AET Unit #2 Test questions with verified
answers graded A+
What describes a capacitor or condenser microphone? - correct answer ✔✔Two electrically
charged metal plates with one fixed and one suspended, allowed to move in response to
changing air pressure
What microphone technique results in a natural blend of space with direct sound? - correct
answer ✔✔Distant miking
The 3:1 ratio states: - correct answer ✔✔When using multiple microphones, they must be at
least three times further away from each other than the sources they are recording
In general, the most rugged and durable microphones are: - correct answer ✔✔Moving
coil/dynamic
Close miking: - correct answer ✔✔Is often used with multi-track recording; allows for a higher
level of control of different instruments in a mix; may allow for effects to be placed on individual
sound sources
The microphone and loudspeaker are very similar, in that they are both: - correct answer
✔✔Transducers
What best describes a moving coil microphone? - correct answer ✔✔A coil of wire attached to a
receiving mechanism suspended within a magnetic field
Phantom power is: - correct answer ✔✔Carried by the mic table; 48 volts; used to power
condenser microphones
, Frequency response in audio is defined as: - correct answer ✔✔The measure of an audio
system's ability to reproduce a range of frequencies with the same relative loudness
The .1 in a 5.1 surround system refers to: - correct answer ✔✔The subwoofer
True or False: The advantage of using loudspeakers to monitor with is that you don't have to
worry about the room influencing what you hear. - correct answer ✔✔False
A crossover in a loudspeaker design: - correct answer ✔✔Divides the frequency range into lows,
highs, and sometimes mids, to go to different speakers for reproduction
The most common type of loudspeaker is: - correct answer ✔✔Moving coil
True or False? In loudspeaker design, tweeters have smaller cones than woofers, and can
produce higher frequencies than woofers. - correct answer ✔✔True
The chamber reverb uses: - correct answer ✔✔A speaker and microphone
In general, amplitude processors alter the: - correct answer ✔✔Dynamic range and volume
characteristics of a signal
In genera, time/spatial processors alter: - correct answer ✔✔The perceived characteristics of a
signal
A device that attenuates all frequencies above a given frequency is known as a: - correct answer
✔✔Low-pass filter
answers graded A+
What describes a capacitor or condenser microphone? - correct answer ✔✔Two electrically
charged metal plates with one fixed and one suspended, allowed to move in response to
changing air pressure
What microphone technique results in a natural blend of space with direct sound? - correct
answer ✔✔Distant miking
The 3:1 ratio states: - correct answer ✔✔When using multiple microphones, they must be at
least three times further away from each other than the sources they are recording
In general, the most rugged and durable microphones are: - correct answer ✔✔Moving
coil/dynamic
Close miking: - correct answer ✔✔Is often used with multi-track recording; allows for a higher
level of control of different instruments in a mix; may allow for effects to be placed on individual
sound sources
The microphone and loudspeaker are very similar, in that they are both: - correct answer
✔✔Transducers
What best describes a moving coil microphone? - correct answer ✔✔A coil of wire attached to a
receiving mechanism suspended within a magnetic field
Phantom power is: - correct answer ✔✔Carried by the mic table; 48 volts; used to power
condenser microphones
, Frequency response in audio is defined as: - correct answer ✔✔The measure of an audio
system's ability to reproduce a range of frequencies with the same relative loudness
The .1 in a 5.1 surround system refers to: - correct answer ✔✔The subwoofer
True or False: The advantage of using loudspeakers to monitor with is that you don't have to
worry about the room influencing what you hear. - correct answer ✔✔False
A crossover in a loudspeaker design: - correct answer ✔✔Divides the frequency range into lows,
highs, and sometimes mids, to go to different speakers for reproduction
The most common type of loudspeaker is: - correct answer ✔✔Moving coil
True or False? In loudspeaker design, tweeters have smaller cones than woofers, and can
produce higher frequencies than woofers. - correct answer ✔✔True
The chamber reverb uses: - correct answer ✔✔A speaker and microphone
In general, amplitude processors alter the: - correct answer ✔✔Dynamic range and volume
characteristics of a signal
In genera, time/spatial processors alter: - correct answer ✔✔The perceived characteristics of a
signal
A device that attenuates all frequencies above a given frequency is known as a: - correct answer
✔✔Low-pass filter
