1. The audio subsystem consists of the speakers and a(n) ________.
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Sound card
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2. Which bit depth uses more system resources?
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32 bit (float)
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3. What is the frequency relationship between two notes that are an octave apart?
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Half/Double
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4. Upon playback In a rectangular studio environment, bass frequency response tends to be weakest
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at the halfway point of the room.
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5. What is the approximate low frequency range of male speech?
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80-180 Hz
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6. Which of these is not a measurement of loudness?
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DB
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7. The electrically induced artifact in a digital audio signal, whereby the mean amplitude of the signal is above zero, and which can lead to audible distortion is known as:
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DC offset
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8. From the choices below, what is the minimum sampling rate you need to use to record and perfectly reproduce a frequency of 14000 Hz?
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32000
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9. The reverberation time of a signal is:
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The amount of time required for a signal to decay by 60 dB
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10. Approximately how much hard disk storage space is required to hold a thirty-minute, sixteen-track digital audio session recorded at 24 bit, 96 khz?
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8.1 GB
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11. For an mp3 file, "128 kbps" compression stands for:
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128 kilobits per second
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12. A linear phase EQ differs from a standard EQ in that it....?
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Does not affect phase
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13. What is the approximate bass frequency of male speech?
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100 Hz
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14. What display type shows an audio files frequency distribution and amplitude over time?
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Spectral
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15. Sibilance typically resides in which frequency range?
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7 - 10 KHz
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16. The dynamic range of a 24 bit soundfile is approximately ______dB.
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144
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17. A digital audio soundfile with a maximum dynamic range of 96 dB is:
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16-bit resolution
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18. Upon playback In a studio environment, bass frequency response tends to be weakest
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at the halfway point of a rectangular room.
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19. To bring the loudest part of a piece of audio to a specified value, without changing its relative dynamics, you would use:
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Peak Normalization
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20. To reduce muddiness and increase bass definition when mixing a pop or rock song, it is usually a good idea to
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apply a HPF to all tracks where the bass information is not fundamental to the tone
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21. Any inaccuracies of a sampling frequency into and back out of the digital domain from the analog domain is referred to as:
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jitter
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22. Approximately how much disk storage space is required to hold a one-hour 16 bit, 44.1 kHz stereo raw soundfile?
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620 MB
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23. When Proximity effect occurs, which frequencies appear louder?
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Lows
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24. A single MIDI link can carry up to
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16 channels of information
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25. Using a sampling rate of 11 kHz when digitally recording a sound with a lot of high-frequency content can result in unwanted artifacts known as:
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Aliasing
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26. Which of the following is not a tool for manipulating dynamic range?
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Exciter
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27. A Bandpass filter:
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attenuates frequencies outside of its specified range.
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28. The digital signal processing technique for creating the most realistic sounding artificial reverberation, using impulse responses recorded in actual spaces, is known as:
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Convolution
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29. When preparing a 24 bit digital audio soundfile for audio CD production, you will need to:
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Use dithering, while reducing bit resolution to 16 bits
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30. The term for sounds resulting from the pronunciation of "P" and "B" letters in voice recording is
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Plosives
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31. Which is not a polar pattern?
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Megacardioid
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32. Low-level broadband noise is added to the signal of a 24-bit soundfile when:
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Dithering down the soundfile to 16-bit resolution
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33. To automatically vary the level of background music that accompanies a voice over track you would:
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Apply auto-ducking to the background music track based on signal input from the voice over track
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34. When compression exceeds a ratio of _______ it is considered limiting.
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10:1
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35. What is best suited to removing electrical hum?
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Notch EQ
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36. What is the correct voltage on Phantom Power?
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48 V
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37. Which of the following is a lossless audio format?
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FLAC
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38. Parallel Compression is achieved by:
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mixing an unprocessed 'dry', or lightly compressed signal with a heavily compressed version of the same signal.
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39. When using a parametric equalizer, the Q setting determines
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the width of the frequency band
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40. When recording, in order to minimize distortion caused by digital clipping, and to maintain consistent signal gain, it is best to use:
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an outboard compressor between the microphone signal and your audio interface.
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41. Comping is
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editing multiple takes of a performance into a single take.
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42. Which of the following is a widely used DAW by engineers today?
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(all of these)
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43. What is the name of the control feature that can manipulate multiple effect parameters simultaneously?
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MACRO
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44. In the majority of music recording situations, what is the most critical step in the recording chain.
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Microphone placement
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45. In order to eliminate or minimize clicks between soundfile edits, you should try to place your edits on:
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A zero crossing point of the sound waves
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46. Which of the following combinations of digital recording bit resolution and sampling rate will yield the best audio quality?
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24 bit and 96 kHz
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47. Who created VST?
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Steinberg
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48. When using a compressor, the ratio setting (such as 4:1 or 2:1) will control
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the amount of gain reduction applied when the input exceeds the threshold. The higher the ratio, the more compression is applied.
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49. In order to create the illusion that a passage of ADR dialogue recorded dry in a studio was actually recorded on location, you would mix in a small amount of:
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Location-recorded room tone
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50. After recording a number of digital audio soundfiles, the process used to ensure that the peak amplitude of each soundfile is maximized is called a:
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Normalization
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51. To avoid digital clipping on a multitrack mix you would:
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Do all of these
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52. What is the average range of human hearing?
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20Hz - 20KHz
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53. What is the purpose of a compressor?
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Reduction of dynamic range
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54. Imagine that you are a voiceover actor/actress. What is the best way to achieve professional sound quality for your vocal performance?
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Arrange microphones and set other equipment levels correctly so that the sound at the beginning of the recording chain is optimum.
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55. A 1:1 ratio setting on a compressor would yield
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no change to the input
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56. The signal processing plug-in used to reduce excess vocal siblance is called a:
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De-esser
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57. What bit depth of digital audio file is better for Audio processing ?
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24 bit
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58. Which two instruments should you keep in mono in order to add more punch and focus to a Rock/Pop mix?
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Bass and Kick Drums
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59. Which project Bit Depth uses the most system memory?
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32 bit (float)
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60. To remove a single unwanted frequency from a digital audio signal, you would use:
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A notch filter
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61. How many volts is Phantom Power?
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48
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62. What is the type of distortion that occurs when a digital signal is recorded too loudly?
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Digital clipping
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63. The 'tweeter' on an audio monitor produces which part of the frequency spectrum?
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High
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64. What is the name given to the process of repairing damaged or degraded audio?
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Audio Restoration
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65. The best way to join two soundfiles together so that there is a smooth transition without silence between the sounds is to use:
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An overlapping crossfade
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66. Which type of microphone requires phantom power?
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Condenser
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67. to hear only the output of a single track in a multichannel mix, you would use
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solo
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68. What does the NORMALIZE command do to an audio track?
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Raises the gain of the entire track to the point where the highest peak is just below clipping
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69. What does LFO stand for?
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Low Frequency Oscillator
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70. During the CD mastering stage of production, you would normally:
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Do all of these
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71. Which of the following mp3 file compression rates yields the best audio fidelity:
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320 kbps
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72. The standard sample rate specification for CD quality audio is:
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44.1 kHz
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73. The standard soundfile specification for CD quality audio is:
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16-bit, 44.1 kHz sampling rate.
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74. Localizing a sound in within the perceived left-right stereo field requires the technique known as:
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panning.
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75. A type of microphone requiring phantom power is a:
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condenser microphone
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76. Reversing polarity is used to treat what audio problem?
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Phase Misalignment
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77. What is the frequency relationship between two notes on a keyboard that are an octave apart?
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Half/Double
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78. A Cardioid microphone pick up patterns are most sensitive to sound produced on
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the front side of the microphone
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79. A limiter can be defined as
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a compressor with a ratio that is 10:1 or higher
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80. A client wants you to correct a song she recently recorded, saying the sound was too "boomy". If you were to EQ the song, in which of these frequency ranges would you concentrate to correct this?
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20 - 200 Hz
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81. Sounds exceeding which volume level can cause immediate hearing damage?
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140 DB
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82. Near-field speakers should be placed so that the tweeters are
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at ear level.
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83. The psychoacoustic phenonmenon that occurs when, for example, a loud cymbal crash and a softer fragment of human speech appear simultaneously in a mix, resulting in reduced intelligibility of the speech, is known as:
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Masking
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