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chapter 11 review Posted on 2016-12-31 by Sarah West

Basic Audio Engineering - Chapter #11 - Midterm QuizPrint

  1. _________ is made possible through the vibrations of an object displacing the air molecules around it. 
    Your Answer: Sound
  2. Pro Tools is a DAW, which stands for ______ ______ ________. 
    Your Answer: Digital Audio Workstation
  3. ___________ is credited as the inventor of the microphone. 
    Your Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
  4. This is an example of what type of pickup pattern?
     
    Your Answer: Bi-Directional
  5. _______________ refers to the difference between what frequencies a performance is actually transmitting, to what the microphone is capturing. 
    Your Answer: Frequency Response
  6. _________ is a delay in the audio signal caused by analog to digital conversion, signal processing, and computer related processes. 
    Your Answer: Latency
  7. In Pro Tools, the _________ ______ has three variations in its drop down menu. Time, separation, and, object. 
    Your Answer: Grabber Tool
  8. Analog signal is a voltage, Digital signal is __________. 
    Your Answer: Binary Code
  9. MIDI transmits an audio signal. 
    Your Answer: True 
    Incorrect: Correct Answer is False
  10. _____ _______ represents the resolution of possible amplitude values for a digital signal. 
    Your Answer: Bit Depth
  11. A ______ __________ uses a capacitor in the form of two charged plates to 
    Your Answer: Condenser Mic
  12. __________________ involves positioning one or more mics between 1 inch and 3 feet from a sound source. 
    Your Answer: Close Miking
  13. The ___________________ microphone placement technique is almost identical to the X-Y technique with one variation - two bi-directional mics are used at 90 degree angles. 
    Your Answer: Blumlein Pair
  14. Avid has been awarded: 
    Your Answer: A Grammy, an Emmy, and an Oscar
  15. Inserts process _______________ of the signal and are inserted directly into your signal flow. 
    Your Answer: 100%
  16. Pro Line Level is often expressed as _________. 
    Your Answer: +4 dBu
  17. The decibel scale we use to measure sound pressure level is _____. 
    Your Answer: dB u 
    Incorrect: Correct Answer is dB SPL
  18. ____________ microphones use a corrugated piece of metal suspended in a magnetic field. Voltage is created through induction. 
    Your Answer: Ribbon
  19. The ____________ is used in a tracking session and shows a diagram of the studio and where instruments are set up. 
    Your Answer: Plot Map
  20. The __________ ___________ determines the device that makes the plays back the output of Pro Tools. 
    Your Answer: I/O Setup 
    Incorrect: Correct Answer is Playback Engine
  21. ___________ Plug-ins process audio signal offline and render files in your Pro Tools. 
    Your Answer: Audiosuite
  22. The amplitude of an audio signal is measured in _________. 
    Your Answer: decibels
  23. ___________ is the measure of the amount of times a sound pressure wave goes from positive to negative pressure in 1 second. It also determines pitch. 
    Your Answer: Frequency
  24. ______ ______ is an edit mode in Pro Tools that conforms the cursor, selections, and audio clips to predetermined time values in your edit window. 
    Your Answer: Grid Mode
  25. RTAS stands for: 
    Your Answer: Real Time Audio Suite
  26. Within the edit tools, the ________ tool is a quick way to lengthen or shorten a clip. 
    Your Answer: Trimmer
  27. ____________ is a voltage that powers some of the components in most condenser microphones. It is usually a button that is pressed on a pre-amp or mixing console. 
    Your Answer: Phantom power
  28. What polar pattern is pictured here?
     
    Your Answer: Cardioid
  29. Identify these connectors:

    Your Answer: 
    Your Answer: TRS, RCA, XLR
  30. The tympanic membrane is a diaphragm like flap of skin that is attached to the three smallest bones in the human body. It is also called the ___________. 
    Your Answer: eardrum
  31. _______________ is the measurement of the resistance of the flow of electricity. 
    Your Answer: Current 
    Incorrect: Correct Answer is Impedance
  32. ________ are the sample rate and bit depth that is known as redbook CD standard. 
    Your Answer: 44.1 kHz and 16 bit
  33. ____________ microphones were among the first created, and create voltage through the use of loosely packed granules of coal-like material. 
    Your Answer: Carbon
  34. In Pro Tools, _________ _____ ______ moves the clip by the user defined grid value based on the clips starting position. 
    Your Answer: Relative Grid Mode
  35. Electricity is the flow of free _________ from atom to atom. 
    Your Answer: Electrons
  36. _________ is the measure of the opposition to the flow of electricity. 
    Your Answer: Resistance
  37. The _________ ______ when held over a clip and clicked using the mouse plays a section according to the speed at which the mouse is moved. 
    Your Answer: Scrubber Tool
  38. What has been your favorite lesson so far and why?? (50-100 words) 
    Your Answer:

    I really have enjoyed learning all of it so far, its all very interesting to me and I appreciate it. Each chapter had its own lessons to learn and each lesson was worthy of its own honors. I did think that the information given on sound and hearing was interesting, particually where it talked about the cochlea, the organ inside your ears that is shaped like a shell and has little tiny hairs coating the inside. When it said that when you hear a high pitch buzz in your ear sometimes, it may be one of those hairs falling out, and that over time the hairs do fall out, causeing hearing loss. I found that interesting.

  39. What's your opinion of the level of education you have gotten so far? Is there anything we could have done better in the first half? 
    Your Answer:

    I think its good, the lessons are good. Sometimes there are questions that are irrelevant and I would rather be asked a question thats more benefitial to my education on audio engineering.

Assignment Grade

Overall Grade: B

Instructor Notes:
90% (35 / 39)

Graded by: auto
Date Graded: 2016-11-03 11:58:19
Date Submitted: 2016-11-03 11:58:11

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