1. Audio Review
Also use the original audio PPT as linked on the course outline
Anything from assigned reading and/or covered in class will be on the test
Bring an UNWRINKLED green Scantron and pencils
About 50 questions – about 25 minutes

2. A mic that is capable of responding well to all the frequencies in the whole audio spectrum is said to have a response
flat

3. As an audio signal processing device, a(n) ------- shrinks the dynamic range of an audio signal
compressor

4. What is the type of microphone used in television which is worn attached to clothing
lavaliere

5. The type of microphone that is also known as a dynamic mic.
Moving coil

6. In measuring sound waves, the area where the air molecules become more spread apart / pushed together
Rarefaction/
compression

7. Omnidirectional/ nondirectional
What is the polar pattern of a microphone that picks up sound from all directions?
Omnidirectional/ nondirectional

8. Device that boosts low-level signals (like from a professional mic) to usable proportions before they reach the amplifier
Pre-amp

9. Sound frequency spectrum / audio frequencies
The term for the range of frequencies audible to human hearing: about 16 to 16,000 hertz
Sound frequency spectrum / audio frequencies

10. The ‘gauge’ on an audio board that shows the loudness levels coming through the board
VU meter

11. The name for the type of analog audio connector ...
RCA/phono, 1/4”/phone, mini-plug, XLR (see pictures in reading)

12. Later reflections of sound waves in an acoustical space—those that are the result of early reflections of sound waves becoming smaller and smaller and the time between them decreasing until they combine, are referred to as what?
reverberation

13. The ratio between the signal level and the noise level of a component or a sound system
Signal to noise ratio

14. _______ is the safe area beyond the SOL (standard operating level) point in an audio signal.
headroom

15. The number of cycles that a sound vibration completes in one second
frequency

16. What are the three U. S. music performance licensing organizations
BMI, ASCAP, SESAC

17. A device that performs the function of converting energy from one form to another, as in from acoustical to electrical energy
transducer

18. The common name for ‘volume control faders’ on the audio board.
pots

19. A mode of console operation in which audio can be channeled and played through the monitor without that audio going out over the air
audition

20. The switch on a board that selects between, neutral, or program or audition
key

21. The switch on a board that selects between an ‘A’ or ‘B’ input to a particular channel
Delegation switch

22. The ‘gauge’ on an audio board that shows the loudness levels coming through the board
VU meter

23. The name for the type of audio connector ...
XLR -- jack left / plug right

24. The electrical imprint of a sound signal on a radio wave or carrier wave
modulation

25. The functions of the audio console
Amplifying, routing, mixing, balancing, switching

26. The term for the type of audio recording in which the fluctuations and changes of the electric wave pattern correspond to the fluctuations and changes in the original sound pressure
analog

27. The number of cycles that a sound vibration completes in one second
frequency

28. On an audio mixing board, the system that shuts off the monitor when the mic is on.
muting

29. The objective study of the physical behavior of received sound.
acoustics

30. The loudspeaker in an audio control room, used typically to listen to what is in program.
monitor

31. Of the functions of the console, the one referring to determining the path of the signal.
routing

32. What do you use to ‘break normal’ in an audio production room?
Patch bay / patch panel

33. The term for p-popping—in class we called them ----, when picked up by a mic.
plosives

34. The prominent ‘s’ ‘sh’ and ‘ch’ sounds picked up by a microphone
sibilance

35. The type of microphone that requires a power source to operate.
Capacitor / condensor

36. Digital audio workstation
DAW stands for -----
Digital audio workstation

37. The measure of the loudness of sound; the height of the sine wave
amplitude

38. Amplitude is measured in ----, and when referring to loudness in an acoustical space would be abbreviated ----
Decibels ; dBspl
Vs. dBv or dBm

39. Sound levels in an acoustical space are measured from the lowest end, or threshhold of to the highest end, or threshhold of ----.
Hearing ; pain

40. The range of loudness from lowest to highest levels, or the range of loudness that a microphone or other equipment can handle is referred to as ---- range.
dynamic

41. The unique tonal quality of a sound is its ---, which the book says is when the overtones vibrate at different degrees of loudness according to the resonating qualities of each voice or musical instrument.
timbre

42. Used when a mic needs to be suspended over a performer, such as while shooting sit-coms, dramas, and soap operas.
boom

43. In digital encoding, the number of ones and zeroes used to represent a discrete moment of sound, such as an 8-bit word or 16-bit word, is referred to as the level.
quantizing

44. The ---- rate in digital encoding of audio is ‘how many times per second analog information is converted to the ones and zeroes of digital technology.
sampling

45. Sound waves traveling in an environment, when striking a surface will be partially or mostly absorbed or partially of mostly
reflected

46. Occasionally hitting the red
When speaking into a mic or when playing music through a CD player or computer, the needle or light on a VU meter should be -----
Occasionally hitting the red

47. Instead of distant miking for people speaking on camera, we must use a miking technique or later re-record and insert the dialogue.
close

48. HD Radio, In Band on Channel, U.S. HD Radio, Hybrid Digital
The iBiquity company and now dts are associated with IBOC stands for and is the method for what service? HD letters originally stood for ----
HD Radio, In Band on Channel, U.S. HD Radio, Hybrid Digital

49. Grace Hopper (one question to remind you to review video notes)
To no longer have to program using machine language, who invented the first computer language?
Grace Hopper (one question to remind you to review video notes)

50. kHz, MHz and GHz stand for ----
kilo / mega / giga hertz

51. What are the three parts of the sound frequency spectrum?
Bass, midrange, treble