MBU 1110 Survey of Music Business
Final questions n correct answers
2025/2026
What does the Marketing Department of a record label oversee? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Promotion, advertising, publicity, sales
What is Fair Use? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Using something for educational purposes
What cannot be copyrighted? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔An idea
What are royalties? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Monies earned by the artist from the sale of
albums
What do Music Publishers do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Hire creative staff members to write
new songs, demo record new songs, register copyright
What do Song Pluggers do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Push music to be played on the radio
Which is the smallest royalty collector? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔SESAC
What type of distributor supplies music to Walmart? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔RackJobbers
What did the Sonny Bono Act do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Extended copyright an additional 20
years for songs written after 1978
, What is the union term for the cost of sound equipment to a studio? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Cartage
Who is in charge of the recording session? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The producer
What does SoundScan do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Track sales through retail outlets
How much do you get in royalties on promos? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ZERO
What is the length of time of a recording contract called? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Term
What certifies album sales numbers? (ex: gold, platinum, etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔RIAA
What are demos? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Recordings used by publishers
What is a catalog in publishing? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔All of the songs that a publisher owns
What should the complete notice of copyright for a song include? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔©,
year of first publication, name of author
What are mechanical royalties? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Money paid to songwriters and
publishers
What is a Controlled Composition Clause? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The record company pays a
reduced percentage of this statutory rate for mechanicals on any song the artist writes or owns
Recording costs are advanced by recording companies, but who ultimately pays for them? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The artist
Final questions n correct answers
2025/2026
What does the Marketing Department of a record label oversee? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Promotion, advertising, publicity, sales
What is Fair Use? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Using something for educational purposes
What cannot be copyrighted? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔An idea
What are royalties? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Monies earned by the artist from the sale of
albums
What do Music Publishers do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Hire creative staff members to write
new songs, demo record new songs, register copyright
What do Song Pluggers do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Push music to be played on the radio
Which is the smallest royalty collector? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔SESAC
What type of distributor supplies music to Walmart? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔RackJobbers
What did the Sonny Bono Act do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Extended copyright an additional 20
years for songs written after 1978
, What is the union term for the cost of sound equipment to a studio? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Cartage
Who is in charge of the recording session? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The producer
What does SoundScan do? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Track sales through retail outlets
How much do you get in royalties on promos? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ZERO
What is the length of time of a recording contract called? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Term
What certifies album sales numbers? (ex: gold, platinum, etc.) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔RIAA
What are demos? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Recordings used by publishers
What is a catalog in publishing? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔All of the songs that a publisher owns
What should the complete notice of copyright for a song include? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔©,
year of first publication, name of author
What are mechanical royalties? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Money paid to songwriters and
publishers
What is a Controlled Composition Clause? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The record company pays a
reduced percentage of this statutory rate for mechanicals on any song the artist writes or owns
Recording costs are advanced by recording companies, but who ultimately pays for them? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The artist
