MBU 1110 Test 1 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED 2025/2026 PASSED
15 billion - ANS ✔✔How many music CDs have sold in the US since the format's introduction?
1982 - ANS ✔✔In what year was the CD format introduced?
pianos - ANS ✔✔By the 1890's, what instruments were the standard adornment in the parlors
of upper-middle-class families?
network - ANS ✔✔What kind of radio broadcasts in the 1930's caused music publishers to close
their regional offices and focus their plugging efforts in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles?
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles - ANS ✔✔In what cities did music publishers in the 1930's focus
their plugging efforts on instead of maintaining their regional offices?
phonograph records, broadcasting - ANS ✔✔Which two technologies did the 20th century
modern music industry forge?
digital technology - ANS ✔✔As the 21st century approached, what was the third technological
force that emerged to shake the industry's foundations?
digital technology - ANS ✔✔The internet, P2P networks, and file sharing are all examples of...
half - ANS ✔✔In the decade following the advent of P2P networks, global recorded music sales
dropped by nearly...
, P2P Networks - ANS ✔✔The advent of _________ __________ caused global recorded music
sales to drop by nearly half.
RIAA - ANS ✔✔In 2007, who sued colleges and individuals for illegally downloading music?
successful - ANS ✔✔The civil litigations were tactically __________ when the RIAA sued
colleges and individuals for illegally downloading music.
damage - ANS ✔✔Even though the RIAA's civil litigations against colleges and individuals were
tactically successful, they caused public relations ____________ to the record industry.
concert - ANS ✔✔The _________ business is up in today's music business environment.
concert - ANS ✔✔Which part of the music business industry is up because it is not easily
displaced by a digital substitute?
iTunes - ANS ✔✔Which service made it easy to download single songs without the need to
purchase an entire album?
detrimental - ANS ✔✔iTunes making single song downloads available was ____________ to
conventional record labels, which had built much of their revenue from the sale of CDs.
record labels - ANS ✔✔Which entities had built much of their revenue from the sale of CDs
prior to the availability of single song downloads?
free of cost - ANS ✔✔Because digital distribution has made music freely accessible, a culture
has been created where music is often viewed as...
musician & audience - ANS ✔✔What are the two main elements of the music business?
VERIFIED 2025/2026 PASSED
15 billion - ANS ✔✔How many music CDs have sold in the US since the format's introduction?
1982 - ANS ✔✔In what year was the CD format introduced?
pianos - ANS ✔✔By the 1890's, what instruments were the standard adornment in the parlors
of upper-middle-class families?
network - ANS ✔✔What kind of radio broadcasts in the 1930's caused music publishers to close
their regional offices and focus their plugging efforts in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles?
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles - ANS ✔✔In what cities did music publishers in the 1930's focus
their plugging efforts on instead of maintaining their regional offices?
phonograph records, broadcasting - ANS ✔✔Which two technologies did the 20th century
modern music industry forge?
digital technology - ANS ✔✔As the 21st century approached, what was the third technological
force that emerged to shake the industry's foundations?
digital technology - ANS ✔✔The internet, P2P networks, and file sharing are all examples of...
half - ANS ✔✔In the decade following the advent of P2P networks, global recorded music sales
dropped by nearly...
, P2P Networks - ANS ✔✔The advent of _________ __________ caused global recorded music
sales to drop by nearly half.
RIAA - ANS ✔✔In 2007, who sued colleges and individuals for illegally downloading music?
successful - ANS ✔✔The civil litigations were tactically __________ when the RIAA sued
colleges and individuals for illegally downloading music.
damage - ANS ✔✔Even though the RIAA's civil litigations against colleges and individuals were
tactically successful, they caused public relations ____________ to the record industry.
concert - ANS ✔✔The _________ business is up in today's music business environment.
concert - ANS ✔✔Which part of the music business industry is up because it is not easily
displaced by a digital substitute?
iTunes - ANS ✔✔Which service made it easy to download single songs without the need to
purchase an entire album?
detrimental - ANS ✔✔iTunes making single song downloads available was ____________ to
conventional record labels, which had built much of their revenue from the sale of CDs.
record labels - ANS ✔✔Which entities had built much of their revenue from the sale of CDs
prior to the availability of single song downloads?
free of cost - ANS ✔✔Because digital distribution has made music freely accessible, a culture
has been created where music is often viewed as...
musician & audience - ANS ✔✔What are the two main elements of the music business?
