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Audio Fundamental & Digital Audio Technology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you are adjusting the frequencies of a sound piece, your are basically adjusting the ___________.

a)

Intelligibility

b)

Tonal Balance

c)

Dynamic Range

d)

Spatial Balance and Perspective

2.

Sound is produced by _______ that set into motion radiating waves of compression and rarefaction.

a)

propulsion

b)

generators

c)

vibrations

d)

frequencies

3.

The number of cycles that a vibration completes in one second is expressed as its _________.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

dynamic

4.

Human being are capable of hearing frequencies within the range of __________.

a)

20 Hz - 20 kHz

b)

2 Hz - 20 Hz

c)

20 Hz - 200 kHz

d)

200 Hz - 20 kHz

5.

Amplitude which is the size of a sound wave, is measured in ___________.

a)

decibels

b)

Hz

c)

Kg

d)

Lambda

6.

The threshold of pain for a human being is ______

a)

100 dB SPL

b)

113 dB SPL

c)

128 dB SPL

d)

140 dB SPL

7.

Attack, Decay, Sustain & Release is ________.

a)

a signal wavelength

b)

an audio envelope

c)

a dynamic range

d)

a frequency response

8.

In the basilar membrane of the inner ear are bundles of microscopic hairlike projections called ______ attached to each sensory hair cell.

a)

cilia

b)

cochlea

c)

eardrum

d)

pinna

9.

The audio software that we will learn in this class is ____________.

a)

PRO TOOLS

b)

CREAPER

c)

REAPER

d)

RIPPER

10.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

d)

Yes and No

11.

If an audio signal is 12 kHz, what is the minimum sampling rate so that this signal can be fully recovered from sampled signal?

a)

6 kHz

b)

10 kHz

c)

24 kHz

d)

36 kHz

12.

What are sounds that are above the human hearing range called?

a)

Infrasonic

b)

Subsonic

c)

Extrasonic

d)

Supersonic

13.

What is the purpose of the audio GAIN during recording?

a)

Controls how much audio comes in

b)

Controls fade of master channel

c)

Controls how much audio goes out

14.

True or False: Digital audio is discrete in time.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Analog information in an electrical form can be converted into a digital electrical form using a device known as ________________________.

a)

an analog-to-digital (A/D) convertor

b)

a microphone

c)

a mixer

d)

a digital-to-analog (D/A) convertor

16.
Which of the following sound file characteristics doesn't directly affect the size of a digital audio file?
a)
Sample rate
b)
Sample size
c)
Volume
d)
Compression
17.
Audio recorded 44.1 kHz (kilohertz), 16-bit stereo is considered as a ______ quality 
a)
CD
b)
MP3
c)
player
d)
DVD
18.
In Windows, digitized sounds are usually stored as what kind of files?
a)
AIFF
b)
CDA
c)
WAV
d)
AWB
19.
The process of recording a sound, stored in the form of thousands of individual measurements, each at a discrete point in time, is called 
a)
sizing
b)
synthesizing
c)
quantizing
d)
sampling
20.

.MP3 & .AAC are the type of audio format for a _______ audio file.

a)

uncompressed

b)

lossy

c)

lossless

d)

lost