1. When editing a piece of analog tape, the razor blade must be:

Demagnetized.
Not too sharp.
Slippery.
Hot.

2. What length of splicing tape is placed over the cut?

Half inch.
Two inches.
One inch.
Three inches.

3. At what angle is the multi-track cut in the editing block?

45°
85°
90°
120°

4. Where is the best place to mount the editing block?

Behind the heads.
On the console.
In front of the heads.
Beside the patchbay.

5. What is the maximum number of discrete channels that travel along a MIDI cable?

48
16
24
8

6. When a safety copy of an analog tape is made, how much more tape noise will be present in the copy than in the original?

20dB.
12dB.
6dB
3dB.

7. How many tape recorders are required to produce the effect of crossfading?

One.
Two.
Three.
Four

8. When a digital tape is copied, the resulting copy has how much more tape noise than the original?

3dB.
2dB.
0dB.
1dB.

9. In digital recording, if 20kHz is the highest frequency to be sampled, what is the lowest successful sampling rate?

100kHz
20kHz.
40kHz.
30kHz.

10. What is the binary equivalent of the decimal number 18?

10001
10101
11001
10010

11. Which sampling system gives the most accurate sound?

Thirty-two bit system.
Sixteen bit system.
Twenty-four bit system.
Two bit system.

12. Which of the following is NOT a MIDI connection?.

MIDI in
MIDI out.
MIDI through
MIDI clock.

13. What is a DAW?

Discrete audio wavelength.
Data aliasing wafeform.
Digital audio workstation.
Dolby active word.

14. A sixteen bit digital system gives a dynamic range of:

96dB
60dB.
72dB.
48dB

15. Which of the following items CANNOT be connected via a MIDI interface?

Synthesizer.
Microphone.
Sampler.
Drum machine.

Preamble code.
Test tone.
Time code.
MIDI signal.

17. At which level on an analog multi-track tape recorder should the sync pulse from a drum machine be recorded?

–7VU
+7VU
0VU
+3VU

18. How many MIDI instruments can be interconnected?

Two
Four.
Any number.
Ten.

19. Which language is transmitted along a MIDI cable?

Decimal
Binary
Hexadecimal
Octagonal

20. Music notation is written down on:

Legal-size paper.
Manuscript paper
Card stock.
Drafting paper.

21. How many quarter notes are there in one measure of common time?

One
Two
Three
Four

22. What is aliasing?

A binary digit.
Part of the preamble code.
A ghostly experience.
The creation of false frequencies.

23. Why is a preamble code inserted into digital data?.

To prevent aliasing.
To lower the Nyquist frequency.
For mixing.
To show the start & end of each digital word.

24. How long before the time of your job interview should you arrive at the company?

One hour
30 minutes.
5 minutes.
Fifteen minutes.

25. In a non-destructive digital edit, the original performance:

Remains completely intact.
Is only partially retained.
Is deleted.
Is completely erased and lost forever.

26. If a prospective employer asks about your previous recording experience, you should:

Change the subject.
Tell the truth.
Lie
Exaggerate.

27. What is a bit?

De-multiplexer
A very low frequency.
A sine wave.
A binary digit.

28. Do you think a great engineer should:

Be creative?
Be unwilling to experiment with sounds?
Always stick by the rules?
Sometimes do mediocre work?

29. How many beats in one bar of common time?

3
4
8
2

30. In the United States of America, who makes the largest salary?

Recording studio engineer.
Film re-recording engineer.
Radio production engineer.
TV production engineer.

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