FSOT Practice Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions
What is the Freedom of Information Act? - ANSWER-allows press access to public
documents
What is the Offending effrontery in relation to journalists? - ANSWER-has to do with
obscenity
The journalist may print what he wishes about others, but if that information is wrong
and harmful to others' reputation, the writer must suffer the consequences. Such
protection for subjects of stories comes under the auspices of which of the following
acts?
A. Freedom of Information
B. Property Protection
C. Offending Effrontery
D. Defamation - ANSWER-D. Defamation
In some instances, journalists may find that there is a conflict between the 1st
Amendment and the 6th amendment, the latter having to do with
A. the right to keep and bear arms
B. the right to a speedy public trial
C. privacy
D. copyright - ANSWER-B. Right to a speedy public trial is subject of the the 6th
Amendment and when journalists try to cover trials, there can sometimes be a conflict
between freedom of the press and a fair trial.
The largest circulated daily newspaper in the U.S. is
A. USA Today
B. The Wall Street Journal
C. The New York Times
D. The Washington Post - ANSWER-B. The Wall Street Journal
A joint operating agreement provides for
A. competing newspapers to combine their circulation and advertising but leave their
editorial functions separate
B. Advertising in newspapers working with competitors in setting rates
,C. legislation that allows for multiple owner, large newspaper chains
D. an agreement that all newspapers in a chain may be printed from the same press -
ANSWER-A. A is the definition of a joint operating agreement.
Tabloid newspapers are those that:
A. are always sensational, with a de-emphasis on current news events
B. have a printing format that uses pages that are about half the size of a traditional
newspapers page
C. are sold only on newsstands, not by subscription
D. are published in English, but not generally found in the United States - ANSWER-B.
Answer B connotes the origin of the word tabloid, although many tabloid newspapers
have come to be associated with sensationalism and include many photographs.
Of all the types of magazines, the one with the most rapid growth (1989-2000) is
A. health
B. women's magazines
C. environment and ecology
D. comics - ANSWER-D. Comics
The top U.S. circulated magazine is:
A. Modern Maturity
B. Reader's Digest
C. TV Guide
D. Time - ANSWER-A. Modern Maturity, then Reader's Digest, then TV Guide then
Time
In advertising, CPM is
A. creative, promotion and marketing
B. circulation, production and marketing
C. cost per thousand
D. chief promotion manager - ANSWER-C. Cost per thousand is the basic
measurement of advertising efficiency; m-1000.
This act gave the Secretary of Commerce the right to issue licenses to parties
interested in radio broadcasting and to decide which radio frequencies should be used
for which types of services:
A. Radio Act of 1912
B. Radio Act of 1927
C. Communications Act of 1934
D. Radio-Telephone Act of 1952 - ANSWER-A. Radio Act of 1912
, O & O Stations are those
A. without sanctions to operate by the FCC
B. operated by companies with public stock offerings
C. interconnected together, coast to coast, with the same network
D. owned and operated by a network that provides a regular schedule of programming -
ANSWER-D. O & O means owned and operated by a network. O & O stations so have
sanction by the FCC to operate. Companies with public stock having nothing to do with
being O & O
This term describes an activity in which promotion personnel pay money in radio DJs in
order to ensure that they will devote airtime to artists that their recording companies
represent
A. networking
B. conglomeration
C. payola
D. musicjacking - ANSWER-C. payola is what's defined in the question; it become illegal
in the late 1950s.
An example of an agency that exists to make sure that publishers, songwriters and
artists are compensated for their artistry is:
A. FCC
B. A&R
C. ASCAP
D. US Copyright Office - ANSWER-C. ASCAP (American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers) is the only licensing agency that compensates artists
The licensing of mass media material to outlets on a market-to-market basis is known
as:
A. syndication
B. networking
C. license lending
D. outlet rating - ANSWER-A. Syndication
The technology that allows a household to receive one hundred or more television
signals is:
A. PBS
B. DBS
C. MSO
D. ARB - ANSWER-B. DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite)
The systematic investigation of the reasons people purchase products is known as
Complete Solutions
What is the Freedom of Information Act? - ANSWER-allows press access to public
documents
What is the Offending effrontery in relation to journalists? - ANSWER-has to do with
obscenity
The journalist may print what he wishes about others, but if that information is wrong
and harmful to others' reputation, the writer must suffer the consequences. Such
protection for subjects of stories comes under the auspices of which of the following
acts?
A. Freedom of Information
B. Property Protection
C. Offending Effrontery
D. Defamation - ANSWER-D. Defamation
In some instances, journalists may find that there is a conflict between the 1st
Amendment and the 6th amendment, the latter having to do with
A. the right to keep and bear arms
B. the right to a speedy public trial
C. privacy
D. copyright - ANSWER-B. Right to a speedy public trial is subject of the the 6th
Amendment and when journalists try to cover trials, there can sometimes be a conflict
between freedom of the press and a fair trial.
The largest circulated daily newspaper in the U.S. is
A. USA Today
B. The Wall Street Journal
C. The New York Times
D. The Washington Post - ANSWER-B. The Wall Street Journal
A joint operating agreement provides for
A. competing newspapers to combine their circulation and advertising but leave their
editorial functions separate
B. Advertising in newspapers working with competitors in setting rates
,C. legislation that allows for multiple owner, large newspaper chains
D. an agreement that all newspapers in a chain may be printed from the same press -
ANSWER-A. A is the definition of a joint operating agreement.
Tabloid newspapers are those that:
A. are always sensational, with a de-emphasis on current news events
B. have a printing format that uses pages that are about half the size of a traditional
newspapers page
C. are sold only on newsstands, not by subscription
D. are published in English, but not generally found in the United States - ANSWER-B.
Answer B connotes the origin of the word tabloid, although many tabloid newspapers
have come to be associated with sensationalism and include many photographs.
Of all the types of magazines, the one with the most rapid growth (1989-2000) is
A. health
B. women's magazines
C. environment and ecology
D. comics - ANSWER-D. Comics
The top U.S. circulated magazine is:
A. Modern Maturity
B. Reader's Digest
C. TV Guide
D. Time - ANSWER-A. Modern Maturity, then Reader's Digest, then TV Guide then
Time
In advertising, CPM is
A. creative, promotion and marketing
B. circulation, production and marketing
C. cost per thousand
D. chief promotion manager - ANSWER-C. Cost per thousand is the basic
measurement of advertising efficiency; m-1000.
This act gave the Secretary of Commerce the right to issue licenses to parties
interested in radio broadcasting and to decide which radio frequencies should be used
for which types of services:
A. Radio Act of 1912
B. Radio Act of 1927
C. Communications Act of 1934
D. Radio-Telephone Act of 1952 - ANSWER-A. Radio Act of 1912
, O & O Stations are those
A. without sanctions to operate by the FCC
B. operated by companies with public stock offerings
C. interconnected together, coast to coast, with the same network
D. owned and operated by a network that provides a regular schedule of programming -
ANSWER-D. O & O means owned and operated by a network. O & O stations so have
sanction by the FCC to operate. Companies with public stock having nothing to do with
being O & O
This term describes an activity in which promotion personnel pay money in radio DJs in
order to ensure that they will devote airtime to artists that their recording companies
represent
A. networking
B. conglomeration
C. payola
D. musicjacking - ANSWER-C. payola is what's defined in the question; it become illegal
in the late 1950s.
An example of an agency that exists to make sure that publishers, songwriters and
artists are compensated for their artistry is:
A. FCC
B. A&R
C. ASCAP
D. US Copyright Office - ANSWER-C. ASCAP (American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers) is the only licensing agency that compensates artists
The licensing of mass media material to outlets on a market-to-market basis is known
as:
A. syndication
B. networking
C. license lending
D. outlet rating - ANSWER-A. Syndication
The technology that allows a household to receive one hundred or more television
signals is:
A. PBS
B. DBS
C. MSO
D. ARB - ANSWER-B. DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite)
The systematic investigation of the reasons people purchase products is known as
