Subtitles and Caption FCC Caption Regulations and Compliance 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The FCC's four caption quality standards are accuracy, synchrony, completeness, and:
- Placement (Correct answer)
- Color
- Font size
- Speed
Correct answer: Placement
The FCC requires captions to meet four quality standards: accuracy, synchrony, completeness, and proper placement.
Question 2: Which category of programming is EXEMPT from FCC closed captioning requirements?
- Local non-news programming with low revenue (Correct answer)
- Prime-time network broadcasts
- Syndicated daytime shows
- Cable news channels
Correct answer: Local non-news programming with low revenue
FCC rules provide exemptions for programming from small broadcast stations and low-revenue cable channels.
Question 3: Under the CVAA, video clips posted online by video programmers must have captions if the full program:
- Was previously captioned when aired on television (Correct answer)
- Airs in more than five markets
- Is longer than 30 minutes
- Includes dialogue from actors
Correct answer: Was previously captioned when aired on television
The CVAA requires captions on online video clips of programming that was captioned during its original TV broadcast.
Question 4: FCC rules allow viewers to file a caption complaint if captions are missing or of poor quality. Where do viewers submit this complaint?
- FCC Consumer Complaint Center (Correct answer)
- Federal Trade Commission
- National Captioning Institute
- Broadcast station HR department
Correct answer: FCC Consumer Complaint Center
Viewers experiencing caption quality issues can file complaints directly with the FCC's Consumer Complaint Center.
Question 5: Spanish-language programming on U.S. television is required by the FCC to have captions in which language?
- Spanish (Correct answer)
- English
- Both Spanish and English
- The viewer's preferred language
Correct answer: Spanish
FCC rules require Spanish-language programming to be captioned in Spanish, reflecting the spoken audio.
Question 6: Which FCC rule category covers live programming captioning quality requirements?
- Best efforts standard (Correct answer)
- Verbatim accuracy standard
- Summarization standard
- Translation standard
Correct answer: Best efforts standard
For live programming, the FCC applies a 'best efforts' standard recognizing the real-time captioning challenges.
Subtitles and Caption FCC Caption Regulations and Compliance 2
The FCC's four caption quality standards are accuracy, synchrony, completeness, and: