EOPA AVTF EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Component cables consist of.... - Answers -3 separate cables/wires that give us color,
(R,B,G)
Composite Video Signal - Answers -Combined video signal of Red, Green and Blue
RCA Connector - Answers -used to carry audio and video signals
Three pronged plug used to connect microphones to devices - Answers -XLR Cable
What are the primary colors of light - Answers -Red, Green and Blue
A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television
production. - Answers -Storyboard
a clear, neutral filter that absorbs ultraviolet radiation, with no effect on visible colors. -
Answers -UV Filter
shot taken directly from the position of the subject, - Answers -Subjective Camera shot
displays and measures the color, or chrominance, of the video signal - Answers -
Vectorscope
A lens with a long focal length, which gives a narrower than normal field of view -
Answers -Telephoto Lens
The process of reducing the amount of data used to output a video, image, or sound. -
Answers -Video Compression
Process of combining the primary colors of red, green, and blue to create new lighter
color - Answers -Additive Color Theory
A typical lighting composition using three lights; key light, fill light, and backlight -
Answers -Three Point Lighting
ratio of width to height in the dimensions of a frame; example NTSC 4:3 and Motion
Picture 16:9 - Answers -Aspect ratio
, Light placed above and behind the talent in a shot to separate the talent from the
background. - Answers -Back Light
connector commonly used in television production - Answers -BNC
measurement for the amount of current in a circuit.When calculating power usage
Watts/100=?? - Answers -Amps
thin overlapping plates, controls the amount of light that can enter the camera lens. -
Answers -Camera Iris
A type of signal where the data is represented by continuous waves. - Answers -Analog
Signal
Records sounds that are directly in front of the mic and limited sounds from the sides of
it - Answers -Cardiod Microphone
a shot that briefly interrupts the representation of a subject to show something else -
Answers -Cutaway shot
device that electronically produces a series of letters and numbers directly onto the tv
screen - Answers -Character Generator
the relative blueness or redness of white light, measured in Kelvin degrees - Answers -
Color Temperature
distance between the MOD and the furthest point from the camera a subject can remain
in focus - Answers -Depth of field
encodes information as a string of 1's and 0's - Answers -Digital Signal
Created a soft focus, sometimes called a "gauze shot" - Answers -Diffuse filter
this transition indicates that time has passed. it briefly superimposes one scene onto
another - Answers -Dissolve transition
3 separate cables/wires, RGB, that give us color - Answers -Component video signal
can cause important scene elements to run together and lose meaning - Answers -
Dimensional Merger
physically moving the camera perpendicularly toward or away from the set - Answers -
Dolly
6-pin or 4-pin connector is used when making connections between PCs and peripheral
devices - Answers -Firewire
ANSWERS
Component cables consist of.... - Answers -3 separate cables/wires that give us color,
(R,B,G)
Composite Video Signal - Answers -Combined video signal of Red, Green and Blue
RCA Connector - Answers -used to carry audio and video signals
Three pronged plug used to connect microphones to devices - Answers -XLR Cable
What are the primary colors of light - Answers -Red, Green and Blue
A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television
production. - Answers -Storyboard
a clear, neutral filter that absorbs ultraviolet radiation, with no effect on visible colors. -
Answers -UV Filter
shot taken directly from the position of the subject, - Answers -Subjective Camera shot
displays and measures the color, or chrominance, of the video signal - Answers -
Vectorscope
A lens with a long focal length, which gives a narrower than normal field of view -
Answers -Telephoto Lens
The process of reducing the amount of data used to output a video, image, or sound. -
Answers -Video Compression
Process of combining the primary colors of red, green, and blue to create new lighter
color - Answers -Additive Color Theory
A typical lighting composition using three lights; key light, fill light, and backlight -
Answers -Three Point Lighting
ratio of width to height in the dimensions of a frame; example NTSC 4:3 and Motion
Picture 16:9 - Answers -Aspect ratio
, Light placed above and behind the talent in a shot to separate the talent from the
background. - Answers -Back Light
connector commonly used in television production - Answers -BNC
measurement for the amount of current in a circuit.When calculating power usage
Watts/100=?? - Answers -Amps
thin overlapping plates, controls the amount of light that can enter the camera lens. -
Answers -Camera Iris
A type of signal where the data is represented by continuous waves. - Answers -Analog
Signal
Records sounds that are directly in front of the mic and limited sounds from the sides of
it - Answers -Cardiod Microphone
a shot that briefly interrupts the representation of a subject to show something else -
Answers -Cutaway shot
device that electronically produces a series of letters and numbers directly onto the tv
screen - Answers -Character Generator
the relative blueness or redness of white light, measured in Kelvin degrees - Answers -
Color Temperature
distance between the MOD and the furthest point from the camera a subject can remain
in focus - Answers -Depth of field
encodes information as a string of 1's and 0's - Answers -Digital Signal
Created a soft focus, sometimes called a "gauze shot" - Answers -Diffuse filter
this transition indicates that time has passed. it briefly superimposes one scene onto
another - Answers -Dissolve transition
3 separate cables/wires, RGB, that give us color - Answers -Component video signal
can cause important scene elements to run together and lose meaning - Answers -
Dimensional Merger
physically moving the camera perpendicularly toward or away from the set - Answers -
Dolly
6-pin or 4-pin connector is used when making connections between PCs and peripheral
devices - Answers -Firewire
