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| What does P.A. stand for? |
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| What system is the audience hearing? |
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| The monitor system is made up of one large system or several smaller ones? |
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| What device placed near the stage will divide the signal source and send it to two or more locations? |
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| In order to have a fully operational splitter system, what components are necessary? |
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| Splitter, Fanouts, Snake(s) |
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| How is signal preferably returned to the splitter from the front of house? |
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| What is the preferred color of return lines? |
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| What is the primary function of return lines? |
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| T or F. In order to interface the monitor console and processing, a monitor snake MUST be utilized. |
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| False; because of the location, a longer fanout may be used |
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| T or F. Return lines are typically not utilized for a monitor console-to-monitor amplifier interface. |
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| T or F. The speakers for the FOH system are known as near-field monitors. |
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| T or F. A subsnake is required to have a complete splitter system. |
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| T or F. A subsnake could be utilized as a main snake for a small, on-console type system. |
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| Which engineer is responsible for the artist's mix? |
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| Who will oversee the setup, tear-down, and maintenance of the system? |
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| Which piece of equipment would not be found in the FOH area? |
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| T or F. It is preferred by many to have the drive rack and effects rack separated. |
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Which of these is a large format live console?
Soundcraft K2
Midas XL4
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| What is the correct signal flow for a drive rack? |
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| T or F. Time-based processors will be patched into inserts. |
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| Dynamics-based processors will be patched into...? |
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| What is the best mix position? |
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| Somewhere in the middle of the floor |
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| On average, about how much time is an engineer allotted to get an artist ready to play? |
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| What make and model is our house console? |
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| How many aux sends does our house console have? |
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| How many sub groups does our house console have? |
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| How many matrix outputs does our house console have? |
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| What is the primary purpose for the matrix? |
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| Send audio to an additional sound system |
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| T or F. The Monitor Engineer has creative control over how each artist's mix will sound. |
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| Using which control will allow any house console to be used as a monitor console? |
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| Some house consoles are able to send the _____ to the _____ by pushing a 'swap' button. |
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| Aux Sends to Subgroup Faders |
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| The Sends on a monitor console are typically called... |
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| The Pre/post button(s) are used for... |
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| T or F. The primary purpose for a Mix EQ is feedback reduction/elimination. |
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| The Mix EQ's are wired where? |
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| T or F. Monitor systems always have Drive Racks. |
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| On average, how many amplifiers are in a monitor amp rack? |
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| On average, what is the maximum amount of amps found in a monitor amp rack? |
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| T or F. Floor wedges cover a wide area so that an artist can move around and still hear the mix. |
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| The speakers on the side of the stage point in are called... |
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| T or F. The Stereo Buss was designed to manage the Sidefills. |
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| T or F. Regular Mix Sends can also be utilized to manage the Sidefills. |
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| The mix for the engineer is called the... |
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| T or F. The Cue System is one of the engineer's most valuable tools. |
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| On the Mix Outputs, the Cue System is a Pre-fader or After-fader listen? |
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| The Cue System send is pre or post the outboard EQ? |
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| The Cue System send is pre or post the Mix Master Faders? |
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| If a monitor console has a Matrix section, its primary use is for... |
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| Sending one mix to another (ego ramps and extra temp mixes) |
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| In-ear monitors remove what problem(s) from the monitor system |
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| Feedback, Stage volume, and "Roaming" problems |
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| When building mixes and presented with multiple requests from one artists, one should... |
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| Put all instruments in the mix and fine tune later |
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| When setting up vocal mics, the best technique is... |
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| To emulate the singer's manners and techniques as much as possible |
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| T or F. A Transducer converts one type of energy to another |
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| What does an output transducer do? |
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| Converts electrical energy to acoustic energy |
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| List the five major types of output transducers |
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| Piezoelectric, electromechanical, electrostatic, ribbon, electromagnetic |
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| Of all the transducer types, which is the most common? |
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| On a cone type driver, s the Magnet Assembly considered replaceable? |
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| Name the part of the speaker assembly that connects the Cone to the Basket on the outside. |
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| Which two components of the speaker assembly are responsible for the movement of the assembly? |
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| A Cone Driver is one type of E.M. speaker. Name the other type |
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| What is the replaceable part in a compression driver? |
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| T or F. A Horn is also known as a Wave-guide. |
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| If a Horn dispersion pattern reads 90 x 60, what do these numbers indicate? |
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| 90 degrees horizontal by 60 degrees vertical |
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Of the dispersion patterns listed below, which one will "throw" sound the furthest?
90 x 90
40 x 20
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| Over-excursion can be described as? |
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| Moving the assembly too far forward and back |
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| T or F. Over-excursion can or will physically damage the assembly. |
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| Can underpowering a loudspeaker damage it? if so, how? |
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| Yes, It creates square waves leading to overheating |
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| T or F. Square waves damage speakers |
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| Of all the speaker power ratings published, which is the most relevant? |
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| T or F. The process to repair a speaker is called re-coning. |
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| Typically for a PA loudspeaker, can just anyone perform the above process and/or purchase the factory-approved components? |
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| The three ways of wiring multiple loudspeakers |
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| Parallel, Series, Series/Parallel |
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| Which method will lower the ohm rating? |
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| Two 8 ohm speakers in parallel will yield ____ ohm value |
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| Which speaker wiring method will increase the overall ohm rating? |
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| Two 8-ohm speakers in series yields a ___ ohm value |
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| Four 16 ohm speakers wired in series parallel will yield a ____ ohm value |
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| T or F. Distortion can be defined as the output being exactly the same as the input. |
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| The first amplifiers were used for... |
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| What class of amplifier is said to be the most accurate or best-sounding? |
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| What class of amplifier is the most energy-efficient? |
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| T or F. Class D infers digital. |
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| What sets apart Class D and Class I from the rest? |
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| They are "switching" amplifiers |
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| What classes use multiple power supplies? |
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| Most full-range amplifiers are usually... |
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| A subwoofer amp (especially in car audio) might be... |
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| Which indicator light lets the user know tat the amplifier is on? |
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| The signal indicator light on most amplifiers indicates input |
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| T or F. Lights with levels displayed next to them indicate input levels as well. |
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| A clip light steadily lit for any length of time could... |
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| Damage both speakers and amplifiers |
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| If the protect light has come on then... |
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| The amplifier has shut down |
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| If the protect light has come on, then... |
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| The amplifier has shut down |
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| An amplifier will go into protect mode because... |
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| Overheating, overdriven, electrical short |
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| The outputs on a professional amplifier are typically |
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| T or F. Speakon connectors are also available on some amplifiers |
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| An amplifier running 2 in/2 out is said to be in the ____ mode |
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| An amplifier operating as 1 in/2 out is in the ______ mode |
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| When a two-channel amplifier has been converted to a one-channel amplifier (1 in/1 out) it is in the _____ mode |
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| When performing bridged mode, what outputs of the PA amplifier must be used? |
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| The two positive (+) outputs |
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| The ohms rating at which an amplifier operates is determined by... |
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| The nominal impedance (load) of the speaker/s |
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| If a speaker load is cut in half, does an amplifiers power output always double? |
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| It depends on the amplifier |
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| T or F. If an amplifier does not have a 2-ohm rating, it is okay to run it at 2 ohms |
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| T or F. If an amplifier does not have a 16-ohm rating, it is okay to run it at 16 ohms |
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| Which amplifier power rating is the most accurate? |
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| For amplifiers being used in limited-bandwidth (frequency range) applications, what spec is acceptable for use? |
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| T or F. Speakers will be matched to amplifiers. |
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| T or F. It is harmful to operate one channel of a professional amp at 8 ohms and the other at 4 ohms |
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| Most PA speakers should be given... |
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| Somewhere between their program and peak ratings |
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| What component can handle up to 200 percent overpowering? |
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| T or F. The speaker wiring of a group of speakers will affect the power requirements for that group. |
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| T or F. The speaker wiring of a group of speakers will affect the power output of an amplifier. |
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