AVID MEDIA COMPOSER 101
PRACTICE MATERIAL 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
◉ The New Project button in the Select Project window.
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.
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.
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.
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.
, 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.
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.
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.
Answer: How can clip images be made smaller in the bin's Frame view?
◉ Folder Browse Button.
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?
PRACTICE MATERIAL 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
◉ The New Project button in the Select Project window.
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.
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.
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.
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.
, 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.
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.
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.
Answer: How can clip images be made smaller in the bin's Frame view?
◉ Folder Browse Button.
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?
