MUSC 2150 Exam Question Bank
Questions with verified answers
2025/2026
ASCAP represents the artists of which style of music?
a) Tin Pan Alley
b) Delta blues
c) Chicago Blues
d) Country and Western - ANS ✔✔a)
Which of the following is true of the civil rights act?
a) it marked the end of the jim crow era
b) it was passed in 1954
c) it gave women the same sexual freedom as men
d) it promoted the use of literacy tests as a prerequisite to vote - ANS ✔✔a
the 12 bar blues chord progression is a feature of urban blues T/F - ANS ✔✔true
Large, open air festivals became an important part of rock culture for the first time in the 60s
T/F - ANS ✔✔true
Music prowess is particularly valued in the hippie aesthetic T/F - ANS ✔✔True
which of the following is true of the big band era?
a) the big bands played only live concerts, not on the radio
,b) the singer was the star of the show
c) the bandleader was the star of the show
d) big bands usually recorded their music to be played on the radio - ANS ✔✔c
What is the significance of Elvis Presely's move to the RCA label from Sun?
a) it marked the beginning of presley's shift towards the rockabilly genre
b) it allowed presely to write his own songs
c) it began the shift of rock and roll from independent labels to major labels
d) it made rock and roll seem safe for white, middle-class parents - ANS ✔✔c
Pet Sounds became an influential album because:
a) it combined the wall of sound and other sophisticated studio techniques with complex
harmonies
b) it was the first folk-rock album to feature the 12 string guitar
c) it was sonny bono's first attempt at studio production and phil spector's philles label
d) it featured the monkees, a TV act intended to imitate the beatles, singing their own songs for
the first time - ANS ✔✔a
in the brill building approach to popular music , control was in the hands of:
a) the songwriter
b) singer/group
c) studio musicians
d) pubisher - ANS ✔✔d
the second red scare contributed to the recession of the early 70s T/F - ANS ✔✔false
Which label successfully adopted the brill building production model?
,a) atlantic
b) chess
c) motown
d) stax - ANS ✔✔c
senator joseph mccarthy led a campaign against:
a) the USSR
b) communism
c) korea
d) desegregation - ANS ✔✔b
which of the following organizations was/were involved in the payola scandal?
a) FCC
b) BM
c) ASCAP and BMI
d) ASCAP and FCC
e) ASCAP, FCC, and BMI
f) ASCAP - ANS ✔✔e
in which war was America engaged in the 1950s?
a) the cold war
b) vietnam war
c) WWII
d) WWI - ANS ✔✔a
Tin pan alley music is strongly associated with which form?
, a) AABA
b) simple verse form
c) 12 bar blues
d) AAB - ANS ✔✔a
what was the effect of TV shows such as leave it to beaver and my three sons?
a) they promoted racial and gender equality
b) challenged the societyl status quo
c) reinforced the normalcy of traditional american values
d) introduced an elegant new class: the jet set - ANS ✔✔c
what was the significance of the film "blackboard jungle"?
a) starred Alan Freed
b) cemented the association of rock and roll with teenage rebellion
c) was the first film to feature blacks and whites in the same classroom
d) featured one of Elvis' early songs on the soundtrack - ANS ✔✔b
Lyrics in progressive rock are usually about romance or sexual prowess T/F - ANS ✔✔f
the resurgence of blues-based rock came mostly from britain T/F - ANS ✔✔T
the television show The Monkees was a response to:
a) the film a hard day's night
b) the nbc rock variety show hullabaloo
c) the migration of american music industry to LA
d) the TV show shindig - ANS ✔✔a
Questions with verified answers
2025/2026
ASCAP represents the artists of which style of music?
a) Tin Pan Alley
b) Delta blues
c) Chicago Blues
d) Country and Western - ANS ✔✔a)
Which of the following is true of the civil rights act?
a) it marked the end of the jim crow era
b) it was passed in 1954
c) it gave women the same sexual freedom as men
d) it promoted the use of literacy tests as a prerequisite to vote - ANS ✔✔a
the 12 bar blues chord progression is a feature of urban blues T/F - ANS ✔✔true
Large, open air festivals became an important part of rock culture for the first time in the 60s
T/F - ANS ✔✔true
Music prowess is particularly valued in the hippie aesthetic T/F - ANS ✔✔True
which of the following is true of the big band era?
a) the big bands played only live concerts, not on the radio
,b) the singer was the star of the show
c) the bandleader was the star of the show
d) big bands usually recorded their music to be played on the radio - ANS ✔✔c
What is the significance of Elvis Presely's move to the RCA label from Sun?
a) it marked the beginning of presley's shift towards the rockabilly genre
b) it allowed presely to write his own songs
c) it began the shift of rock and roll from independent labels to major labels
d) it made rock and roll seem safe for white, middle-class parents - ANS ✔✔c
Pet Sounds became an influential album because:
a) it combined the wall of sound and other sophisticated studio techniques with complex
harmonies
b) it was the first folk-rock album to feature the 12 string guitar
c) it was sonny bono's first attempt at studio production and phil spector's philles label
d) it featured the monkees, a TV act intended to imitate the beatles, singing their own songs for
the first time - ANS ✔✔a
in the brill building approach to popular music , control was in the hands of:
a) the songwriter
b) singer/group
c) studio musicians
d) pubisher - ANS ✔✔d
the second red scare contributed to the recession of the early 70s T/F - ANS ✔✔false
Which label successfully adopted the brill building production model?
,a) atlantic
b) chess
c) motown
d) stax - ANS ✔✔c
senator joseph mccarthy led a campaign against:
a) the USSR
b) communism
c) korea
d) desegregation - ANS ✔✔b
which of the following organizations was/were involved in the payola scandal?
a) FCC
b) BM
c) ASCAP and BMI
d) ASCAP and FCC
e) ASCAP, FCC, and BMI
f) ASCAP - ANS ✔✔e
in which war was America engaged in the 1950s?
a) the cold war
b) vietnam war
c) WWII
d) WWI - ANS ✔✔a
Tin pan alley music is strongly associated with which form?
, a) AABA
b) simple verse form
c) 12 bar blues
d) AAB - ANS ✔✔a
what was the effect of TV shows such as leave it to beaver and my three sons?
a) they promoted racial and gender equality
b) challenged the societyl status quo
c) reinforced the normalcy of traditional american values
d) introduced an elegant new class: the jet set - ANS ✔✔c
what was the significance of the film "blackboard jungle"?
a) starred Alan Freed
b) cemented the association of rock and roll with teenage rebellion
c) was the first film to feature blacks and whites in the same classroom
d) featured one of Elvis' early songs on the soundtrack - ANS ✔✔b
Lyrics in progressive rock are usually about romance or sexual prowess T/F - ANS ✔✔f
the resurgence of blues-based rock came mostly from britain T/F - ANS ✔✔T
the television show The Monkees was a response to:
a) the film a hard day's night
b) the nbc rock variety show hullabaloo
c) the migration of american music industry to LA
d) the TV show shindig - ANS ✔✔a
