MMC 4200 Final Study Guide Question
and answers already passed
1. Copyright may be defined as - correct answer ✔a property right in the
literary or other expressive creations
2. Copyright law protects the creator's particular - correct answer ✔manner
of expression(not ideas or factual information)
3. What is the general period of protection for copyrights under the current
federal statute? - correct answer ✔lifetime of the authors plus 70 years
4. When television producers want to incorporate copyrighted music into TV
programs, they must first obtain licenses for - correct answer
✔synchronization
5. Which of the following is NOT one of the factors used to determine whether
the un-consented use of a copyrighted work qualifies as a fair use? - correct
answer ✔the extent of originality contained in the work : purpose of use,
nature of copyrighted work, substantial portion used and effects on the market
6. Unlike copyrights, trademarks - correct answer ✔are any
words,slogans,design or symbol
7. Regulatory power over broadcasting is the domain of the: - correct answer
✔Federal government only
8. _______ is the transmission of radio or television signals for intended
reception by the general public. - correct answer ✔Broadcasting
,9. The Federal Communications Commission has the power to - correct
answer ✔Assign frequencies, set station operation times, dictate standards
for transmission apparatus, regulate interstate &international communications
by wire, satellite & cable
10. Broadcasting licensing and regulation is handled by the FCC's - correct
answer ✔Media Bureau
11. Courts have held that the impartial-jury guarantee in the Constitution
refers to a jury that - correct answer ✔Is in an open, unprejudiced frame of
minds as evidence is presented
12. Gag orders on trial participants, such as lawyers, are considered a form of
prior restraint on the media. - correct answer ✔True
13. Courtroom access rights were first established in what landmark case? -
correct answer ✔Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
14. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements to the four-prong test
that evolved from Press-Enterprise I ? - correct answer ✔These are the
elements of the 4 Prong test:
-A substantial probability exists that overriding interests (such as the
acussed's right to an impartial jury) will be damaged by conducting the
proceeding in public
-No reasonable alternatives to closure would protect against the danger
-The reason behind these conclusions is fully articulated as findings in the trial
record
-The closure is no broader than necessary to protect the overriding interest
, 15. Under state law, a presumption of openness generally applies to all
phases of civil suits, including the discovery phase. - correct answer ✔False
16. Under current law, media cameras are generally permitted in - correct
answer ✔Courtrooms on a least a limited basis (entirely up to the judge's
discretion) however, the use of media cameras during federal court
proceedings are prohibited- the majority of state courts both trial and
appellate.
17. Some kinds of court records are typically kept secret and are not subject
to a presumption of openness. Which of the following falls into that category? -
correct answer ✔Family
18. The Supreme Court decision in Branzburg v. Hayes has led to - correct
answer ✔Qualified right for journalists to withhold information from the courts
19. In Zurcher v. Stanford Daily, the Supreme Court held that - correct
answer ✔Ruled in favor of Zuchner, ruling that the 3rd party occupant,
whether suspect in association w/ a criminal case or not, the State's interest is
enforcing the criminal law & recovering the evidence remains the same.
20. The Supreme Court laid the general foundation for today's approach to
obscenity law in what 1950s case? - correct answer ✔Roth V United States
21. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements of the Miller test for
obscenity? - correct answer ✔the work depicts in a patently offensive
violence or force for its own sake
22. The Supreme Court has made it clear that the Miller standard identifies
only materials that might be called "hard-core." - correct answer ✔true
and answers already passed
1. Copyright may be defined as - correct answer ✔a property right in the
literary or other expressive creations
2. Copyright law protects the creator's particular - correct answer ✔manner
of expression(not ideas or factual information)
3. What is the general period of protection for copyrights under the current
federal statute? - correct answer ✔lifetime of the authors plus 70 years
4. When television producers want to incorporate copyrighted music into TV
programs, they must first obtain licenses for - correct answer
✔synchronization
5. Which of the following is NOT one of the factors used to determine whether
the un-consented use of a copyrighted work qualifies as a fair use? - correct
answer ✔the extent of originality contained in the work : purpose of use,
nature of copyrighted work, substantial portion used and effects on the market
6. Unlike copyrights, trademarks - correct answer ✔are any
words,slogans,design or symbol
7. Regulatory power over broadcasting is the domain of the: - correct answer
✔Federal government only
8. _______ is the transmission of radio or television signals for intended
reception by the general public. - correct answer ✔Broadcasting
,9. The Federal Communications Commission has the power to - correct
answer ✔Assign frequencies, set station operation times, dictate standards
for transmission apparatus, regulate interstate &international communications
by wire, satellite & cable
10. Broadcasting licensing and regulation is handled by the FCC's - correct
answer ✔Media Bureau
11. Courts have held that the impartial-jury guarantee in the Constitution
refers to a jury that - correct answer ✔Is in an open, unprejudiced frame of
minds as evidence is presented
12. Gag orders on trial participants, such as lawyers, are considered a form of
prior restraint on the media. - correct answer ✔True
13. Courtroom access rights were first established in what landmark case? -
correct answer ✔Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
14. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements to the four-prong test
that evolved from Press-Enterprise I ? - correct answer ✔These are the
elements of the 4 Prong test:
-A substantial probability exists that overriding interests (such as the
acussed's right to an impartial jury) will be damaged by conducting the
proceeding in public
-No reasonable alternatives to closure would protect against the danger
-The reason behind these conclusions is fully articulated as findings in the trial
record
-The closure is no broader than necessary to protect the overriding interest
, 15. Under state law, a presumption of openness generally applies to all
phases of civil suits, including the discovery phase. - correct answer ✔False
16. Under current law, media cameras are generally permitted in - correct
answer ✔Courtrooms on a least a limited basis (entirely up to the judge's
discretion) however, the use of media cameras during federal court
proceedings are prohibited- the majority of state courts both trial and
appellate.
17. Some kinds of court records are typically kept secret and are not subject
to a presumption of openness. Which of the following falls into that category? -
correct answer ✔Family
18. The Supreme Court decision in Branzburg v. Hayes has led to - correct
answer ✔Qualified right for journalists to withhold information from the courts
19. In Zurcher v. Stanford Daily, the Supreme Court held that - correct
answer ✔Ruled in favor of Zuchner, ruling that the 3rd party occupant,
whether suspect in association w/ a criminal case or not, the State's interest is
enforcing the criminal law & recovering the evidence remains the same.
20. The Supreme Court laid the general foundation for today's approach to
obscenity law in what 1950s case? - correct answer ✔Roth V United States
21. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements of the Miller test for
obscenity? - correct answer ✔the work depicts in a patently offensive
violence or force for its own sake
22. The Supreme Court has made it clear that the Miller standard identifies
only materials that might be called "hard-core." - correct answer ✔true
