Question: Mollie Cule asked Miranda Wrights to explain the purpose of corporate by-laws, speaking for Mollie you state?
The minutes of a shareholders meeting.
A document dealing with procedural issues such as shareholder meeting, board of director meetings, etc.
A complaint against the corporation.
Informational – such as purpose of the corporation and where its principal office is located.
Answer: A document dealing with procedural issues such as shareholder meeting, board of director meetings, etc.
Question: An individual’s relationship with an individual to whom he or she provided a proxy is which of the following?
Answer Options:
Principal and agent
Employer and employee
Officer and Director
Shareholder and Director
Answer: Principal and agent
Question: The significance of the business judgment rule to a member of the board of directors of a corporation is which of the following?
Answer Options:
It applies to officers not directors.
Has no significance in a shareholder derivative suit.
Provides a director unconditional protection for bad decisions.
Under certain circumstances, it protects a director from liability for making a bad decision.
Answer: Under certain circumstances, it protects a director from liability for making a bad decision.
Question: Which of the following is typically true of soundtrack albums?
Answer Options:
They reproduce the entire score.
They are only released for musicals.
They are used to promote a film commercially.
They only include material written specifically for the film.
Answer: They are used to promote a film commercially.
Question: A construction company has a federal contract to build a bridge. Pursuant to federal regulations, the construction company is required to solicit bids from subcontractors to do the stonework. The officer of the construction company accepts an illegal bribe from a stonework company and awards the company a contract with no bidding. The federal government pursues criminal charges against the corporation and the officer. Which of the following is true?
Only the officer is subject to criminal penalties.
Because the officer was acting in the best interests of the company, he did not act criminally.
Both the corporation and the officer are subject to criminal penalties with respect to the illegal bribe.
Only the corporation is subject to criminal penalties.
Answer: Both the corporation and the officer are subject to criminal penalties with respect to the illegal bribe.
Question: Which critic is best known for opposing the auteur theory?
Answer Options:
Michael Bay
François Truffaut
Andrew Sarris
Pauline Kael
Answer: Pauline Kael
Question: Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein promoted which ideas about editing?
Answer: The montage theory
Question: At another fancy smancy party, you are asked what topics would be appropriate for shareholders to vote on in a shareholders’ meeting. Your pithy response is which of the following?
Only matters related to the day to day operations of the corporation.
Major issues such as whether the corporation should merge with another corporation or go out of existence.
No corporate matters as they should all be decided upon by the board of directors.
Any corporate matter.
Answer: Major issues such as whether the corporation should merge with another corporation or go out of existence.
Question: The term of board of directors of a corporation is set by which of the following?
Answer Options:
Corporate by-laws
Articles of incorporation
Incorporation documents
Shareholder resolution.
Answer: Corporate by-laws
Question: A construction company has a federal contract to build a bridge. Pursuant to federal regulations, the construction company is required to solicit bids from subcontractors to do the stonework. The officer of the construction company accepts an illegal bribe from a stonework company and awards the company a contract with no bidding. The federal government pursues criminal charges against the corporation and the officer. Which of the following is true?
Only the officer is subject to criminal penalties.
Because the officer was acting in the best interests of the company, he did not act criminally.
Both the corporation and the officer are subject to criminal penalties with respect to the illegal bribe.
Only the corporation is subject to criminal penalties.
Answer: Both the corporation and the officer are subject to criminal penalties with respect to the illegal bribe.
Question: What is the term used to describe the practice of a character narrating the action in a film to help the audience understand what is going on?
Answer Options:
Sensorimundi
monaural sound
voiceover
walla
Answer: voiceover
Question: What is the correct technical name for the music that plays in the background of a scene while the action takes place?
Answer Options:
The score
The soundtrack
The orchestration
The sound design
Answer: The score
Question: What is the job of a film’s editor?
Answer Options:
Putting his or her vision into words.
Choosing and arranging what will actually be in the scene.
Composing various images in the camera.
Choosing shots, their order, and their duration on screen.
Answer: Choosing shots, their order, and their duration on screen.
Question: When the title character of Iron, Lulu, is shown running away from the camera, first at a short distance away and then in the next shot several yards further away, the editor is using what technique?
Answer Options:
Jump cut
Cross-cut
Fade out
Dissolve
Answer: Jump cut
Question: Molly Cule side swipes Miranda’s car in a parking lot. As Molly admits to Miranda that she was not paying attention and it was her fault, Molly tells Molly that if Molly does not pay her $5,000 on the spot, she will sue Miranda for much more. Molly agrees but then refuses to pay Miranda claiming she only agreed due to duress imposed on her by Miranda. Which of the following is true?
Answer Options:
Molly loses due to lack of legally sufficient consideration.
Molly wins due to mistake of fact.
Molly wins because by duress, Miranda coerced Molly to agree.
Answer: Molly wins because by duress, Miranda coerced Molly to agree.
Question: In the lobby of a movie theater, there is a cool video game. Victor bypasses the ticket booth to play the video game. The manager asks Victor to leave. Which of the following is true?
Answer Options:
Victor should be able to stay because the movie theater is open to the public.
The license to enter the movie theater is limited to those individuals who buy tickets.
Victor should be able to stay as long as he does not watch a movie.
Victor should be able to stay because he has an easement in gross.
Answer: The license to enter the movie theater is limited to those individuals who buy tickets.