Mass Communication and Broadcast Media
QUESTION BANK
1 The phonograph was invented by
a) Thomas Alva Edison b) Albert Einstein c) Benjamin Franklin d) None of the above
2 Who introduced the gramophone?
a) Emile Berliner b) Thomas Alva Edison c) Albert Einstein d) Benjamin Franklin
3 Who invented the radio?
a) Thomas Alva Edison b) Albert Einstein b) Benjamin Franklin d) Guglielmo Marconi
4 In the 1920s, the first radio stations were set up in
a) United States of America b) England c) France d) India
5 A visual rhyme between two successive shots is called
a) Graphics match b) Short match c) Scene match d) Composition
6 A rapid, jerky transition from one frame to the next, either disrupting the flow of time or movement within a scene or making an abrupt transition from one scene to another is termed as
a) Clear cut b) Jump cut c) Fade d) Smog
7 The first licensed radio operator in India.
a) The Radio Club of Kolkatta
b) The Radio Club of Bombay
c) The Radio Club of Madras
d) The Radio Club of Delhi
8 Indian Broadcasting Company Ltd (IBC), the first collectively for radio broadcasting in India was set up in
a) 1937 b) 1927 c) 1917 d) 1947
9 A shot that is allowed to continue for longer than usual without editing
a) Short shot b) Long shot c) Medium shot d) Live shot
10 Everything placed within the frame, including set decoration, costume, and styles of performance is termed as
a) Mise‐en‐scene b) Proximity c) Kinesics d) Proximics
11 The telling of a story and the information supplied to the audience by a voice coming from off screen that may or may not be a character in the story.
a) Voice over b) Narration c) Characterization d) Casting
12 A shot looking down vertically on the action from above.
a) Overhead shot
b) Mugshot
c) Shoulder shot
d) Sky shot
13 India’s first Controller of Broadcasting.
a) Lionel Fielden
b) Dada Saheb Falke
c) R Sreedhar
d) None of the above
14 A local reporter is also called
a) Stringer b) Correspondent c) Special correspondent d) None of the above
15 A movement in which the camera turns to the right or left on a horizontal axis.
a) Zoom b) Pan c) Tilt d) Cross
16 A shift in focus between planes at different distances from the camera within the same shot.
a) Racking focus
b) Fading
c) Deep focus
d) None of the above
17 A camera shot or film style that provides the audience with the specific vision or perspective of a character in the film
a) Subjective camera
b) Deep focus
c) Suggestive shot
d) None of the above
18 A movement by which the camera moves up or down while its support remains fixed.
a) Zoom b) Pan c) Tilt d) Cross
19 Expansion of CNN
a) Cartoon and News Network
b) Canadian News Network
c) Cable News Network
d) None of the above
20 "Bahujana Hitaya Bahujan Sukhasya" is the slogan of
a) Doordarshan
b) AIR
c) Mathrubhumi daily
d) Harijan started by Mahatma Gandhi
21 What is called Commercial Broadcasting Service of All India Radio?
a) Vividh Bharati
b) Ek Bharat
c) Vanijya Bharati
d) Business India
22 A shot in which two actors appear within the frame
a) Two actor shot
b) Two shot
c) Dual shot
d) None of the above
23 A series of segments of a film narrative edited together and unified by a common setting, time, event or story‐line.
a) Sequence b) Linearity c) Line d) Queue
24 A close‐up in which an actor or group is seen to respond to an event often accomplished with a cut away from the primary action to someone viewing the occurrence.
a) Response
b) Reaction shot
c) Feedback
d) Close up response
25 The narrative device in which the action is interrupted by scenes representing a character’s memory of events experienced before the time of the action.
a) Flashback b) Suspense c) Thriller d) Enigma
26 A shot in which the camera rises above the ground on a mobile support.
a) Crane shot
b) Sky shot
c) Overhead shot
d) Above the line view
27 Swiftly cutting backward and forwards between more than one scene.
a) Cross‐cutting
b) Shift
c) Jumpcut
d) Swift cutting
28 A shot in which a smallish object (e.g. the human head) fits easily within the frame.
a) Longshot
b) Mugshot
c) Close‐up
d) None of the above
29 The slow fading of one shot into another.
a) Dissolve b) Jumping c) Jerking d) Smudging
30 Each individual photographic image making up the film. Also refers to the area of the picture seen on the screen.
a) Scene b) Shot c) Frame d) Sequence
31 Hardness (directness) or softness (diffuseness) of the light is referred to as
a) Quality b) Intensity c) Density d) Depth
32 There are two basic lighting philosophies. They are:
a) Naturalism and Pictorialism
b) Realism and Naturalism
c) Pictorialism and Realism
d) None of the above
33 High‐key lighting is
a) Predominantly dark and allows few bright areas or shadows within the scene.
b) Not allowing shadows within the scene
c) Little dark and allows few bright areas or shadows within the scene.
d) Predominantly bright and allows few dark areas or shadows within the scene.
34 Which lighting enhances depth by using contrasting tones of highlights and shadow.
a) Low key lighting
b) High key lighting
c) Medium key lighting
d) Natural light
35 Which of the following is not considered as a property of light?
a) Intensity b) Proximity c) Quality d) Angle
36 Which of the following is called the soul of cinematography?
a) Property b) Lighting c) Dress code d) Actors
37 Which shot represents the perception or viewpoint of a specific character?
a) Point of view shot
b) Perceived shot
c) Close up shot
d) Ariel shot
38 The Dutch angle shot is also called
a) Oblique shot
b) The other shot
c) Medium shot
d) Close up shot
39 Expansion of POV in film terminology.
a) Position of View
b) Point of view
c) Position of Viewer
d) Point of Visualization
40 In this type of shot, the camera is tilted laterally on a tripod so it is no longer parallel to the horizon. Name the shot.
a) Close up
b) Dutch angle
c) Longshot
d) Medium shot
41 Which of the following shots is generally used to give an overwhelming sense of the world’s being unbalanced?
a) Close up
b) Dutch angle
c) Longshot
d) Medium shot
42 The overhead shot is also called as
a) Close up
b) Bird’s eye view
c) Longshot
d) Medium shot
43 …….. shots are those taken with the camera on our near the eye level of the character or subject being filmed.
a) Eye level
b) Ear level
c) Head level
d) Shoulder level
44 In a ………… shot the subject or scene is filmed from above and the camera points down on the action, often to make the subject(s) small, weak and vulnerable
a) Close up
b) High Angle shot
c) Low Angle shot
d) Medium shot
45 ………..is a variety of shot in which the subject is filmed directly from below and the camera tilts up at the action or character, to make the subject appear larger than life, more formidable, taller and more menacing
a) Close up
b) High Angle shot
c) Low Angle shot
d) Medium shot
46 Which of the above creates a feeling of observation or inspection?
a) Trucking b) Dollying c) Zooming d) Tilting
47 Which statement is true?
a) Zooming is basically not a camera movement
b) Zooming is basically a camera movement
c) Zooming is basically a tripod movement
d) Zooming is basically the movement of the object
48 Which statement is true?
a) Dollying changes the focal length
b) Dollying does not change the focal length and aspect ratio
c) Dollying does not change the focal length
d) Statement( a) and (b) are true
49 The process of moving the camera along with a moving subject or to move it parallel with the scene is called as
a) Trucking b) Triggering c) Tracking d) Tilting
50 When a camera is moved from side to side, this is known as
a) Trucking b) Tracking c) Tilting d) Panning
51 In terms of visualization pattern, TV is known as a
a) Close‐up medium
b) Longshot medium
c) Zooming medium
d) All the above
52 Which of the following shots is best to provide the details and create the emotion?
a) Close up
b) High Angle shot
c) Low Angle shot
d) Medium shot
53 Extreme close‐up is also known as
a) Simple shot
b) Tight shot
c) Right shot
d) Tough shot
54 Expansion of ECU
a) Emotion Cue Unit
b) Extreme Close up
c) Extra Close up
d) None of the above
55 ECU is also known as
a) XCU b) MCU c) KCU d) PCU
56 Detail shot and close on the shot are terms to denote
a) Close up
b) High Angle shot
c) Low Angle shot
d) Medium shot
57 XLS means
a) Extreme Long Shot
b) Extra Large Shot
c) Extreme Large shot
d) None of the above
58 Find out the basic shots group.
a) Long shot, Medium shot, and Close‐up shot
b) Long shot, Extra Long Shot, and Close‐up shot
c) Extra Longshot, Medium, and Close‐up shot
d) Extra Long Shot and Extra Close‐up shot and medium shot
59 The study of distance among the objects in relation to its communication effect is called
a) Proxemics
b) Kinesics
c) Communicology
d) Communique
60 The process of selecting people for the various roles in the movie.
a) Characterization
b) Casting
c) Choreography
d) None of the above
61 Selection to the cinema is done through
a) Audition b) Automation c) Gatekeeping d) Filtering
62 Creative talents in film production are called as
a) Above the line
b) Below the line
c) Casts
d) Crew
63 The written timetable listing the time allotted for each production step.
a) Cue list
b) Reminder list
c) Film calendar
d) Production schedule
64 Pather Panchali is directed by
a) Girish Karnad
b) Girish Kasaravally
c) Satyajit Ray
d) Mrinal Sen
65 …………..behaves like documentary or autobiography, but is utter fiction.
a) Documentary
b) Feature film
c) Mockumentary
d) Short film
66 Expand VOD
a) Voice Over Decision
b) Voice of Dialogue
c) Video on Demand
d) None of the above
67 A transition from one shot to another, where a moving line or pattern reveals the new shot.
a) Wipe
b) Transformation
c) Transliteration
d) Fade
68 Electronic adjustment of camera to retain the truest colors of a recorded image by making white objects in the scene appear white in the camera.
a) White balance
b) Focusing
c) Keying
d) None of the above
69 Audio from an unseen narrator accompanying video, heard above background sound or music.
a) Dialogue
b) Voice over
c) Sound effects
d) None of the above
70 Expand VHS
a) Voice Hightening System
b) Variety Home Studio
c) Video Home System
d) Video Home Studio
71 Synchronization system, like a clock, recorded on your videotape, assigning corresponding hours, minutes, seconds, and frame‐number designation to each frame.
a) Time Code
b) Film clock
c) Camera clock
d) Bios
72 device that projects and advances text on mirror directly in front of the camera's lens, allowing talent to read their lines while appearing to maintain eye contact with viewers.
a) Prompter
b) Teleprompter
c) Telereader
d) Machine reader
73 Playing sound or video in real time as it is downloaded over the internet as opposed to storing it in a local file first.
a) Downloading
b) Streaming
c) Filtering
d) None of the above
74 Series of cartoon‐like sketches illustrating key visual stages (shots, scenes) of planned production, accompanied by corresponding audio information.
a) Comics
b) Cartoon
c) Animation
d) Storyboard
75 Sound emanating from two isolated sources, intended to simulate the pattern of natural human hearing.
a) Stereo
b) FM
c) AM
d) None of the above
76 Expand SEG
a) Single Entertainment Group
b) Special Effects Generator
c) Special Emotion Generator
d) None of the above
77 SFX means
a) Cinematic effects
b) Visual effects
c) Sound effects
d) Synchronized effects
78 Brassy antique colour effect characteristic of old photographs.
a) Sapia b) Negative c) Grey d) RGB
79 Text specifying the content of a production or performance, used as a guide
a) One‐line
b) Synopsis
c) Script
d) Shoot schedule
80 The recommended area that will produce legible titles on most TV screens
a) Simple title area
b) Safe title area
c) Secure title area
d) None of the above
81 Composition technique that places important subjects or objects on the lines, or at the cross points, in a tic‐tac‐toe pattern imagined over the viewfinder.
a) Rule of first
b) Rule of second
c) Rule of third
d) None of the above
82 Preliminary editing of footage in the approximate sequence, length and content of a finished program.
a) Rough cut b) Rush cut c) Raw cut d) Real cut
83 Text or graphics, usually credits, that move up or down the screen, typically from bottom to top.
a) Reel
b) Roll
c) Rhode
d) None of the above
84 Amount of picture detail reproduced by a video system, influenced by a camera's pickup, lens, internal optics, recording medium and playback monitor.
a) Memory b) Binary c) Resolution d) Aspect Ratio
85 The processing a computer undertakes when creating an applied effect, transition or composite.
a) Streaming
b) Filtering
c) Rendering
d) None of the above
86 Pre‐edited footage is called
a) Raw footage
b) Real footage
c) Rough footage
d) None of the above
87 A microphone that picks up sound from all directions is called
a) Omnidirectional microphone
b) Omnipresent microphone
c) Auto directional microphone
d) Unidirectional microphone
88 Digital random access editing that uses a hard drive instead of tape to store video is called
a) Linear editing
b) Non linear editing
c) Manual editing
d) None of the above
89 Unwanted sound or static in an audio signal
a) Lip‐synch b) Adlib c) Noise d) Nuisance
90 A sequence of shots assembled in juxtaposition to each other to communicate a particular idea or mood.
a) Montage b) Composition c) Collage d) Noise
91 Proper synchronization of video with audio ‐ lip movement with audible speech.
a) Adlib
b) Audio synch
c) Lip synch
d) Natural link
92 Space between the top of a subject's head and a frame’s upper‐screen edge.
a) Mug b) Slug c) Duck d) Head room
93 Expand HDTV
a) High Density Television
b) High Definition Television
c) Hirarchical Data of Television
d) Home Delivery of Television
94 Expand IPTV
a) Indian Private Television
b) International Private Television
c) Internet Protocol Television
d) None of the above
95 Production technician responsible for placement and rigging of all lighting instruments.
a) Gaffer
b) Above the line
c) Below the line
d) None of the above
96 A small, lightweight arm to which a microphone is attached, hand held by an audio assistant outside of the picture frame.
a) Fish pole
b) Pole vault
c) Polaris
d) None of the above
97 Supplementary illumination, usually from a soft light positioned to the side of the subject, which lightens shadows created by the key light.
a) Key light b) Fill light c) Side light d) Natural light
98 Width of a shot that is visible with a lens set at a particular focal length.
a) Field of view
b) Focus
c) Focal point
d) None of the above
99 F/X means
a) Special Effects
b) Final Effects
c) Fantastic Effects
d) Fun Effects
100 Opening image of a scene. Usually, a wide andor distant perspective that orients viewers to the overall setting and surroundings.
a) Close up
b) Establishing shot
c) Bird’s view
d) Eye level
101 Use of portable video cameras, lighting and sound equipment to record news events in the field quickly, conveniently, and efficiently.
a) Electronic New Gathering
b) Citizen Journalism
c) Micro Journalism
d) Sting Operation
102 Text or graphics, usually special announcements that move across the screen horizontally, typically from right to left across the bottom of the screen.
a) Roll b) Crawl c) Ride d) Flash
103 Method of electronically inserting an image from one video source into the image of another through areas designated as its "key color."
a) Animation
b) Chromakey
c) Cueing
d) None of the above
104 Proportional width and height of the on‐screen picture.
a) Picture ration
b) Aspect ratio
c) Average ratio
d) None of the above
105 Unrehearsed, spontaneous act of speaking, performing, or otherwise improvising on camera activity without preparation.
a) Lip synch
b) Ad synch
c) Ad lib
d) None of the above
106 JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is
a) An image format
b) An association of photographers in Kerala
c) An association of videographers in Kerala
d) None of the above
107 Advertising or programming not consciously perceived; below the normal range of awareness, background.
a) Online ads
b) Subliminal ads
c) Outdoor ads
d) Banner ads
108 Microphone designed to pick up sound in one direction
a) Unidirectional microphone
b) Multidirectional microphone
c) Dual side microphone
d) None of the above
109 Expand VOA
a) Voice of Australia
b) Voice of America
c) Voice of Argentina
d) Voice of Atlanta
110 Distortion of sound created by inappropriate speed is termed as
a) Mow b) Wow c) Vow d) Slow
111 Roster of music for airing
a) Bulletin b) Playlist c) Muster d) Play roster
112 Recording sound-on-sound
a) Single tracking
b) Multi‐tracking
c) Embedding
d) Sound engraving
113 Listeners who do not call stations in response to contests or promotions or to make requests or comments
a) Passives
b) Inpotents
c) Inertias
d) Lazy lot
114 Music commercial or promo
a) Jingle
b) Mingle
c) Single
d) None of the above
115 Material read over air
a) Air copy
b) Live copy
c) Online copy
d) Auto copy
116 Host of radio music program
a) Radio jockey
b) Radio selector
c) Radiator
d) Radio director
117 A region where a radio signal cannot be received due to propagation difficulties.
a) Head zone
b) Dead zone
c) Death zone
d) Passive zone
118 Signal for the start of action is termed as
a) Cue b) Clue c) Key d) Sign
119 Audience statistical data pertaining to age, sex, race, income, etc.
a) Psychographics
b) Demographics
c) Samples
d) Census
120 Gradual fade of bed music at the conclusion of a spot.
a) Cool out
b) Hot cut
c) Snow out
d) Smog out
121 Paid advertising announcement in Radio is generally called
a) Advertorial
b) Commercial
c) Copy
d) None of the above
122 Audio mixer consisting of inputs, outputs, toggles, meters, sliders and/or pots is called
a) Conceal
b) Console
c) Consolation
d) Convergence
123 Recap of preceding music selections
a) Back announce
b) Renouncement
c) Front announcement
d) Middle announce
124 A summary of a station's assets and liabilities
a) Balance sheet
b) Audit report
c) Account
d) Book keeping
125 Electronically increasing the power of a signal.
a) Modulation
b) Amplification
c) synchronization
d) Dubbing
Answer key
1 Thomas Alva Edison
2 Emile Berliner
3 Guglielmo Marconi
4 United States of America
5 Graphic match
6 Jump cut
7 The Radio Club of Kolkatta
8 1927
9 Long shot
10 Mise‐en‐scene
11 Narration
12 Overhead shot
13 Lionel Fielden
14 Stringer
15 Pan
16 Racking focus
17 Subjective camera
18 Tilt
19 Cable News Network
20 AIR
21 Vividh Bharati
22 Two shot
23 Sequence
24 Reaction shot
25 Flashback
26 Crane shot
27 Cross‐cutting
28 Close‐up
29 Dissolve
30 Frame
31 Quality
32 Naturalism and Pictorialism
33 Predominantly bright and allows few dark areas or shadows within the scene.
34 Low key lighting
35 Proximity
36 Lighting
37 Point of view shot
38 Oblique shot
39 Point of view
40 Dutch angle
41 Dutch angle
42 Bird’s eye view
43 Eye level
44 High Angle shot
45 Low Angle shot
46 Trucking
47 Zooming is basically not a camera movement
48 Dollying does not change the focal length
49 Trucking
50 Panning
51 Close‐up medium
52 Close up
53 Tight shot
54 Extreme Close up
55 XCU
56 Close up
57 Extreme Long Shot
58 Long shot, Medium Shot and the Closeup shot
59 Proximics
60 Casting
61 Audition
62 Above the line
63 Production schedule
64 Satyajit Ray
65 Mockumentary
66 Video on Demand
67 Wipe
68 White balance
69 Voice over
70 Video Home System
71 Time Code
72 Teleprompter
73 Streaming
74 Story board
75 Stereo
76 Special Effects Generator
77 Sound effects
78 Sapia
79 Script
80 Safe title area
81 Rule of third
82 Rough cut
83 Roll
84 Resolution
85 Rendering
86 Raw footage
87 Omnidirectional microphone
88 Non linear editing
89 Noise
90 Montage
91 Lip synch
92 Head room
93 High Definition Television
94 Internet Protocol Television
95 Gaffer
96 Fish pole
97 Fill light
98 Field of view
99 Special Effects
100 Establishing shot
101 Electronic New Gathering
102 Crawl
103 Chroma key
104 Aspect ratio
105 Ad lib
106 An image format
107 Subliminal ads
108 Unidirectional microphone
109 Voice of America
110 Wow
111 Playlist
112 Multi‐tracking
113 Passives
114 Jingle
115 Live copy
116 Radio jockey
117 Dead zone
118 Cue
119 Demographics
120 Cool out
121 Commercial
122 Console
123 Back announce
124 Balance sheet
125 Amplification
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