AVID PT 101 EXAM TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What does it mean if an effect has a green dot next to it - ✔✔It is a real time effect
and technically is already rendered. If you were to see blue, that means it needs to be
blue
✔✔when do you use fluidmorph - ✔✔trying to remove a jump cut
✔✔on a resize effect, how can you scale a clip in the effect preview monitor but
maintain the aspect ratio - ✔✔the handle in the right hand corner, NOT shift drag
✔✔Which button in the Effect Editor zooms out, allowing you to work outside the
boundaries of the visible image in the Preview monitor? - ✔✔
✔✔what does the fit to fill allow you to do - ✔✔changes speed, reads what's in the
timeline and takes it and overwrites it in and creates actual media
✔✔how can you reduce the size of waveforms in the timeline without changing the
height of the track? - ✔✔enable the track selectors to select the track to adjust, then
press command +option + l/k
✔✔In the timeline window, what do track selectors allow you to do? - ✔✔The left
column contains track selectors for tracks that are loaded in source monitor (source
track buttons) and these are used for selecting which tracks of source material you want
to use when making an edit.
The right column contains track selectors for tracks available in your sequence. (Record
track buttons) and enable you to select tracks for locking, resizing, deleting, and editing.
Also it helps define REGIONS
✔✔Which tool allows you to change the color of a Dip to Color transition? - ✔✔effect
editor
✔✔which button removes an effect - ✔✔remove effect button (no smoking sign)
✔✔What is a keyframe? - ✔✔
✔✔T or F: Fluid Morph is a real- time effect - ✔✔F
✔✔Which button in the Effect Editor zooms out, allowing you to work outside the
boundaries of the visible image? - ✔✔reduce button (- inside of magnifying glass)
✔✔To auto-nest one effect on top of another, which modifier key is used? - ✔✔Option-
drag
, ✔✔How can the order of processing be changed for effects in a nest? - ✔✔nest in nest
out
✔✔can you rearrange nests in the timeline - ✔✔YOU CANT REARRAGE IN
TIMELINE< ONLY IN EFFECT EDITOR> BUT TO REMOVE THEM IT MUST BE
FROM TIMELINE
✔✔What is a potential disadvantage of viewing effects in a simple nest -- i.e. by using
Step In? - ✔✔you can't hear audio
✔✔how can you show all of the nests - ✔✔double click
✔✔which button is used to step into an effect nest - ✔✔the down arrow
✔✔True or False? After you create a rendered Freeze Frame effect, if you trim the clip
to make it longer the freeze frame is no longer rendered but becomes a real time effect.
* - ✔✔false
✔✔How do you open Avid Titler+ - ✔✔press the T+
✔✔Where would you modify the font in a title - ✔✔effect palette
✔✔True or False? Titles created with Avid Titler+ must be rendered before they can be
played in the Media Composer Timeline. - ✔✔false
✔✔what is a quicktime reference movie - ✔✔Just a quicktime container and references
back to the media u used, but is not an encapsulated file that you can send to anyone
Its used to make DVDs or blue rays
✔✔Which Color Levels option should be used when exporting a video for playback on a
computer as compared to playback on a television? - ✔✔Computer: scale it from legal
to full, but for standard television we would keep it as legal range
✔✔When exporting a QuickTime movie, which button would you click to set custom
video and audio settings, such as video codec and audio sample rate? - ✔✔custom
button, then format options
✔✔An editor is working on a project and accidentally deletes a sequence. How can the
sequence be retrieved? - ✔✔recover from ATTIC
✔✔What is the correct procedure for deleting all of the media associated with a project?
- ✔✔media tool > click all the things and press OK> then hit delete
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What does it mean if an effect has a green dot next to it - ✔✔It is a real time effect
and technically is already rendered. If you were to see blue, that means it needs to be
blue
✔✔when do you use fluidmorph - ✔✔trying to remove a jump cut
✔✔on a resize effect, how can you scale a clip in the effect preview monitor but
maintain the aspect ratio - ✔✔the handle in the right hand corner, NOT shift drag
✔✔Which button in the Effect Editor zooms out, allowing you to work outside the
boundaries of the visible image in the Preview monitor? - ✔✔
✔✔what does the fit to fill allow you to do - ✔✔changes speed, reads what's in the
timeline and takes it and overwrites it in and creates actual media
✔✔how can you reduce the size of waveforms in the timeline without changing the
height of the track? - ✔✔enable the track selectors to select the track to adjust, then
press command +option + l/k
✔✔In the timeline window, what do track selectors allow you to do? - ✔✔The left
column contains track selectors for tracks that are loaded in source monitor (source
track buttons) and these are used for selecting which tracks of source material you want
to use when making an edit.
The right column contains track selectors for tracks available in your sequence. (Record
track buttons) and enable you to select tracks for locking, resizing, deleting, and editing.
Also it helps define REGIONS
✔✔Which tool allows you to change the color of a Dip to Color transition? - ✔✔effect
editor
✔✔which button removes an effect - ✔✔remove effect button (no smoking sign)
✔✔What is a keyframe? - ✔✔
✔✔T or F: Fluid Morph is a real- time effect - ✔✔F
✔✔Which button in the Effect Editor zooms out, allowing you to work outside the
boundaries of the visible image? - ✔✔reduce button (- inside of magnifying glass)
✔✔To auto-nest one effect on top of another, which modifier key is used? - ✔✔Option-
drag
, ✔✔How can the order of processing be changed for effects in a nest? - ✔✔nest in nest
out
✔✔can you rearrange nests in the timeline - ✔✔YOU CANT REARRAGE IN
TIMELINE< ONLY IN EFFECT EDITOR> BUT TO REMOVE THEM IT MUST BE
FROM TIMELINE
✔✔What is a potential disadvantage of viewing effects in a simple nest -- i.e. by using
Step In? - ✔✔you can't hear audio
✔✔how can you show all of the nests - ✔✔double click
✔✔which button is used to step into an effect nest - ✔✔the down arrow
✔✔True or False? After you create a rendered Freeze Frame effect, if you trim the clip
to make it longer the freeze frame is no longer rendered but becomes a real time effect.
* - ✔✔false
✔✔How do you open Avid Titler+ - ✔✔press the T+
✔✔Where would you modify the font in a title - ✔✔effect palette
✔✔True or False? Titles created with Avid Titler+ must be rendered before they can be
played in the Media Composer Timeline. - ✔✔false
✔✔what is a quicktime reference movie - ✔✔Just a quicktime container and references
back to the media u used, but is not an encapsulated file that you can send to anyone
Its used to make DVDs or blue rays
✔✔Which Color Levels option should be used when exporting a video for playback on a
computer as compared to playback on a television? - ✔✔Computer: scale it from legal
to full, but for standard television we would keep it as legal range
✔✔When exporting a QuickTime movie, which button would you click to set custom
video and audio settings, such as video codec and audio sample rate? - ✔✔custom
button, then format options
✔✔An editor is working on a project and accidentally deletes a sequence. How can the
sequence be retrieved? - ✔✔recover from ATTIC
✔✔What is the correct procedure for deleting all of the media associated with a project?
- ✔✔media tool > click all the things and press OK> then hit delete
