Audio Engineer Test
Please take this test to assess your skills before applying for the audio engineer position.
- 1.Which one of these is not a Quicktime (.MOV) movie codec?
- A.
Apple ProRes
- B.
H.264
- C.
Photo-Jpeg
- D.
AVI
- 2.What can you NOT do in Pro Tools 9 or 10, non HD.
- A.
Import multiple videos into the same session.
- B.
Import an OMF.
- C.
Export MP3 files.
- D.
Bounce to disk.
- 3.What is the name of the cable that runs from a 192 I/O to the HD Accel card?
- A.
Avid Pro Connect
- B.
DigiLink
- C.
USB
- D.
Serial
- 4.Of what must you be mindful when displaying your reference picture from Pro Tools on an external screen?
- A.
Overall volume level.
- B.
Maximum total track count.
- C.
Video sync offset.
- D.
Hardware playback buffer size.
- 5.At what frequency is the standard reference tone used to calibrate audio equipment?
- A.
20kHz
- B.
4kHz
- C.
20Hz
- D.
1kHz
- 6.The track meters in Pro Tools show what type of levels?
- A.
DbVU
- B.
DbFS
- C.
DbU
- D.
DbLKFS
- 7.How many control values are available for MIDI velocity?
- A.
256
- B.
128
- C.
Infinity
- D.
64
- 8.What can you NOT do with a Time Machine backup on a Mac?
- A.
Boot directly from the drive
- B.
Restore all system settings
- C.
Retrieve files older than 1 week
- D.
Exclude some system drives from the backup
- 9.On a 3-pin XLR cable, pins 1, 2 and 3 carry what voltage on them, respectively?
- A.
An XLR cable carries audio, not voltage
- B.
Postive, negative, ground
- C.
Ground, positive, negative
- D.
Ground, negative, positive
- 10.The poximity effect is:
- A.
The number given to an object to gauge its sound absorption ability
- B.
The effect on the cochlea incurred when headphones are used too long
- C.
The difference in frequency resonance of two closely vibrating objects
- D.
The increase in low frequencies resulting from speaking closer to a microphone
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