Television - Multiple Choice Exercise

Commercial TV stations get most of their money
1. by selling advertising time
2. from the government
3. from fees from their viewers
In Europe, state-owned television
1. had a monopoly for a long time
2. does not exist any more today
3. gets less money than private companies
Every color on television can be achieved by mixing together
1. red , blue and green
2. red, yellow and blue
3. blue, green and white
An analog signal in the form of an electromagnetic wave
1. cannot travel for a long distance
2. can travel to satellites and back again
3. can travel directly from the TV station to people's homes
Digital TV signals
1. have a better picture quality than analog signals
2. carry less data than analog signals
3. cannot transmit images in high definition
The first television broadcasts started in
1. Great Britain
2. Germany
3. the USA
The first big event that attracted millions of TV viewers was
1. the TV debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
2. the Vietnam war
3. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
CNN became popular as a
1. news network
2. documentary channel
3. movie station
The biggest TV audiences are attracted by
1. sports
2. politics
3. social events
Cathode-ray tubes
1. shoot electrons to a screen covered with phosphor
2. work with two sheets of glass
3. have pixels that can be turned on and off
The first public TV station in America was
1. PBS
2. CBS
3. ABC
Telenovelas are short popular TV series in
1. South America
2. Europe
3. the United States