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Communication

Q: "Love is a battlefield" is an example of a simile.
Q: Most search engines do not order search results according to relevance.
Q: In the late 1990s, hundreds of radio stations shifted from individual to chain ownership. A) True B) False
Q: A speaker can improve in the next speech by learning from the objective evaluations of others.
Q: Radio generates its largest profits by selling big national ads. A) True B) False
Q: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 decreased the number of broadcast stations a single person or corporation can own. A) True B) False
Q: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 set off an unprecedented consolidation in radio station ownership. A) True B) False
Q: A(n) _______ _______ presents information about a study or an issue concisely and visually.
Q: Concrete words and vivid imagery are not useful tools in painting a vivid mental picture for the audience.
Q: An analogy is an extended metaphor compares an unfamiliar concept to a more familiar one in order to emphasize or explain key ideas.
Q: Podcasting and Internet radio aren't very portable because you need a computer to use them. A) True B) False
Q: The domain of a Web address is the suffix at the end of the address that indicates the nature of the site.
Q: Internet radio stations are those that either stream or simulcast a version of their on-air signal over the Web, or create a station exclusive to the Internet. A) True B) False
Q: Giving a speech can be a satisfying and empowering experience.
Q: HD radio is a digital technology that enables broadcasters to multicast within an analog frequency. A) True B) False
Q: Contemporary public (noncommercial) radio mostly follows a variety rather than a specified format. A) True B) False
Q: Politicians have threatened to cut government funding for public broadcasting. A) True B) False
Q: _______ is a debate characteristic in which each side attacks the arguments of the other.
Q: In 1948, the FCC approved 10-watt FM stations, allowing more people to participate in radio. A) True B) False
Q: In describing information, the speaker should provide an array of details that allow the audience to paint a mental picture of the topic.
Q: By law, nonprofit broadcasters are allocated 25 percent of all the broadcast frequencies in the United States today. A) True B) False
Q: A metaphor compares one thing to another, using like or as to do so.
Q: The terms misinformation and disinformation are synonymous.
Q: Country is the most popular radio format today. A) True B) False
Q: The vast majority of the top radio talk-show hosts promote conservative viewpoints. A) True B) False
Q: A speaker's movement serves to relieve tension and helps to hold the audience's attention.
Q: ______ is the support offered for the claim.
Q: The Top 40 format refers to the forty most popular hits in a given week as measured by record sales. A) True B) False
Q: You can define something by describing what it is not or by comparing it to something synonymous.
Q: FM radio was an immediate commercial success and made its inventor a rich and happy man. A) True B) False
Q: Figures of speech include similes, metaphors, and analogies.
Q: Edwin H. Armstrong developed AM radio. A) True B) False
Q: A library portal will not provide access to databases of popular magazines.
Q: The first person to discover and develop FM radio in the 1920s and the 1930s was David Sarnoff of RCA. A) True B) False
Q: RCA delayed the deployment of FM radio for many decades because it was more concerned with the development of television. A) True B) False
Q: The most effective speakers stand perfectly still behind a podium and do not walk around.
Q: A(n)_______ , evidence, and reasoning are all necessary to advance strong arguments in a debate.
Q: By the 1960s, most radio listening was done outside the home. A) True B) False
Q: When you define something in a speech you are identifying its essential qualities and meaning.
Q: Texas Instruments marketed the first transistor radio in 1953. A) True B) False
Q: A speaker who describes activities and objects with colorful and concrete language helps create a vivid image for audience members and engages their senses.
Q: AM is better than FM for playing music because of its greater clarity and fidelity. A) True B) False
Q: The programAmos 'n' Andy started on Chicago radio in 1945. A) True B) False
Q: The most cutting edge and reliable research on almost any topic can be found in scholarly research articles and peer-reviewed articles on databases through your library's portal.
Q: Stage one of stress-control breathing involves using a calming word in a mantra.
Q: Throughout radio's early historyfrom the 1920s through the 1940sadvertisers exercised very little control over program content. A) True B) False
Q: In the _______ _______ _______ , one person takes a side against another.
Q: Radio soap operas got their name because they were a "clean" form of entertainment that lived up to the social and moral codes of the time. A) True B) False
Q: One way to shed new light on a well-known event is by providing the backstory of the event.
Q: With the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission officially became the Federal Radio Commission. A) True B) False
Q: The words peace, freedom, and love are examples of concrete language.
Q: In the 1940s, NBC willingly sold its Blue network because it was losing money. A) True B) False
Q: The Radio Act of 1927 created the Radio Corporation of America. A) True B) False
Q: Parts of the deep Web not available through general search engines are often available through a library portal.
Q: Under the Radio Act of 1927, broadcasters were allowed to own their radio channels. A) True B) False
Q: In stress-control breathing, more movement is felt in the back of the throat than the chest.
Q: The aim of early radio networks such as CBS and NBC was to serve the public interest. A) True B) False
Q: A(n)_______ is a type of oral presentation format in which two individuals or groups argue the issue in question from opposing viewpoints.
Q: In the 1920s, CBS operated two radio networks, CBS-Red and CBS-Blue. A) True B) False
Q: In an informative speech, the speaker is allowed to describe, or explain but not demonstrate.
Q: Network radio helped modernize America by deemphasizing local in favor of national programs. A) True B) False
Q: During the 1920s, the United States was the only country that allowed commercial interests to control broadcasting. A) True B) False
Q: Abstract language is specific, tangible, and definite.
Q: Using a library portal allows you to access multiple resources such as full-text databases, reference works, books, and statistical resources.
Q: The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed after World War I to give the United States an early worldwide monopoly over radio broadcasting. A) True B) False
Q: Because of the role of the navy in early broadcast history, the United States today has a national broadcasting system both controlled and supervised by the government. A) True B) False
Q: When you feel stressed, the center of your breathing tends to move from the upper chest to the abdomen, leaving you with a reduced supply of air.
Q: The American Marconi Company had trouble developing as a business after World War I in part because the U.S. Navy did not want a foreign-controlled company wielding so much power in the field of emergent radio technologies. A) True B) False
Q: A(n) _______ _______ is an oral presentation prepared and delivered by a group of three or more individuals.
Q: An informative speech can be about events and issues, but not about objects or people.
Q: Using personal pronouns such as we, us, I, and you draws the audience into the message.
Q: Congress passed the Radio Act of 1912 in response to the sinking of the British ocean liner Titanic. A) True B) False
Q: The Titanic sank in 1912, resulting in the loss of about fifteen hundred lives; had it not been for radio, seven hundred additional lives would have been lost. A) True B) False
Q: Library holdings offer many benefits to researchers that are not available through popular search engines.
Q: In its entrepreneurial phase, radio was marketed as a ship-to-shore communication device. A) True B) False
Q: Visualization is not an effective technique to reduce speaker nervousness.
Q: The word broadcasting derives from the steel industry, in part because KDKA in Pittsburgh was one of the first stations to begin using radio as a mass medium. A) True B) False
Q: Which one of the following types of audience consists of people who have expert knowledge along with those who have no specialized knowledge? A)expert B)colleagues within the field C)lay D)mixed
Q: Inventor Lee De Forest developed a vacuum tube capable of detecting and amplifying radio signals. A) True B) False
Q: Using rhetorical devices such as repetition and parallelism will reinforce information and drive home key ideas.
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