ACOUSTICS PROBLEMS:

1. An instrument designed to measure a frequency-weighted value of the

sound pressure level.

a. Sound-level meter

b. Transducer

c. Sound pressure meter

d. Sound analyzer

2. A unit of noisiness related to the perceived noise level

a. Noy

b. Sone

c. dB

d. phone

3. An agreed set of empirical curves relating octave-band osund pressure

level to the center frequency of the octave bands

a. C-message weighting curves

b. Psophometric weighting curves

c. Noise rating curves

d. F1A weighting curves

4. The frequency of free vibration

a. Resonant frequency

b. Natural frequency

c. Center frequency

d. Normal frequency

5. The transmission of sound from one room to an adjacent room, via

common walls, floors or ceilings.

a. Flanking transmission

b. Refraction

c. Reflection

d. Reverberation

6. A measure of threshold hearing, expressed in decibels relative to a

specifoed standard of normal hearing.

a. Hearing loss

b. Sensation level

c. Hearing level

d. Sound pressure level

7. A certain machine with a slightly out-of-balance motor rotating at

1800/min is fixed on a perfectly elastic mount with a static compression of
2.50 mm. Calculate the resonant frequency of mount.

a. 10 Hz

b. 20 Hz

c. 30 Hz

d. 40 Hz

8. Calculate the lowest resonant frequency for a brick partition 120 mm

thick, 4m by 2min area with longitudinal wave velocity of 2350 m/s. (Assume
that it is supported at its edges.)

a. 10 Hz

b. 20 Hz

c. 30 Hz

d. 40 Hz

9. Velocity of sound in air.

a. 300 m/s

b. 330 m/s

c. 1130 m/s

d. 344 m/s

10. What is the expected critical frequency for a 120 mm thick brick wall?
Assume a longitudinal wave velocity in brick of 2350 m/s and that the
velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s.

a. 114.5 Hz

b. 214.5 Hz

c. 314.5 Hz

d. 414.5 Hz

11. The sound power level of a certain jet plane flying at a height of 1km is
160 dB (re10-12W). Find the maximum sound pressure level on the ground
directly below the flight path assuming that the aircraft radiates sound
equally in all directions.

a. 59.1 dB

b. 69.1 dB

c. 79.1 dB

d. 89.1 dB

12. Speaker is a device that

a. Converts sound waves into current and voltage

b. Converts current variations into sound waves

c. Converts elctrical energy to mechanical energy

d. Converts elctrical energy to electromagnetic energy

13. Which type of microphone operates on the principle that the electrical
resistance of carbon granules varies as the pressure on the granules vary?

a. Dynamic

b. Crystal

c. Carbon

d. Ribbon-type

14. Bass response is

a. Maximum high frequency response

b. Emphasizing the high audio frequency

c. Bypassing high audio frequencies

d. Bypassing low audio frequencies

15. Pure tone of sound used as standard on testing

a. 1 Hz

b. 10 Hz

c. 100 Hz

d. 1000 Hz

16. ___________ is early reflection of sound.

a. Echo

b. Reverberation

c. Pure sound

d. Intelligible sound

17. Noise reduction system used for film sound in movie.

a. Dolby

b. dBa

c. dBx

d. dBk

18. What is the sound energy per unit area at right angles to the propagation
direction per unit time?

a. Loudness

b. Coherence

c. Sound pressure

d. Sound intensity

19. ________ is the unit of loudness level of a sound.

a. Sone

b. Decibel

c. Mel

d. Phon

20. ____________ is the average rate of transmission of sound energy in a

given direction through a cross-section area of 1 sqm at right angles to the
direction.

a. Sound pressure

b. Loudness

c. Sound intensity

d. Pressure variation

21. What is the unit of pitch?

a. Sone

b. Phon

c. Decibel

d. Mel

22. A measure of the intensity of sound in comparison to another sound

intensity.

a. Phon

b. Decibel

c. Pascal

d. Watts

23. Sound wave has two main characteristics which are

a. Highness and loudness

b. Tone and loudness

c. Pitch and loudness

d. Rarefraction and compression

24. Which type of microphone operated by electromagnetic induction that

generates an output signal voltage?

a. Carbon

b. Dynamic

c. Crystal

d. Condenser

25. The exciter lamp in the optical sound part of a film projector draws 5 A at
10 V. How much power in watts is this light consuming?

a. 10 watts

b. 20 watts

c. 40 watts

d. 50 watts

26. Assume the speed of sound is 1,130 ft/s. What frequency has a
wavelength of 1 foot, 1.5 inches?

a. 500 Hz

b. 1000 Hz

c. 1500 Hz

d. 2000 Hz

27. The wire must bring 100 average watts to a 4 ohms loudspeaker must
safely carry what rms current?

a. 2 A

b. 4 A

c. 5 A

d. 6 A

28. A church has an internal volume of 90.05 ft3 (2550 m3). When it contains
customary sabine sof absorption (186 metric sabines), what will be its
reverberation time in seconds.

a. 2.0

b. 2.2

c. 2.5

d. 3.0

29. If the RMs sound pressure is 5lb/ft2, what is the sound presure level?

a. 7.6 dB

b. 108 dB

c. 88 dB

d. 10 dB

30. Speed that is faster than speed of sound.

a. Ultrasonic

b. Supersonic

c. Subsonic

d. Transonic

31. Sound waves travel faster in water at a ______ speed.

a. 12.4 miles/sec

b. 5000 ft/sec

c. 186,000 ft/sec

d. 3141 ft/sec

32. What is the sound power from a motor car whose SPL at a distance of 7.5
m is 87 dB assuming that it radiates sound unifomly?

a. 0.15 W

b. 0.21 W

c. 0.24 W

d. 0.18 W

33. Crest-to-crest distance along the direction to wave travel.

a. Compression

b. Wavelength

c. Period

d. Sound wave

34. Sound intensity level is _________.

a. 10 log I/Iref
b. 10 log P/Pref
c. 20 log I/Iref
d. 30 log P/Pref

35. Sound pressure level is _________.

a. 20 log P/ Pref
b. 30 log P/ Pref
c. 10 log P/ Pref
d. 20 log I/Iref

36. The most important specification of loudspeakers and microphones.

a. Frequency response

b. Field strength

c. Power density

d. Gain

37. Lowest fequency produced by a musical instrument.

a. Midrange

b. Harmonic

c. Reflection

d. Refraction

38. Tendency of a sound energy to spread.

a. Diffraction

b. Rarefraction

c. Reflection

d. Refraction

39. When waves bend away from straight lines of travel, it is called _________.

a. Reflection

b. Diffraction

c. Rarefraction

d. Refraction

40. Required time for any sound to decay to 60 dB

a. Echo time

b. Delay time

c. Reverberation time

d. Transient time

41. The intensity needed to produce an audible sound varies with __________.

a. Frequency

b. Noise

c. Amplitude

d. Tone

42. Sound that vibrates too high for the human ear to hear (over 20 kHz).

a. Subsonic

b. Transonic

c. Ultrasonic

d. Stereo

43. Which microphone will be damaged if exposed to high temperature

above 52C?

a. Dynamic

b. Crystal

c. Ribbon

d. Capacitor

44. A thin springy sheet of bakelite or metal that permits the voice coil in a
dynamic loudspeaker to move back and forth salong the core of its magnet.

a. Vibrator

b. Diaphragm

c. Hypex

d. Spider

45. One hundred twenty bars of pressure variation is equal to

a. 120 dB SPL

b. 57.78 dB SPL

c. 115.56 dB SPL

d. 41.58 dB SPL

46. The reverberation time of a 184.2 cubic meters broadcast studio is 0.84
sec. Find the absorption effect of the materials used in metric sabines.

a. 35.3

b. 10.96

c. 379.8

d. 109.6

47. What is the microphone characteristic that results in a boost in bass

frequencies for close microphone spacing?

a. Field effect

b. P.A. effect

c. Proximity effect

d. Reverberation

48. What is the audio frequency range?

a. 20 kHz to 20 MHz

b. 0 Hz to 20 kHz

c. 300 Hz to 400 Hz

d. 20 Hz to 20 kHz

49. What is the bass frequency range?

a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz

b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz

c. 40 kHz to 160 kHz

d. 10 Hz to 20 kHz

50. High frequency range of audio signals.

a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz

b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz

c. 10 kHz to 20 kHz

d. 20000 Hz to 30 kHz

Answer Key:
1. Sound-level meter

2. Noy
3. Noise rating curves
4. Natural frequency
5. Flanking transmission
6. Hearing level
7. 10 Hz
8. 40 Hz
9. 330 m/s
10. 214.5 Hz
11. 89.1 dB
12. Converts current variations into sound waves
13. Carbon
14. Bypassing high audio frequencies
15. 1000 Hz
16. Echo
17. Dolby
18. Sound intensity
19. Phon
20. Sound intensity
21. Mel

22. Decibel
23. Pitch and loudness
24. Dynamic
25. 50 watts
26. 1000 Hz
27. 5 A
28. 2.2
29. 7.6 dB
30. Supersonic
31. 5000 ft/sec
32. 0.18 W
33. Wavelength
34. 10 log I/Iref
35. 20 log P/ Pref
36. Frequency response
37. Reflection
38. Diffraction
39. Refraction
40. Reverberation time
41. Frequency

42. Ultrasonic
43. Crystal
44. Spider
45. 115.56 dB SPL
46. 35.3
47. Proximity effect
48. 20 Hz to 20 kHz
49. 10 Hz to 20 kHz
50. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz

51. What is the dB SPL of a voice paging in an office?

a. 90

b. 65

c. 55-60

d. 80-85

52. What is the dB SPL of an auditorium with contemporary music?

a. 80-95

b. 85-90

c. 95-100

d. 100-105

53. What is the church dB SPL with speech reinforcement only?

a. 90

b. 80-85

c. 85-90

d. 90-95

54. Intensity can also be called as

a. Volume

b. Loudness

c. Sharpness

d. Strength

55. The loudness of a sound depends upon the energy of motion imparted to
________ molecules of the medium transmitting the sound.

a. Transmitting

b. Running

c. Moving

d. Vibrating

56. _________ is affected by the distance between the listener and the source
of the sound and its intensity varies inversely with the square of its distance.

a. Volume

b. Bass

c. Treble

d. Loudness

57. If the distance between the listener and the source of the sound is
doubled, the intensity is reduced to

a.

b. 1/3

c. 2/3

d. 1/4

58. If the distance between the listener and the source of the sound is
decreased to tye original amount, the intensity of the sound would be

a. 2 times as great

b. 3 times as great

c. 4 times as great

d. 5 times as great

59. At a sensation level of 40 dB, 1000 Hz tone is

a. 1000 mels

b. 500 mels

c. 2000 mels

d. 100 mels

60. If the sound waves are converted to electrical waves by a microphone,

what is the frequency of the electric current?

a. 3 - 30 MHz

b. 25 8000 Hz

c. 4 40 Hz

d. 30 3000 Hz

61. For a music lover concert A is 440 Hz. If a musical note one octave
higher were played, it would be _______ that frequency.

a. One half

b. One-fourth

c. Double

d. Triple

62. In a 220 Hz, if a note was played one octave lower, it would be ______.

a. 22 Hz

b. 27.5 Hz

c. 440 Hz

d. 110 Hz

63. Much of music is generally referred to in

a. Harmonics

b. Good hearing

c. Fidelity

d. Octaves

64. _________ is an undesired change in wave form as the signal passes

through a device.

a. Noise

b. Vibration

c. Distortion

d. Harmonics

65. Distortion enhances intelligibly when an ________ is added.

a. Equalizer

b. Igniter

c. Exciter

d. Emulsifier

66. A class of signal processors.

a. Amplifiers

b. Equalizers

c. Microprocessors

d. Exciters

67. Half construction and internal finishes affect the final sound quality
________.

a. poorly

b. mildly

c. significantly

d. badly

68. Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall can dramatically alter its frequency
response in two distinct ways namely;

a. Gump and dump

b. Hump and notch

c. Fade and gone

d. Bad and worst

69. The acoustics of most auditoria are very ________ when the room is full
compared to the empty condition.

a. Different

b. Similar

c. Good

d. Bad

70. A _________ converts acoustical energy.

a. Electro-acoustic

b. Microphone transducer

c. Microphone

d. Electric Microphone

71. All microphone have two basic components namely, ___________.

a. Wired and body

b. Ceramic and crystal

c. Diaphragm and generating element

d. Coil and magnet

72. The kinds of generating elements are __________.

a. Expense and fidelity

b. Complexity and ruggedness

c. Longevity

d. All of these

73. When the average absorption is greater than 0.2, __________ formula is
used to compute the actual reverberation time.

a. Sabine

b. Stephen and Bate

c. Norris-Eyring

d. Notch

74. At room temperature, what is the velocity of sound in meters/seconds?

a. 348.03 cm/s

b. 980 cm/s

c. 980 m/s

d. 341.8 m/s

75. Calculate the velocity of sound in ft./sec. if the temperature is 1490C?

a. 1530.03 ft/sec

b. 1320 ft/sec

c. 1357.03 ft/sec

d. 1920.345 ft/sec

76. The wavelength of a sound of 20 kHz frequency is

a. 16.5 m

b. 16.5 cm

c. 16.5 mm

d. 16.5 um

77. The radio of frequencies is termed

a. Octave

b. Interval

c. Harmonics

d. Masking

78. What is the increase in sound pressure level in dB, if the pressure is
doubled?

a. 2 dB

b. 3 dB

c. 6 dB

d. 4 dB

79. A term which is subjected but dependent mainly on frequency and also
affected by intensity,

a. Timbre

b. Quality

c. Frequency

d. Pitch

80. An effect that occurs in the ear where a louder sound can reduce or even
stop the nerve voltage generated by a weaker sound.

a. Piezoelectric effect

b. Skin effect

c. Lasing

d. Masking

81. For computation of ideal reverberation time, which formula is applicable?

a. Sabine

b. Stephen and Bate

c. Norris-Eyring

d. Notch

82. The __________ of the sound is a subjective effect which is a function of

the ear and brain.

a. Pitch

b. Frequency

c. Timbre

d. Loudness

83. Define as the time taken from the intensity of sound energy in the room
to drop to one millionth of its initial value.

a. Reverberation time

b. Transit time

c. Decaying time

d. Response time

84. __________ is the sound energy per unit area at right angles of the
propagation direction, per unit time.

a. Loudness

b. Coherence

c. Sound stress

d. Sound intensity

85. One octave above 600 Hz is

a. 601 Hz

b. 800 Hz

c. 1400 Hz

d. 1200 Hz

86. A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity level of 90 dB at 10 m

away. At this distance, what is the sound power in watt?

a. 0.63

b. 1.26

c. 0.315

d. 0.56 x 10-6

87. The unit of loudness level

a. Sone

b. dB

c. Mel

d. Phon

88. Consist of a rapid succession of noticeable echoes.

a. Rarefaction

b. Refraction

c. Reflection

d. Flutter echo

89. Laid the foundations of acoustic theory of buildings.

a. Charles H. Townes

b. W.C Sabine

c. A. Javin

d. Stephen and Bate

90. An aural sensation by pressure variations in the air which are always
produced by some source of vibrations.

a. Music

b. Sound

c. Disturbance

d. Speech

91. Considered to be the threshold of hearing.

a. 10-12 W/cm2
b. 10-16 W/m2
c. 10-13 W/m2
d. 10-12 W/m2

92. The average absorption for a person is

a. 5.7 units

b. 4.7 units

c. 6.7 units

d. 3.7 units

93. The number of vibration or pressure fluctuations per seconds.

a. Frequency

b. Timbre

c. Quality

d. Pitch

94. Defined as the average rate of transmission of sound energy in a given

direction through a cross-sectional area of 1 m2 at right angles to the
direction.

a. Sound pressure

b. Loudness

c. Sound intensity

d. Pressure variation

95. What is the sound pressure level (SPL) of a sound having a RMS pressure
of 200 N/m2?

a. 150 dB

b. 140 dB

c. 170 dB

d. 160 dB

96. The minimum sound intensity that can be heard is termed

a. Threshold of feeling

b. Threshold of pain

c. Threshold of sensation

d. Threshold of hearing

97. What is the intensity of the sound whose RMS pressure is 200 N/m2?
a. 96.9 W/m2
b. 97.9 W/m2
c. 95.9 W/m2
d. 94.9 W/m2
98. The unit of pitch.

a. sone

b. pitch

c. dB

d. Mel

99. What is the increase in sound pressure level in dB, if the intensity is
doubled?

a. 2 dB

b. 3 dB

c. 4 dB

d. 6 dB

100. The velocity of sound is considered to be constant at ________ for the

purpose of acoustics.

a. 300 m/s

b. 330 mm/s

c. 330 m/s

d. 330 cm/s

Answer Key:
51. 65
52. 95-100
53. 80-85
54. Loudness
55. Vibrating
56. Loudness
57. 1/4
58. 4 times as great
59. 1000 mels
60. 25 8000 Hz
61. Double
62. 110 Hz
63. Octaves
64. Distortion
65. Exciter

66. Exciters
67. significantly
68. Hump and notch
69. Different
70. Microphone transducer
71. Diaphragm and generating element
72. All of these
73. Norris-Eyring
74. 341.8 m/s
75. 1357.03 ft/sec
76. 16.5 mm
77. Interval
78. 6 dB
79. Pitch
80. Masking
81. Stephen and Bate
82. Loudness
83. Reverberation time
84. Sound intensity
85. 1200 Hz

86. 0.63
87. Phon
88. Flutter echo
89. W.C Sabine
90. Sound
91. 10-12 W/m2
92. 4.7 units
93. Frequency
94. Sound intensity
95. 140 dB
96. Threshold of hearing
97. 97.9 W/m2
98. Mel
99. 3 dB
100. 300 m/s
Questions 101-150
101. What do you call the speed of sound in the study of acoustics?

a. Rhythm

b. Tempo

c. Pitch

d. Frequency

102. The term that describes the highness or lowness of a sound in the study
of acoustics is called a

a. Tempo

b. Pitch

c. Volume

d. Bass

103. The method of measuring absorption coefficient of sound which

considers all angles of incidence is called

a. Distance method

b. Bounce back to back method

c. Impedance method

d. Reverberation chamber method

104. The tendency of a sound energy to spread

a. Rarefaction

b. Reflection

c. Refraction

d. Diffraction

105. _____ is the advantage rate of transmission of sound energy in a given

direction through a cross-sectional area of 1 sq m at right angles to the
direction of propagation.

a. Sound pressure

b. Sound intensity

c. Pressure variation

d. Loudness

106. The unit of pitch

a. Decibel

b. Phon

c. mel

d. Sone

107. a large speaker having a large diameter(15 cm and above)

a. coaxial speaker

b. woofer

c. tweeter

d. triaxial speaker

108. A method of expressing the amplitude of a complex non-periodic signal

such as speech

a. Frequency

b. Wavelength

c. Volume

d. Pitch

109. The lowest frequency produced by an instrument

a. Harmonic

b. Fundamental

c. Midrange

d. 0 Hz

110. Sound intensity is given as

a. df/dp

b. dE/dP

c. dA/dP

d. dP/dA

111. Which of the following is considered the most commonly used

measurable components of sound?

a. its temperature

b. particle displacement

c. softness

d. source

112. _____ is the transmission of sound from one room to an adjacent room
thru common walls, floors, or ceilings.

a. Reverberation

b. Refraction

c. Flanking transmission

d. Reflection

113. The midrange frequency range of sound is from

a. 256 to 2048 Hz

b. 2048 to 4096 Hz

c. 512 to 2048 Hz

d. 16 to 64 Hz

114. Designates the sensation of low or high in the sense of the bass and
treble

a. Frequency

b. Intensity

c. Pitch

d. SPL

115. Speaker is a device that

a. Converts current variations into sound waves

b. None of these

c. Converts electrical energy to mechanical energy

d. Converts sound waves into current and voltage

116. One-hundred twenty microbars of pressure variation is equal to

a. 120 dBSPL

b. 115.56 dBSPL

c. 41.58 dBSPL

d. 57.78 dBSPL

117. An instrument for recording waveforms of audio frequency

a. Oscilloscope

b. Phonoscope

c. Radioscope

d. Audioscope

118. In the study of acoustics, the velocity of sound is dependent to one of

the following

a. Temperature

b. Loudness

c. Source of sound

d. Properties of the medium

119. How much bigger in storage capacity has digital video disk (DVD) have
over the conventional compact disk (CD)?

a. Around triple

b. Around 15 times

c. Around twice

d. Around 5 times

120. A sound intensity that could cause painful sensation in a human ear

a. Threshold of sense

b. Threshold of pain

c. Hearing threshold

d. Sensation intensity

121. A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity of 90 dB at 10 ft away.

At this distance, what is the sound power in watt?

a. 12 W

b. 0.12 W

c. 0.012 W

d. 1.2 W

122. Noise reduction system for film sound in movie

a. Dolby

b. dBx

c. dBa

d. dBk

123. Which type of microphone operates on the principle that the electrical
resistance of carbon granules varies as the pressure on the granules vary?

a. Dynamic

b. Crystal

c. Carbon

d. Ribbon-type

124. A unit of noisiness related to the perceived noise level

a. Noy

b. Sone

c. dB

d. Mel

125. Required time for and sound to decay to 60 dB

a. Echo time

b. Delay time

c. Reverberation time

d. Transient time

126. If the distance between the listener and the source of the sound is
doubled, the intensity is reduced to

a. 1/2

b. 1/3

c. 2/3

d. 1/4

127. Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall can dramatically alter its

frequency response in two distinct ways namely

a. Gump and dump

b. Hump and notch

c. Fade and gone

d. Bad and worst

128. An effect that occurs in the ear where a louder sound can reduce or
even stop the nerve voltage generated by a weaker sound

a. Piezoelectric effect

b. Doppler effect

c. Haas effect

d. Masking

129. When the average absorption is greater than 0.2, ____ formula is used
to compute the actual reverberation time.

a. Sabine

b. Stephen and bate

c. Norris-Eyring

d. Notch

130. The minimum sound intensity that can be heard

a. Threshold of feeling

b. Threshold of pain

c. Threshold of sensation

d. Threshold of hearing

131. The ____ of a sound is a subjective effect which is a function of the ear
and brain.

a. Pitch

b. Frequency

c. Timbre

d. Loudness

132. A term which is subjective but independent mainly on frequency and

also affected by intensity

a. Pitch

b. Frequency

c. Timbre

d. Loudness

133. A sound 0f 18 kHz frequency has a wavelength of

a. 18.3 mm

b. 183mm

c. 250 mels

d. 1.86 mels

134. At a sensation level of 40 dB 1000 Hz tone is

a. 1000 mels

b. 10000 mels

c. 250 mels

d. 800 mels

135. What is the velocity of sound in dry air for a temperature change of 45
degrees Celsius?

a. 249.19 m/s

b. 331.45 m/s

c. 357.73 m/s

d. 358.77 m/s

136. What us the resonant frequency of a Helmholtz resonator whose volume

is 2.5 cu m with neck radius of 8 cm?

a. 13 Hz

b. 11 Hz

c. 15 Hz

d. 14 Hz

137. 40 phons is equivalent to how many sones?

a. 0 sone

b. 1 sone

c. 0.5 sone

d. 16 sones

138. 80 phons + 80 phons =

a. 83 phons

b. 160 phons

c. 90 phons

d. 86 phons

139. An early reflection of sound

a. Echo

b. Reverberation

c. Pure sound

d. Jitter

140. An instrument designed to measure a frequency weighted value of the

sound pressure level

a. Sound level meter

b. Transducer

c. Sound pressure meter

d. Sound analyzer

141. The term used for the deafness of higher frequencies due to old age

a. Ear deafness

b. Cortial deafness

c. Tinnitus

d. Presbycusis

142. What is the dBSPL of an auditorium with contemporary music?

a. 95-100 dB

b. 40-50 dB

c. 50-60 dB

d. 70-80 dB

143. What principle is used by a carbon type micro phone?

a. Variable capacitance

b. Variable resistance

c. Variable inductance

d. Piezoelectric effect

144. Pressure is measured in term of Pascal, microbar or

a. Newtons

b. Newtons per meter

c. Newtons per meter squared

d. Pascal per meter squared

145. How much power can a human voice possible produce

a. 100 milliwatts

b. 1 watt

c. 10 watts

d. 1 milliwatt

146. What is the increase in sound pressure level if the pressure is doubled?

a. Increase by 6 dB

b. Increase by 3 dB

c. Decrease by 6 dB

d. Decrease by 3 dB

147. The frequency limits of audio frequency is

a. 300- 3000 Hz

b. 20 Hz -20 kHz

c. 3 3 kHz

d. 40 -40 kHz

148. A device that converts sound pressure into electrical energy

a. Microphone

b. Headphone

c. Headset

d. Speaker

149. An agreed set of empirical curves relating octave-band sound pressure

level to the center frequency of the octave bands

a. C-message weighting curve

b. Psophometric curve

c. Noise rating curve

d. F1A weighting curves

150. Pure tone of sound used as standard on testing

a. 1 kHz

b. 300-3400 Hz

c. 100 Hz

d. 800 Hz

Answer Key:
101. Tempo
102. Pitch
103. Reverberation chamber method
104. Diffraction
105. Sound intensity
106. mel
107. woofer
108. Volume

109. Fundamental
110. dP/dA
111. particle displacement
112. Flanking transmission
113. 512 to 2048 Hz
14. Pitch
115. Converts current variations into sound waves
116. 115.56 dBSPL
117. Phonoscope
118. Properties of the medium
119. Around 15 times
120. Threshold of pain
121. 0.12 W
122. Dolby
123. Carbon
124. Noy
125. Reverberation time
126. 1/4
127. Hump and notch
128. Masking

129. Norris-Eyring
130. Threshold of hearing
131. Loudness
132. Pitch
133. 18.3 mm
134. 1000 mels
135. 357.73 m/s
136. 13 Hz
137. 1 sone
138. 90 phons
139. Echo
140. Sound level meter
141. Presbycusis
142. 95-100 dB
143. Variable resistance
144. Newtons per meter squared
145. 1 milliwatt
146. Increase by 6 dB
147. 20 Hz -20 kHz
148. Microphone

149. Noise rating curve

150. 1 kHz