Lighting and acoustics MCQ

What is the distance between two identical positions in the cycle or wave called?

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Correct Answer: Wavelength

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What influences reverberation time?

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Correct Answer: Volume

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What is a vibration isolator?

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Correct Answer: A resilient support that tends to isolate a mechanical system from steady state excitation.

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What is the definition of Vibration?

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Correct Answer: A force which oscillates about some specified reference point.

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What is the frequency region containing Ultrasounds called?

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Correct Answer: Ultrasonic region

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What does TWA stand for?

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Correct Answer: Time Weighted Average

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What is STRUCTURE BORNE NOISE?

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Correct Answer: Noise that arrives at a point of interest by propagation through a solid structure

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What is sound transmission loss?

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Correct Answer: The difference between the sound power level incident on a partition and that transmitted through that partition.

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What is the definition of speech privacy?

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Correct Answer: The degree to which speech is unintelligible between offices.

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What is the degree to which speech is unintelligible between offices called?

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Correct Answer: Speech Privacy

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What is the definition of speech?

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Correct Answer: Communication of thoughts and feelings by spoken words.

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What does a sound level meter do?

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Correct Answer: A sound level meter converts sound pressure variations in air into corresponding electronic signals.

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What is the definition of soundproofing?

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Correct Answer: Building materials that make structures impervious to sound or insulates against sound.

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What is the sound pressure level, in decibels, of a sound?

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Correct Answer: 20 times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the sound pressure to the reference pressure.

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Sound pressure is the difference between the ____________.

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Correct Answer: Static pressure and the total instantaneous pressure

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What is the decibel scale used to measure?

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Correct Answer: SOUND LEVEL

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What is a sound barrier?

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Correct Answer: A material that when placed around a source of noise inhibits the transmission of that noise beyond the barrier.

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What is the sound absorption coefficient?

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Correct Answer: The fraction of energy striking a material or object that is not reflected.

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What is the definition of sound absorption?

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Correct Answer: The property possessed by materials, objects and air to convert sound energy into heat.

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What is sound?

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Correct Answer: Oscillation in pressure, stress particle displacement, particle velocity in a medium

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What does the SMOKE DEVELOPED INDEX compare the smoke development of a particular material to?

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Correct Answer: Concrete panels and red oak.

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What is the sound level at the listener’s ear of a speaker above the background noise level?

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Correct Answer: Signal to noise ratio

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What is the definition of "Septum?"

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Correct Answer: A thin layer of material between 2 layers of absorptive material.

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What does the Sabine Formula allow designers to do?

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Correct Answer: Plan reverberation time in a room in advance of construction and occupancy

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What does SABIN stand for?

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Correct Answer: A unit of sound absorption based on one square foot of material

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How does a sound wave lose energy?

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Correct Answer: By absorption

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What is a frequency at which resonance exists?

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Correct Answer: Resonant frequency

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What is the meaning of the word "resonance"?

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Correct Answer: The emphasis of sound at a particular frequency.

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What does REFLECTION measure?

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Correct Answer: The amount of sound wave energy (sound) that is reflected off a surface.

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What is the loss of hearing due primarily to the aging process called?

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Correct Answer: Presbycusis

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What is presbycusis?

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Correct Answer: The loss of hearing due primarily to the aging process.

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What is PITCH?

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Correct Answer: The perceived auditory sensation of sounds expressed in terms of high or low frequency stimulus of the sound.

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What does the medical term "OTOLARYNGOLOGIST" refer to?

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Correct Answer: A doctor specializing in disorders and treatment of the ear, nose, and throat disorders.

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What is the full form of "OTOLOGIST"?

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Correct Answer: Doctor specializing in the structure, disorders and treatment of the ear.

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What is the study of the ear called?

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Correct Answer: OTOLOGY

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What are OCTAVE BANDS?

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Correct Answer: Sounds that contain energy over a wide range of frequencies

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What is the meaning of NR?

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Correct Answer: Noise Reduction

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What does NORMALIZED NOISE REDUCTION mean?

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Correct Answer: Noise Reduction normalized as a function of a 0.5 second reverberation time in the receiving room.

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What does NNR stand for?

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Correct Answer: Normalized Noise Reduction

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What do noise criteria curves measure?

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Correct Answer: Sound levels at loudest locations in a room

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What does NC stand for?

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Correct Answer: Noise Criteria

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What is the definition of noise?

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Correct Answer: Unwanted sound that is annoying or interferes with listening.

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What does MOUNTING represent?

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Correct Answer: Standards established by ASTM to represent typical installation for the purpose of testing materials.

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What does MASS stand for?

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Correct Answer: The fundamental property of a material relevant to sound transmission loss through that material.

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What does masking refer to?

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Correct Answer: The process by which the threshold of hearing of one sound is raised due to the presence of another.

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What is the average deviation above and below the static value due to sound waves called?

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Correct Answer: Sound Pressure

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What is an acoustical treatment plan for rooms in which one end is highly absorbent and the other end is reflective and diffusive?

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Correct Answer: LIVE END/ DEAD END

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What is the drop in sound level for every doubling of distance?

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Correct Answer: 6 dB

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What is the mean root square of the instantaneous level over a given period of time called?

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Correct Answer: Intensity

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Which of the following is an example of impact sound?

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Correct Answer: The sound of two rocks hitting each other

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What type of sound is produced by the collision of two solid objects?

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Correct Answer: Impact sound

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What does the unit "Hz" stand for?

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Correct Answer: Hertz

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What is hearing impairment?

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Correct Answer: A degree of hearing loss, temporary or permanent due to many causes.

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What does the word "Frequency" mean?

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Correct Answer: The number of oscillations or cycles per unit of time.

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Sound waves from a source outdoors are called what?

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Correct Answer: Free Field

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What is the main difference between free field and reverberant sound?

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Correct Answer: Free field has no obstructions while reverberant sound does

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What does the word "Footfall" mean?

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Correct Answer: A form of impact noise that occurs when feet come into contact with a floor.

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What is the FIELD SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS?

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Correct Answer: A sound transmission rating obtained under "real-life" conditions.

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What is the full form of FSTC?

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Correct Answer: Field Sound Transmission Class

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What does Flanking refer to?

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Correct Answer: The transmission of sound around the perimeter or through holes within partitions

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What does FLAME SPREAD indicate?

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Correct Answer: Propagation of flame across a sample

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What is the effective level?

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Correct Answer: The root mean square of the instantaneous level over a given period of time.

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What is the effective level also known as?

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Correct Answer: The average level

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What is the result of an echo flutter?

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Correct Answer: A clicking, ringing, or hissing sound after the original sound signal has ceased.

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What does ECHO FLUTTER produce?

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Correct Answer: A clicking, ringing or hissing sound

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What does ECHO stand for?

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Correct Answer: Reflected sound producing a distinct repetition of the original sound.

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What is the early decay time derived from?

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Correct Answer: The reverberation time decay curve

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What is the definition of diffusion?

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Correct Answer: The scattering or random reflection of a sound wave from a surface.

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What does DEAF stand for?

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Correct Answer: Loss of auditory sensation with or without use of assistive listening device.

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What is deflection?

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Correct Answer: The distance an elastic body or spring moves when subjected to a static or dynamic force.

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What is the unit for distance an elastic body or spring moves when subjected to a static or dynamic force?

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Correct Answer: Inches or mm

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What is decibel?

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Correct Answer: Sound level in decibels as a logarithmic ratio.

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What is DAMPING?

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Correct Answer: The dissipation of vibratory energy in solid media and structures with time or distance.

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What is the unit for CYCLES PER SECOND?

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Correct Answer: The number of oscillations that occur in the time frame of one second.

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How many oscillations occur in one second?

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Correct Answer: 1 cycle

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What is the CYCLE in acoustics?

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Correct Answer: The complete oscillation of pressure above and below the atmospheric static pressure.

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What is the function of the cochlea?

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Correct Answer: Aids in frequency recognition

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What is the cocktail party effect?

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Correct Answer: Sound in a noisy crowded room generated mostly by conversation.

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What does CLOUD stand for in acoustical industry terms?

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Correct Answer: An acoustical panel suspended in a horizontal position from the ceiling/roof structure.

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What is the definition of "boominess"?

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Correct Answer: An uncontrolled amount of bass in the sound reproduced by a loudspeaker.

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What does BEL stand for?

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Correct Answer: A measurement of sound intensity named in honor of Alexander Graham Bell.

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What is the meaning of the word "barrier" in the context of effective communication?

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Correct Answer: Anything physical or an environment that interferes with communication or listening.

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What does BAFFLE mean?

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Correct Answer: A free-hanging acoustical sound absorbing unit

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What does AMBIENT NOISE refer to?

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Correct Answer: Noise level in a space from all sources

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What is the definition of Ambient Noise?

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Correct Answer: Noise level in a space from all sources such as HVAC or extraneous sounds from outside the space.

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What does A WEIGHTINGfilter out?

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Correct Answer: Lower frequency sounds

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What does a weighting do in a sound meter?

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Correct Answer: Allows the meter to largely ignore lower frequency sounds

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What does attenuation refer to?

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Correct Answer: The ability of a medium to transmit sound energy.

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What is an ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICE?

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Correct Answer: An electronic device that provides amplification of sound to a hearing-impaired person.

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What is the area effect?

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Correct Answer: Acoustical materials spaced apart can have greater absorption than the same amount of material butted together.

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What is the measure of speech intelligibility influenced by Acoustical Environment rated from 0.01 to 1.00 called?

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Correct Answer: Articulation Index

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What is the single number rating used for acoustical ceilings and acoustical screens for speech privacy purposes?

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Correct Answer: ARTICULATION CLASS

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What is the purpose of an Articulation Class?

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Correct Answer: To compare acoustical ceilings and acoustical screens for speech privacy purposes

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What is the purpose of architectural acoustics?

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Correct Answer: To control noise in a building space

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What is AIRBORNE SOUND?

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Correct Answer: Sound that reaches the point of interest by propagation through the air.

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What is Airborne Noise?

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Correct Answer: Noise that arrives at a point of interest by propagation through the air.

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What is impedance?

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Correct Answer: The resistance to the flow of sound through a medium.

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What does an acoustical consultant do?

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Correct Answer: Provide advice on acoustical requirements and noise control

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What does ACOUSTICAL ANALYSIS refer to?

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Correct Answer: A review of a space to determine the level of reverberation or reflected sound in the space

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What does an acoustic calibrator do?

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Correct Answer: Provides a reference noise source to calibrate the performance of sound level meters

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What does the word "acoustical" mean?

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Correct Answer: The properties of a material to absorb or reflect sound

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What does the Acoustical Society of America do?

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Correct Answer: Publishes standards and information related to the study and applications of acoustics.

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What is the name of a sensor that contains an electrical output that is directly proportional to the acceleration component of the vibration?

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Correct Answer: Accelerometer

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What does an accelerometer measure?

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Correct Answer: Vibration

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What is the science of sound called?

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Correct Answer: Acoustics

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