PRO TOOLS 101 CERTIFICATION EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Name five types of production tasks that ProTools can be used for. ( correct
answers
Audio, MIDI,
) notation, mixing, and post-
production
What is the AIR group? ( correct answers ) Advanced Instrument
Research
What types of products does the AIR Software Group specialize in? ( correct
answers ) plug-ins for
Innovative
ProTools
Examples of AIR plug-ins: ( correct answers ) Virtual instruments;
collection;
Air Creative
Structure
What is the frequency range of human hearing? ( correct
answers ) 20 Hz to 20 kHz
What does the frequency of a sound wave affect in terms of how we
perceive (the
sound? correct answers ) Frequency affects
pitch
How is frequency measured? ( correct answers ) Cycles
per second (CPS) or Hertz
(Hz
)
What does the amplitude of the sound wave affect? ( correct
answers )
affects Amplitude
loudness
How is amplitude measured? ( correct answers )
Decibels (dB)
What is the threshold of pain?( correct answers )
120 dB
What is sampling? ( correct answers ) The process of taking discrete
readings
signal at various
of a moments in
time
What is the sample rate? ( correct answers ) The frequency with
which digital
snapshots (samplings) are
collected
What is the Nyquist Theorem? ( correct answers ) In order
to produce an accurate
representation of a given frequency of sound, each cycle of the sound's
vibration
be sampledmust
a min of two
times
What is the standard sample rate of an audio CD? ( correct
answers ) 44.1 kHz
, What is the useful dynamic range of speech and music? ( correct answers )
dB 40 to
105
What is A/D conversion? ( correct answers ) Analog-to-
digital conversion
What is quantization? ( correct answers ) Capturing the relative
amplitude
sample by of a
quantifying (assigning) to sample to the closest available
amplitude value
What is bit depth? ( correct answers ) Binary word
length
What is the greatest bit depth possible? ( correct answers ) 32-bit
floating point
What is the highest sample rate possible?
( correct answers ) 196 kHz
How many simultaneous mono or stereo Audio tracks can PT support?
( correct )
answers
96
How many simultaneous MIDI tracks can PT support? ( correct
answers )
512
How many channels of I/O are available for PT 11 software? ( correct
answers )
32
S/PDIF ( correct answers ) Sony/Philips Digital
Interface
What types of connectors does S/PDIF use? ( correct answers )
Coaxial/RCA jacks
AES/EBU ( correct answers ) Audio Engineering Society/European
Broadcast Union
What types of connectors does AES/EBU use?
( correct answers )
connector XLR-type
s
What are three types of supported PT audio interfaces? ( correct answers
)
Eleven Rack,
Mbox,
003
What are three types of PT HD software? ( correct answers ) HD OMNI,
HD I/O, HD
MAD
I
What extension do PT 10 and 11 session files use? ( correct
answers ) .ptx
What are two other session file types compatible with PT? ( correct
(.wav)
answers and
) AIFF
WAV
(.aiff)
Name some of the file types that Pro Tools creates as part of the session
heirarchy.
correct (
answers ) Session file, WaveCache file, Audio file, MIDI file,
Sibelius file,
Bounced file, Clip Groups, Rendered files, Session File Backups, and
Video files
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Name five types of production tasks that ProTools can be used for. ( correct
answers
Audio, MIDI,
) notation, mixing, and post-
production
What is the AIR group? ( correct answers ) Advanced Instrument
Research
What types of products does the AIR Software Group specialize in? ( correct
answers ) plug-ins for
Innovative
ProTools
Examples of AIR plug-ins: ( correct answers ) Virtual instruments;
collection;
Air Creative
Structure
What is the frequency range of human hearing? ( correct
answers ) 20 Hz to 20 kHz
What does the frequency of a sound wave affect in terms of how we
perceive (the
sound? correct answers ) Frequency affects
pitch
How is frequency measured? ( correct answers ) Cycles
per second (CPS) or Hertz
(Hz
)
What does the amplitude of the sound wave affect? ( correct
answers )
affects Amplitude
loudness
How is amplitude measured? ( correct answers )
Decibels (dB)
What is the threshold of pain?( correct answers )
120 dB
What is sampling? ( correct answers ) The process of taking discrete
readings
signal at various
of a moments in
time
What is the sample rate? ( correct answers ) The frequency with
which digital
snapshots (samplings) are
collected
What is the Nyquist Theorem? ( correct answers ) In order
to produce an accurate
representation of a given frequency of sound, each cycle of the sound's
vibration
be sampledmust
a min of two
times
What is the standard sample rate of an audio CD? ( correct
answers ) 44.1 kHz
, What is the useful dynamic range of speech and music? ( correct answers )
dB 40 to
105
What is A/D conversion? ( correct answers ) Analog-to-
digital conversion
What is quantization? ( correct answers ) Capturing the relative
amplitude
sample by of a
quantifying (assigning) to sample to the closest available
amplitude value
What is bit depth? ( correct answers ) Binary word
length
What is the greatest bit depth possible? ( correct answers ) 32-bit
floating point
What is the highest sample rate possible?
( correct answers ) 196 kHz
How many simultaneous mono or stereo Audio tracks can PT support?
( correct )
answers
96
How many simultaneous MIDI tracks can PT support? ( correct
answers )
512
How many channels of I/O are available for PT 11 software? ( correct
answers )
32
S/PDIF ( correct answers ) Sony/Philips Digital
Interface
What types of connectors does S/PDIF use? ( correct answers )
Coaxial/RCA jacks
AES/EBU ( correct answers ) Audio Engineering Society/European
Broadcast Union
What types of connectors does AES/EBU use?
( correct answers )
connector XLR-type
s
What are three types of supported PT audio interfaces? ( correct answers
)
Eleven Rack,
Mbox,
003
What are three types of PT HD software? ( correct answers ) HD OMNI,
HD I/O, HD
MAD
I
What extension do PT 10 and 11 session files use? ( correct
answers ) .ptx
What are two other session file types compatible with PT? ( correct
(.wav)
answers and
) AIFF
WAV
(.aiff)
Name some of the file types that Pro Tools creates as part of the session
heirarchy.
correct (
answers ) Session file, WaveCache file, Audio file, MIDI file,
Sibelius file,
Bounced file, Clip Groups, Rendered files, Session File Backups, and
Video files
