AVID Media Composer 101 Certification
PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
C - Correct Answer- Refer to the illustration. Which button will allow the frames to be
displayed so that you can see a bunch of pictures (representative frames) of your clips in your
bin and not just the list view (with only text information) or the script view (which has a
picture accompanied by minimal text information)?
The New Project button in the Select Project window - Correct Answer- When you begin a
new project, you have to set up the format for that project. Where do you set up the initial
format for a Project?
Command Palette - Correct Answer- What tool allows you to take command of your
keyboard and user interface by allowing you to map buttons onto the the keyboard and user
interface?
Bin Settings - Correct Answer- You want to preserve the work that you've been doing on your
sequences, subsequences, and logging of clips. You also have some custom effects that you
created in an effects bin. Where can you change the Auto-Save Interval so that you can make
sure that your bins are saved regularly?
File menu > Settings > User tab and Select Project window - Correct Answer- All projects
have a user profile associated with them. You can control which user profile your using by
creating and/or importing them in a couple different menus or windows. Where are the
options for creating and importing a User profile located?
Windows - Correct Answer- The Composer window, the Timeline window, and the Bin
Container window are the three primary windows in the Media Composer Interface, but more
windows can be added and arranged. Which menu contains options for arranging the Media
Composer interface?
Double click the clip icon - Correct Answer- You can double click an effect icon to load an
effect onto a selected clip in the timeline, but how do you load a clip in your bin into the
Source window to watch it?
, 1 and 2 - Correct Answer- With the bin in Frame view, you can choose the image that's
displayed on a clip from within the clip itself. This is referred to as the representative frame.
Which keys would change a selected clip's representative frame?
Press Ctrl/Cmd + K - Correct Answer- How can clip images be made smaller in the bin's
Frame view?
Folder Browse Button - Correct Answer- I have projects on two external hard drives (Hard
Drive 1 and Hard Drive 2). I've been working on my projects on hard drive 1, but now have
to work on a project that's located on hard drive 2. Which button in the Select Project dialog
box is used to navigate to the location of an external project?
Bins - Correct Answer- You've adjusted your autosave intervals under the bin settings and are
regularly saving these in the Attic during an Autosave.
Interface - Correct Answer- You can change from light mode to dark mode, adjust the fonts,
and highlight colors. Which user setting do you select to change the look of the Media
Composer interface?
The clip is moved - Correct Answer- On a local, non-editshare system, What is the result of
dragging a master clip from one bin to another within your own project?
Private and Shared locations are hard-coded and cannot be changed - Correct Answer-
Private, Shared, and External locations operate differently. How do the Private and Shared
locations for saved projects compare to the External location, which can be mapped to
anywhere?
Button E - Correct Answer- Refer to the illustration. The Source Browser allows you to view
folders as Media Volumes, thereby reducing the need to search through folders to find media
files from camera original sources. Which button allows you to view folders as Media
Volumes?
All of the above - Correct Answer- The J-K-L keys are pretty universal across platforms for
controlling playback in time-based media editors, how can you play back clips and sequences
with the J-K-L keys in Media Composer?
PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
C - Correct Answer- Refer to the illustration. Which button will allow the frames to be
displayed so that you can see a bunch of pictures (representative frames) of your clips in your
bin and not just the list view (with only text information) or the script view (which has a
picture accompanied by minimal text information)?
The New Project button in the Select Project window - Correct Answer- When you begin a
new project, you have to set up the format for that project. Where do you set up the initial
format for a Project?
Command Palette - Correct Answer- What tool allows you to take command of your
keyboard and user interface by allowing you to map buttons onto the the keyboard and user
interface?
Bin Settings - Correct Answer- You want to preserve the work that you've been doing on your
sequences, subsequences, and logging of clips. You also have some custom effects that you
created in an effects bin. Where can you change the Auto-Save Interval so that you can make
sure that your bins are saved regularly?
File menu > Settings > User tab and Select Project window - Correct Answer- All projects
have a user profile associated with them. You can control which user profile your using by
creating and/or importing them in a couple different menus or windows. Where are the
options for creating and importing a User profile located?
Windows - Correct Answer- The Composer window, the Timeline window, and the Bin
Container window are the three primary windows in the Media Composer Interface, but more
windows can be added and arranged. Which menu contains options for arranging the Media
Composer interface?
Double click the clip icon - Correct Answer- You can double click an effect icon to load an
effect onto a selected clip in the timeline, but how do you load a clip in your bin into the
Source window to watch it?
, 1 and 2 - Correct Answer- With the bin in Frame view, you can choose the image that's
displayed on a clip from within the clip itself. This is referred to as the representative frame.
Which keys would change a selected clip's representative frame?
Press Ctrl/Cmd + K - Correct Answer- How can clip images be made smaller in the bin's
Frame view?
Folder Browse Button - Correct Answer- I have projects on two external hard drives (Hard
Drive 1 and Hard Drive 2). I've been working on my projects on hard drive 1, but now have
to work on a project that's located on hard drive 2. Which button in the Select Project dialog
box is used to navigate to the location of an external project?
Bins - Correct Answer- You've adjusted your autosave intervals under the bin settings and are
regularly saving these in the Attic during an Autosave.
Interface - Correct Answer- You can change from light mode to dark mode, adjust the fonts,
and highlight colors. Which user setting do you select to change the look of the Media
Composer interface?
The clip is moved - Correct Answer- On a local, non-editshare system, What is the result of
dragging a master clip from one bin to another within your own project?
Private and Shared locations are hard-coded and cannot be changed - Correct Answer-
Private, Shared, and External locations operate differently. How do the Private and Shared
locations for saved projects compare to the External location, which can be mapped to
anywhere?
Button E - Correct Answer- Refer to the illustration. The Source Browser allows you to view
folders as Media Volumes, thereby reducing the need to search through folders to find media
files from camera original sources. Which button allows you to view folders as Media
Volumes?
All of the above - Correct Answer- The J-K-L keys are pretty universal across platforms for
controlling playback in time-based media editors, how can you play back clips and sequences
with the J-K-L keys in Media Composer?
