Copyright Law Quiz

This quiz will test you knowledge about copyright the law that go with it. As teachers you will need to understand what you can and can't use without permission.

The following quiz contains true and false and multiple choice questions. Answer each question to the best of your ability. If you can't figure out an answer, skip the question and come back to it later. There is no point in spending all your time staring at a question that you don't know the answer to.

Created by: Brooke Billing

True or False: Authors can sell their copyright.
- True
- False
True or False: Under copyright law, authors are only individuals who produce written work.
- True
- False
True or False: Computer programs are eligible for copyright.
- True
- False
True or False: Students can publicly perform copyrighted work only if there is no admission charge and no compensation paid to any performer or promoter.
- True
- False
True or False: Students and teachers performing copyrighted dramatic works in the classroom is a copyright violation.
- True
- False
True or False: Teachers can make copies of workbooks, answer sheets to standardized tests, or other "consumable" material.
- True
- False
True or False: A teacher owns the copyright to any lesson plans, books, or other teaching materials they create while employed by a school district.
- True
- False
True or False: Works on the Internet are protected by copyright law.
- True
- False
True or False: If two or more authors collaborate on work, all of them own a right to the ENTIRE work.
- True
- False
Copyright law protects the ______ _______ of authors.
- a. creative works
- b. private information
What type of copyright protects a teachers' lecture notes from being published and sold by a student?
- a. Federal
- b. common-law
Which of the following did copyright notice have to include under the Copyright Act of 1976?
- a. The "c in a circle" symbol or the words "copyright" or "Copr."
- b. The year of the first publication of the work
- c. The Name of the owner of the copyright
- d. All of the Above.
The owner of copyrighted work must go to _______ court to sue anyone who violates copyright laws.
- Federal
- State
Generally, copyright lasts until ____ years after the death of the author.
- a. 10
- b. 70
- c. 50
- d. 100
Which of the following copyrighted works can a teacher make a SINGLE copy of for their OWN classroom preparation?
- a. Newspaper Article
- b. Diagram
- c. A chapter of a book
- d. All of the Above
What conditions must copies meet in order for the teacher to make MULTIPLE copies for classroom use?
- a. brevity
- b. spontaneity
- c. cumulative effect
- d. notice of copyright
- e. All of the Above
What allows teachers to make multiple copies of a story that is less than 2,500 words.
- a. brevity
- b. spontaneity
- c. cumulative effect
- d. all of the above
What allows teachers to copy a single poem by their favorite author for one of their classes to read?
- a. brevity
- b. spontaneity
- c. cumulative effect
- d. all of the above
What allows teachers to make copies that need to be used quickly, not allowing for timely reply to a request for permission.
- a. brevity
- b. spontaneity
- c. cumulative effect
- d. all of the above
According to Brevity, teachers may make multiple copies of a complete poem if it is less than _____ words and printed on _____ pages or less.
- a. 250 words; 4 pages
- b. 250words; 2 pages
- c. 500 words; 4 pages
- d. 500 words; 2 pages
Spontaneity states that the copying is at the _________ and ________ of of the individual teacher.
- a. instance; inspiration
- b. risk; cost
Cumulative effect allows copying if the copy is made for only ___ course(s) in the school.
- One
- Two
- Three
How many articles can be copied from the same author during on class term?
- a. six
- b. one
- c. three
- d. eight
What is the maximum number of multiple copying instances that can legally occur for one course term under cumulative effect?
- a. fifteen
- b. five
- c. nine
- d. two
Teachers may keep videotapes of copyrighted TV programs without obtaining a license for ____ days?
- a. 45
- b. 72
- c. 13
- d. 100
Under normal circumstances, the copyright owner can collect awards between ____ and ______ dollars from the copyright infringer.
- 200; 150,000
- 500: 50,000
- 750; 30,000
- 800; 50,000
If the copyright infringer acted willfully, they may be charged up to _____.
- $30,000
- $100,000
- $150,000
- $300,000
Which Copyright Act permits k-12 schools to perform or display copyrighted work in the classroom?
- a. Copyright Act of 1790
- b. Copyright Act of 1976
- c. Copyright Act of 1810
- d. Copyright Act of 1909
Which of the following is a non-profit educational institution?
- a. State College
- b. State Universities
- c. K-12 school systems
- d. All of the Above
The ______ Act allows educators at accredited non-profit educational institutes to use most copyrighted works in distance leaning without permission.
- Copyright
- TEACH

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