1. An instrument designed to measure a frequency- c.

1130 m/s
weighted value of the sound pressure level. d. 344 m/s
10. What is the expected critical frequency for a 120
a. Sound-level meter mm thick brick wall? Assume a longitudinal wave
b. Transducer velocity in brick of 2350 m/s and that the velocity of
c. Sound pressure meter sound in air is 330 m/s.
d. Sound analyzer
2. A unit of noisiness related to the perceived noise a. 114.5 Hz
level b. 214.5 Hz
c. 314.5 Hz
a. Noy d. 414.5 Hz
b. Sone 11. The sound power level of a certain jet plane flying at
c. dB a height of 1km is 160 dB (re10-12W). Find the
d. phone maximum sound pressure level on the ground directly
3. An agreed set of empirical curves relating octave- below the flight path assuming that the aircraft radiates
band osund pressure level to the center frequency of sound equally in all directions.
the octave bands
a. 59.1 dB
a. C-message weighting curves b. 69.1 dB
b. Psophometric weighting curves c. 79.1 dB
c. Noise rating curves d. 89.1 dB
d. F1A weighting curves 12. Speaker is a device that
4. The frequency of free vibration
a. Converts sound waves into current and voltage
a. Resonant frequency b. Converts current variations into sound waves
b. Natural frequency c. Converts elctrical energy to mechanical energy
c. Center frequency d. Converts elctrical energy to electromagnetic energy
d. Normal frequency 13. Which type of microphone operates on the principle
5. The transmission of sound from one room to an that the electrical resistance of carbon granules varies
adjacent room, via common walls, floors or ceilings. as the pressure on the granules vary?

a. Flanking transmission a. Dynamic

b. Refraction b. Crystal
c. Reflection c. Carbon
d. Reverberation d. Ribbon-type
6. A measure of threshold hearing, expressed in decibels 14. Bass response is
relative to a specifoed standard of normal hearing.
a. Maximum high frequency response
a. Hearing loss b. Emphasizing the high audio frequency
b. Sensation level c. Bypassing high audio frequencies
c. Hearing level d. Bypassing low audio frequencies
d. Sound pressure level 15. Pure tone of sound used as standard on testing
7. A certain machine with a slightly out-of-balance
motor rotating at 1800/min is fixed on a perfectly a. 1 Hz
elastic mount with a static compression of 2.50 mm. b. 10 Hz
Calculate the resonant frequency of mount. c. 100 Hz
d. 1000 Hz
a. 10 Hz 16. ___________ is early reflection of sound.
b. 20 Hz
c. 30 Hz a. Echo
d. 40 Hz b. Reverberation
8. Calculate the lowest resonant frequency for a brick c. Pure sound
partition 120 mm thick, 4m by 2min area with d. Intelligible sound
longitudinal wave velocity of 2350 m/s. (Assume that it 17. Noise reduction system used for film sound in
is supported at its edges.) movie.

a. 10 Hz a. Dolby
b. 20 Hz b. dBa
c. 30 Hz c. dBx
d. 40 Hz d. dBk
9. Velocity of sound in air. 18. What is the sound energy per unit area at right
angles to the propagation direction per unit time?
a. 300 m/s
b. 330 m/s a. Loudness
b. Coherence a. 2 A
c. Sound pressure b. 4 A
d. Sound intensity c. 5 A
19. ________ is the unit of loudness level of a sound. d. 6 A
28. A church has an internal volume of 90.05 ft3 (2550
a. Sone m3). When it contains customary sabine sof absorption
b. Decibel (186 metric sabines), what will be its reverberation time
c. Mel in seconds.
d. Phon
20. ____________ is the average rate of transmission of a. 2.0
sound energy in a given direction through a cross- b. 2.2
section area of 1 sqm at right angles to the direction. c. 2.5
d. 3.0
a. Sound pressure 29. If the RMs sound pressure is 5lb/ft2, what is the
b. Loudness sound presure level?
c. Sound intensity
d. Pressure variation a. 7.6 dB
21. What is the unit of pitch? b. 108 dB
c. 88 dB
a. Sone d. 10 dB
b. Phon 30. Speed that is faster than speed of sound.
c. Decibel
d. Mel a. Ultrasonic
22. A measure of the intensity of sound in comparison b. Supersonic
to another sound intensity. c. Subsonic
d. Transonic
a. Phon 31. Sound waves travel faster in water at a ______
b. Decibel speed.
c. Pascal
d. Watts a. 12.4 miles/sec
23. Sound wave has two main characteristics which are b. 5000 ft/sec
c. 186,000 ft/sec
a. Highness and loudness d. 3141 ft/sec
b. Tone and loudness 32. What is the sound power from a motor car whose
c. Pitch and loudness SPL at a distance of 7.5 m is 87 dB assuming that it
d. Rarefraction and compression radiates sound unifomly?
24. Which type of microphone operated by
electromagnetic induction that generates an output a. 0.15 W
signal voltage? b. 0.21 W
c. 0.24 W
d. 0.18 W
33. Crest-to-crest distance along the direction to wave
a. Carbon travel.
b. Dynamic
c. Crystal a. Compression
d. Condenser b. Wavelength
25. The exciter lamp in the optical sound part of a film c. Period
projector draws 5 A at 10 V. How much power in watts d. Sound wave
is this light consuming? 34. Sound intensity level is _________.

a. 10 watts a. 10 log I/Iref

b. 20 watts b. 10 log P/Pref
c. 40 watts c. 20 log I/Iref
d. 50 watts d. 30 log P/Pref
26. Assume the speed of sound is 1,130 ft/s. What 35. Sound pressure level is _________.
frequency has a wavelength of 1 foot, 1.5 inches?
a. 20 log P/ Pref
a. 500 Hz b. 30 log P/ Pref
b. 1000 Hz c. 10 log P/ Pref
c. 1500 Hz d. 20 log I/Iref
d. 2000 Hz 36. The most important specification of loudspeakers
27. The wire must bring 100 average watts to a 4 ohms and microphones.
loudspeaker must safely carry what rms current?
a. Frequency response
b. Field strength 46. The reverberation time of a 184.2 cubic meters
c. Power density broadcast studio is 0.84 sec. Find the absorption effect
d. Gain of the materials used in metric sabines.
37. Lowest fequency produced by a musical instrument.
a. 35.3
a. Midrange b. 10.96
b. Harmonic c. 379.8
c. Reflection d. 109.6
d. Refraction 47. What is the microphone characteristic that results in
38. Tendency of a sound energy to spread. a boost in bass frequencies for close microphone
spacing?
a. Diffraction
b. Rarefraction a. Field effect
c. Reflection b. P.A. effect
d. Refraction c. Proximity effect
39. When waves bend away from straight lines of travel, d. Reverberation
it is called _________. 48. What is the audio frequency range?

a. Reflection a. 20 kHz to 20 MHz

b. Diffraction b. 0 Hz to 20 kHz
c. Rarefraction c. 300 Hz to 400 Hz
d. Refraction d. 20 Hz to 20 kHz
40. Required time for any sound to decay to 60 dB. 49. What is the bass frequency range?

a. Echo time a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz

b. Delay time b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz
c. Reverberation time c. 40 kHz to 160 kHz
d. Transient time d. 10 Hz to 20 kHz
41. The intensity needed to produce an audible sound 50. High frequency range of audio signals.
varies with __________.
a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz
a. Frequency b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz
b. Noise c. 10 kHz to 20 kHz
c. Amplitude d. 20000 Hz to 30 kHz
d. Tone
42. Sound that vibrates too high for the human ear to
hear (over 20 kHz). 51. What is the dB SPL of a voice paging in an office?

a. Subsonic a. 90
b. Transonic b. 65
c. Ultrasonic c. 55-60
d. Stereo d. 80-85
43. Which microphone will be damaged if exposed to 52. What is the dB SPL of an auditorium with
high temperature above 52°C? contemporary music?

a. Dynamic a. 80-95
b. Crystal b. 85-90
c. Ribbon c. 95-100
d. Capacitor d. 100-105
44. A thin springy sheet of bakelite or metal that 53. What is the church dB SPL with speech
permits the voice coil in a dynamic loudspeaker to move reinforcement only?
back and forth salong the core of its magnet.
a. 90
a. Vibrator b. 80-85
b. Diaphragm c. 85-90
c. Hypex d. 90-95
d. Spider 54. Intensity can also be called as
45. One hundred twenty µbars of pressure variation is
equal to a. Volume
b. Loudness
a. 120 dB SPL c. Sharpness
b. 57.78 dB SPL d. Strength
c. 115.56 dB SPL
d. 41.58 dB SPL
55. The loudness of a sound depends upon the energy c. Fidelity
of motion imparted to ________ molecules of the d. Octaves
medium transmitting the sound. 64. _________ is an undesired change in wave form as
the signal passes through a device.
a. Transmitting
b. Running a. Noise
c. Moving b. Vibration
d. Vibrating c. Distortion
56. _________ is affected by the distance between the d. Harmonics
listener and the source of the sound and its intensity 65. Distortion enhances intelligibly when an ________ is
varies inversely with the square of its distance. added.

a. Volume a. Equalizer
b. Bass b. Igniter
c. Treble c. Exciter
d. Loudness d. Emulsifier
57. If the distance between the listener and the source 66. A class of signal processors.
of the sound is doubled, the intensity is reduced to
a. Amplifiers
a. ½ b. Equalizers
b. 1/3 c. Microprocessors
c. 2/3 d. Exciters
d. 1/4 67. Half construction and internal finishes affect the
58. If the distance between the listener and the source final sound quality ________.
of the sound is decreased to ½ tye original amount, the
intensity of the sound would be a. poorly
b. mildly
a. 2 times as great c. significantly
b. 3 times as great d. badly
c. 4 times as great 68. Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall can
d. 5 times as great dramatically alter its frequency response in two distinct
59. At a sensation level of 40 dB, 1000 Hz tone is ways namely;

a. 1000 mels a. Gump and dump

b. 500 mels b. Hump and notch
c. 2000 mels c. Fade and gone
d. 100 mels d. Bad and worst
60. If the sound waves are converted to electrical waves 69. The acoustics of most auditoria are very ________
by a microphone, what is the frequency of the electric when the room is full compared to the empty condition.
current?
a. Different
a. 3 – 30 MHz b. Similar
b. 25 – 8000 Hz c. Good
c. 4 – 40 Hz d. Bad
d. 30 – 3000 Hz 70. A _________ converts acoustical energy.
61. For a music lover concert “A” is 440 Hz. If a musical
note one octave higher were played, it would be a. Electro-acoustic
_______ that frequency. b. Microphone transducer
c. Microphone
a. One – half d. Electric Microphone
b. One-fourth 71. All microphone have two basic components namely,
c. Double --___________.
d. Triple
62. In a 220 Hz, if a note was played one octave lower, it a. Wired and body
would be ______. b. Ceramic and crystal
c. Diaphragm and generating element
a. 22 Hz d. Coil and magnet
b. 27.5 Hz 72. The kinds of generating elements are __________.
c. 440 Hz
d. 110 Hz a. Expense and fidelity
63. Much of music is generally referred to in b. Complexity and ruggedness
c. Longevity
a. Harmonics d. All of these
b. Good hearing
73. When the average absorption is greater than 0.2, d. Notch
__________ formula is used to compute the actual 82. The __________ of the sound is a subjective effect
reverberation time. which is a function of the ear and brain.

a. Sabine a. Pitch
b. Stephen and Bate b. Frequency
c. Norris-Eyring c. Timbre
d. Notch d. Loudness
74. At room temperature, what is the velocity of sound 83. Define as the time taken from the intensity of sound
in meters/seconds? energy in the room to drop to one millionth of its initial
value.

a. Reverberation time
a. 348.03 cm/s b. Transit time
b. 980 cm/s c. Decaying time
c. 980 m/s d. Response time
d. 341.8 m/s 84. __________ is the sound energy per unit area at
75. Calculate the velocity of sound in ft./sec. if the right angles of the propagation direction, per unit time.
temperature is 1490C?
a. Loudness
a. 1530.03 ft/sec b. Coherence
b. 1320 ft/sec c. Sound stress
c. 1357.03 ft/sec d. Sound intensity
d. 1920.345 ft/sec 85. One octave above 600 Hz is
76. The wavelength of a sound of 20 kHz frequency is
a. 601 Hz
a. 16.5 m b. 800 Hz
b. 16.5 cm c. 1400 Hz
c. 16.5 mm d. 1200 Hz
d. 16.5 um 86. A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity level
77. The radio of frequencies is termed of 90 dB at 10 m away. At this distance, what is the
sound power in watt?
a. Octave
b. Interval a. 0.63
c. Harmonics b. 1.26
d. Masking c. 0.315
78. What is the increase in sound pressure level in dB, if d. 0.56 x 10-6
the pressure is doubled? 87. The unit of loudness level

a. 2 dB a. Sone
b. 3 dB b. dB
c. 6 dB c. Mel
d. 4 dB d. Phon
79. A term which is subjected but dependent mainly on 88. Consist of a rapid succession of noticeable echoes.
frequency and also affected by intensity,
a. Rarefaction
a. Timbre b. Refraction
b. Quality c. Reflection
c. Frequency d. Flutter echo
d. Pitch 89. Laid the foundations of acoustic theory of buildings.
80. An effect that occurs in the ear where a louder
sound can reduce or even stop the nerve voltage a. Charles H. Townes
generated by a weaker sound. b. W.C Sabine
c. A. Javin
a. Piezoelectric effect d. Stephen and Bate
b. Skin effect 90. An aural sensation by pressure variations in the air
c. Lasing which are always produced by some source of
d. Masking vibrations.
81. For computation of ideal reverberation time, which
formula is applicable? a. Music
b. Sound
a. Sabine c. Disturbance
b. Stephen and Bate d. Speech
c. Norris-Eyring 91. Considered to be the threshold of hearing.
 b. 330 mm/s
a. 10-12 W/cm2 c. 330 µm/s
b. 10-16 W/m2 d. 330 cm/s
c. 10-13 W/m2 101. What do you call the speed of sound in the study of
d. 10-12 W/m2 acoustics?
92. The average absorption for a person is
a. Rhythm
a. 5.7 units b. Tempo
b. 4.7 units c. Pitch
c. 6.7 units d. Frequency
d. 3.7 units 102. The term that describes the highness or lowness of
93. The number of vibration or pressure fluctuations per a sound in the study of acoustics is called a
seconds.
a. Tempo
a. Frequency b. Pitch
b. Timbre c. Volume
c. Quality d. Bass
d. Pitch 103. The method of measuring absorption coefficient of
94. Defined as the average rate of transmission of sound sound which considers all angles of incidence is called
energy in a given direction through a cross-sectional
area of 1 m2 at right angles to the direction. a. Distance method
b. Bounce back to back method
a. Sound pressure c. Impedance method
b. Loudness d. Reverberation chamber method
c. Sound intensity 104. The tendency of a sound energy to spread
d. Pressure variation
95. What is the sound pressure level (SPL) of a sound a. Rarefaction
having a RMS pressure of 200 N/m2? b. Reflection
c. Refraction
a. 150 dB d. Diffraction
b. 140 dB 105. _____ is the advantage rate of transmission of
c. 170 dB sound energy in a given direction through a cross-
d. 160 dB sectional area of 1 sq m at right angles to the direction
96. The minimum sound intensity that can be heard is of propagation.
termed
a. Sound pressure
a. Threshold of feeling b. Sound intensity
b. Threshold of pain c. Pressure variation
c. Threshold of sensation d. Loudness
d. Threshold of hearing 106. The unit of pitch
97. What is the intensity of the sound whose RMS
pressure is 200 N/m2? a. Decibel
b. Phon
a. 96.9 W/m2 c. mel
b. 97.9 W/m2 d. Sone
c. 95.9 W/m2 107. a large speaker having a large diameter(15 cm and
d. 94.9 W/m2 above)
98. The unit of pitch.
a. coaxial speaker
a. sone b. woofer
b. pitch c. tweeter
c. dB d. triaxial speaker
d. Mel 108. A method of expressing the amplitude of a
99. What is the increase in sound pressure level in dB, if complex non-periodic signal such as speech
the intensity is doubled?
a. Frequency
a. 2 dB b. Wavelength
b. 3 dB c. Volume
c. 4 dB d. Pitch
d. 6 dB 109. The lowest frequency produced by an instrument
100. The velocity of sound is considered to be constant
at ________ for the purpose of acoustics. a. Harmonic
b. Fundamental
a. 300 m/s c. Midrange
d. 0 Hz 119. How much bigger in storage capacity has digital
110. Sound intensity is given as video disk (DVD) have over the conventional compact
disk (CD)?
a. df/dp
b. dE/dP a. Around triple
c. dA/dP b. Around 15 times
d. dP/dA c. Around twice
111. Which of the following is considered the most d. Around 5 times
commonly used measurable components of sound? 120. A sound intensity that could cause painful
sensation in a human ear
a. its temperature
b. particle displacement a. Threshold of sense
c. softness b. Threshold of pain
d. source c. Hearing threshold
112. _____ is the transmission of sound from one room d. Sensation intensity
to an adjacent room thru common walls, floors, or 121. A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity of
ceilings. 90 dB at 10 ft away. At this distance, what is the sound
power in watt?
a. Reverberation
b. Refraction a. 12 W
c. Flanking transmission b. 0.12 W
d. Reflection c. 0.012 W
113. The midrange frequency range of sound is from d. 1.2 W
122. Noise reduction system for film sound in movie
a. 256 to 2048 Hz
b. 2048 to 4096 Hz a. Dolby
c. 512 to 2048 Hz b. dBx
d. 16 to 64 Hz c. dBa
114. Designates the sensation of low or high in the d. dBk
sense of the bass and treble 123. Which type of microphone operates on the
principle that the electrical resistance of carbon
a. Frequency granules varies as the pressure on the granules vary?
b. Intensity
c. Pitch a. Dynamic
d. SPL b. Crystal
115. Speaker is a device that c. Carbon
d. Ribbon-type
a. Converts current variations into sound waves 124. A unit of noisiness related to the perceived noise
b. None of these level
c. Converts electrical energy to mechanical energy
d. Converts sound waves into current and voltage
116. One-hundred twenty microbars of pressure
variation is equal to a. Noy
b. Sone
a. 120 dBSPL c. dB
b. 115.56 dBSPL d. Mel
c. 41.58 dBSPL 125. Required time for and sound to decay to 60 dB
d. 57.78 dBSPL
117. An instrument for recording waveforms of audio a. Echo time
frequency b. Delay time
c. Reverberation time
a. Oscilloscope d. Transient time
b. Phonoscope 126. If the distance between the listener and the source
c. Radioscope of the sound is doubled, the intensity is reduced to
d. Audioscope
118. In the study of acoustics, the velocity of sound is a. 1/2
dependent to one of the following b. 1/3
c. 2/3
a. Temperature d. 1/4
b. Loudness 127. Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall can
c. Source of sound dramatically alter its frequency response in two distinct
d. Properties of the medium ways namely

a. Gump and dump

b. Hump and notch c. 15 Hz
c. Fade and gone d. 14 Hz
d. Bad and worst 137. 40 phons is equivalent to how many sones?
128. An effect that occurs in the ear where a louder
sound can reduce or even stop the nerve voltage a. 0 sone
generated by a weaker sound b. 1 sone
c. 0.5 sone
a. Piezoelectric effect d. 16 sones
b. Doppler effect 138. 80 phons + 80 phons =
c. Haas effect
d. Masking a. 83 phons
129. When the average absorption is greater than 0.2, b. 160 phons
____ formula is used to compute the actual c. 90 phons
reverberation time. d. 86 phons
139. An early reflection of sound
a. Sabine
b. Stephen and bate a. Echo
c. Norris-Eyring b. Reverberation
d. Notch c. Pure sound
130. The minimum sound intensity that can be heard d. Jitter
140. An instrument designed to measure a frequency
a. Threshold of feeling weighted value of the sound pressure level
b. Threshold of pain
c. Threshold of sensation a. Sound level meter
d. Threshold of hearing b. Transducer
131. The ____ of a sound is a subjective effect which is a c. Sound pressure meter
function of the ear and brain. d. Sound analyzer
141. The term used for the deafness of higher
a. Pitch frequencies due to old age
b. Frequency
c. Timbre a. Ear deafness
d. Loudness b. Cortial deafness
132. A term which is subjective but independent mainly c. Tinnitus
on frequency and also affected by intensity d. Presbycusis
142. What is the dBSPL of an auditorium with
a. Pitch contemporary music?
b. Frequency
c. Timbre a. 95-100 dB
d. Loudness b. 40-50 dB
133. A sound 0f 18 kHz frequency has a wavelength of c. 50-60 dB
d. 70-80 dB
a. 18.3 mm 143. What principle is used by a carbon type micro
b. 183mm phone?
c. 250 mels
d. 1.86 mels a. Variable capacitance
134. At a sensation level of 40 dB 1000 Hz tone is b. Variable resistance
c. Variable inductance
a. 1000 mels d. Piezoelectric effect
b. 10000 mels 144. Pressure is measured in term of Pascal, microbar or
c. 250 mels
d. 800 mels a. Newtons
135. What is the velocity of sound in dry air for a b. Newtons per meter
temperature change of 45 degrees Celsius? c. Newtons per meter squared
d. Pascal per meter squared
a. 249.19 m/s 145. How much power can a human voice possible
b. 331.45 m/s produce
c. 357.73 m/s
d. 358.77 m/s a. 100 milliwatts
136. What us the resonant frequency of a Helmholtz b. 1 watt
resonator whose volume is 2.5 cu m with neck radius of c. 10 watts
8 cm? d. 1 milliwatt
146. What is the increase in sound pressure level if the
a. 13 Hz pressure is doubled?
b. 11 Hz
a. Increase by 6 dB
b. Increase by 3 dB A. 35 ft
c. Decrease by 6 dB B 10 ft
d. Decrease by 3 dB C. 0.035 ft
147. The frequency limits of audio frequency is D. 100 ft
157. The lowest frequency that a human ear can hear is
a. 300- 3000 Hz
b. 20 Hz -20 kHz A. 5 Hz
c. 3 – 3 kHz B. 20 Hz
d. 40 -40 kHz C. 30 Hz
148. A device that converts sound pressure into D. 20 Hz
electrical energy 158. Sound that vibrates at frequency too high for the
human ear to hear (over 20 kHz)
a. Microphone
b. Headphone A. Subsonic
c. Headset B. Ultrasonic
d. Speaker C. Transonic
149. An agreed set of empirical curves relating octave- D. Stereo
band sound pressure level to the center frequency of 159. The frequency interval between two sounds whose
the octave bands frequency ratio is 10.

a. C-message weighting curve A. Octave

b. Psophometric curve B. Half octave
c. Noise rating curve C. Third-octave
d. F1A weighting curves D. Decade
150. Pure tone of sound used as standard on testing 160. A 16 KHz sound is how many octaves higher than a
500 Hz sound
a. 1 kHz
b. 300-3400 Hz A. 2
c. 100 Hz B. 5
d. 800 Hz C. 4
151. Which best describe the sound wave? D. 8
161. Sound waves composed of but one frequency is
A. It may be longitudinal a/an
B. It is always transverse
C. It is always longitudinal A. Infra sound
D. All of the above B. Pure tone
152. Which of the following can not travel through a C. Structure borne
vacuum? D. Residual sound
162. Sound wave has two main characteristics which are
A. Electromagnetic wave
B. Radio wave A. Highness and loudness
C. Sound wave B. Tone and loudness
D. Light wave C. Pitch and loudness
153. Through which medium does sound travel fastest? D. Rarefaction and compression
163. When waves bend away from straight lines of
a. Air travel, it is called
b. Water
c. Steel A. Reflection
d. Mercury B. Diffraction
154. Speed that is faster than that of sound. C. Rarefaction
D. Refraction
A. Ultrasonic 164. The amplitude of sound waves, the maximum
B. Supersonic displacement of each air particle, is the property which
C. Subsonic perceive as _______ of a sound
D. Transonic
155. What is the speed of sound in air at 20°C? A. Pitch
B. Intensity
A. 1087 ft/s C. Loudness
B. 1100 ft/s D. Harmonics
C. 1126 ft/s 165. It is the weakest sound that average human
D. 200 ft/s hearing can detect.
156. Calculate a half wavelength sound for sound of
16000 Hz A. SPL = 0 dB
B. Threshold of hearing
C. Reference pressure = 2 x 10^-5 N/m2 A. 200 dB
D. All of these B. 20 dB
166. What is a device that is used to measure the C. 140 dB
hearing sensitivity of a person? D. 14 dB
175. What is the sound intensity for an RMS pressure of
A. Audiometer 200 Pascal?
B. OTDR
C. SLM A. 90 W/m^2
D. Spectrum analyzer B. 98 W/m^2
C. 108 W/m^2
D. 88 W/m^2
167. What is the device used in measuring sound 176. The sound pressure level is increased by
pressure levels incorporating a microphone, _________ dB if the pressure is doubled.
amplification, filtering and a display.
A. 3
A. Audiometer B. 4
B. OTDR C. 5
C. SLM D. 6
D. Spectrum analyzer 177. The sound pressure level is increased by
168. What weighted scale in a sound level meter gives a _________ dB if the intensity is doubled.
reading that is most closely to the response of the
human ear? A. 3
B. 4
A. Weighted scale A C. 5
B. Weighted scale B D. 6
C. Weighted scale C 178. If four identical sounds are added what is the
D. Weighted scale D increase in level in dB?
169. For aircraft noise measurements, the weighting
scale that is used is ________. A. 3
B. 4
A. Weighted scale A C. 5
B. Weighted scale B D. 6
C. Weighted scale C 179. The transmission of sound from one room to an
D. Weighted scale D adjacent room, via common walls, floors or ceilings.
170. It is the device used to calibrate an SLM?
A. Flanking transmission
A. Microphone B. Reflection
B. Pistonphone C. Refraction
C. Telephone D. Reverberation
D. Filter 180. __________ is the continuing presence of an
171. _________ is the sound power measured over the audible sound after the sound source has stop.
area upon which is received.
A. Flutter echo
A. Sound pressure B. Sound concentration
B. Sound energy C. Sound shadow
C. Sound intensity D. Reverberation
D. Sound pressure level 181. Required time for any sound to decay to 60 dB
172. A measure of the intensity of sound in comparison
to another sound intensity A. Echo time
B. Reverberation time
A. Phon C. Delay time
B. Decibel D. Transient time
C. Pascal 182. A room containing relatively little sound absorption
D. Watts
173. Calculate the sound intensity level in dB of a sound A. Dead room
whose intensity is 0.007 W/m^2. B. Anechoic room
C. Live room
A. 95 dB D. Free-field
B. 91 dB 183. A room in which the walls offer essentially 100%
C. 98 dB absorption, therefore simulating free field conditions.
D. 101 dB
174. What is the sound pressure level for a given sound A. Dead room
whose RMS pressure is 200/m^2? B. Anechoic room
C. Live room B. -20 dB
D. Closed room C. -30 dB
184. Calculate the reverberation time of the room, D. -40 dB
which has a volume of 8700 ft^3 and total sound 193. An amplifier can deliver 100 W to a loudspeaker. If
absorption 140 sabins. the rated efficiency of the loudspeaker is -60 dB. What
is the maximum intensity 300 ft from it?
A. 0.3 sec
B. 3.5 sec A. 10 dB
C. 3 sec B. 20 dB
D. 0.53 sec C. 30 dB
185. It is an audio transducer that converts acoustic D. 40 dB
pressure in air into its equivalent electrical impulses 194. Speaker is a device that

A. Loudspeaker A. Converts sound waves into current and voltage

B. Amplifier B. Converts current variations into sound waves
C. Baffle C. Converts electrical energy to mechanical energy
D. Microphone D. Converts electrical energy to electromagnetic energy
186. _________ is a pressure type microphone with 195. The impedance of most drivers is about
permanent coil as a transducing element. __________ ohms at their resonant frequency.

A. Dynamic A. 4
B. Condenser B. 6
C. Magnetic C. 8
D. Carbon D. 10
187. A microphone which has an internal impedance of 196. It is a transducer used to convert electrical energy
25 kΩ is _________ type. to mechanical energy.

A. High impedance A. Microphone

B. Low impedance B. Baffle
C. Dynamic C. Magnetic assemble
D. Magnetic D. Driver
188. A microphone that uses the piezoelectric effect 197. It is an enclosure used to prevent front and back
wave cancellation.
A. Dynamic
B. Condenser A. Loudspeaker
C. Crystal B. Driver
D. Carbon C. Baffle
189. _________ is a type of loudspeaker driver with an D. Frame
effective diameter of 5 inches used at mid-range audio 198. A circuit that divides the frequency components
frequency. into separate bands in order to have individual feeds to
the different drivers.
A. Tweeter
B. Woofer A. Suspension system
C. Mid-range B. Dividing network
D. A or C C. Magnet assembly
190. _____ is measure of how much sound is produced D. Panel board
from the electrical signal. 199. _________ is early reflection of sound.

A. Sensitivity A. Echo
B. Distortion B. Pure sound
C. Efficiency C. Reverberation
D. Frequency response D. Intelligible sound
191. It describes the output of a microphone over a 200. Noise reduction system used for film sound in
range of frequencies. movie.

A. Directivity A. Dolby
B. Sensitivity B. DBx
C. Frequency response C. dBa
D. All of the above D. dBk
192. A loudspeaker radiates an acoustic power of 1 mW 201. Using a microphone at less than the recommended
if the electrical input is 10 W. What is its rated working distance will create a __________ which greatly
efficiency? increases the low frequency signals.

A. -10 dB A. Roll-off
B. Proximity effect
C. Drop out
D. None of the choices
202. What is the unit of loudness?

A. Sone
B. Phon
C. Decibel
D. Mel
203. A unit of noisiness related to the perceived noise
level

A. Noy
B. dB
C. Sone
D. Phon
204. What is the loudness level of a 1KHz tone if its
intensity is 1 x 10-5W/cm2?

A. 100 phons
B. 105 phons
C. 110 phons
D. 100 phons