Deck 4: Sound

Question 1

When the levels on your recording device are too high, the result created is:

A) distortion
B) residual noise
C) equalization
D) downsampling

Answer 1

A

Question 2

__________ was developed in the 1980s as a communications standard for electronic music instruments.

Answer 2

MIDI

Question 3

The __________ describes how quickly a MIDI sound's volume increases.

A) envelope
B) attack
C) sustain
D) decay

Answer 3

B

Question 4

This formula, sampling rate duration of recording in seconds (bit resolution / 8) × 2 equals, is best for calculating the file size of a __________.

A) monophonic recording
B) lossy recording
C) decibel recording
D) stereo recording

Question 5

In the world of professional film and video production, sound is incorporated during __________.

A) development
B) pre-production
C) production
D) post-production

Question 6

Which of the following is the branch of physics that studies sound?

A) Acoustics
B) Optics
C) Electromagnetics
D) Atomics

Question 7

In Windows, digitized sounds are usually stored as what kind of files?

A) AIFF
B) CDA
C) WAV
D) AWB

Question 8

Name and describe at least five of the basic sound editing operations that most multimedia producers use.

Question 9

The recording standard for consumer CD music is called the __________ standard.

Question 10

__________ extension is used when the file streams audio and video together.

Question 11

Which of the following is created when you represent the characteristics of a sound wave using numbers?

A) MIDI
B) Digital audio
C) Bit depth
D) Audacity

Question 12

Sound pressure levels are measured in __________.

Question 13

The process of reducing the number of sample slices you take in a second is called:

A) downsampling
B) discohesion
C) buffering
D) streaming

Question 14

A __________ is software that compresses a stream of audio or video data for storage or transmission and then decompresses it for playback.

A) kalimba
B) chiff
C) sequencer
D) codec

Question 15

The sampling rate of CD-quality audio is:

A) 22.05 KHz
B) 124.1 KHz
C) 44.1 KHz
D) 11.025 KHz

Question 16

The higher the sound quality, the __________ your file size will be.