Right of privacy laws provide little protection for public officials.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Invasion of Privacy Defined Four Ways
33. In Near v. Minnesota, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government can prevent the
media from publishing or broadcasting certain types of information.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Prior Restraint Rarely Used
34. The “V-chip” allows parents to program a TV set to eliminate objectionable programming.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: TV Industry Agrees to Ratings and the V-Chip
35. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a software company can be held liable if
someoneusesthecompany’ssoftwaretoillegallydownloadmusic.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Intellectual Property Rights Affirmed
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36. How is the V-chip designed to protect children? Explain with specific details. Do you think
it works? Why or why not?
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: TV Industry Agrees to Ratings and the V-Chip
37. Do you see a pattern among the ratings of your favorite TV shows? What does this
indicate about your viewing habits?
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: TV Industry Agrees to Ratings and the V-Chip
38. Where do your television, telephone, and Internet services come from? Have you been
approachedrecentlywith“bundle”offers?Doyoufindthecompetitionforcustomers
helpful in acquiring services, or merely confusing? What are the pros and cons of
deregulation?
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: Deregulation Unleashes the Media
39. What is the value of shield laws versus the interests of the government and the courts in
learningreporter’sinformationsources?
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: Debate Continues over Fair Trial, Courtroom Access and Shield Laws
40. Chooseacourtcase–currentorhistorical–involvingcommunicationrights.Summarize
the issue and the court findings.
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: Law Must Balance Rights and Responsibilities
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