PRO TOOLS 101 FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔With the Smart Tool placed at the bottom corner of a clip boundary where two clips
come together and meet, what tool will it engage? - ✔✔Crossfade
✔✔True or False: If the Auto Backup function has been enabled in Pro Tools'
Preferences, your Session File Backups folder will include multiple backups of your
session, saved periodically. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: If you make a selection and then "click out" and remove your
selection from the playlist, you can use Pro Tools' "Restore Last Selection" feature to
get your selection back. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: If you need to undo changes that are no longer available in the Undo
History window, you can use the Revert to Saved command to restore the last saved
version of your session. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: When you open a session backup from your Session Backups sub-
folder (within your session folder), you will need to complete a proper "Save As" to
restore the session with an appropriate name and file extension, if you plan on
continuing to use it. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is a way to recall a Memory Location? - ✔✔Click the entry in
the Memory Locations Window, Click the marker in the Ruler, Type . - number - .
[decimal - keypad number - decimal]
✔✔What is the maximum number of Memory Locations possible in a single session? -
✔✔999
✔✔How can you set all tracks in your session to the same height? - ✔✔Hold Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac) while selecting a track height from a Track Height selector
✔✔How can you change the display order of tracks in your session? - ✔✔Click a track's
nameplate in the Edit window and drag the track above or below other tracks
Click a track's nameplate in the Mix window and drag the track to the right or left of
other tracks
Click a track's name in the Track List and drag it to a higher or lower position in the list
✔✔The Universe View in Pro Tools displays ___________________. - ✔✔a miniature
representation of all clips on your displayed tracks
, ✔✔What are the two types of CURSORS found in Pro Tools? - ✔✔Playback Cursor and
Edit Cursor
✔✔What are the two types of Selections in Pro Tools? - ✔✔Timeline Selections and
Edit Selections
✔✔True or False: You can link and unlink Timeline and Edit Selections - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: Double-clicking with the Selector tool will select an entire clip -
✔✔True
✔✔What keys do you use to create selections "on the fly" during playback? - ✔✔Up
Arrow and Down Arrow
✔✔True or False: You select a track in Pro Tools by selecting its nameplate - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: You store a zoom preset by Option-clicking on one of the five zoom
preset buttons. - ✔✔False
You Command-click to set a zoom preset
✔✔True or False: Memory locations can store record-enabled information for tracks. -
✔✔False
✔✔How many separate channels of MIDI information can be sent over a single MIDI
cable? - ✔✔16
✔✔TRUE or FALSE: The Xpand!2 virtual instrument plug-in comes equipped with
Presets, Patches, and Parts that you can use to create instrument sounds from within
Pro Tools. - ✔✔True
✔✔The default key signature for Pro Tools is __________. - ✔✔C Major (no sharps, no
flats)
✔✔The term "MIDI" is an acronym for: - ✔✔Musical Instrument Digital Interface
✔✔Pro Tools allows users to record MIDI information on which of the following track
types: - ✔✔MIDI Tracks, Instrument Tracks
✔✔Pro Tools subdivides the bars and beats of a session into ticks. How many ticks
comprise a quarter note? - ✔✔960
✔✔The default meter for a Pro Tools session is: - ✔✔4/4
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔With the Smart Tool placed at the bottom corner of a clip boundary where two clips
come together and meet, what tool will it engage? - ✔✔Crossfade
✔✔True or False: If the Auto Backup function has been enabled in Pro Tools'
Preferences, your Session File Backups folder will include multiple backups of your
session, saved periodically. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: If you make a selection and then "click out" and remove your
selection from the playlist, you can use Pro Tools' "Restore Last Selection" feature to
get your selection back. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: If you need to undo changes that are no longer available in the Undo
History window, you can use the Revert to Saved command to restore the last saved
version of your session. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: When you open a session backup from your Session Backups sub-
folder (within your session folder), you will need to complete a proper "Save As" to
restore the session with an appropriate name and file extension, if you plan on
continuing to use it. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is a way to recall a Memory Location? - ✔✔Click the entry in
the Memory Locations Window, Click the marker in the Ruler, Type . - number - .
[decimal - keypad number - decimal]
✔✔What is the maximum number of Memory Locations possible in a single session? -
✔✔999
✔✔How can you set all tracks in your session to the same height? - ✔✔Hold Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac) while selecting a track height from a Track Height selector
✔✔How can you change the display order of tracks in your session? - ✔✔Click a track's
nameplate in the Edit window and drag the track above or below other tracks
Click a track's nameplate in the Mix window and drag the track to the right or left of
other tracks
Click a track's name in the Track List and drag it to a higher or lower position in the list
✔✔The Universe View in Pro Tools displays ___________________. - ✔✔a miniature
representation of all clips on your displayed tracks
, ✔✔What are the two types of CURSORS found in Pro Tools? - ✔✔Playback Cursor and
Edit Cursor
✔✔What are the two types of Selections in Pro Tools? - ✔✔Timeline Selections and
Edit Selections
✔✔True or False: You can link and unlink Timeline and Edit Selections - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: Double-clicking with the Selector tool will select an entire clip -
✔✔True
✔✔What keys do you use to create selections "on the fly" during playback? - ✔✔Up
Arrow and Down Arrow
✔✔True or False: You select a track in Pro Tools by selecting its nameplate - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: You store a zoom preset by Option-clicking on one of the five zoom
preset buttons. - ✔✔False
You Command-click to set a zoom preset
✔✔True or False: Memory locations can store record-enabled information for tracks. -
✔✔False
✔✔How many separate channels of MIDI information can be sent over a single MIDI
cable? - ✔✔16
✔✔TRUE or FALSE: The Xpand!2 virtual instrument plug-in comes equipped with
Presets, Patches, and Parts that you can use to create instrument sounds from within
Pro Tools. - ✔✔True
✔✔The default key signature for Pro Tools is __________. - ✔✔C Major (no sharps, no
flats)
✔✔The term "MIDI" is an acronym for: - ✔✔Musical Instrument Digital Interface
✔✔Pro Tools allows users to record MIDI information on which of the following track
types: - ✔✔MIDI Tracks, Instrument Tracks
✔✔Pro Tools subdivides the bars and beats of a session into ticks. How many ticks
comprise a quarter note? - ✔✔960
✔✔The default meter for a Pro Tools session is: - ✔✔4/4
