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. Used for cleaning up the stage area; Not considered part of the snake system; Can be used as a snake for a small system
Audion Tube
Mix Position
Sub Snakes
Rack Position
2. Allows use of two or more consoles; 1 House & 1 Monitor; Can be wall mounted or placed in a rack; Basically a big set of Y-cables in a box; Does not belong in FOH area
Upstage
Components of Good Mixing
Apron Fill
Splitter Box
3. 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
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
THX
MSL-4
4. 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
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
Floorwedge Coverage
Flying Sound
Delay Fill
5. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Drive Rack
Delay Fill
Gain Structure
Gain Structure
6. Processing needed to run the sound system (EQ - Limiter - Crossover)
Mass Connectors
Tycobrahe
True or False: Using AUX Sends any house console can be used as a monitor console...
Drive Rack
7. P/A
Dr. Christian Heil
Matrix Section
Hanley Sound
Public Address
8. Wired to the Mix Inserts which are commonly used for gates - compression - reverb - and EQ
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
Vagabond
Matrix
Mix EQ
9. From the FOH; Covers audience members seated very close to the stage that will not be covered by direct sound from the FOH speaker system
Production Manager
Apron Fill
Bass Trap
Showco
10. Package tours and the Motown Era created the need for these in the 1950's
Mobile Reinforcement Systems
1940's P/A Systems
ShowConsole
True or False: Sub snakes can be used as a main snake in a small system...
11. 1st recorded published work on acoustics for the purpose of understanding the propagation of sound waves written by Gaspare P. Schotto (1657).
Magiae Universal
Compression Driver
Mix Position
Showco PRISM
12. Developed for the motion picture industry and used for live event production
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
13. Allows use of two or more consoles; 1 House & 1 Monitor; Can be wall mounted or placed in a rack; Basically a big set of Y-cables in a box; Does not belong in FOH area
True or False: Monitor systems always have drive racks...
After Fader Listen
Splitter Box
Line Check
14. False
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
FOH Signal Flow
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Showco
15. Splits full range audio into frequencies from high end of the spectrum to the high speakers - mids to the mid speakers and lows to the low speakers
After Fader Listen
Crossover
Near-Fields
Angle of Incidence
16. Time; Acoustics; Microphones & Placement; Stage Volume; Condition & Level of Gear
Live Mixing Issues
Bob Heil
Line Array
Equalizer
17. Mixing console used in course of instruction; 40 channels; 8 Subgroups; 8 AUX Sends; 4 Matrix Outputs; Input sections on right and left and master section in middle
THX
Side Fill
Midas Verona
Bass Trap
18. System for the artists; Each band member receives their own personal mix; Up to 24 individual mixes for 1 engineer to manage
Low End Problem
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
RTA
Monitor System
19. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
High Amp Frequency Range
VCA
Midas XL4
Splitter System Components
20. (1953) - 1st wireless microphone available to the public developed by Shure
Vagabond
Down Fill
Mix Position
Audion Tube
21. Verification that all the cables for mics & amplies are connected and sending signal properly
House Engineer
FOH Engineer
Line Check
Altec Lansing
22. A mixer within a mixer that usually controls additional speaker systems
Electric Voice
Audion Tube
Matrix Section
Aux/CO
23. Typically cover a small area; Many wedges placed strategically around the stage are used so artist can move around and continue to hear performance
True or False: The primary purpose for a mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination...
System Engineer
Floorwedge Coverage
Electric Voice
24. Semicircular; Acts as a natural acoustic amplifier
House Engineer
Magiae Universal
Tycobrahe
Greek Amphitheater
25. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Low End Problem
Emile Berliner
House Engineer
Bob Heil
26. Early form of sound reinforcement made of various materials including silver and tortoise shell
Mix Position
Ear Trumpets
System Limiter
Foldback
27. Could be in a bass trap or a dead zone at the mix position
Show Production Organization
Low End Problem
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
Sir Oliver Lodge
28. Founded in 1979 in Southern california and acquired accounts of Black Flag - Pearl Jam - The Cult - Beck - and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dr. Christian Heil
Drive Rack Signal Flow
RAT Sound
1st Successful Use of P/A System
29. Converts electrical information into acoustic energy
Compression Driver
Types of Output Transducers
High Amp Frequency Range
Output Transducer
30. Splits full range audio into frequencies from high end of the spectrum to the high speakers - mids to the mid speakers and lows to the low speakers
Judy Garland
Matrix
Crossover
VCA
31. Console; Assignments; VCA; Subgroups; Mutegroups; FX; Setting Up Units; Assigning AUX; Double-Checking of Dynamic Patches; EQ; Mic Placement
True or False: It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and FX Racks separated...
System Limiter
True or False: The monitor system is essentially one large system...
Mixing Setup Considerations
32. Radial horn with vanes placed in the mouth of the horn for the stated purpose of pattern control
Building a Mix
House Engineer
Sectorial Horn
Emile Berliner
33. 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
Mix Position
FOH Signal Flow
Outside
Sound Booth
34. Developed the first live console for the Grateful Dead after their sound engineer was detained by the FBI; Rebuilt Langevin recording console
Bob Heil
Pad
Compression Driver
Center Fill
35. Large format live console for show production and sound reinforcement
Audion Tube
Center Fill
Sectorial Horn
Midas XL4
36. Used when a production dictates that a console would exceed the number of channels available in a given frame; Smaller frame that usually
Altec Lansing
Side Car
Sectorial Horn
Gain Structure
37. Latin word meaning 'a place of hearing'
Show Production Organization
Crossover
Sound Booth
Auditorium
38. FOH sound engineers for Woodstock; Used JBL/Altec cabinets - Crown/Macintosh amplifiers - and custom Hanley consoles
Hanley Sound
Upstage
Splitter Box
Dr. Christian Heil
39. 1 kHz - 20 kHz
Floorwedge Coverage
High Amp Frequency Range
Pad
Rear Fill
40. Typically contains 4 amplifiers on average (Max = 6);
Rack Position
Monitor Amp Rack
Time Based Processors
Benefits of In-Ear Monitors
41. Setting the levels to get the best signal transfer through a console; Always start with the stereo bus - channel and monitor faders set to 0dB (Unity Gain) then adjust preamp for initial volume
Western Electric
Mid Amp Frequency Range
Artist's (or Band) Engineer
Gain Structure
42. Real Time Analyzer; Wired at the CUE OUTS
Equalizer
RTA
Front of the House
Audion Tube
43. Electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source; First demonstrated at Constitution Hall by Bell Labs
Rigging Basket
Electric Voice
Sir Oliver Lodge
Stereophonic Sound
44. From the FOH; Used to cover audience members located beyond the coverage of the front of house sound systems; Speaker system's signal is delayed to let the sound from FOH speaker systems catch up
Tycobrahe
The Who
Delay Fill
When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one Artist - one should...
45. British physicist and writer involved in the development of key patents in wireless telegraphy; Also improved loudspeaker with nonmagnetic spacers to keep the air gap between the inner and outer poles of a moving coil transducer
Low Amp Frequency Range
Auditorium
Sir Oliver Lodge
Matrix
46. When the volume over the headphones is affected by the channel fader; Generally more useful on a single channel; Common for an AUX OUT to be added to this mix so the engineer can listen to the signal being sent to that aux
Sound Reinforcement Before Electricity
AFL
Controlling SNR
Center Fill
47. Works in house at live music venues to maintain audio systems; Generally entry-level positions; Most begin working monitors; May or may not get to mix for opening artists
Upstage
Audion Tube
R.G. Jones
House Engineer
48. From the FOH; Used to cover audience members located beyond the coverage of the front of house sound systems; Speaker system's signal is delayed to let the sound from FOH speaker systems catch up
Delay Fill
Electric Voice
ShowConsole
Controlling SNR
49. Patched into INSERT SENDS & RETURNS
Dynamic Based Processors
Splitter System Components
Near-Fields
Cue System
50. Vocals --> (Basic Rhythm) Kick - Snare - Hat --> Primary Instruments --> Toms - FX - etc.
Vocal Mic Setup
Workbox
Building a Mix
Rack Position