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: Italian Neorealism as a film movement rejected the use of:
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carefully designed movie studio settings to add glamour to films.
tripods and camera dollies whenever possible.
non-professional actors to play significant characters in their films.
Answer: carefully designed movie studio settings to add glamour to films.
Question: Which of the following best describes the role of charitable activities of a publicly traded corporation pursuant to the business approach of corporate responsibility?
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The corporation should take a vote of the shareholders to determine which charities to support.
The board of directors should decide which charities to support.
Since there are so many shareholders in a publicly traded corporations, the shareholders rather than the corporation should decide which charities to support.
The CEO of the corporation should decide which charities to support.
Answer: The board of directors should decide which charities to support.
Question: Which stylistic movement in film required the directors to follow a set of self-imposed rules to pare filmmaking down to its most basic form?
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Dogme 95
German Expressionism
Italian Neorealism
French New Wave
Answer: Dogme 95
Question: Moving back and forth between shots of a woman tied to railroad tracks and shots of a speeding train elsewhere on the tracks is an example of what editing technique?
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Parallel editing
Continuity editing
Montage
Shot/reverse shot
Answer: Parallel editing
Question: Which critic is best known for opposing the auteur theory?
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Michael Bay
François Truffaut
Andrew Sarris
Pauline Kael
Answer: Pauline Kael
Question: Which of the following is typically true of soundtrack albums?
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They exclusively reproduce the entire score created for a movie.
They are released for musicians only.
They are used as promotional products for films.
They include only material written specifically for the film.
Answer: They are used as promotional products for films.
Question: Beyond setting up shots and other technical work, what is perhaps a director’s most important job?
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financing the film
distributing the film
coaxing good performances from actors
promoting the film during public appearances
Answer: coaxing good performances from actors
Question: In place of dialogue, what did movies in the Silent Era use to show the words a character is speaking?
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Title cards
A narrator
Subtitles
Musical cues
Answer: Title cards
Additional Answer Corrections
For questions where the correct answers are not explicitly listed, here are the corrected answers based on usual film study knowledge:
Question: In what decade did digital sound come into use in movies?
Answer Options:
The 1990s
The 1980s
The 1970s
The 1950s
Answer: The 1990s
Question: Which of the following is true of the auteur theory?
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It posits that the producer is the author of a film.
It posits that the director is the author of a film.
It posits that the cinematographer and editor co-author a film.
It posits that there is no true author of a film.
Answer: It posits that the director is the author of a film.
Question: A nurse has sought out a mentor in order to assist with producing ideas and manuscripts and bringing them to publication. Which of the following factors is most likely to influence the success of the nurse’s endeavor?
Answer Options:
Persistence
Professional relationships
Experience
Critical thinking
Answer: Persistence
Question: Which of the following tasks is part of the process of film editing but not part of the process of book editing?
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Ensuring that the story makes sense.
Making sure one section logically follows another.
Helping to construct the work itself.
Determining that the work holds together as a whole.
Answer: Helping to construct the work itself.