TELEVISION PRODUCTIO N NOCTI EXAM
1 QUESTIONS AND ANSW ERS
Question : Production Assistant
CORRECT ANSWER : an entry-level position. For many it
is their first industry job.
Question : Talent
CORRECT ANSWER: the name for anything performing
or appearing in front of the camera
Question : Floor Manager
CORRECT ANSWER: personnel in charge of making sure
everybody is in place and all equipment is ready during a LIVE show. They will also cue talent
Question : Sound Engineers
CORRECT ANSWER: operate the audio console during the
show. Also called mixer
Question : Switcher
CORRECT ANSWER: (also called vision mixer) device
used to select between several different video sources and in some cases compositing video sources together to create special effects
Question : Bus
CORRECT ANSWER: a row of buttons with each button
representing a video source. Pressing a button will select a video to play live
Question : Executive Producer
CORRECT ANSWER: provides the financial backing for a
production
Question : Camera Control Unit
CORRECT ANSWER: CCU, regulates all the elements of
the camera signal. (such as focus, white balance, and color balance)
Question : Broadcasting
CORRECT ANSWER: depends on cooperate (advertising)
or public funding (donations and grants)
Question : Subscription TV
CORRECT ANSWER: depends on monthly fees from the
audience to fund programming
Question : Arbitron
CORRECT ANSWER: survey organization that keeps track
of who's watching what and at what time
Question : Ratings
CORRECT ANSWER: info of who, what, and when are
watching
Question : Shares
CORRECT ANSWER: a tally of how many people are
watching a given program
Question : Demographics
CORRECT ANSWER: measure of what type of people are
watching (race, age, gender, etc.)
Question : Primetime
CORRECT ANSWER: (between 8-11pm) is the time mot
people are at home and watching
Question : Commercials
CORRECT ANSWER: generate income for the broadcaster
to pay for the cost of producing or acquiring the program
Question : Focus Groups
CORRECT ANSWER: screen a show and meet to discuss
likes and dislikes
Question : Concept
CORRECT ANSWER: the initial idea for a show
Question : Treatment
CORRECT ANSWER: a brief narrative description of what
a program will be
Question : Storyboard
CORRECT ANSWER: a comic book styled sequence of
drawings that will help the crew understand the director's vision
Question : Outline
CORRECT ANSWER: the scene by scene development of
the events in your teleplay
Question : Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
CORRECT ANSWER: an organization to license Radio
and Television stations. They determine the standards and practices
Question : American Society of Composer and Performers
(ASCAP) and Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)
CORRECT ANSWER: two organizations (full name and
letters) that license music rights to show producers