Test 4

Question 1

Balanced cables

Answer 1

Low “Z” (Low impedance)

Question 2

Unbalanced cables

Answer 2

High “Z” (High impedance)

Question 3

CMR- common mode rejection

Answer 3

Balanced inputs provide common mode rejection. Definition: interference (noise) picked up by the cable will be rejected at the input

Question 4

Balun/transformer

Answer 4

A portmanteau of balanced + unbalanced. Used to convert balanced signal to unbalanced or vice-versa. Transformer built in the connector.

Question 5

Impedance (low Z)

Answer 5

4 to 16 ohms for speakers, 50 to 250 ohms for microphones, 33 to 600 ohms for other equipment.

Question 6

Ohms

Question 7

DI box (Direct box)

Question 8

XLR microphone connector

Question 9

1/4 inch phone plug- TS (unbalanced)

Question 10

1/4 inch phone plug- TRS (balanced)

Question 11

Bantam or TT (tiny-telephone) plug

Question 12

3.5mm (1/8”) mini plug

Question 13

RCA connector

Question 14

Speakon connector

Question 15

Snake

Question 16

Channel fader

Question 17

Console

Question 18

Board

Question 19

Master fader

Question 20

Amplifier

Question 21

Input section

Question 22

Microphone preamp

Question 23

Phantom power (48V)

Question 24

Trim

Question 25

Plolarity (phase) reversal

Question 26

Summing bus

Question 27

Pan pot

Question 28

Potentiometer (pot)

Question 29

Mute and solo switches

Question 30

Input/output (I/O) module (channel strip)

Question 31

Cue system or foldback

Question 32

Master section

Question 33

Master buses

Question 34

Monitor section

Question 35

Talkback

Question 36

Patch bay (jack field)

Question 37

Patch point

Question 38

Patch cable

Question 39

Automation

Question 40

SMPTE time code

Question 41

Meters

Question 42

Volume unit (VU)

Question 43

Peak

Question 44

LUFS

Question 45

Decibel full-scale (dBFS)

Question 46

Equalization (EQ)

Question 47

High cut/low pass filter

Question 48

Low cut/high pass filter

Question 49

Notch filler

Question 50

Cutoff frequency

Question 51

Slope or dB per octave

Question 52

Tone controls

Question 53

Shelving equalizer

Question 54

Turnover frequency

Question 55

Peaking equalizer (bell curve)

Question 56

Center frequency

Question 57

Bandwidth vs. “Q”

Question 58

Q= Fc/BW

Question 59

Hugh Q represents narrow bandwidth

Question 60

Low Q represents wide bandwidth

Question 61

Phase shift

Question 62

Parametric EQ

Question 63

Graphic EQ

Question 64

1/3rd octave band

Question 65

Outboard vs. Onboard signal processing

Question 66

Digital EQ

Question 67

Compressor vs. limiter

Question 68

Compressor controls: threshold, ratio, attack, hold, release

Question 69

Expander vs. noise gate

Question 70

Expansion vs. gating

Question 71

Expander controls: threshold, ratio, attack, release, range

Question 72

Unity gain

Question 73

1:1 ratio

Question 74

Compressing 2:1 ratio

Question 75

Limiting

Question 76

10:1 ratio

Question 77

Side chain

Question 78

External (key) input

Question 79

De-Esser

Question 80

Keying or triggering

Question 81

Ducking

Question 82

Stereo compression

Question 83

Side chain link for stereo compression

Question 84

RT60 - decay time

Question 85

Reverberation

Question 86

Early reflections

Question 87

Pre-delay

Question 88

Spring reverb

Question 89

Plate reverb

Question 90

Echo chamber

Question 91

Slap echo

Question 92

Flanging or phasing

Question 93

Chorus

Question 94

Pitch shift

Question 95

ADT- automatic double-tracking

Question 96

Tape delay

Question 97

Inotation processing