RTV 3007 - CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
False - Answers - Broadcast affiliates are independent stations without network
associations.
False - Answers - Independent stations receive the highest levels of station
compensation from networks.
True - Answers - Microwave transmission allowed CATV systems to import signals from
distant large markets.
False - Answers - TV stations will soon deliver live programs directly online or to cell
phones.
True - Answers - HBO was the first service to deliver programming via satellite.
False - Answers - Cable and satellite systems are facing challenges due to cord cutters
but are quickly recovering the lost revenue by providing high-speed broadband.
True - Answers - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy was closely associated with
blacklisting.
True - Answers - Television made its first public debut in 1939 at the New York World's
Fair.
True - Answers - The freeze on television licenses was lifted in 1952.
True - Answers - World War II halted the development of commercial television
broadcasting.
False - Answers - SMATV represents the evolution of MMDS.
True - Answers - CATV can be considered a precursor to modern-day cable television.
True - Answers - Just as with radio, early television was dominated by networks.
True - Answers - Early DBS was not allowed to provide local broadcast station signals
to subscribers until government regulation allowed it in the late 1990s.
True - Answers - The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) adopted the
broadcast standard used in HDTV.
ANSWERS
False - Answers - Broadcast affiliates are independent stations without network
associations.
False - Answers - Independent stations receive the highest levels of station
compensation from networks.
True - Answers - Microwave transmission allowed CATV systems to import signals from
distant large markets.
False - Answers - TV stations will soon deliver live programs directly online or to cell
phones.
True - Answers - HBO was the first service to deliver programming via satellite.
False - Answers - Cable and satellite systems are facing challenges due to cord cutters
but are quickly recovering the lost revenue by providing high-speed broadband.
True - Answers - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy was closely associated with
blacklisting.
True - Answers - Television made its first public debut in 1939 at the New York World's
Fair.
True - Answers - The freeze on television licenses was lifted in 1952.
True - Answers - World War II halted the development of commercial television
broadcasting.
False - Answers - SMATV represents the evolution of MMDS.
True - Answers - CATV can be considered a precursor to modern-day cable television.
True - Answers - Just as with radio, early television was dominated by networks.
True - Answers - Early DBS was not allowed to provide local broadcast station signals
to subscribers until government regulation allowed it in the late 1990s.
True - Answers - The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) adopted the
broadcast standard used in HDTV.
