CTS, CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGY
SPECIALIST, EXAM GUIDE (QUESTIONS
DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXTBOOK IN
ORDER OF CHAPTER) WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
B) Parallel Circuit - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 1
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Design Audiovisual solutions] What method of wiring is
depicted in the illustration below?
A) Series Circuit
B) Parallel Circuit
C) Stereo Pair Circuit
D) Combination parallel/series circuit
A) Impedance - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 2
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Design Audiovisual solutions] Direct coupled
loudspeakers are usually listed by size, frequency response, power handling capacity,
and
A) Impedance
B) Constant voltage
C) Resonant frequency
D) Thiele/Small parameters
A) The end user's - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 3
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Sell Audiovisual Solutions] When developing an
audiovisual solution for a client, whose input is most crucial for determining system
requirements?
A) The end user's
B)The system designer's
C) The project Manager's
D) The audience's
D) Allows additional connections for control of source devices - ANSWER-Chapter 2
Question 4
[Operating Audiovisual Solutions/Manage Audiovisual solutions/operations] Bluetooth
technology can be useful in Audiovisual systems because it...
,A) Can communicate over long distances
B)Connects simliar devices via LAN
C) Uses MAC addressing to connect the network
D) Allows additional connections for control of source devices
C) Reverse the H and V sync cables - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 5
[Servicing Audiovisual Solutions/ Troubleshoot Audiovisual solutions] A client has
reported that a laptop input is not working. The interface is connected to a 5 BNC wall
plate. No connectors appear damaged. It has been verified that the interface is
receiving a signal and the projector is on the correct input. What is the next logical step
in troubleshooting the issue?
A) Replace the interface
B)Re-terminate the wall plate
C) Reverse the H and V sync cables
D) Unplug the cables, and using a TDR device, test all the cables
A) I = V/R Impedance = Voltage divided by resistance - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 6
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Design Audiovisual solutions] What is the formula for
calculating current using Ohm's law?
D) Preservation of the site - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 7
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Evaluate site environment] What is one of the major
considerations in creating an Audiovisual solution for an important historical site?
A) Price
B) Site Locations
C) Weather conditions
D)Preservation of the site
B) Analog Signal: Noise overcomes the signal after many generations of reamplification
of an analog signal - ANSWER-Chapter 3 Question 7
Noise overcomes the signal after many generations of reamplification of a(n) .......
signal.
A) Digital signal
B) Analog signal
C) Low signal
D) High signal
D) Propagation - ANSWER-Chapter 4 Question 1
How sound moves through the air is called........?
A) Generation
B) Compression
,C) Acoustical
D) Propagation
C) Physical distance between two points of a waveform that are exactly one cycle apart
- ANSWER-Chapter 4 Question 2
Wavelength is the ..........?
A) Number of times a wavelength cycle occurs per second
B) Intensity or loudness of a sound in a particular medium
C) Physical distance between two points of a waveform that are exactly one cycle apart
D) Cycle when molecules move from rest through compression to rest to rarefaction
A) The Threshold of human hearing - ANSWER-Chapter 4 Question 3
Which of the following does 0 db SPL describe?
A) The threshold of human hearing
B) Ambient noise level
C) The threshold of pain
D) Normal listening level
B) Concept drawings - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 8
[Creating Audiovisual solutions/define the functional Audiovisual scope] Which drawings
does one usually provide for customer approval during the bid process?
A) Final drawings
B) Concept drawings
C) Marked-up drawings
D) As-built drawings
D) Building good customer relationships - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 9
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Sell audiovisual solutions] Good customer service is
crucial for...
A) Networking
B) Hiring new employees
C) Obtaining new business
D) Building good customer relationships
B) XLR - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 10
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/ Provide Audiovisual solutions] What type of connector
is shown below?
A)BNC
B) XLR
C) PS/2
D) Mini-DIN
, A) Progress, stage, or interim invoicing - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 11
[Conducting Audiovisual Management Activities/Perform Audiovisual finance and job-
costing activities] When negotiating a contract for a job that will take a long time to
complete, one should consider...
A) Progress, stage, or interim invoicing
B) Progress, stage, or internal invoicing
C) Progress, strategy or interim invoicing
D) Progress, strategy, or internal invoicing
D) In a digital signal, the on state is represented by one, and the off state is represented
by zero. - ANSWER-Chapter 3 Question 1
In a digital signal, the on state is represented by........., and the off state is represented
by ...........
A) Two; one
B) One; two
C) Zero; one
D) One; zero
A) A signal that has many varying states is called an analog signal. - ANSWER-Chapter
3 Question 2
A signal that has many varying states is called a(n) ....... signal.
A) Analog signal
B) Fluctuating signal
C) Dimmer Signal
D) Digital Signal
C) Bit depth is defined as the number of states you have in which to describe the value.
- ANSWER-Chapter 3 Question 3
Bit depth is defined as the number of ...... you have in which to describe the value.
A) Signals
B) Speeds
C) States
D) Rates
B) Standard DV cameras usually compress at a ratio of 5:1 - ANSWER-Chapter 3
Question 4
Standard DV cameras usually compress at a ratio of .....
A) 10:1
B) 5:1
C) 3:2
SPECIALIST, EXAM GUIDE (QUESTIONS
DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXTBOOK IN
ORDER OF CHAPTER) WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
B) Parallel Circuit - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 1
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Design Audiovisual solutions] What method of wiring is
depicted in the illustration below?
A) Series Circuit
B) Parallel Circuit
C) Stereo Pair Circuit
D) Combination parallel/series circuit
A) Impedance - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 2
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Design Audiovisual solutions] Direct coupled
loudspeakers are usually listed by size, frequency response, power handling capacity,
and
A) Impedance
B) Constant voltage
C) Resonant frequency
D) Thiele/Small parameters
A) The end user's - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 3
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Sell Audiovisual Solutions] When developing an
audiovisual solution for a client, whose input is most crucial for determining system
requirements?
A) The end user's
B)The system designer's
C) The project Manager's
D) The audience's
D) Allows additional connections for control of source devices - ANSWER-Chapter 2
Question 4
[Operating Audiovisual Solutions/Manage Audiovisual solutions/operations] Bluetooth
technology can be useful in Audiovisual systems because it...
,A) Can communicate over long distances
B)Connects simliar devices via LAN
C) Uses MAC addressing to connect the network
D) Allows additional connections for control of source devices
C) Reverse the H and V sync cables - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 5
[Servicing Audiovisual Solutions/ Troubleshoot Audiovisual solutions] A client has
reported that a laptop input is not working. The interface is connected to a 5 BNC wall
plate. No connectors appear damaged. It has been verified that the interface is
receiving a signal and the projector is on the correct input. What is the next logical step
in troubleshooting the issue?
A) Replace the interface
B)Re-terminate the wall plate
C) Reverse the H and V sync cables
D) Unplug the cables, and using a TDR device, test all the cables
A) I = V/R Impedance = Voltage divided by resistance - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 6
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Design Audiovisual solutions] What is the formula for
calculating current using Ohm's law?
D) Preservation of the site - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 7
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Evaluate site environment] What is one of the major
considerations in creating an Audiovisual solution for an important historical site?
A) Price
B) Site Locations
C) Weather conditions
D)Preservation of the site
B) Analog Signal: Noise overcomes the signal after many generations of reamplification
of an analog signal - ANSWER-Chapter 3 Question 7
Noise overcomes the signal after many generations of reamplification of a(n) .......
signal.
A) Digital signal
B) Analog signal
C) Low signal
D) High signal
D) Propagation - ANSWER-Chapter 4 Question 1
How sound moves through the air is called........?
A) Generation
B) Compression
,C) Acoustical
D) Propagation
C) Physical distance between two points of a waveform that are exactly one cycle apart
- ANSWER-Chapter 4 Question 2
Wavelength is the ..........?
A) Number of times a wavelength cycle occurs per second
B) Intensity or loudness of a sound in a particular medium
C) Physical distance between two points of a waveform that are exactly one cycle apart
D) Cycle when molecules move from rest through compression to rest to rarefaction
A) The Threshold of human hearing - ANSWER-Chapter 4 Question 3
Which of the following does 0 db SPL describe?
A) The threshold of human hearing
B) Ambient noise level
C) The threshold of pain
D) Normal listening level
B) Concept drawings - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 8
[Creating Audiovisual solutions/define the functional Audiovisual scope] Which drawings
does one usually provide for customer approval during the bid process?
A) Final drawings
B) Concept drawings
C) Marked-up drawings
D) As-built drawings
D) Building good customer relationships - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 9
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/Sell audiovisual solutions] Good customer service is
crucial for...
A) Networking
B) Hiring new employees
C) Obtaining new business
D) Building good customer relationships
B) XLR - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 10
[Creating Audiovisual Solutions/ Provide Audiovisual solutions] What type of connector
is shown below?
A)BNC
B) XLR
C) PS/2
D) Mini-DIN
, A) Progress, stage, or interim invoicing - ANSWER-Chapter 2 Question 11
[Conducting Audiovisual Management Activities/Perform Audiovisual finance and job-
costing activities] When negotiating a contract for a job that will take a long time to
complete, one should consider...
A) Progress, stage, or interim invoicing
B) Progress, stage, or internal invoicing
C) Progress, strategy or interim invoicing
D) Progress, strategy, or internal invoicing
D) In a digital signal, the on state is represented by one, and the off state is represented
by zero. - ANSWER-Chapter 3 Question 1
In a digital signal, the on state is represented by........., and the off state is represented
by ...........
A) Two; one
B) One; two
C) Zero; one
D) One; zero
A) A signal that has many varying states is called an analog signal. - ANSWER-Chapter
3 Question 2
A signal that has many varying states is called a(n) ....... signal.
A) Analog signal
B) Fluctuating signal
C) Dimmer Signal
D) Digital Signal
C) Bit depth is defined as the number of states you have in which to describe the value.
- ANSWER-Chapter 3 Question 3
Bit depth is defined as the number of ...... you have in which to describe the value.
A) Signals
B) Speeds
C) States
D) Rates
B) Standard DV cameras usually compress at a ratio of 5:1 - ANSWER-Chapter 3
Question 4
Standard DV cameras usually compress at a ratio of .....
A) 10:1
B) 5:1
C) 3:2
