Journalism Quiz # 8

Predominant use test used the plaintiff’s name or picture more for commercial purposes or protected expression.

True

False

Publicizing highly offensive, true private information that is not newsworthy or lawfully obtained from a public record is known as ______ .

Public record

Private facts

Both a & b

None of these

Public record is a government record, particularly one that is ______ .

Publicly not available.

Publicly available.

Privately available.

None of these

Reasonable person is the law’s version of an _____ .

Total person.

Specific person.

Average person.

None of these

Right of publicity used for commercial or trade purposes only with permission.

True

False

Search warrant is a legal order by a judge to authorize law enforcement to _______ . Only issued with probable cause.

Search location

Seize items

Both a & b

None of these

Someone whose voice sounds like another person’s voice. Sound-alikes require permission or a disclaimer for commercial use is known as ______.

Sound-alike

Third-party doctrine

Transformative use test

None of these

A legal concept that holds that people who voluntarily give information to third parties is known as ______ .

Sound-alike

Third-party doctrine

Transformative use test

None of these

Transformative use test is a test to determine whether the First Amendment protects a work that uses a person’s name, picture, likeness, voice or identity for artistic purposes.

True

False

Clery Act is the federal law that requires ______ to maintain up-to-date police logs and report campus crimes annually.

Most universities

Most offices

Most building

None of these

Disclosing personal information that drivers submit in order to obtain a driver’s license,this statement is related to ______ .

Driver’s Privacy Protection Act

Freedom of Information Act

Government in the Sunshine Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Electronic Freedom of Information Act passed in ______ .

1992

1993

1999

1996

A federal law that protects the privacy of student education records this act is known as

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Freedom of Information Act

Government in the Sunshine Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The Freedom of Information Act requires records held by federal government agencies to be made available to the public unless covered by one of nine exemptions.

True

False

It mandates that meetings of federal government agencies be open to the public unless exempted ,this statement is related to ______.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Freedom of Information Act

Government in the Sunshine Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Accountability Act is law protecting against health professionals and institutions revealing individuals’ private medical records.

True

False

Congressional reports and records of deliberations about proposed legislation is known as ______ .

Legislative history

Promissory estoppel

Both a & b

None of these

A set of data that describes and gives information about other data is known as _______ .

Metadata

Big data

Data

None of these

A legal doctrine requiring liability when a clear promise is made and relied on and injury results from the broken promise is known as ________ .

Promissory estoppel

Ride-along

Both a & b

None of these

Ride-along is the practice of private citizens, especially _______ as they carry out their duties.

Professional communicators

Accompanying law enforcement

Emergency personnel

All of these

Which techniques are wrongful and unlawful and for which the victim may obtain damages in court?

Tortious newsgathering

Ride-along

Promissory estoppel

None of these

Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act is a federal law that makes it illegal to _________ or use private communication without a participant’s permission.

Intercept

Record

Disseminate

All of these

Judges’ instructions to jurors warning them to avoid potentially prejudicial communications is known as _______ .

Admonitions

Continuance

Logic test

None of these

Postponement of a trial to a later time,this statement is related to ________ .

Admonitions

Continuance

Logic test

None of these

Experience and logic tests determine whether it is presumptively open.

True

False

The ability of attorneys to remove a potential juror for a reason the law finds sufficient, as opposed to a peremptory challenge is known as _______.

Sequestration

Shield laws

Summons

For-cause challenge

A nonlegal term used to describe court restraining orders that prohibit publication or discussion of specific materials is known as _______ .

Experience

Logic test

Gag orders

Impanel

To select and seat a jury is known as ______ .

Gag orders

Impanel

Cause challenge

None of these

Reporter’s privilege is the concept that reporters may keep information such as source identity confidential

True

False

A court order forbidding an individual or group of individuals from doing a specified act until a hearing can be conducted is known as _____ .

Sequestration

Shield laws

Restraining order

Broadband