Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

Communications Policy: Sector by Sector
. The term "convergence" refers to ________.

. Canadian communications policy continues to adapt to all changes except which of the following?

. The term "digitization" refers to ________.

. Digital technologies are considered interactive because ________.

. Canada's Telecommunications Act does NOT cover ________.

. Prior to 1996, Canadian Telecommunications companies ________.

. Key policy issues in today's telecommunications industry in Canada include ________.

. Every country in the world regulates broadcasting because ________.

. The Canadian broadcasting system is owned and controlled by ________.

. For regulatory purposes, a program deemed "Canadian content" ________.

. Net neutrality is ________.

. The internet in Canada is regulated by ________.

. Media content delivered outside of traditional distribution networks such as cable and satellite is referred to as _______.

. The growing popularity of Netflix is due to ________.

. Canadian content requirements for broadcasted music were initiated in which decade?

. The National Film Board of Canada has won ________ Academy Awards (Oscars).

. Canadian feature films are responsible for ________ of box-office revenue in Canada.

. The ________ is not a benefit of digitization to the book publishing industry.

. Which of the following is not one of the challenges to the book publishing industry as a result of digitization?

. One of the first federal government departments created after Confederation in 1867 was responsible for ________.

. Technological convergence has created significant challenges to the convergence of corporate media organizations.

. Most Canadian audiences prefer passive media rather than interactive media.

. A "digital divide" continues to exist in Canada, with lower-income Canadians having considerably less access to the internet and mobile phones.

. Online streaming services like Netflix are currently not subject to the broadcast regulation as traditional broadcasters.

. While it is popular and profitable, radio brings in smaller revenues than television broadcasting.

. The CRTC is focused on economic regulation of the broadcast industries, as opposed to cultural regulation.

. Telephone companies are considered common carriers-they are merely distributors, rather than producers, of content.

. The CRTC has the legal right to suspend or revoke broadcast licenses, including that of the CBC.

. Canadian content refers to the nature of content of broadcast programming.

. More than 80 per cent of programming on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network originates from Canadian producers.

. Television has become the largest source of revenue for private Canadian film and video companies due to Canadian cinema's difficulty in penetrating Canadian movie theatres.

. In Quebec, television advertising on children's programming is prohibited.

. It is generally ten times cheaper for a Canadian television network to purchase American programming than to produce their own.

. The music industry in Canada has seen increases in revenue since 2015.

. Radio remains the single most popular media platform for recorded music.

. During World War I, Canada became the first country in the world with government film-production units.

. English-language publishers have been more successful in getting their books to readerships than French-language publishers in Canada.

. Textbooks account for 45 per cent of the Canadian market.

. In Canada, the magazine industry is currently very precarious and volatile.

. The Canada Post Corporation Act prohibits Canada Post from competing with private companies in the courier business.

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