CBT - Certified Broadcast Technologist FCC Rules and Regulations Questions and Answers

Question 1

According to FCC regulations, what is the minimum required content for a legal station identification announcement?

Accepted Answer

Call letters and city of license

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Call letters, frequency, and station slogan

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Station slogan and city of license

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Frequency and licensee name

Question 2

A television station's tower is located in a remote area and its monitoring system fails at 10 PM, causing the top beacon to extinguish. According to FCC regulations, what is the most critical immediate action required?

Accepted Answer

Report the outage to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) if it lasts more than 30 minutes.

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Dispatch a technician to the site as soon as possible.

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Notify the station's General Manager within one hour.

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Log the failure in the station log at the start of the next business day.

Question 3

Which of the following items is a broadcast station required by the FCC to maintain in its Public Inspection File?

Accepted Answer

Quarterly lists of programs that have provided the most significant treatment of community issues

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Employee payroll records

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Detailed schematics of the main broadcast transmitter

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A log of all music played during the last calendar year

Question 4

A broadcast station receives a Required Weekly Test (RWT) of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). What is the station's primary obligation regarding this test?

Accepted Answer

Log the receipt of the test.

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Re-transmit the test to the public immediately.

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Notify the State Emergency Communications Committee (SECC) of successful receipt.

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Originate a new RWT within the hour.

Question 5

A station's Chief Operator is reviewing the station logs. According to FCC rules, how long must station logs generally be retained, assuming no entries pertain to an FCC investigation or disaster communication?

Accepted Answer

2 years

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6 months

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1 year

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Indefinitely

Question 6

What is the primary purpose of a Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) license as defined by the FCC?

Accepted Answer

To relay broadcast signals between points, such as from a remote location to the studio.

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To provide a secondary, emergency-only broadcast channel for a station.

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To authorize non-commercial educational programming.

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To license the operation of a station's primary over-the-air transmitter.