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Television Production Vocabulary Quiz 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a small microphone used in television production to attach to the collar of a shirt?

a)

omnidirectional microphone

b)

shotgun microphone

c)

unidirectional microphone

d)

lavaliere microphone

2.

Check ALL that are types of microphones.

a)

unidirectional

b)

shotgun

c)

omnidirectional

d)

lavaliere

e)

dual-link

3.

What do you call the foam cover that fits over a microphone to eliminate the rumbling sound caused by wind?

a)

fader bar

b)

windscreen

c)

audio mixer

d)

audio dub

4.

What is a microphone that is flat on one side and lays flat on a table?

a)

LAVALIERE

b)

SURFACE

c)

WIRELESS

d)

OMNIDIRECTIONAL

5.

What is an audio component that converts sound waves into electrical energy?

a)

microphone

b)

audio dubbing

c)

pots

d)

XLR cable

6.

What is a microphone system that does not have a cord, but has a FM transmitter and a tuned receiving station?

a)

surface microphone

b)

wireless microphone

c)

shotgun microphone

d)

equalization

7.

What is this process called?

a)

audio dubbing

b)

filming

c)

recording special effects

d)

focusing the picture

8.

What is a vertical slide controller on audio and video equipment?

a)

pots

b)

level

c)

fader

d)

audio

9.

What is an audio connector characterized by three prongs covered by a metal sheath?

a)

1/4" audio jack

b)

XLR cable

c)

RCA cable

d)

wireless

10.

What is this?

a)

audio dub

b)

audio mixer

c)

windscreen

d)

lavaliere microphone

11.

What is the name for a microphone with an extremely directional pickup pattern?

a)

wireless

b)

omnidirectional

c)

shotgun

d)

lavaliere

12.

What is an editing technique that involves erasing the existing audio track on a videotape and replacing it with a new one?

a)

videography

b)

turning up the volume

c)

equalizing

d)

audio dubbing

13.

What does an omnidirectional microphone do?

a)

picks up sound in an extremely directional pattern

b)

picks up sound from all around it

c)

picks up loud sounds

d)

picks up wind sounds only

14.

You are going to be doing an interview in our studio; you want it to look as professional as possible. What kind of microphone would you use?

a)

lavaliere microphone

b)

wireless microphone

c)

omnidirectional microphone

d)

shotgun microphone

15.

What does audio dubbing allow us to do?

a)

improve the picture quality of our video by focusing

b)

improve the volume of our audio

c)

improve the audio by erasing bad audio and rerecording other audio

d)

improve the visual special effects of our video

16.

What feature allows us to instantly have no sound coming out of the headphones or speakers?

a)

mute

b)

dub

c)

record

d)

zoom

17.

What is the proper distance you should hold a handheld

microphone from your subject?

a)

2 inches or less

b)

6-8 inches

c)

1 foot

d)

12 feet

18.

What are the dials on an audio mixer are called?

a)

fader

b)

pots

c)

zoom

d)

focus

19.

What turns off all other inputs on audio mixer making the only single source audio?

a)

mute

b)

level

c)

pots

d)

solo

20.

What controls the amount of bass, midrange, and treble tones in each audio input?

a)

equalization

b)

volume

c)

focus

d)

zoom