National Institute on Media and the Family
1. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Children spend more time in school than watching television.
b) Children from affluent families watch more television on average than children
living in poverty.
c) In an average week, children spend more time watching television than sleeping.
d) Children spend more time watching television than on any other activity besides
sleeping.
2. How many television sets does the average American household have?
a) 1.2
b) 1.6
c) 2.2
d) 2.6
3. Which of the following forms of media is found in the greatest number of American households?
a) television
b) radio
c) telephone
d) computers
4. What percent of American teens have their own CD or cassette player?
a) 26%
b) 46%
c) 66%
d) 86%
5. The primary goal of most television programming is to:
a) provide an audience for advertisers
b) provide information
c) provide entertainment
d) provide education
6. Before turning 18, the average American teen witnesses how many acts of violence on television
a) 200
b) 2,000
c) 20,000
d) 200,000
7. In 1976, 43% of prime-time shows contained sexual content. By 1996, what percentage of prime-time shows contained sexual material?
a) 30%
b) 45%
c) 66%
d) 86%
8. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Parents today spend 20% more time with their children than parents in the
1950s.
b) Parents today spend about the same amount of time with their children as
parents in the 1950.
c) Parents today spend 20% less time with their children than parents in the
1950s.
d) Parents today spend 40% less time with their children than parents in the
1950s.
9. How many hours per week does the average American child spend one-on-one with Dad?
a) 0.5
b) 2.5
c) 5.5
d) 8.5
10. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Each day, there are three times as many books checked out of all the libraries
in the United States as video games rented.
b) Every day, there are twice as many books checked out of all the libraries
in the United States as video games rented.
c) Every day, the number of books checked out of libraries in the United States
and the number of video games rented are the same.
d) Every day, there are twice as many video games rented as all the books checked
out in all the libraries in the United States.
And the answers are: 1-d, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c, 5-a, 6-d, 7-d, 8-d, 9-a, 10-d.
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