MCQ Bank
Alternative newspapers are said to have begun in _________ with the publication of "The Village Voice".
- A) 1955
- B) 1956
- C) 1985
- D) 1957
Which of the following device is used for receiving and decoding encrypted television signal for onward transmission to the subscribers?
- A) Service point
- B) Set-top box
- C) Cable
- D) Up linking
ACT stands for which one of the following?
- A) None of the given options
- B) Action for Children’s Telephone
- C) Action for Children’s terminal
- D) Action for Children’s Television
The ______________ of the broadcasting industry differs from other media in the nature of ownership concentration.
- A) Economic situation
- B) Cultural situation
- C) Defense situation
- D) Social situation
Harper's was a _____________ magazine.
- A) Bi-weekly Magazine
- B) Monthly Magazine
- C) Weekly Magazine
- D) Bi-Monthly Magazine
PBS stands for:
- A) Public Broadcasting solution
- B) Phosphate buffered saline
- C) Public Broadcasting Service
- D) Phosphate buffer solution
Advertising plays virtually no role as a source of revenue for_______________.
- A) Magazines
- B) Radio
- C) Book companies
- D) Engineering firms
In 1984, FCC chairman was ______________.
- A) John Pavlik
- B) Mark Fowler
- C) Mary Parker Follett
- D) Henri Fayol
AT&T stands for :
- A) Asian Telephone & Telegraph Commission
- B) Asian Telephone & Tv Company
- C) American Telephone & Tv Commission
- D) American Telephone & Telegraph Company
When television was developed?
- A) 1950s
- B) 1940s
- C) 1970s
- D) 1960s
In 1880 the average newspaper devoted _______ percent of its space to advertising.
- A) 25
- B) 05
- C) 15
- D) 35
Which of the following came into the spotlight in the 1980s as a result of deregulation?
- A) Federal Communications Company
- B) Federal Complaints Commission
- C) Federal Communications Commission
- D) Federal Communist Commission
In 1989, it was expected that about 52 million households would have ________________.
- A) I pod
- B) CDs
- C) VCRs
- D) DVDs
FCC stands for which of the following option?
- A) Federal Complaints Commission
- B) Federal Communist Commission
- C) Federal Communications Company
- D) Federal Communications Commission
How much average space devoted to advertising in newspapers of America in 1880?
- A) 35%
- B) 25%
- C) 75%
- D) 45%
Which of the following news channel is sometimes called a "network”?
- A) BBC
- B) ARY
- C) AAJ
- D) CNN
According to _________________rules, no single owner could have more than seven television stations
- A) Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
- B) Federal Communications Commission
- C) Federal Complaint Commission
- D) Press Information Department
Which of the following courts broke up the huge American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T)?
- A) Federal courts
- B) Session court
- C) District courts
- D) High courts
By the turn of the ______________ century, the magazine for a general audience was well developed due to involvement of advertising in magazines.
- A) 19th
- B) 17th
- C) 20th
- D) 18th