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Media Law and Ethics MCQ

Obeying the law is ________ ethical behavior

Essentially the same as

The first step towards

The opposite of

Unlikely to lead to

Answer

Correct Answer: The first step towards

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The Golden Mean teaches that there is a middle route between excess and deficiency.

True.

False.

Answer

Correct Answer: True.

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Truth, accuracy and fairness are just as important in public relations as in journalism.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A violation of ethics means a journalist has also broken the law.

True.

False.

Answer

Correct Answer: False.

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Because of Sunshine Laws

Public meetings must be held during the daytime.

Meetings must be open to the public after dark.

Adequate lighting must be available to all audience members.

Most government agencies must hold most meetings open to the public

Answer

Correct Answer: Most government agencies must hold most meetings open to the public

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Which of the following is an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act?

A person’s medical records.

A person’s arrest recor

A person’s divorce.

The president’s salary.

Answer

Correct Answer: A person’s medical records.

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For original works created after January 1, 1978, the copyright expires

In 95 years.

Seventy years after the author’s death.

When the author dies.

Never.

Answer

Correct Answer: Seventy years after the author’s death.

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A teacher makes up a song and sings it to her class. It can only be copyrighted if

The song is an original creation.

The song is recorded or has sheet musi

Both a and

Neither a nor

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and

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A copyright can be granted

To the creator of a work and all those who copy it.

To the work and all its derivatives.

Only to original works.

Only to works created in the United States.

Answer

Correct Answer: Only to original works.

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A picture of a random college student in a paper near a headline that says “Heroin addiction on the Rise” could violate privacy under

False light.

Appropriation.

Disclosure of embarrassing facts.

All of the above.

Answer

Correct Answer: False light.

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Absolute privilege applies to

All reporters.

Certain government officials.

Reporters of large newspapers.

Police officers.

Answer

Correct Answer: Certain government officials.

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Negligence and actual malice are two types of ______________ in a libel suit.

Publication

Defamation

Fault

Identification

Answer

Correct Answer: Fault

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Prior restraint is the legal term for

Press censorship.

Prohibiting freedom of speech.

Restricting freedoms of prisoners.

Shouting “fire” in a crowded theater when there is no fire.

Answer

Correct Answer: Press censorship.

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The First Amendment includes

The right to peaceably assemble.

The right to bear arms.

The right to a trial by jury.

The right to privacy.

Answer

Correct Answer: The right to peaceably assemble.

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The highest law in the land in the U.S. is

Administrative Law.

The U.S. Constitution.

A Statute.

Common Law.

Answer

Correct Answer: Administrative Law.

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When a reporter is trying to access official information, government officials

Are generally very helpful in providing needed information.

Are often suspicious of reporters wanting information.

Are sometimes required by law to make information publi

Both b and

Answer

Correct Answer: Both b and

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