Practice Quiz Chapter 12

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. The clear and present danger test emerged from which case?

Schenk v. United States (1919) correct incorrect

Near v. Minnesota (1931) correct incorrect

New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) correct incorrect

Roe v. Wade (1973) correct incorrect

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. What important ruling emerged from Near v. Minnesota (1931)?

Slander correct incorrect

Prior restraint correct incorrect

Libel correct incorrect

Shield laws correct incorrect

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. In the United States, censorship has most often occurred during __________.

wartime correct incorrect

election cycles correct incorrect

economic crises correct incorrect

periods of high terrorist alert correct incorrect

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. __________ is a concept based on an Internet that should not discriminate among the types of content that pass through it.

Preferred-position balancing theory correct incorrect

The equal-time rule correct incorrect

The fairness doctrine correct incorrect

Net neutrality correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is the principal communications regulatory body at the federal level in the United States?

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) correct incorrect

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) correct incorrect

National Regulatory Commission (NRC) correct incorrect

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) correct incorrect

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. The Communications Act of 1934 established regulations based on the notion of __________.

a competitive marketplace correct incorrect

cultural diversity correct incorrect

spectrum scarcity correct incorrect

globalization correct incorrect

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. __________ occurs when journalists or other media producers decide not to publish stories on a topic after a journalist has been punished or jailed for such a story.

Censorship correct incorrect

Sedition correct incorrect

A chilling effect correct incorrect

Fair use correct incorrect

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. Slander differs from libel because __________.

slander is an attack on a person's character. correct incorrect

slander is a type of defamation that is spoken. correct incorrect

libel damages property. correct incorrect

libel applies exclusively to digital content. correct incorrect

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. __________ refers to ideas that have commercial value, such as literary or artistic works, patents, software programs, business methods, and industrial processes.

Intellectual property correct incorrect

Shield law correct incorrect

Fairness doctrine correct incorrect

The fourth estate correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was an important achievement of the Radio Act of 1927?

The Federal Radio Commission was created. correct incorrect

Radio was established as a key mass communication medium. correct incorrect

Radio stations around the country were consolidated. correct incorrect

It assigned frequencies and three- and four-letter codes to radio stations. correct incorrect