WorksheetsSemester Exam Introduction to AV
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
a shotgun pattern is associated with what?
Audio
Video
Lighting
Film
What is a DMX Cable associated with?
Lighting
Audio
Sound
Video
What does the front of house engineer do?
Runs the main sound board/console at a live event
Runs the main sound board/console at a studio session
Runs the lighting console
Tunes, and plugs in instruments
A natural optical
phenomenon that occurs on
one side of a screen is
projected through a small
hole as a reverse and inverted
image on a surface opposite
to the opening
Camera Omega
Kalediscope
Camera Obscura
Camera Obsession
Late 1830s the ________ is
introduced a block of lime was
heated up and created a bright
white light, this was the most
controllable form of entertainment
light at the time
Lime Light
Halogen Light
Gas Light
Tungsten Light
what is the name of the first motion picture with sound
the jazz singer
the wizard of oz
how the west was won
gone with the wind
In 1980 Sony introduced the first portable audio listening device. What was it called?
Walkman
Jogman
Running man
iPod
who invented the carbon microphone
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Nicoli Tesla
Aristotle
The machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system
Software
Hardware
Firmware
Spamware
The Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Software
Hardware
Firmware
Spamware
A low level signal that has to be amplified quite alot
Line
Mic
Aux
Bus
What kind of power do you need for condenser mics or powered dynamic mics?
Opera
Ghost
Phantom
Royce
This fader controls the level of the master bus
Group Fader
Channel Fader
Bus Fader
Master Fader
How the signal gets from the microphone to the speaker
signal flow
signal path
signal route
signal maze
What type of connectors can be used on a speaker cable
XLR
Speakon
1/4''
Instrument
There is no difference between a guitar/instrument cable and a speaker cable
True
False
Why are active speakers generally heavier than passive speakers?
They are of better Quality
They're made out of heavier materials
They have a amplifier built in to the speaker, adding more weight
They cones of the speakers are lighter in a passive speaker
It is typical to find speakon outputs on a amplifier?
True
False
What is the name of the cable that powers most amplifiers and mixers
IEC Cable
Edison Cable
Tesla Cable
300v cable
What from the following does not work to give your room isolation?
Egg Crates
Acoustic Foam
Carpet
Matresses
Sound has many of the same characteristics as what substance?
Fire
Water
Wind
Gas
What is one problem associated with HVAC in studios?
You can see it
Its ugly
You can hear it
Its large
What is the "Cheap" solution to the HVAC problem?
Window Unit
Central Unit
Mini Split
Air Duct angling
Choose some isolation realities
Its cheap
Its expensive
construction needs permits (time consuming)
straight forward
What are 2 things that can be improved in any studio
Doors
Walls
Windows
AC
Name an acoustic tip that costs $0
Set speakers at 12''-18'' away from the wall
Set speakers right up against the wall
What can you do to improve isolation on windows
Weather stripping
Duct Tape
1/4" Sheet of lexan over windows
board up the windows
What area needs to be a reflection free zone?
Around the recording area
Around the mixing area
Around the HVAC
Around the ceiling fan
What do acoustic panels do?
absorbs sound to prevent reflection
reflects sound off the panel
plays music from the panel
judge the music if it is good or not
This object makes sound waves go in all different directions when it hits the object. This helps not to have direct reflection
Diffuser
Absorber
Bass Trap
Acoustic Panel
What part of the room do you need a bass trap
The Walls
The Corners
The Windows
The Doors
Small rooms need more bass traps because there is less room for the low frequencies to be diffused in the smaller rooms
True
False
