SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Show Production Basics
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
performing-arts
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Pad
Crossover
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Midas XL4
2. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
Floorwedge Coverage
Monitor System
Line Check
Mixing Setup Considerations
3. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
Mass Connectors
RTA
Vocal Mic Setup
Hanley Sound
4. 1st to use a foldback monitor system at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1961
Uses for Return Lines
Output Transducer
Judy Garland
Dr. Christian Heil
5. Major loss in dB
Outside
Monitor System
Duckers
Sound Booth
6. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
1st Successful Use of P/A System
Judy Garland
Center Fill
7. True
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
ShowConsole
Electric Voice
Band Limiter
8. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Floorwedge Coverage
Bob Heil
Balloon Meadow
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
9. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Main Snake
Output Transducer
Mixing Setup Considerations
Angle of Incidence
10. 1st portable public P/A system used by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame for coaching the football team from a tower
Audion Tube
Sir Oliver Lodge
Main Snake
Electric Voice
11. True
Components of Good Mixing
Radial Horn
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Down Fill
12. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Main Snake
Monitor System
Shearer Horn System
Balloon Meadow
13. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Matrix Section
Rigging Basket
Flying Sound
Supplemental Speaker Systems
14. Improves clarity by deflecting midrange audio into the sound space and minimizing distortion producing collisions
Electric Voice
Phasing Plug
Line Array
RAT Sound
15. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Bob Heil
Mix Position
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Rigging Basket
16. Rusty Brutsch
Time Based Processors
Rigging Basket
Main Snake
Showco
17. large cable that hooks up to these mass connectors and carries the audio from the splitter box back to the House console area
Main Snake
Monitor Signal Flow
Equalizer
Mix Position
18. Developed first microphone; Telephone transmitter invented for Alexander Graham Bell in 1876; Patented the first flat disc gramophone
Emile Berliner
Vocal Mic Setup
Sub Snakes
Distance
19. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Near-Fields
Rack Position
Sound Booth
Types of Output Transducers
20. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Workbox
Equalizer
Apron Fill
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
21. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
Electric Voice
Mix EQ
Phasing Plug
Line Check
22. 'Wrote the book' on practically all aspects of loudspeaker component and horn design; Most speaker systems today rely on this technology; Began as Western Electric
Butt Fill
Altec Lansing
Emile Berliner
RTA
23. Usually colored red and lettered; Gender reversed from the channels; Allow for sending of any signal from the console areas back to the splitter box; Final mix from the console is the first priority; Optional and must be specified; If splitter does n
Dr. Christian Heil
Bass Trap
Components of Good Mixing
Return Lines
24. Usually colored red and lettered; Gender reversed from the channels; Allow for sending of any signal from the console areas back to the splitter box; Final mix from the console is the first priority; Optional and must be specified; If splitter does n
Crossover
Splitter System Components
Return Lines
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
25. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Splitter Box
Public Address
Main Snake
Stereophonic Sound
26. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Rack Position
FOH Engineer
Aux/CO
Sub Snakes
27. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
1st Successful Use of P/A System
The Who
Monitor System
Ear Trumpets
28. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Pad
Duckers
Matrix Section
29. Held reputation as the world's loudest band in the 1970's
RAT Sound
The Who
Monitor System
Apron Fill
30. Can quickly change gain in response to many different detectors looking at same signal; Used in really tough situations where u want strict control over level and dynamics
Showco
Gain Structure
Matrix
VCA
31. Founded in 1967 in Lititz - PA and had accounts with Elvis Presley - Elton John - Yes - Fleetwood Mac - KISS - Queen - and The Moody Blues
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Live Mixing Issues
Building a Mix
Clair Brothers
32. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Public Address
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
RTA
Vagabond
33. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Duckers
Band Limiter
Dynamic Based Processors
34. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Floorwedge Coverage
Aux/CO
AFL
Workbox
35. Operates just like a dynamic loudspeaker except it has no cone; Small diaphragm couples into a flared horn
Compression Driver
Judy Garland
Rack Position
Magiae Universal
36. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Distance
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
37. Major developer of amplifiers and loudspeakers in the 1920's and 1930's
Delay Fill
Meyer Sound
AFL
Western Electric
38. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
RAT Sound
Compression Driver
Near-Fields
Production Manager
39. From the FOH; Can be used in addition to stereo clusters of speakers to give a stronger center channel; Generally used for lead vocals
Production Manager
Ear Trumpets
Center Fill
FOH Engineer
40. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Vocal Mic Setup
Auditorium
Line Check
FOH Signal Flow
41. Vacuum tube that improved and amplified weak wireless signals
Building a Mix
Audion Tube
Showco PRISM
Drive Rack
42. Best to keep drive and effects racks separate to avoid confusion
Rack Position
Types of Output Transducers
Sound Booth
Auditorium
43. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Live Mixing Issues
Hanley Sound
Splitter System Components
Mid Amp Frequency Range
44. Too far away inside the sound will be diffused
The Who
Side Car
Distance
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
45. Masks with acoustic horns in the design; High-soled shoes to help with projection; Reflective acoustic shells designed into staging; Stadium stye seating for patrons; Jars filled with different layers of ash used for sound absorption and diffusion
Meyer Sound
Drive Rack Signal Flow
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Matrix
46. Stage area to the rear of stage performers that is furthest away from the audience
Front of the House
Matrix
Upstage
After Fader Listen
47. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
Mix EQ
Monitor Amp Rack
Splitter System Components
Side Fill
48. Covers a room from a single line of speakers over the rest of the venue saving time and labor costs; Multiple speakers hung together - either vertically or horizontally - so that they can act as one huge speaker
Line Array
Aux/CO
AFL
Dynamic Based Processors
49. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
FOH Engineer
Ernst Siemens
Return Lines
Band Limiter
50. FOH
Front of the House
Band Limiter
Butt Fill
Bass Trap