AVID Media Composer 101 Certification
Study Cards Exam Questions and
Answers
Which button in the Select Project Dialogue Box is used to navigate to the location of an
external project? - Answer-The Folder Browse Button
Name the default keys for setting IN and OUT - Answer-E and R or I and O
What modifier do you use to drag AMA footage into the bin from an external folder?
(Importing) - Answer-Alt-drag
What type of edit does a splice in perform - Answer-Inserts the new clip into the timeline
at specified point - pushing other clips down the timeline.
Which modifier key allow you to snap to edit points on the timeline? - Answer-CTRL
Why are audio waveforms useful to see while editing? - Answer-So you can edit along
to the music.
Do splice ins ever affects track sequence duration? - Answer-Yes
Add edit - Answer-Splices the segment
Match frame - Answer-
How can you reduce/increase the size of the waveforms? - Answer-ALT + CTRL + K or
L
To change the Interface - Answer-Go to settings in the Project Window>Double click on
Interface>make the desired changes.
Which function allows you to quickly rearrange segments on the timeline without
removing any frames - Answer-The segment: Splice/Extract (yellow arrow)
Which function allows you to quickly rearrange segments on the timeline but can delete
segments - Answer-The Segment: Overwrite/lift (red arrow)
Name the 3 letters of the database files. - Answer-MSM
Explain the difference between Quicktime reference & Quicktime movie. - Answer-
Quicktime Reference is just metadata & needs a conversion program to grab the media
files to make the video. Quick time movie exports as a full movie.
Study Cards Exam Questions and
Answers
Which button in the Select Project Dialogue Box is used to navigate to the location of an
external project? - Answer-The Folder Browse Button
Name the default keys for setting IN and OUT - Answer-E and R or I and O
What modifier do you use to drag AMA footage into the bin from an external folder?
(Importing) - Answer-Alt-drag
What type of edit does a splice in perform - Answer-Inserts the new clip into the timeline
at specified point - pushing other clips down the timeline.
Which modifier key allow you to snap to edit points on the timeline? - Answer-CTRL
Why are audio waveforms useful to see while editing? - Answer-So you can edit along
to the music.
Do splice ins ever affects track sequence duration? - Answer-Yes
Add edit - Answer-Splices the segment
Match frame - Answer-
How can you reduce/increase the size of the waveforms? - Answer-ALT + CTRL + K or
L
To change the Interface - Answer-Go to settings in the Project Window>Double click on
Interface>make the desired changes.
Which function allows you to quickly rearrange segments on the timeline without
removing any frames - Answer-The segment: Splice/Extract (yellow arrow)
Which function allows you to quickly rearrange segments on the timeline but can delete
segments - Answer-The Segment: Overwrite/lift (red arrow)
Name the 3 letters of the database files. - Answer-MSM
Explain the difference between Quicktime reference & Quicktime movie. - Answer-
Quicktime Reference is just metadata & needs a conversion program to grab the media
files to make the video. Quick time movie exports as a full movie.
