TExES Tech Apps Quiz: Video Technology!
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This quiz covers portions of the exam that pertains to video production and Camera angle. The TExES series is a group of exams conducted by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) and managed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). This quiz has been created to test your knowledge and a basic understanding of video production and Camera angle.
- 1.Which type of shot gives the viewer a closer look at the subject but still provides a view of the background for orientation?
- A.
Close-up
- B.
Medium shot
- C.
Long shot
- D.
ELS
- 2.Which type of camera shot is used to emphasize the distance or scale of an object?
- A.
Close-up
- B.
Medium shot
- C.
Wide shot
- D.
ELS
- 3.This type of light defines the subject directly.
- A.
Key Light
- B.
Fill Light
- C.
Backlight
- D.
Rim Light
- 4.Which type of light fills in the shadows created by the key light?
- A.
Fill Light
- B.
Backlight
- C.
Rim Light
- D.
Flood Light
- 5.Which type of microphone is good for narration?
- A.
Unidirectional
- B.
Bi-directional
- C.
Cardioid
- D.
Omnidirectional
- 6.Which of the following describes standard television broadcast standards?
- A.
24 fps, 640 x 480 resolution
- B.
30 fps, 16:9 aspect ratio
- C.
24 fps, 16:9 ratio
- D.
30 fps, 640 x 480 resolution
- 7.Which of the following in the production crew is responsible for the financial aspects of the production?
- A.
Director
- B.
Cinematographer
- C.
Executive Producer
- D.
Creator
- 8.Which of the following is not part of the pre-production stage?
- A.
Budgeting
- B.
Scripting
- C.
Storyboarding
- D.
Editing
- E.
Securing locations
- 9.The movement of the camera as it pivots left to right or right to left is called a..
- A.
Tilt
- B.
Pan
- C.
Pivot
- D.
Dolly shot
- 10.The lateral or side-to-side movement of the camera on a tripod where the distance between the camera and the subject remains constant is called...
- A.
Tilting
- B.
Panning
- C.
Dolly shot
- D.
Trucking
- 11.A type of microphone that picks up sound from all directions is called...
- A.
Bi-directional
- B.
Omnidirectional
- C.
Unidirectional
- D.
Cardioid
- 12.If a frame has a time code of 00:17:35:14, what does the 14 represent?
- A.
Seconds
- B.
Frames
- C.
Minutes
- D.
Hundreths of seconds
- 13.This type of microphone is very long and is the most directional. It is used in movie sets and in recording wildlife or nature sounds.
- A.
Cardioid
- B.
Omnidirectional
- C.
Shotgun
- D.
Parabolic
- 14.A directional microphone mounted to a pole is called a ________ microphone. This is the one most often seen in movies (or hopefully not seen in the final film).
- A.
Parabolic
- B.
Boom
- C.
Omnidirectional
- D.
Dynamic
- 15.In video editing, two video tracks can be composited together as long as the top track's ____________ is reduced to allow the viewer to see the video track below it.
- A.
Opacity
- B.
Frequency
- C.
Aspect ratio
- D.
Frame rate
- 16.Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using digital video over analog video is that...
- A.
Digital editing is faster than analog editing
- B.
Digital editing is much more precise than analog editing
- C.
The cost of digital equipment is less than analog equipment
- D.
There is no loss of quality as copies are made/edited
- 17.In analog recording systems, devices are often daisy-chained together. This results in a loss of quality down the chain.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.In video production, the 180-degree rule is a guideline stating that...
- A.
That two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other.
- B.
A camera should never be rotated on a pivot beyond 180 degrees.
- C.
The horizon in any long shot should be leveled by the most distant object in the frame.
- D.
The aperture of a camera should never be set beyond the 180 degree marking.
- 19.In which of the following situations is only a partial script needed?
- A.
Cartoon animations
- B.
Sitcoms
- C.
News reporting
- D.
Monologues
- E.
Television interviews
- 20.For an empty room sound, what type of effect is best?
- A.
Vibrato
- B.
Phase shift
- C.
Delay
- D.
Reverberation
- 21.The television standard used in the United States is called...
- A.
NTSC
- B.
PAL
- C.
IEEE
- D.
SVHS
- 22.S-video cable carries video as two separate components, does not carry audio, and is lower quality than composite video.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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