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A level term 1 quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

MIDI stands for

a)

Music Is Definitely Interesting

b)

Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

c)

Musical Instrument Digital Intelligence

d)

Musical Intelligence Digital Interface.

2.

Which of these statements best describes what EQ is?

a)

A function to boost bass.

b)

A function to reduce background noise.

c)

A function to boost or reduce certain frequencies.

d)

A function to add echo.

3.

Which of these terms means 'distributing sound in to either the left, right or centre speaker'?

a)

Looping

b)

Panning

c)

Reverb

d)

Echo

4.

Which effect has been added here?

a)

Delay

b)

Reverb

c)

Flanger

d)

Distortion

e)

Tremelo

5.

Which filter has been used on this piece?

a)

Hi pass filter

b)

Lo pass filter

c)

Compressor

d)

Noise gate

6.

Which filter has been used to make the reverb stop suddenly?

a)

EQ

b)

Hi pass filter

c)

Compressor

d)

Noise gate

7.

Which filter has been used on this piece?

a)

Hi pass filter

b)

Lo pass filter

c)

Compressor

d)

Noise gate

8.

Which filter has been used to make the strings sound like they are down a telephone?

a)

Noise gate

b)

Compressor

c)

EQ

d)

HI pass filter

9.

Which effect is used?

a)

Delay

b)

Reverb

c)

Distortion

d)

Chorus

10.

Which effect is used?

a)

Delay

b)

Reverb

c)

Distortion

d)

Chorus

11.

Which effect is used?

a)

Delay

b)

Reverb

c)

Distortion

d)

Chorus

12.

Which effect is used?

a)

Delay

b)

Reverb

c)

Distortion

d)

Chorus

13.

Which effect is used?

a)

Delay

b)

Reverb

c)

Distortion

d)

Chorus

14.

Which effect is used?

a)

Delay

b)

Tremelo

c)

Distortion

d)

Flanger

15.

Which effect is used?

a)

Delay

b)

Tremelo

c)

Pitch shift

d)

Flanger

16.

Distortion is...

a)

making a sound louder

b)

Putting a sound in a different space or room

c)

Putting a sound in different speakers

d)

Turning gain up too high so the sound goes 'spiky'

17.

A noise gate...

a)

When a sound goes wobbly

b)

Removes high frequencies, only letting low frequencies through

c)

Makes everything the same volume by squashing the loud sounds and raising the quiet sounds

d)

Cuts out quiet sounds

e)

Removes low frequencies, only letting high ones through

18.

A Hi-Pass filter (HPF)....

a)

When a sound goes wobbly

b)

Removes high frequencies, only letting low frequencies through

c)

Makes everything the same volume by squashing the loud sounds and raising the quiet sounds

d)

Cuts out quiet sounds

e)

Removes low frequencies, only letting high ones through

19.

A Lo-Pass filter (LPF)

a)

When a sound goes wobbly

b)

Removes high frequencies, only letting low frequencies through

c)

Makes everything the same volume by squashing the loud sounds and raising the quiet sounds

d)

Cuts out quiet sounds

e)

Removes low frequencies, only letting high ones through

20.

A Compressor...

a)

When a sound goes wobbly

b)

Removes high frequencies, only letting low frequencies through

c)

Makes everything the same volume by squashing the loud sounds and raising the quiet sounds

d)

Cuts out quiet sounds

e)

Removes low frequencies, only letting high ones through

21.

Delay/ echo is...

a)

When a sound moves to the left or right speaker

b)

When a sound gets quieter

c)

When a sound sounds like it's in a big room

d)

When a sound repeats after the original sound

22.

Digital reverb

a)

uses lots of different delays to

stop the music

b)

uses one delay to

mirror the reflections of a sound in a room

c)

uses lots of different delays to

mirror the reflections of a sound in a room

d)

was first used in the 1950's

23.

Distortion is created by

a)

turning the reverb of a sound up too far.

b)

turning the volume of a sound down too low.

c)

turning the volume of a sound up too loud.

d)

keeping the volume the same level

24.

Resonance is when the

a)

frequencies around the high frequency are boosted.

b)

frequencies around the cut off frequency are boosted.

c)

frequencies around the low frequency are boosted.

d)

frequencies around the band pass frequency are boosted.

25.

The sine wave is the purest of all

waves. It has a smooth even curve

up and down. It only has the

fundamental frequency and no

harmonics.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

What is the name of this soundwave?

a)

Triangle Wave

b)

Sine Wave

c)

Sawtooth Wave

d)

Square wave

27.

What is the name of this soundwave?

a)

Sawtooth

b)

Triangle

c)

Sinewave

d)

Squarewave

28.

What is the name of this soundwave?

a)

Sawtooth

b)

Square

c)

Sine

d)

Triangle

29.

What is the name of this soundwave?

a)

Sawtooth

b)

Sine

c)

Square

d)

Triangle

30.

Hertz is a measurement of

a)

MIDI

b)

Filter

c)

Frequency

d)

Volume

31.

A frequency of 1Hz means

a)

A wave has completed 1 cycle in 1 hour

b)

A wave has completed 2 cycles in 2 minutes

c)

A wave has completed 2 cycles in 1 minute

d)

A wave has completed 1 cycle in 1 minute

32.

Humans can hear between 20Hz - 40,000Hz. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

33.

An XLR cable carries what sort of power?

(a)  

34.

What process snaps a note to a beat? (no Zs in your answer)

(a)  

35.

Which 2 of the following are typical of a dynamic mic?

a)

Doesn't use phantom power

b)

Has a switchable pick up pattern

c)

Needs a battery

d)

Has a moving coil

36.

What term describes the process of adding the same plugin to multiple tracks?

(a)  

37.

Which control on a compressor determines when it starts acting?

a)

Ratio

b)

Attack

c)

Threshold

d)

Release

38.

Which control on a compressor determines how much compression is added?

a)

Ratio

b)

Attack

c)

Threshold

d)

Release

39.

What polar pattern is this?

a)

Cardioid

b)

Shotgun

c)

Supercardioid

d)

Figure 8

40.

Name the polar pattern

a)

Cardioid

b)

Super-Cardioid

c)

Omindirectional

d)

Lobar (shotgun)

41.

What polar pattern is this?

a)

Cardioid

b)

Super Cardioid

c)

Omnidirectional

d)

Lobar (shotgun)

42.

When recording closer to a microphone with a cardioid pattern, the sensitivity to low frequencies increases. This is an example of:

a)

Rolling off

b)

Proximity effect

c)

Distortion

d)

Nyquist's theorem

43.

What type of microphone pattern is this?

a)

supercardiod

b)

left/right

c)

XY

d)

crossed microphones

44.

Being able to hear the backing track when recording and being able to talk back is possible because of...

(a)  

45.

Adjusting the gain controls to ensure correct volume in a recording

(a)  

46.

When background/recording sounds are captured in a vocal microphone

a)

Distortion

b)

Hiss

c)

Bleed

d)

Plosive

47.

Label the x axis

(a)  

48.

Electronic device that generates waveforms.

a)

Oscillator

b)

Sampler

c)

Synthesiser

d)

Interface

49.

What is this?

a)

A high pass filter

b)

A mid pass filter

c)

A low pass filter

d)

A sine wave

50.

When recording two microphones opposite from eachother, the waveforms will be in opposite directions. This is called:

(a)