Acoustics The frequency of a free vibration. a. Resonant frequency b. Natural frequency c. Center frequency d.

Normal frequency What is the expected critical frequency for a 120 mm thick brick wall? Assume a longitudinal wave velocity in brick of 2350 m/s and that the velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s. a. 114.5 Hz b. 214.5 Hz c. 314.5 Hz d. 414.5 Hz The sound power level of a certain jet plane flying at a height of 1km is 160 dB (re10^-12W). Find the max. sound pressure level on the ground directly below the flight path assuming that the aircraft radiates sound equally in all directions a. 59.1 dB b. 69.1 dB c. 79.1 dB d. 89.1 dB Speaker is a device that a. converts sound waves into current and voltage b. converts current variations into sound waves c. converts electrical energy to mechanical energy d. converts electrical energy into electromagnetic energy Which type of microphone operates on the principle that the electrical resistance of carbon granules varies as the pressure on the granules vary? a. Dynamic b. Crystal c. Carbon d. Ribbon-type Bass response is a. maximum high frequency response b. emphasizing the high audio frequencies c. bypassing high audio frequencies d. bypassing low audio frequencies Pure tone of sound used as standard on testing. a. 1 Hz b. 10 Hz c. 100 Hz d. 1000 Hz

The transmission of sound from one room to an adjacent room, via common walls, floors or ceilings. a. Flanking transmission b. Refraction c. Reflection d. Reverberation

A measure of threshold of hearing, expressed in decibels relative to a specified standard of normal hearing. a. Hearing loss b. Sensation level c. Hearing level d. Sound pressure level A certain machine with a slightly out-of balance motor rotating at 1800/min is fixed on a perfectly elastic mount with a static compression of 2.50 mm. Calculate the resonant frequency of mount. a. 10 Hz b. 20 Hz c. 30 Hz d. 40 Hz Calculate the lowest resonant frequency for a brick partition 120mm thick, 4m by 2m in area with longitudinal wave velocity of 2350 m/s. (Assume that it is supported at its edges.) a. 10 Hz b. 20 Hz c. 30 Hz d. 40 Hz Velocity of sound in air. a. 300 m/s b. 330 m/s c. 1130 m/s d. 344 m/s

__________ is early reflection of sound. a. Echo b. Reverberation c. Pure sound d. Intelligible sound Noise reduction system used for film sound in movie. a. Dolby b. dBa c. dBx d. dBk What is the sound energy per unit area at right angles to the propagation direction per unit time? a. Loudness b. Coherence c. Sound pressure d. Sound intensity __________ is the unit of loudness level of a sound. a. Sone b. Decibel c. Mel d. Phon __________ is the average rate of transmission of sound energy in a given direction through a crosssection area of 1 sq. m. at right angles to the direction. a. Sound pressure b. Loudness c. Sound intensity d. Pressure variation What is the unit of pitch? a. Sone b. Phon c. Decibel d. Mel A measure of the intensity of sound in comparison to another sound intensity. a. Phon b. Decibel c. Pascal d. Watts

Sound wave has two main characteristics which are a. highness and loudness b. tone and loudness c. pitch and loudness d. rarefaction and compression Which type of microphone operated by electromagnetic induction that generates an output signal voltage? a. Carbon b. Dynamic c. Crystal d. Condenser The exciter lamp in the optical sound part of a film projector draws 5 A at 10 V. How much power in watts is this light bulb consuming a. 10 watts b. 20 watts c. 40 watts d. 50 watts Assume the speed of sound is 1,130 ft/s. What frequency has a wavelength of 1 foot, 1.5 inches? a. 500 Hz b. 1000 Hz c. 1500 Hz d. 2000 Hz The wire that must bring 100 average watts to a 4 ohms loudspeaker must safely carry what rms current? a. 2 A b. 4 A c. 5 A d. 6 A A church has an internal volume of 90,05 cubic ft (2,550 cubic m). When it contains 2,000 customary sabins of absorption (186 metric sabins), what will be its reverberation time in seconds. a. 2.0 b. 2.2 c. 2.5 d. 3.0 If the RMS sound pressure is 5 lb/square ft, what is the sound pressure level?

a. 7.6 dB b. 108 dB c. 88 dB d. 10 dB Speed that is faster than speed of sound. a. Ultrasonic b. Supersonic c. Subsonic d. Transonic Sound waves travel in water at a ___________ speed. a. 12.4 miles/sec b. 5,000 ft/sec c. 186,000 ft/sec d. 3,141 ft/sec What is the sound power from a motor car whose SPL at a distance of 7.5 m is 87dB assuming that it radiates sound uniformly? a. 0.15 W b. 0.21 W c. 0.24 W d. 0.18 W Crest-to-crest distance along the direction of wave travel. a. Compression b. Wavelength c. Period d. Sound wave Sound intensity level is ____________. a. 10 log l/lref b. 10 log p/pref c. 20 log l/lref d. 30 log p/pref Sound pressure level is ____________. a. 20 log P/Pref b. 30 log p/ref c. 10 log p/pref d. 20 log l/lref The most important specification of loudspeakers and microphones. a. Frequency response b. Field strength

c. Power density d. Gain Lowest frequency produced by a musical instrument. a. Midrange b. Harmonic c. Fundamental d. Period Tendency of a sound energy to spread. a. Diffraction b. Rarefaction c. Reflection d. Refraction When waves bend away from straight lines of travel, it is called ________. a. reflection b. defraction c. rarefaction d. refraction Required time for any sound to decay to 60 dB. a. Echo time b. Delay time c. Reverberation time d. Transient time The intensity needed to produce an audible sound varies with __________. a. frequency b. noise c. amplitude d. tone Sound that vibrates at frequency too high for the human ear to hear (over 20 kHz). a. Subsonic b. Transonic c. Ultrasonic d. Stereo Which microphone will be damaged if exposed to high temperature above 52 degrees C? a. Dynamic b. Crystal c. Ribbon d. Capacitor

A thin springy sheet of bakelite or metal that permits the voice coil in a dynamic loudspeaker to move back and forth along the core of its magnet. a. Vibrator b. Diaphragm c. Hypex d. Spider One hundred twenty ubars of pressure variation is equal to a. 120 dBSPL b. 57.78 dBSPL c. 115.56 dBSPL d. 41.58 dBSPL The reverberation time of a 184.2 cubic meters broadcast studio is 0.84 sec. Find the absorption effect of the materials used in metric sabines. a. 35.3 b. 10.96 c. 379.8 d. 109.6 What is the microphone characteristic that results in a boost in bass frequencies for close microphone spacing? a. Field effect b. P.A. effect c. Proximity effect d. Reverberation What is the audio frequency range? a. 20 kHz to 20 MHz b. 0 Hz to 20 kHz c. 300 Hz to 400 Hz d. 20 Hz to 20 kHz What is the bass frequency range? a. 20 kHz to 40 MHz b. 1 Hz to 20 kHz c. 40 Hz to 160 kHz d. 10 Hz to 20 kHz High frequency range of audio signals. a. 2,500 Hz to 5,000 Hz b. 5,000 Hz to 10 kHz c. 10 kHz to 20 kHz d. 20,000 Hz to 30 kHz

What is the dB SPL of a voice paging in an office? a. 90 b. 65 c. 55 - 60 d. 80 - 85 What is the dB SPL of an auditorium with contemporary music? a. 80 - 95 b. 85 - 90 c. 95 - 100 d. 100 - 105 What is the church dB SPL with speech reinforcement only? a. 90 b. 80 - 85 c. 85 - 90 d. 90 - 95 Intensity can also be called as a. volume b. loudness c. sharpness d. strength The loudness of a sound depends upon the energy of motion imparted to __________ molecules of the medium transmitting the sound. a. transmitting b. running c. moving d. vibrating _________ is affected by the distance between the listener and the source of the sound and its intensity varies inversely with the square of this distance. a. volume b. bass c. treble d. loudness If the distance between the listener and the source of the sound is doubled, the intensity is reduced to a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 2/3

d. 1/4 If the distance between the listener and the source of the sound is decreased to 1/2 the original amount, the intensity of the sound would be ___________. a. 2 times as great b. 3 times as great c. 4 times as great d. 5 times a great At a sensation level of 40 dB, 1000 Hz tone is a. 1000 mels b. 500 mels c. 2000 mels d. 100 mels If the sound waves are converted to electrical waves by a microphone, what is the frequency of the electric current? a. 3 to 30 MHz b. 25 to 8000 Hz c. 4 to 40 Hz d. 30 to 2000 Hz For a music lover concert "A" is 440 Hz. If a musical note one octave higher were played, it would be ______________ that frequency. a. one-half b. one-fourth c. double d. triple In a 220 Hz, if a note was played one octave lower it would be ___________. a. 22 Hz b. 27.5 Hz c. 440 Hz d. 110 Hz Much of music generally referred to in a. harmonics b. good hearing c. fidelity d. octaves __________ is an undesired change in wave form as the signal passes through a device. a. Noise

b. Vibration c. Distortion d. Harmonics Distortion enhances intelligibility when an _______ is added. a. equalizer b. igniter c. exciter d. emulsifier A class of signal processors. a. Amplifiers b. Equalizers c. Microprocessors d. Exciters Hall construction and internal finishes affect the final sound quality _____________. a. poorly b. mildly c. significantly d. badly Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall can dramatically alter its frequency response in two distinct ways namely a. gump and dump b. hump and notch c. fade and gone d. bad and worst The acoustics of most auditoria are very ________ when the room is full compared to the empty condition. a. different b. similar c. good d. bad A __________ converts acoustical energy. a. electro-acoustic b. microphone transducer c. microphone d. electric microphone All microphone have two basic components namely, _________. a. wired and body

b. ceramic and crystal c. diaphragm and generating element d. coil and magnet The kinds of generating elements are _________. a. expense and fidelity b. complexity and ruggedness c. longevity d. all of these When the average absorption is greater than 0.2, __________ formula is used to compute the actual reverberation time. a. Sabine b. Stephen and Bate c. Norris-Eyring d. Notch At room temperature, what is the velocity of sound in meters/seconds? a. 348.03 cm/s b. 980 cm/s c. 980 m/s d. 341.8 m/s Calculate the velocity of sound in ft./sec. If the temperature is 149 degrees C? a. 1530.03 ft/sec b. 1320 ft/sec c. 1357.03 ft/sec d. 1920.435 ft/sec The wavelength of a sound of 20 kHz frequency is a. 16.5 m b. 16.5 cm c. 16.5 mm d. 16.5 um The ratio of frequencies is termed a. octave b. interval c. harmonics d. masking What is the increase in sound pressure level in dB, if the pressure is doubled? a. 2 dB b. 3 dB c. 6 dB

d. 4 dB A term which is subjective but dependent mainly on frequency and also affected by intensity, a. Timbre b. Quality c. Frequency d. Pitch An effect that occurs in the ear where a louder sound can reduce or even stop the nerve voltage generated by a weaker sound. a. Piezoelectric effect b. Skin effect c. Lasing d. Masking For computation of ideal reverberation time, which formula is applicable? a. Sabine b. Stephen and Bate c. Norris-Eyring d. Notch The ________ of sound is a subjective effect which is a function of the ear and brain. a. pitch b. frequency c. timbre d. loudness Defined as the time taken for the intensity of sound energy in the room to drop to one millionth of its initial value. a. Reverberation time b. Transmit time c. Decaying time d. Response time ___________ is the sound energy per unit area at right angles of the propagation direction, per unit time. a. Loudness b. Coherence c. Sound stress d. Sound intensity One octave above 600 Hz is a. 601 Hz

b. 800 Hz c. 1400 Hz d. 1200 Hz A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity level of 90 dB at 10 m away. At this distance, what is the sound power in watt? a. 0.63 b. 1.26 c. 0.315 d. 0.56 x 10^ -6 The unit of loudness level a. Sone b. dB c. Mel d. Phon Consists of a rapid succession of noticeable echoes. a. Rarefaction b. Refraction c. Reflection d. Flutter echo Laid the foundations of acoustic theory of buildings. a. Charles H. Townes b. W.C. Sabine c. A. Javin d. Stephen and Bate The average absorption for a person is a. 5.7 units b. 4.7 units c. 6.7 units d. 3.7 units An aural sensation by pressure variations in the air which are always produced by some source of vibrations. a. Music b. Sound c. Disturbance d. Speech Considered to be as the threshold of hearing. a. 10^-12 W/square cm b. 10^-16 W/square m c. 10^-13 W/square m

d. 10^-12 W/square m The number of vibration or pressure fluctuations per second. a. Frequency b. Timber c. Quality d. Pitch Defined as the average rate of transmission of sound energy in a given direction through a crosssectional area of 1 square m at right angles to the direction. a. Sound pressure b. Loudness c. Sound intensity d. Pressure variation What is the sound pressure level (SPL) of a sound having an RMS pressure of 200 N/square m? a. 150 dB b. 140 dB c. 170 dB d. 160 dB The minimum sound intensity that can be heard is termed a. threshold of feeling b. threshold of pain c. threshold of sensation d. threshold of hearing What is the intensity of sound whose RMS pressure is 200 N/square m? a. 96.8 W/square m b. 97.8 W/square m c. 95.8 W/square m d. 94.8 W/square m The unit of pitch. a. Sone b. Phon c. dB d. Mel What is the increase in sound pressure level in dB, if the intensity is doubled? a. 2 dB b. 3 dB

c. 4 dB d. 6 dB The velocity of sound is considered to be constant at ________ for the purpose of building acoustics. a. 330 m/s b. 330 mm/s c. 330 um/s d. 330 cm/s An instrument designed to measure a frequency weighted value of the sound pressure level. a. Sound level meter b. Transducer c. Sound pressure meter d. Sound analyzer A unit of nosiness related to the perceived noise level a. Noy b. Sone c. dB d. Phone An agreed set of empirical curves relating octaveband sound pressure level to the center frequency of the octave bands. a. C-message weighting curve b. Psophometric weighting curve c. Noise rating curves d. F1A weighting curve