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Lighting and Illumination MCQ

What is an LED Array?

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Correct Answer: A group of LEDs mounted on a printed circuit board, capable of producing a lighting output.

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What is layering light?

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Correct Answer: An interior design approach where several types of lighting are combined to achieve a specific ambience or mood.

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What is the lampholder?

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Correct Answer: The part of a lighting fixture that provides support and power for a lamp with a matching base.

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What is the specific component of a lighting fixture that emits light?

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Correct Answer: Lamp

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What is the measurement unit for energy consumption?

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Correct Answer: Kilowatt-hour

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What does kilowatt measure?

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Correct Answer: Electric power

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What does Kelvin (K) measure?

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Correct Answer: Temperature

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What is the International Dark-Sky Association?

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Correct Answer: An international authority on light pollution and environmentally responsible outdoor lighting.

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What is the primary purpose of soffit lighting?

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Correct Answer: To illuminate areas of the ceiling that are lower than the primary surface

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What is an integrated lighting fixture?

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Correct Answer: A type of lighting fixture that offers superior energy efficiency, by using a specially-designed LED array and internal geometry.

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What is an IC Fixture?

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Correct Answer: Insulated Ceiling Fixture

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A type of fluorescent lighting ballast that applies a high-voltage pulse to the lamp is known as?

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Correct Answer: Instant Start Ballast

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What does "Initial Lumens" mean?

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Correct Answer: The Lighting output of a new lamp

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What is the main difference between an induction lamp and a fluorescent lamp?

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Correct Answer: The gas is not stimulated directly by electrodes in an induction lamp.

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What is the output of a lamp in indirect lighting?

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Correct Answer: Reflected

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What type of filament does an Incandescent Lamp have?

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Correct Answer: Tungsten

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What is light produced by heating a material called?

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Correct Answer: Incandescence

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What does illuminance measure?

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Correct Answer: The luminous flux on a surface, per unit of area.

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What does HPS stand for?

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Correct Answer: High-pressure sodium

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What is the main advantage of high voltage lamps?

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Correct Answer: They offer naturally diffused or scattered light.

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What is the rated power of an HO lamp?

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Correct Answer: Higher than conventional fluorescent tubes

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What creates a small but very bright ball of plasma in HEP lighting technology?

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Correct Answer: Radiofrequency

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What is the primary purpose of High-Bay Lighting?

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Correct Answer: To provide lighting in sports complexes, warehouses, or industrial locations.

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What is the common name for lighting systems designed for ceiling heights of 25’ or more?

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Correct Answer: High-Bay Lighting

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What does HID stand for?

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Correct Answer: High-intensity discharge

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What is a heat sink?

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Correct Answer: A lamp or luminaire component that is used to dissipate heat effectively.

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What is the name given to an improved version of incandescent lamps?

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Correct Answer: Halogen Lamp

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What is Hard Light?

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Correct Answer: A light source that creates shadows with a very sharp edge when cast on objects.

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What is glare?

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Correct Answer: Visual impairment caused by a bright source of light, directly visible or reflected by a surface.

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What is a Frosted Lens?

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Correct Answer: A white lens that is translucent but not transparent, which diffuses the output of a lamp.

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What is the measurement unit for illuminance?

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Correct Answer: Foot-candle (fc)

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What is the advantage of flush mount lighting?

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Correct Answer: There is little or no gap between the ceiling and the light.

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What is the main advantage of fluorescent lamps?

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Correct Answer: They are far more efficient than incandescent and halogen bulbs.

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Which type of lighting is more efficient than Fluorescent Lamp?

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Correct Answer: LED lighting

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What is the purpose of floodlights?

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Correct Answer: High-power lighting fixtures that typically use HID bulbs or their LED equivalents.

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What is the main cause of a lamp flickering?

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Correct Answer: Power supply issues

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What is flicker?

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Correct Answer: A phenomenon where a lamp blinks repeatedly, often caused by power supply issues, or a faulty ballast or driver.

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What is a Flat Panel Top LED?

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Correct Answer: A low-profile LED fixture that uses an edge-lit panel, designed to replace linear and parabolic fluorescent fixtures.

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What is a filament?

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Correct Answer: A wire coil that is heated to produce lighting in incandescent and halogen lamps, normally made from tungsten.

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What is the filament of an incandescent light bulb made from?

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Correct Answer: Tungsten

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What is the name of the 1992 law that established minimum efficacy requirements for incandescent and fluorescent lamps?

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Correct Answer: Energy Policy Act

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What is Energy Star?

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Correct Answer: An energy savings and sustainability program by the US Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency.

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What is the purpose of an ER lamp?

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Correct Answer: To collect and reflect light through a barrel in front of the fixture.

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What is an ER lamp?

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Correct Answer: A soft glass lamp that collects and reflects light through a barrel about 2" in front of the fixture.

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What is the main advantage of electronic transformers over magnetic transformers?

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Correct Answer: Smaller and lighter

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What are electronic ballasts?

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Correct Answer: Lighter and more efficient than magnetic ballasts

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Efficiency is a conversion ratio between what two lighting power outputs?

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Correct Answer: Lighting power output and electric power input

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What does the term efficacy refer to?

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Correct Answer: How effectively a lighting fixture can convert electric power into lighting

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What is the term for a type of LED fixture that uses a transparent acrylic pattern with etched dots, lines or patterns?

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Correct Answer: Edge Lit LED

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What is the main purpose of a driver?

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Correct Answer: Transforms the main supply voltage into a lower DC voltage

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What is a downlight?

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Correct Answer: A compact lighting fixture that directs its output downward

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What is the cause of glare when viewing a light source directly?

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Correct Answer: The light is too bright.

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What is the cause of glare?

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Correct Answer: Directed light

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What is a dimmer?

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Correct Answer: A device that regulates the lighting output of a lamp by controlling the power supplied.

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What is the adjective used to describe a lamp or fixture whose lighting output can be modulated with a dimmer?

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Correct Answer: Dimmable

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What does a diffuser do?

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Correct Answer: Scatter the light from a bulb

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What is diffused light?

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Correct Answer: Light produced by an extended surface, either directly or through reflection.

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What is a desk lamp?

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Correct Answer: A compact fixture used for task lighting on a desk, and which is generally portable.

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What does DC stand for?

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Correct Answer: Direct Current

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What is the CCT value of a daylight lamp?

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Correct Answer: 5500K to 6500K

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What does CCT stand for?

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Correct Answer: Correlated Color Temperature

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What is the main purpose of daylight harvesting?

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Correct Answer: Reduce energy costs

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What does the acronym DALI stand for?

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Correct Answer: Digitally Addressable Lighting Interface

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What is the Cutoff Angle?

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Correct Answer: The angle beyond which it is no longer possible to see a light source directly.

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Crest Factor is the ratio of maximum lamp current to what?

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Correct Answer: Average operating current

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What is the main purpose of Cove Lighting?

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Correct Answer: For decorative purposes

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What is a cornice?

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Correct Answer: A soffit at the top corner of a wall

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What is Cool White?

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Correct Answer: A light source with a correlated color temperature of around 4100K.

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What is the name given to a type of fluorescent lamp where the tube is bent into a compact shape to reduce space requirements?

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Correct Answer: Compact Fluorescent Lamp

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What is a Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp?

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Correct Answer: A fluorescent lamp that emits electrons without heating its electrodes, applying only a high voltage

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What is the coefficient of utilization?

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Correct Answer: The fraction of a lamp's luminous output that reaches the work plane.

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What is a circuit breaker?

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Correct Answer: An electrical protection device that is normally located within a distribution board.

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What is the ceiling cavity?

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Correct Answer: The portion of a room that is above the lighting fixtures

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What is a canopy?

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Correct Answer: Part of a lighting fixture that covers the outlet box and wiring connections.

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What term describes the effect when lighting fixtures direct all of their lighting downward?

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Correct Answer: Cave Effect

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What is the SI unit for luminous intensity?

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Correct Answer: Candela

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What is the common term for the housing of a recessed downlight?

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Correct Answer: Can

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For what is a lamp's burn position designed?

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Correct Answer: The operating position

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What is a bulb?

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Correct Answer: A transparent casing that contains a light source, generally made from glass.

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What is a bollard?

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Correct Answer: A type of lighting fixture consisting of a short and broad post with a lamp on top.

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What is a Bayonet?

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Correct Answer: A type of lamp base that connects with the socket using keyways instead of threads.

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What is the base temperature?

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Correct Answer: Maximum allowable temperature of a lamp base

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What is the purpose of a base in a lamp?

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Correct Answer: To connect to the lighting fixture and provide both physical support and electric power for the lamp

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What is the ballast factor?

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Correct Answer: Value that describes how a ballast affects the rated lighting output of a lamp.

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What is the name of the unit that represents the brightness looking directly at the source itself?

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Correct Answer: Candela

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What is luminous intensity?

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Correct Answer: A measurement of the light radiating from the lamp in a particular direction

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The human visual system has a stronger response to _____ than to other colours.

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Correct Answer: Green

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What is a PECTRAL chart?

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Correct Answer: A chart of the visible spectrum of colors

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Which of the following is a unit of measurement for Colour Temperature?

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Correct Answer: Kelvin

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What range of the electromagnetic spectrum does visible light occupy?

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Correct Answer: 400-700 nanometres

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Which of the following is TRUE about visible light?

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Correct Answer: It is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum

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What is ballast?

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Correct Answer: A component required by fluorescent and HID lighting fixtures.

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What does a baffle do?

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Correct Answer: Block direct sight of a lighting source.

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What does backlighting do?

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Correct Answer: Illuminate an object from behind

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Backlight is defined as the lighting output of outdoor fixtures that is emitted ________.

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Correct Answer: Opposite to the intended direction

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What is argon used for?

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Correct Answer: To prevent oxidation inside the bulbs of incandescent lamps

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What is architectural lighting?

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Correct Answer: Decorative lighting that is part of a building’s design and construction.

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What is an arc lamp?

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Correct Answer: A lamp that establishes an electric arc between two electrodes

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What is the definition of "Application?"

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Correct Answer: The intended use of a lighting product.

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What is the angle between the orientation of a light source and the viewing direction?

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Correct Answer: Angle of Light

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What is the procedure of determining the current drawn by a lighting fixture or a circuit consisting of multiple fixtures?

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Correct Answer: Amp calculations

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What is the measurement unit for electric current?

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Correct Answer: Ampere

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What is the purpose of ambient lighting?

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Correct Answer: To provide visibility in a built environment

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What is accent lighting?

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Correct Answer: Lighting that focuses its output in a narrow beam.

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What does AC stand for?

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Correct Answer: Alternating current

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