How Well You Know About Podcasting? Quiz
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How well you know about podcasting quiz. Podcasts are becoming a common thing in the world today where more and more people are recording their audio broadcasts to share over the internet over various topics. A podcast may have one or more hosts and can either be scripted or improvised. There are a lot of people who don’t have some basic information on the podcast, and this quiz is the best test to teach them some more. Give it a try!
- 1.Based on what we discussed in class, what does the term PODCAST come from?
- A.
Publishing Over Data and Creating Avenues for Special Telecasts
- B.
Portable On Demand broadCAST
- C.
Private Or Digital Calculation At Stations of Time
- D.
Prepare Our Digital Creation And Start Talking
- 2.What are the 3 TYPES OF PODCASTS?
- A.
Enhanced Podcast, Video Podcast, Modcast
- B.
Podcast, Enhanced Podcast, Video Podcast
- C.
Podcasters, Modcasts, Mobilecasts
- D.
KafkaKast, Enhanced Podcast, FPWildCAST
- 3.In the simplest of forms, what is a PODCAST?
- A.
Just a straight audio piece with no visuals
- B.
A recording with still pictures
- C.
A short video recording
- D.
A combination of pictures and video
- 4.What is an ENHANCED PODCAST?
- A.
A sound recording where all the sound levels are pushed up or enhanced
- B.
A really, really good podcast…better than just a normal podcast
- C.
A podcast where you have a special guest
- D.
A recording of audio with still pictures, kind of like a slideshow
- 5.Which of the following are ways to find podcasts?
- A.
Do a search in a search engine like Google or Yahoo
- B.
Search the iTunes store Podcast section
- C.
Use a Podcast search site like podnova.com or podcastalley.com
- D.
All of the above
- 6.What is the first “p” of Production in the process we talked about related to podcasting?
- A.
Pre-Production
- B.
Production
- C.
Portability
- D.
Paternity
- 7.Which of the following occurs during PRE-PRODUCTION?
- A.
Writing your script
- B.
Recording your podcast
- C.
Putting in sound effects
- D.
Putting your podcast on the web
- 8.Which of the following could occur during the PRODUCTION phase of podcasting?
- A.
Sitting down and recording an interview with a guest
- B.
Exporting the finished podcast with all sound effects included
- C.
Calling or emailing your guest to find a good time to meet
- D.
Sending the link of your published podcast to all your friends to listen to
- 9.Which of the following occurs during POST-PRODUCTION?
- A.
Uploading your podcast to a website so it’s online
- B.
Testing your equipment to make sure your microphone works correctly
- C.
Asking questions to a person you are interviewing for your podcast
- D.
Adding sound effects like music and sound stingers to your podcast
- 10.Which of the following occurs during PUBLISHING?
- A.
Uploading your podcast to a website so it’s online
- B.
Interviewing your guest
- C.
Adding background music to your podcast
- D.
Setting your microphone correctly in the System Preferences area
- 11.Which of the following best completes this sentence: A good SCRIPT WRITING tip is to...
- A.
...avoid repeating the same words too often.
- B.
...make things all fancy sounding so you sound intelligent.
- C.
...don't check your sources.
- D.
...write really long sentences and use AND and SO a lot.
- 12.The average person speaks at a rate of about...
- A.
...19 words per second
- B.
... 3 words per second
- C.
... 3 words per minute
- D.
... 10 words per second
- 13.Which of the following groups is a good example of some things that are considered New Media?
- A.
Blogs, wikis, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook
- B.
TV, radio, newspaper, print
- C.
Magazines, newspaper, library cards
- D.
TV, YouTube, Radio, Internet Radio
- 14.Which statement best explains what New Media is
- A.
New stuff like TV and radio.
- B.
New internet signals that produce more power.
- C.
New ways that messages go from one person to another.
- D.
The ways in which a podcast is created and edited.
- 15.What kind of port do you plug your class microphone headset into?
- A.
USB
- B.
Power
- C.
Firewire
- D.
Display
- 16.The only way to listen to a podcast is on an iPod.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Which of the following is a way you can listen to a podcast?
- A.
Straight from the website you found the podcast on.
- B.
Download the podcast and put it on your iPod or MP3 player.
- C.
Download the podcast and listen to it in iTunes.
- D.
All of the above.
- 18.Which of the following is the most popular "aggregator" when it comes to finding and downloading podcasts?
- A.
Juice
- B.
Zune HD
- C.
ITunes
- D.
Pod-o-matic
- 19.A podcast can be as short or as long as you want to make it.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Which of the following is the program we are using in class to create a podcast?
- A.
Podcastomatic
- B.
GarageBand
- C.
GaragePro
- D.
Audacity
- 21.Which of the following is a good tip when reading your script?
- A.
Sound like you are reading.
- B.
Put a lot of popping sounds in your speech.
- C.
Make sure your sound meter is SPIKING really high when you talk.
- D.
Try to sound conversational and like you aren't reading a script.
- 22.When you plug in your microphone to the computer, what is the FIRST thing you should go to make sure the microphone is working correctly?
- A.
Go to SYSTEM PREFERENCES then SOUND and set your OUTPUT and INPUT.
- B.
Go to GARAGEBAND then start recording.
- C.
Turn up the volume on your headset.
- D.
Unplug and plug in the microphone again until you hear a pop.
- 23.Anyone can podcast as long as they have a computer with some sound editing software and a microphone.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.99% of all Podcasts are free! (meaning very few charge)
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.You can use a regular internet search engine like Google or Yahoo to search for podcasts.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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