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Audio Visual System Design MCQ

1. What is the throw distance?

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Correct Answer: The length of the projection beam necessary for a particular projector to produce an image of a specified size.

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2. What is the term for the maximum force that a material can withstand before deforming or stretching?

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Correct Answer: Tensile strength

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3. What is tensile strength?

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Correct Answer: The maximum force that a material can withstand before deforming or stretching.

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4. What is the purpose of taps on a transformer?

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Correct Answer: To allow you to select different power levels from the transformer

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5. What do the taps on a transformer do?

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Correct Answer: Allow you to select different power levels from the transformer.

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6. What is the scan rate?

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Correct Answer: The frequency of occurrence of a display drawing one line of information.

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7. What is scan conversion?

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Correct Answer: The process of changing the horizontal scan rate of one device to that of another.

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8. What is satellite television?

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Correct Answer: Entertainment or business video and audio transmitted via a satellite.

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9. How is the digital signal created from the analog signal?

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Correct Answer: Sampling rate – how many samples of the analog signal are taken in a given time interval

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10. What does sampling rate refer to?

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Correct Answer: How many samples of the analog signal are taken in a given time interval in creating the digital signal

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11. What is the meaning of rarefaction?

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Correct Answer: The action of the molecules moving apart.

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12. What is rarefaction?

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Correct Answer: The action of molecules moving apart.

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13. What is the most common type of computer memory used by programs?

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Correct Answer: Random Access Memory (RAM)

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14. What does RAM stand for?

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Correct Answer: Random Access Memory

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15. What is RFI?

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Correct Answer: Tendency of a radio transmission to interfere with other electronic signals.

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16. What is radio frequency interference?

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Correct Answer: The interference of radio frequency energy in audio systems.

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17. What does RF stand for?

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Correct Answer: Radio frequency

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18. One rack unit equals ____ inches.

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Correct Answer: 1.75

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19. One rack unit equals

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Correct Answer: 1.75 inches

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20. What does "peaking" allow for?

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Correct Answer: Compensation for high frequency loss in cables

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21. What does "peaking" mean?

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Correct Answer: An adjustment method that allows compensation for high frequency loss in cables.

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22. What does "peak" refer to in the context of signal strength?

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Correct Answer: The highest level of signal strength

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23. What does PDP stand for?

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Correct Answer: Plasma Display Panel

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24. What does PAL stand for?

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Correct Answer: Phase Alternate Line

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25. What does an oscilloscope measure?

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Correct Answer: Electronic signals

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26. What is an operating system?

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Correct Answer: A platform that enables software applications to communicate with the CPU.

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27. What does the word "omni-directional" mean?

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Correct Answer: Equal sensitivity to sound from nearly all directions

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28. What does the term "omni-directional" mean?

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Correct Answer: A microphone with equal sensitivity to sound from nearly all directions.

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29. What is the formula for Ohm's Law?

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Correct Answer: I = V/R

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30. What does Ohm's law define?

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Correct Answer: The relationship between current, voltage, and resistance in an electrical circuit.

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31. The relationship of the frequencies in an octave is such that the lowest frequency is...?

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Correct Answer: Half the highest

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32. What is the relationship of the frequencies in an octave?

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Correct Answer: The lowest frequency is half the highest.

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33. NTSC stands for ____________.

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Correct Answer: National Television System Committee

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34. What does a notch filter do?

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Correct Answer: Eliminates a specific band of frequencies

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35. What is the metric unit for screen or surface brightness?

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Correct Answer: Nit

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36. What is the definition of near-field sound?

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Correct Answer: Sound that has not been colored by room reflections

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37. What is the other name for near-field sound?

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Correct Answer: Direct sound

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38. What is the native resolution?

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Correct Answer: The number rows of horizontal and vertical pixels that create the picture

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39. Native resolution describes the _______ of the delivery signal.

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Correct Answer: Actual resolution of the imaging device

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40. What is a media retrieval system?

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Correct Answer: A system in a facility that allows for remote requests of content to be delivered from a head-end location.

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41. Which type of television system is MATV?

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Correct Answer: Master Antenna Television system

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42. A matte white screen is used in order to ____________.

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Correct Answer: Evenly disperse light 240 degrees uniformly, both horizontally and vertically, creating a wide viewing cone and wide viewing angle

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43. What does a matte white screen do?

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Correct Answer: Evenly disperses light 240 degrees uniformly, both horizontally and vertically, creating a wide viewing cone and wide viewing angle.

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44. What is a matrix switcher?

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Correct Answer: An electronic device with multiple inputs and outputs

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45. What is a matrix decoder?

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Correct Answer: A device that produces red, green, and blue from Y, R-Y, and B-Y

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46. What does a matrix decoder do?

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Correct Answer: Produces red, green, and blue from Y, R-Y, and B-Y

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47. What does a local monitor do?

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Correct Answer: Monitors the output of a signal from a system or other device in a local vicinity

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48. What is the key difference between a limiter and a compressor?

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Correct Answer: Signals exceeding the threshold level are reduced at ratios of 10:1 or greater.

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49. What is designed to reflect maximum light over wide horizontal and narrow vertical angles?

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Correct Answer: Lenticular

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50. What is a lavalier?

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Correct Answer: A small microphone designed to be worn either around the neck or clipped to apparel.

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51. What is a LAN?

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Correct Answer: A computer network limited to the immediate area

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52. What is the full form of "LAN"?

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Correct Answer: Local area network

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53. What is the trapezoidal distortion of a square-cornered image called?

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Correct Answer: Keystone error

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54. What is the definition of a junction box?

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Correct Answer: A portable set terminal for power cables.

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55. What is the jacket in a cable used for?

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Correct Answer: To protect wires in a cable and their shielding

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56. What is the purpose of a jacket?

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Correct Answer: To protect wires in a cable and their shielding.

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57. What is infrared?

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Correct Answer: A frequency range of light used to send information.

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58. What is inductive reactance?

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Correct Answer: The opposition to the flow of alternating current by the inductance of a circuit, measured in ohms.

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59. What is the unit of measurement for inductive reactance?

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Correct Answer: Ohms

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60. What is inductance?

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Correct Answer: The ability of a magnetic field to transfer electrical current on a conductor.

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61. What is impedance?

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Correct Answer: Opposition to alternating current measured in ohms

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62. What does impedance measure?

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Correct Answer: Opposition to alternating current

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63. What does IEEE stand for?

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Correct Answer: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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64. What is the hemispheric polar pattern?

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Correct Answer: The dome shape of the region that some microphones will be most sensitive to sound.

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65. Which of the following best describes a hemispheric polar pattern?

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Correct Answer: The dome shape of the region that some microphones will be most sensitive to sound

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66. What is the purpose of a heat sink?

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Correct Answer: To absorb and dissipate heat produced by an electrical component

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67. What is a heat sink?

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Correct Answer: A device that absorbs and dissipates heat produced by an electrical component.

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68. Process and combine the signals at the headend of the cable distribution system

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Correct Answer: Process and combine the signals

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69. What is HDTV?

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Correct Answer: High Definition Television

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70. What are harmonics?

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Correct Answer: Higher frequency sound waves that blend with the fundamental frequency.

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71. What is a glass bead screen?

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Correct Answer: A screen covered with tiny glass beads, each of which provides a spherically reflective surface.

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72. What does the term "genlock" mean?

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Correct Answer: To lock the synchronization signals of multiple devices to a single source

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73. What does the term "auge" refer to?

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Correct Answer: A thickness or diameter of a wire.

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74. What does the word "gauge" mean?

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Correct Answer: A thickness or diameter of a wire

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75. What does a gate do?

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Correct Answer: It allows signals to pass only above a certain setting or threshold.

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76. What does the audio processor gate allow signals to pass?

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Correct Answer: Only above a certain setting or threshold.

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77. What is the definition of "gain" in electronics?

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Correct Answer: Electronic signal amplification

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78. What is a fixed matrix?

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Correct Answer: A type of display that has a fixed grid on which it recreates an image.

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79. What does a filter do?

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Correct Answer: Remove or pass certain frequencies from a signal

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80. What is contained in each standard video frame?

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Correct Answer: Two interlaced fields

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81. How many fields are in a standard video frame?

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Correct Answer: Two

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82. What is fiber optic?

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Correct Answer: A technology that uses glass or plastic threads or wires to transmit information.

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83. What is emissive technology?

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Correct Answer: Any display device that emits light to create an image.

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84. What does EMI stand for?

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Correct Answer: Electromagnetic interference

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85. What is electromagnetic interference (EMI)?

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Correct Answer: An electrical disturbance caused by an electromagnetic field, either low frequency or radio frequency (RF)

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86. What is the full form for EMI?

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Correct Answer: Electromagnetic interference

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87. What does EIA stand for?

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Correct Answer: Electronics Industries Alliance

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88. What is echo cancellation?

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Correct Answer: A means of eliminating echo from an audio path

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89. What is early reflected sound?

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Correct Answer: Sound waves which are reflected (bounced) off surfaces between the source and the listener

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90. What does a delay do to an audio signal?

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Correct Answer: Retards the speed of transmission

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91. What does a deflection coil do?

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Correct Answer: Direct an electron beam to draw an image on a cathode ray tube

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92. What does decibel measure?

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Correct Answer: A comparison of two measurements or values

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93. What does 0 dBSPL equal to?

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Correct Answer: 0.0002 dynes/cm2

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94. Which of the following is NOT true about dBSPL?

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Correct Answer: Its reference, 0 dBSPL equals 0.0002 dynes/cm2.

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95. What is the D-sub connector?

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Correct Answer: A generic name for D-shaped serial connectors used in data communications.

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96. What is a carrier?

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Correct Answer: A modulated frequency that carries a video or audio signal.

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97. What does the word "carrier" mean in the context of audio and video signals?

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Correct Answer: A modulated frequency that carries an audio or video signal

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98. Which of the following shapes is a cardioid?

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Correct Answer: Heart-shaped

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99. How does one terminate a captive screw connector?

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Correct Answer: Strip and slide a wire into a slot on the connector

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100. What is the name of the screws that are used to hold the wires in place in a captive screw connector?

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Correct Answer: Set screws

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101. What does capacitance refer to?

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Correct Answer: The ability of a nonconductive material to develop an electrical charge which can distort an electrical signal.

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102. What is baseband?

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Correct Answer: Video signal that has not been modulated

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103. What is bandwidth limiting?

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Correct Answer: The result of encoding a higher quality signal into a lower quality form

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104. What is bandwidth?

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Correct Answer: A measure of information carrying capacity without distortion.

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105. What is a band?

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Correct Answer: A grouping or range of frequencies

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106. What is the main advantage of a balanced circuit?

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Correct Answer: Its ability to reject noise.

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107. What does a balanced circuit mean?

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Correct Answer: A circuit in which two branches are electrically alike and symmetrical with respect to a common reference point

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108. What is an amplifier?

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Correct Answer: An electronic device for increasing the strength of electrical signals.

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109. What is ambient noise?

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Correct Answer: Sound that is extraneous to the intended, desired, intentional, audio; background noise.

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110. What is ambient light?

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Correct Answer: All light in a viewing room produced by sources other than the display.

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111. What is the name given to an electric current that reverses its direction periodically?

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Correct Answer: Alternating current

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112. What does AES stand for?

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Correct Answer: Audio Engineering Society.

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113. What is the study of sound wave behavior in air called?

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Correct Answer: Acoustics

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