National Institute on Media and the Family
The following information and statistics were taken from the KidSmart audio tapes by Dr. David Walsh.
1. According to a poll by USA Today, what percentage of parents think television has an impact on children?
a. 24%
b. 54%
c. 74%
d. 94%
2. In 1996, how many babies were born to girls fifteen and younger in the United States?
a. 1,000
b. 5,000
c. 7,000
d. 12,000
3. Approximately what percentage of American boys have had sexual intercourse by their fifteenth birthday?
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 40%
d. 50%
4. Which of the following statements regarding alcohol and drug abuse among teenagers is accurate?
a. During the 1980s, there was a decrease in many types of alcohol and drug abuse among children and teenagers.
b. During the 1990s, there has been an increase in many types of drug and alcohol abuse among children and teenagers.
c. The age at which children begin experimenting with tobacco, alcohol, and drugs is decreasing.
d. All of the above
5. The most common age to begin using tobacco is:
a. 11-13 years old
b. 14-16 years old
c. 17-18 years old
d. adulthood
6. Children and teenagers who smoke tobacco are how many times more likely to smoke marijuana?
a. no more likely
b. two times more likely
c. six times more likely
d. eleven times more likely
7. Children and teenagers who smoke marijuana are how many times more likely than non-smokers to experiment with harder drugs such as cocaine?
a. ten times more likely
b. thirty times more likely
c. fifty times more likely
d. seventy times more likely
8. The American Medical Association considers violence in the United States to be a(n):
a. issue
b. problem
c. public health emergency
d. priority
9. The homicide rate among 24-year-olds and younger in the United States is how many times greater than the next closest industrialized country?
a. two times
b. four times
c. six times
d. eight times
10. "If you want your children to be brilliant, read them fairy tales. If you want your children to be more brilliant, read them more fairy tales." Who said this?
a. C.S. Lewis
b. The Brothers Grimm
c. Albert Einstein
d. Hillary Rodham Clinton
11. Television was invented in what year?
a. 1915
b. 1929
c. 1939
d. 1945
12. Which of the following senses is dominant in human beings?
a. hearing
b. vision
c. touch
d. taste
13. Which of the following statements is true?
a. By the time the average American child graduates from high school, he or she will have spent twice as much time watching television as in the classroom.
b. The average American child spends more time watching television than sleeping.
c. Less than 25% of American children have televisions in their bedrooms.
d. Children never imitate what they see or hear on television.
Answers: 1-d, 2-d, 3-c, 4-d, 5-a, 6-d, 7-d, 8-c, 9-d, 10-c, 11-b, 12-b, 13-a
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