SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
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. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Angle of Incidence
Mixing Setup Considerations
RAT Sound
2. Introduced the first moving coil speaker (loudspeaker) in 1874
Ernst Siemens
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sound Booth
3. True
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Dr. Christian Heil
Vocal Mic Setup
RTA
4. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Midas XL4
Stereophonic Sound
Vocal Mic Setup
High Amp Frequency Range
5. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
6. Shop Technician --> System Technician --> System Engineer --> Band Engineer
Butt Fill
Compression Driver
Show Production Organization
Drive Rack
7. Final stage of protection; Protects each frequency band from overload
Low End Problem
Vocal Mic Setup
Band Limiter
Mass Connectors
8. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Sound Booth
MSL-4
Line Check
9. Line of sight to the speakers is necessary (false sense of high frequencies if not directly in front of speakers); Optimum = Center or just off center of the main floor with a good distance for imaging and where the entire system can be heard
Pre/Post Button
Types of Output Transducers
Mix Position
Ear Trumpets
10. From the Monitor Desk; Cover artists from speaker locations on the sides of the stage; Usually tri-amped systems; Stereo bus designed to manage these - but Mix SENDS can also be utilized
Magiae Universal
Warren G. Harding
Low Amp Frequency Range
Side Fill
11. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Workbox
Matrix
Mass Connectors
Low End Problem
12. In charge of scheduling (spaces - rehearsals - and production meetings) and coordinating stage managers for the productions
Crossover
Ernst Siemens
Production Manager
ShowConsole
13. False
Pre/Post Button
Live Mixing Issues
Altec Lansing
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
14. Contains fan outputs from stage - fan outs from effects - and fan outs to drive racks; Interface can stay plugged into console jacks
Ear Trumpets
Workbox
Rear Fill
Near-Fields
15. True
Mix Position
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Building a Mix
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
16. 1st actual device in signal flow; Attenuation device
Center Fill
Pad
Showco PRISM
Output Transducer
17. 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
Bass Trap
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
Line Array
Mixing Setup Considerations
18. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Monitor Signal Flow
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
System Engineer
Radial Horn
19. EQ -> Limiter -> Crossover
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Drive Rack Signal Flow
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
20. Meyer Sound; The first self-powered - high-level sound reinforcement loudspeaker (1240 watts)
MSL-4
Average Artist Prep Time for Audio Engineers
Near-Fields
Ear Trumpets
21. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics
Side Fill
AFL
RAT Sound
Equalizer
22. Developed by George Lucas and Thomlinson Holman; Debuted with the film 'Return of the Jedi'; Proprietary electronic crossover network and rigorous audio equipment specifications and performance standards
Altec Lansing
Side Car
THX
Rack Position
23. Presidential Republican Convention (Chicago - IL)
Radial Horn
Western Electric
Vagabond
1st Successful Use of P/A System
24. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Monitor Amp Rack
THX
Sectorial Horn
Output Transducer
25. 100 Hz - 1 kHz
Rear Fill
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Tycobrahe
Center Fill
26. Hired by the artist; Negotiates salary with and mixes the artist
27. In live performance this is the reference mix that the engineer uses; In studio recording it is the mix in the artist's headphones; One of the engineer's most valuable tools; Post outboard EQ and Mix Master Faders
Cue System
Dynamic Based Processors
Live Mixing Issues
Types of Output Transducers
28. Up to 168 pins; Large output connectors on the end of the snake
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Lee DeForest
Ear Trumpets
Mass Connectors
29. False
30. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Sub Snakes
Mixing Setup Considerations
Rigging Basket
Line Array
31. The oldest sound company in the world; Began by offering clients audio advertising to recover from the Wall Street crash
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
R.G. Jones
Western Electric
Drive Rack Signal Flow
32. Primary purpose is to send signal to additional sound systems
Matrix
Judy Garland
Drive Rack
Dr. Christian Heil
33. Usualluy always RED; Numbered; Used for return signal and communication
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Rear Fill
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Return Lines
34. Low frequency sound absorber used to reduce the effects of standing waves in a room
Stereophonic Sound
Audion Tube
Floorwedge Coverage
Bass Trap
35. '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
Altec Lansing
Matrix
Front of the House
Return Lines
36. Monitors kept near the FOH engineer so proper mixing can be done during the live performance
Near-Fields
True or False: The monitor engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound...
Side Car
Tycobrahe
37. In live performance this is the reference mix that the engineer uses; In studio recording it is the mix in the artist's headphones; One of the engineer's most valuable tools; Post outboard EQ and Mix Master Faders
Sound Booth
True or False: A splitter is not required to run 2 separate systems...
Front of the House
Cue System
38. Running monitors; Running house system; Communicating with the stage
True or False: Sub snakes are part of the splitter system...
Uses for Return Lines
Warren G. Harding
Sensurround
39. This button will route aux sends to group master
Monitor Signal Flow
Aux/CO
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Outside
40. Electromagnetic (MOST COMMON); Piezoelectric; Electromechanical; Electrostatic; Ribbon
House System
After Fader Listen
Types of Output Transducers
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
41. Splitter Box; Main Snake; Fan Outs
Monitor System
Splitter System Components
ShowConsole
Warren G. Harding
42. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
Mixing Setup Considerations
Distance
1940's P/A Systems
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
43. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Crossover
Side Fill
Building a Mix
System Engineer
44. '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
Radial Horn
Altec Lansing
Ernst Siemens
1940's P/A Systems
45. Optimum = Somewhere in the middle of the floor
Rack Position
Western Electric
Band Limiter
Mix Position
46. This button will route aux sends to group master
System Engineer
Return Lines
House Engineer
Aux/CO
47. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Sir Oliver Lodge
Drive Rack
Lee DeForest
Crossover
48. 20 Hz - 100 Hz
Apron Fill
Dynamic Based Processors
Low Amp Frequency Range
Mix Position
49. Usually located in the rear of the house or in the balcony; Houses technicians who complete any music or sound effects
Auditorium
Equalizer
ShowConsole
Sound Booth
50. True
Auditorium
Magiae Universal
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
Radial Horn