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Intro to DAW test for Eric.

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  • 2. 

    DSP stands for:

    • Digitally Synchronized Playback

    • Delete Saved Parameters

    • Digital Serial Port

    • Digital Signal Processing

    • Digital Signal Parameters

    Correct Answer
    A. Digital Signal Processing
  • 3. 

    Which of the following digital connections would be used for an audio interface?

    • Firewire

    • Apple desktop bus

    • VGA

    • Ethernet

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Firewire
  • 4. 

    Which of the following is used for running programs?

    • CD ROM

    • RAM

    • ROM

    • ZIP

    • Floppy Disc

    Correct Answer
    A. RAM
  • 5. 

    An erroneous frequency produced by undersampling a frequency is called

    • A multiplexing frequency

    • An aliasing frequency

    • A quantising frequency

    • The Nyquist frequency

    • The cutoff frequency

    Correct Answer
    A. An aliasing frequency
  • 6. 

    What is the resolution and sample rate required for CD quality audio?

    • 24bit, 44.1khz

    • 16bit, 96khz

    • 16bit, 48khz

    • 16bit, 44.1khz

    • 20bit, 44.1khz

    Correct Answer
    A. 16bit, 44.1khz
  • 7. 

    The Nyquist Theorem was proposed in

    • 1983

    • 1965

    • 1947

    • 1925

    • 1890

    Correct Answer
    A. 1925
  • 8. 

    By how many dB will the dynamic range increase when adding 1 Bit to the A/D conversion?

    • 12 dB

    • 1 dB

    • 3 dB

    • 10 dB

    • 6 dB

    Correct Answer
    A. 6 dB
  • 9. 

    The measuring of a sample's voltage for AD conversion is called

    • Multiplexing

    • Aliasing

    • Quantising

    • Preamble

    • Fourier analysis

    Correct Answer
    A. Quantising
  • 10. 

    The short cut for creating a New Folder is:

    • Cmd + F

    • Cmd + S

    • Cmd + A

    • Shift + Cmd + N

    • None of the Above

    Correct Answer
    A. Shift + Cmd + N
  • 11. 

    The Dynamic Range of a 24 Bit audio file would be: 

    • 104 db

    • 124 db

    • 134 db

    • 144 db

    • 164 db

    Correct Answer
    A. 144 db
  • 12. 

    Which of the following would NOT be considered destructive editing?

    • Normalizing

    • Performing a fade out

    • Changing gain

    • Click removal

    • Dragging regions to a playlist

    Correct Answer
    A. Dragging regions to a playlist
  • 13. 

    In Peak, applying effects via the DSP menu is

    • Destructive

    • Non-destructive

    • Used only in Playlists

    • All of the above

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Destructive
  • 14. 

    When recording digital audio, cutting the sample rate in half uses

    • Less hard drive space

    • More hard drive person

    • A different bit rate

    • More RAM

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Less hard drive space
  • 15. 

    The Dynamic Range of a 20bit file is

    • 48db

    • 144db

    • 96db

    • 120db

    • 136db

    Correct Answer
    A. 120db
  • 16. 

    Which of the following formats would hold the most information for backing up digital information?

    • CD Rom

    • Floppy Disk

    • Zip Disk

    • DVD

    • None of the Above

    Correct Answer
    A. DVD
  • 17. 

    Which of the following is NOT an audio file format?

    • AIFF

    • SDII

    • MSB

    • WAV

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. MSB
  • 18. 

    The LowPass filter at the beginning of the Analog to Digital conversion process is for the purpose of:

    • Preventing the introduction of Alias Frequencies

    • Limiting high and low frequency content in the final recording

    • Smoothing the output waveform

    • Shaping the dither signal

    • Reducing low-level distortion

    Correct Answer
    A. Preventing the introduction of Alias Frequencies
  • 19. 

    Which of the following determines what frequencies we can actually sample?

    • Bit depth

    • Sample rate

    • Dither

    • Over samples

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Sample rate
  • 20. 

    The decimal equivalent for teh binary number 00011011 is

    • 11

    • 26

    • 27

    • 18

    • 20

    Correct Answer
    A. 27
  • 21. 

    16 bit quantisation is better than 8 bit because

    • There is a higher sampling rate

    • There is a more accurate measurement of the Voltage

    • Low frequencies are reproduced more accurately

    • It is easier to store and process 16 bit data

    • There is better frequency response

    Correct Answer
    A. There is a more accurate measurement of the Voltage
  • 22. 

    The decimal equivalent for the binary number 00011011 is

    • 11

    • 26

    • 27

    • 18

    • 20

    Correct Answer
    A. 27
  • 23. 

    How much memory would be needed to record a 4 minute song consisting of 8 audio tracks if recorded at 24 bit, 96 khz? (round off your answer to the nearest byte)

    • 132 Gb

    • 132 Mb

    • 527 Gb

    • 527 Mb

    • 1.54 Gb

    Correct Answer
    A. 527 Mb
  • 24. 

    When recording digital audio, Dither signal

    • Is added during the D/A process

    • Is added manually

    • Is added prior to the A/D conversion

    • Is added during Oversampling

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Is added prior to the A/D conversion
  • 25. 

    GB=

    • Thousands of Bytes

    • Hundreds of Bytes

    • Billions of Bytes

    • Millions of Bytes

    • Trillions of Bytes

    Correct Answer
    A. Billions of Bytes
  • 26. 

    LSB stands for

    • Largest sampled bit

    • Lowest sampled bit

    • Last significant byte

    • Least significant bit

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Least significant bit
  • 27. 

    Why shoudl the sampling rate be at least twice that of the highest frequency to be sampled?

    • So there is no quantisation nose present in the encoded waveform

    • To improve the performance of the A to D converter

    • To attain maximum headroom

    • At least two samples per cycle are taken to minimize phase shift

    • At least two samples per cycle must be taken to recreate the highest frequency

    Correct Answer
    A. At least two samples per cycle must be taken to recreate the highest frequency
  • 28. 

    The number 35 can be written in binary as 011

    • 00101

    • 01011100

    • 00110001

    • 00100011

    • 01161237

    Correct Answer
    A. 00100011
  • 29. 

    When sampling, the higher the bit depth,

    • The less memory we require

    • The better our frequency response

    • The more quantisation noise

    • The less quantisation noise

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. The less quantisation noise
  • 30. 

    Oversampling is a process that

    • Switches the A/D converters to a higher sampling rate

    • Creates more samples through interpolation during the A/D process

    • Creates more 'virtual' samples during the D/A process

    • All of the above

    • None of he above

    Correct Answer
    A. Creates more 'virtual' samples during the D/A process

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