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ca4 revision quiz

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I take music that exists and organise it for different parts. What am I?

(a)  

2.

I help develop the public image of a band or artist. I will create marketing strategies and run promo campaigns. I am a...

(a)  

3.

Label the x axis

(a)  

4.

When an audio signal is too loud in a recording it is an example of:

a)

Tape Hiss

b)

Distortion

c)

Artefacts

d)

Denegration

5.

Any unwanted sounds created by a tape recorder are called:

a)

Artefacts

b)

Tape Hiss

c)

Distortions

d)

Denegretions

6.

Cutting a chunk of audio from one recording and joining it to another

a)

Splitting

b)

Consolidating

c)

Editing

d)

Splicing

7.

An edit which cannot be undone (for example splicing) is called

(a)  

8.

An electronic or digital instrument that uses pre-existing sounds

(a)  

9.

An electronic musical instrument that creates audio signals

(a)  

10.

Hardware that converts digital into analogue signals

(a)  

11.

DAW effect: Boosting the frequencies of a particular track

a)

Compression

b)

EQ

c)

Reverb

d)

Panning

12.

DAW effect: Controlling the amount of sound reflection (echo) of a track

a)

Compression

b)

EQ

c)

Reverb

d)

Panning

13.

DAW effect: 'Squashing' the dynamic range of a track

a)

Compression

b)

EQ

c)

Reverb

d)

Panning

14.

A digital format in which the data has been squished to make more space

(a)  

15.

An organisation that gathers and distributes music from artists on online platforms for commission.

(a)  

16.

An organisation a musician can join for legal and financial support

a)

PRS

b)

MU

c)

PPL

d)

MCPS

17.

PRS stands for (a)  

18.

Moving notes into a more precise position

a)

Snapping

b)

Quantizing

c)

Panning

d)

Looping

19.

Name the scale: T, T, S, T, T, T, S

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Major pentatonic

d)

Minor pentatonic

20.

When you play notes related to a particular key you are playing ....

a)

chromatically

b)

atonally

c)

diatonically

21.

The process of recording two or more EXISTING TRACKS into one track is called

a)

Splicing

b)

Bouncing

c)

Destructive editing

d)

Layering

22.

The S in ADSR stands for

a)

Sine

b)

Suspend

c)

Sustain

d)

Spectrum

23.

Which of these allows you to remove parts of the frequency spectrum?

a)

Filter

b)

Amplitude

c)

VCA

d)

Portmento

24.

ABCBA is the definition of which form?

(a)  

25.

6/8, 9/8, 12/8 are examples of

a)

Compound time signatures

b)

Common time signatures

c)

Irregular time signatures

26.

A few lines of music that can occur at the end of a verse to tie the music together (not a chorus!)

a)

verse

b)

middle 8

c)

pre chorus

d)

refrain

27.

A short catchy tune used in advertisements

(a)  

28.

When music is playing underneath dialogue in a movie or TV

(a)  

29.

Name the polar pattern

a)

Cardioid

b)

Super-Cardioid

c)

Omindirectional

d)

Lobar (shotgun)

30.

What polar pattern is this?

a)

Cardioid

b)

Super Cardioid

c)

Omnidirectional

d)

Lobar (shotgun)

31.

Linking one track's compression sensitivity to another is called

a)

Sidechaining

b)

Reduction mixing

c)

Panning

d)

Truncating

32.

What is this?

a)

A high pass filter

b)

A mid pass filter

c)

A low pass filter

d)

A sine wave

33.

Electronic device that generates waveforms.

a)

Oscillator

b)

Sampler

c)

Synthesiser

d)

Interface

34.

ADC stands for (a)  

35.

LFO stands for

a)

Large Filter Oscillator

b)

Low Frequency Oscillator

c)

Low Flange Oscillator

d)

Legal Framework Order

36.

What type of waveform is this?

a)

Sine

b)

Square

c)

Sawtooth

d)

Triangle

37.

What type of waveform is this?

a)

Sine

b)

Square

c)

Sawtooth

d)

Triangle

38.

I allow certain frequencies to pass through in a sound.

I am a (a)  

39.

Timing a particular sound to a visual in media is called a...

(a)