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Basics of Acoustics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the study of sound

a)

Spectrogram

b)

Waves

c)

Acoustics

d)

Speech Sciences

2.

What is true about a PURE TONE?

a)

Composed of at least two frequencies

b)

Seldom heard

c)

Likened to everyday sounds

d)

AKA complex sound

3.

Tuning forks vibrate in

a)

Simple Harmonic Motion

b)

A Cycle

c)

Inertia

d)

Unison

4.

Which is true about TUNING FORKS?

a)

It has two frequencies

b)

It is a medium of transmission

c)

It is an energy source

d)

It is a vibrating source

5.

Adding two sine waves of different frequences will result to a:

a)

Tone

b)

Simple harmonic motion

c)

Complex Tone

d)

Pure Tone

6.

Which of the following is/are NOT true about Complex Tones?

a)

A harmonic is a type of complex tone

b)

It can be periodic

c)

It can be aperiodic

d)

None of the choices

7.

This is defined as the number of vibratory cycles per second

a)

Pitch

b)

Frequency

c)

Intensity

d)

Voice

8.

This is the unit of equal loudness

a)

Phoneme

b)

Phone

c)

Phon

d)

Loudness

9.

Which of the following statements is/are not true?

a)

People differ in the frequency range to which their hearing mechanism will respond

b)

Young healthy human listeners can detect vibrations as low as 20 Hz

c)

Young healthy human listeners can detect vibrations as low as 20,000 Hz

d)

None of the above

10.

What does JND stand for?

(a)