Acoustics

7. A certain machine with a slightly out-of-

1. An instrument designed to measure a balance motor rotating at 1800/min is fixed
frequency-weighted value of the sound on a perfectly elastic mount with a static
pressure level. compression of 2.50 mm. Calculate the
resonant frequency of mount.
a. Sound-level meter
b. Transducer a. 10 Hz
c. Sound pressure meter b. 20 Hz
d. Sound analyzer c. 30 Hz
d. 40 Hz
2. A unit of noisiness related to the
perceived noise level 8. Calculate the lowest resonant frequency
for a brick partition 120 mm thick, 4m by
a. Noy 2min area with longitudinal wave velocity of
b. Sone 2350 m/s. (Assume that it is supported at its
c. dB edges.)
d. phone
a. 10 Hz
3. An agreed set of empirical curves relating b. 20 Hz
octave-band osund pressure level to the c. 30 Hz
center frequency of the octave bands d. 40 Hz

a. C-message weighting curves 9. Velocity of sound in air.

b. Psophometric weighting curves
c. Noise rating curves a. 300 m/s
d. F1A weighting curves b. 330 m/s
c. 1130 m/s
4. The frequency of free vibration d. 344 m/s

a. Resonant frequency 10. What is the expected critical frequency

b. Natural frequency for a 120 mm thick brick wall? Assume a
c. Center frequency longitudinal wave velocity in brick of 2350
d. Normal frequency m/s and that the velocity of sound in air is
330 m/s.
5. The transmission of sound from one room
to an adjacent room, via common walls, a. 114.5 Hz
floors or ceilings. b. 214.5 Hz
c. 314.5 Hz
a. Flanking transmission d. 414.5 Hz
b. Refraction
c. Reflection 11. The sound power level of a certain jet
d. Reverberation plane flying at a height of 1km is 160 dB
(re10-12W). Find the maximum sound
6. A measure of threshold hearing, pressure level on the ground directly below
expressed in decibels relative to a specifoed the flight path assuming that the aircraft
standard of normal hearing. radiates sound equally in all directions.

a. Hearing loss a. 59.1 dB

b. Sensation level b. 69.1 dB
c. Hearing level c. 79.1 dB
d. Sound pressure level d. 89.1 dB
12. Speaker is a device that 18. What is the sound energy per unit area
at right angles to the propagation direction
a. Converts sound waves into per unit time?
current and voltage
b. Converts current variations into a. Loudness
sound waves b. Coherence
c. Converts elctrical energy to c. Sound pressure
mechanical energy d. Sound intensity
d. Converts elctrical energy to
electromagnetic energy 19. ________ is the unit of loudness level of
a sound.
13. Which type of microphone operates on
the principle that the electrical resistance of a. Sone
carbon granules varies as the pressure on b. Decibel
the granules vary? c. Mel
d. Phon
a. Dynamic
b. Crystal 20. ____________ is the average rate of
c. Carbon transmission of sound energy in a given
d. Ribbon-type direction through a cross-section area of 1
sqm at right angles to the direction.
14. Bass response is
a. Sound pressure
a. Maximum high frequency b. Loudness
response c. Sound intensity
b. Emphasizing the high audio d. Pressure variation
frequency
c. Bypassing high audio frequencies 21. What is the unit of pitch?
d. Bypassing low audio frequencies
a. Sone
15. Pure tone of sound used as standard on b. Phon
testing c. Decibel
d. Mel
a. 1 Hz
b. 10 Hz 22. A measure of the intensity of sound in
c. 100 Hz comparison to another sound intensity.
d. 1000 Hz
a. Phon
16. ___________ is early reflection of b. Decibel
sound. c. Pascal
d. Watts
a. Echo
b. Reverberation 23. Sound wave has two main
c. Pure sound characteristics which are
d. Intelligible sound
a. Highness and loudness
17. Noise reduction system used for film b. Tone and loudness
sound in movie. c. Pitch and loudness
d. Rarefraction and compression
a. Dolby
b. dBa
c. dBx
d. dBk
24. Which type of microphone operated by c. 88 dB
electromagnetic induction that generates an d. 10 dB
output signal voltage?
30. Speed that is faster than speed of
a. Carbon sound.
b. Dynamic
c. Crystal a. Ultrasonic
d. Condenser b. Supersonic
c. Subsonic
25. The exciter lamp in the optical sound d. Transonic
part of a film projector draws 5 A at 10 V.
How much power in watts is this light 31. Sound waves travel faster in water at a
consuming? ______ speed.

a. 10 watts a. 12.4 miles/sec

b. 20 watts b. 5000 ft/sec
c. 40 watts c. 186,000 ft/sec
d. 50 watts d. 3141 ft/sec

26. Assume the speed of sound is 1,130 32. What is the sound power from a motor
ft/s. What frequency has a wavelength of 1 car whose SPL at a distance of 7.5 m is 87
foot, 1.5 inches? dB assuming that it radiates sound
unifomly?
a. 500 Hz
b. 1000 Hz a. 0.15 W
c. 1500 Hz b. 0.21 W
d. 2000 Hz c. 0.24 W
d. 0.18 W
27. The wire must bring 100 average watts
to a 4 ohms loudspeaker must safely carry 33. Crest-to-crest distance along the
what rms current? direction to wave travel.

a. 2 A a. Compression
b. 4 A b. Wavelength
c. 5 A c. Period
d. 6 A d. Sound wave

28. A church has an internal volume of 34. Sound intensity level is _________.
90.05 ft3 (2550 m3). When it contains
customary sabine sof absorption (186 a. 10 log I/Iref
metric sabines), what will be its b. 10 log P/Pref
reverberation time in seconds. c. 20 log I/Iref
d. 30 log P/Pref
a. 2.0
b. 2.2 35. Sound pressure level is _________.
c. 2.5
d. 3.0 a. 20 log P/ Pref
b. 30 log P/ Pref
29. If the RMs sound pressure is 5lb/ft2, c. 10 log P/ Pref
what is the sound presure level? d. 20 log I/Iref

a. 7.6 dB 36. The most important specification of

b. 108 dB loudspeakers and microphones.
 a. Frequency response 43. Which microphone will be damaged if
b. Field strength exposed to high temperature above 52C?
c. Power density
d. Gain a. Dynamic
b. Crystal
37. Lowest fequency produced by a musical c. Ribbon
instrument. d. Capacitor

a. Midrange 44. A thin springy sheet of bakelite or metal

b. Harmonic that permits the voice coil in a dynamic
c. Reflection loudspeaker to move back and forth salong
d. Refraction the core of its magnet.

38. Tendency of a sound energy to spread. a. Vibrator

b. Diaphragm
a. Diffraction c. Hypex
b. Rarefraction d. Spider
c. Reflection
d. Refraction 45. One hundred twenty bars of pressure
variation is equal to
39. When waves bend away from straight
lines of travel, it is called _________. a. 120 dB SPL
b. 57.78 dB SPL
a. Reflection c. 115.56 dB SPL
b. Diffraction d. 41.58 dB SPL
c. Rarefraction
d. Refraction 46. The reverberation time of a 184.2 cubic
meters broadcast studio is 0.84 sec. Find
40. Required time for any sound to decay to the absorption effect of the materials used
60 dB. in metric sabines.

a. Echo time a. 35.3

b. Delay time b. 10.96
c. Reverberation time c. 379.8
d. Transient time d. 109.6

41. The intensity needed to produce an 47. What is the microphone characteristic
audible sound varies with __________. that results in a boost in bass frequencies
for close microphone spacing?
a. Frequency
b. Noise a. Field effect
c. Amplitude b. P.A. effect
d. Tone c. Proximity effect
d. Reverberation
42. Sound that vibrates too high for the
human ear to hear (over 20 kHz). 48. What is the audio frequency range?

a. Subsonic a. 20 kHz to 20 MHz

b. Transonic b. 0 Hz to 20 kHz
c. Ultrasonic c. 300 Hz to 400 Hz
d. Stereo d. 20 Hz to 20 kHz

49. What is the bass frequency range?

 a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz 56. _________ is affected by the distance
b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz between the listener and the source of the
c. 40 kHz to 160 kHz sound and its intensity varies inversely with
d. 10 Hz to 20 kHz the square of its distance.

50. High frequency range of audio signals. a. Volume

b. Bass
a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz c. Treble
b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz d. Loudness
c. 10 kHz to 20 kHz
d. 20000 Hz to 30 kHz 57. If the distance between the listener and
the source of the sound is doubled, the
51. What is the dB SPL of a voice paging in intensity is reduced to
an office?
a.
a. 90 b. 1/3
b. 65 c. 2/3
c. 55-60 d. 1/4
d. 80-85
58. If the distance between the listener and
52. What is the dB SPL of an auditorium the source of the sound is decreased to
with contemporary music? tye original amount, the intensity of the
sound would be
a. 80-95
b. 85-90 a. 2 times as great
c. 95-100 b. 3 times as great
d. 100-105 c. 4 times as great
d. 5 times as great
53. What is the church dB SPL with speech
reinforcement only? 59. At a sensation level of 40 dB, 1000 Hz
tone is
a. 90
b. 80-85 a. 1000 mels
c. 85-90 b. 500 mels
d. 90-95 c. 2000 mels
d. 100 mels
54. Intensity can also be called as
60. If the sound waves are converted to
a. Volume electrical waves by a microphone, what is
b. Loudness the frequency of the electric current?
c. Sharpness
d. Strength a. 3 - 30 MHz
b. 25 8000 Hz
55. The loudness of a sound depends upon c. 4 40 Hz
the energy of motion imparted to ________ d. 30 3000 Hz
molecules of the medium transmitting the
sound. 61. For a music lover concert A is 440 Hz.
If a musical note one octave higher were
a. Transmitting played, it would be _______ that frequency.
b. Running
c. Moving a. One half
d. Vibrating b. One-fourth
c. Double
 d. Triple a. Gump and dump
b. Hump and notch
62. In a 220 Hz, if a note was played one c. Fade and gone
octave lower, it would be ______. d. Bad and worst

a. 22 Hz 69. The acoustics of most auditoria are very

b. 27.5 Hz ________ when the room is full compared
c. 440 Hz to the empty condition.
d. 110 Hz
a. Different
63. Much of music is generally referred to in b. Similar
c. Good
a. Harmonics d. Bad
b. Good hearing
c. Fidelity 70. A _________ converts acoustical
d. Octaves energy.

64. _________ is an undesired change in a. Electro-acoustic

wave form as the signal passes through a b. Microphone transducer
device. c. Microphone
d. Electric Microphone
a. Noise
b. Vibration 71. All microphone have two basic
c. Distortion components namely, ___________.
d. Harmonics
a. Wired and body
65. Distortion enhances intelligibly when an b. Ceramic and crystal
________ is added. c. Diaphragm and generating
element
a. Equalizer d. Coil and magnet
b. Igniter
c. Exciter 72. The kinds of generating elements are
d. Emulsifier __________.

66. A class of signal processors. a. Expense and fidelity

b. Complexity and ruggedness
a. Amplifiers c. Longevity
b. Equalizers d. All of these
c. Microprocessors
d. Exciters 73. When the average absorption is greater
than 0.2, __________ formula is used to
67. Half construction and internal finishes compute the actual reverberation time.
affect the final sound quality ________.
a. Sabine
a. poorly b. Stephen and Bate
b. mildly c. Norris-Eyring
c. significantly d. Notch
d. badly
74. At room temperature, what is the
68. Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall velocity of sound in meters/seconds?
can dramatically alter its frequency
response in two distinct ways namely; a. 348.03 cm/s
b. 980 cm/s
 c. 980 m/s 81. For computation of ideal reverberation
d. 341.8 m/s time, which formula is applicable?

75. Calculate the velocity of sound in ft./sec. a. Sabine

if the temperature is 1490C? b. Stephen and Bate
c. Norris-Eyring
a. 1530.03 ft/sec d. Notch
b. 1320 ft/sec
c. 1357.03 ft/sec 82. The __________ of the sound is a
d. 1920.345 ft/sec subjective effect which is a function of the
ear and brain.
76. The wavelength of a sound of 20 kHz
frequency is a. Pitch
b. Frequency
a. 16.5 m c. Timbre
b. 16.5 cm d. Loudness
c. 16.5 mm
d. 16.5 um 83. Define as the time taken from the
intensity of sound energy in the room to
77. The radio of frequencies is termed drop to one millionth of its initial value.

a. Octave a. Reverberation time

b. Interval b. Transit time
c. Harmonics c. Decaying time
d. Masking d. Response time

78. What is the increase in sound pressure 84. __________ is the sound energy per
level in dB, if the pressure is doubled? unit area at right angles of the propagation
direction, per unit time.
a. 2 dB
b. 3 dB a. Loudness
c. 6 dB b. Coherence
d. 4 dB c. Sound stress
d. Sound intensity
79. A term which is subjected but
dependent mainly on frequency and also 85. One octave above 600 Hz is
affected by intensity,
a. 601 Hz
a. Timbre b. 800 Hz
b. Quality c. 1400 Hz
c. Frequency d. 1200 Hz
d. Pitch
86. A car horn outdoors produces a sound
80. An effect that occurs in the ear where a intensity level of 90 dB at 10 m away. At this
louder sound can reduce or even stop the distance, what is the sound power in watt?
nerve voltage generated by a weaker
sound. a. 0.63
b. 1.26
a. Piezoelectric effect c. 0.315
b. Skin effect d. 0.56 x 10-6
c. Lasing
d. Masking 87. The unit of loudness level
 a. Sone 94. Defined as the average rate of
b. dB transmission of sound energy in a given
c. Mel direction through a cross-sectional area of 1
d. Phon m2 at right angles to the direction.

88. Consist of a rapid succession of a. Sound pressure

noticeable echoes. b. Loudness
c. Sound intensity
a. Rarefaction d. Pressure variation
b. Refraction
c. Reflection 95. What is the sound pressure level (SPL)
d. Flutter echo of a sound having a RMS pressure of 200
N/m2?
89. Laid the foundations of acoustic theory
of buildings. a. 150 dB
b. 140 dB
a. Charles H. Townes c. 170 dB
b. W.C Sabine d. 160 dB
c. A. Javin
d. Stephen and Bate 96. The minimum sound intensity that can
be heard is termed
90. An aural sensation by pressure
variations in the air which are always a. Threshold of feeling
produced by some source of vibrations. b. Threshold of pain
c. Threshold of sensation
a. Music d. Threshold of hearing
b. Sound
c. Disturbance 97. What is the intensity of the sound whose
d. Speech RMS pressure is 200 N/m2?

91. Considered to be the threshold of a. 96.9 W/m2

hearing. b. 97.9 W/m2
c. 95.9 W/m2
a. 10-12 W/cm2 d. 94.9 W/m2
b. 10-16 W/m2
c. 10-13 W/m2 98. The unit of pitch.
d. 10-12 W/m2
a. sone
92. The average absorption for a person is b. pitch
c. dB
a. 5.7 units d. Mel
b. 4.7 units
c. 6.7 units 99. What is the increase in sound pressure
d. 3.7 units level in dB, if the intensity is doubled?

93. The number of vibration or pressure a. 2 dB

fluctuations per seconds. b. 3 dB
c. 4 dB
a. Frequency d. 6 dB
b. Timbre
c. Quality 100. The velocity of sound is considered to
d. Pitch be constant at ________ for the purpose of
acoustics.
 a. 300 m/s b. Phon
b. 330 mm/s c. mel
c. 330 m/s d. Sone
d. 330 cm/s
107. a large speaker having a large
101. What do you call the speed of sound in diameter(15 cm and above)
the study of acoustics?
a. coaxial speaker
a. Rhythm b. woofer
b. Tempo c. tweeter
c. Pitch d. triaxial speaker
d. Frequency
108. A method of expressing the amplitude
102. The term that describes the highness of a complex non-periodic signal such as
or lowness of a sound in the study of speech
acoustics is called a
a. Frequency
a. Tempo b. Wavelength
b. Pitch c. Volume
c. Volume d. Pitch
d. Bass
109. The lowest frequency produced by an
103. The method of measuring absorption instrument
coefficient of sound which considers all
angles of incidence is called a. Harmonic
b. Fundamental
a. Distance method c. Midrange
b. Bounce back to back method d. 0 Hz
c. Impedance method
d. Reverberation chamber method 110. Sound intensity is given as

104. The tendency of a sound energy to a. df/dp

spread b. dE/dP
c. dA/dP
a. Rarefaction d. dP/dA
b. Reflection
c. Refraction 111. Which of the following is considered
d. Diffraction the most commonly used measurable
components of sound?
105. _____ is the advantage rate of
transmission of sound energy in a given a. its temperature
direction through a cross-sectional area of 1 b. particle displacement
sq m at right angles to the direction of c. softness
propagation. d. source

a. Sound pressure 112. _____ is the transmission of sound

b. Sound intensity from one room to an adjacent room thru
c. Pressure variation common walls, floors, or ceilings.
d. Loudness
a. Reverberation
106. The unit of pitch b. Refraction
c. Flanking transmission
a. Decibel d. Reflection
113. The midrange frequency range of a. Around triple
sound is from b. Around 15 times
c. Around twice
a. 256 to 2048 Hz d. Around 5 times
b. 2048 to 4096 Hz
c. 512 to 2048 Hz 120. A sound intensity that could cause
d. 16 to 64 Hz painful sensation in a human ear

114. Designates the sensation of low or a. Threshold of sense

high in the sense of the bass and treble b. Threshold of pain
c. Hearing threshold
a. Frequency d. Sensation intensity
b. Intensity
c. Pitch 121. A car horn outdoors produces a sound
d. SPL intensity of 90 dB at 10 ft away. At this
distance, what is the sound power in watt?
115. Speaker is a device that
a. 12 W
a. Converts current variations into b. 0.12 W
sound waves c. 0.012 W
b. None of these d. 1.2 W
c. Converts electrical energy to
mechanical energy 122. Noise reduction system for film sound
d. Converts sound waves into in movie
current and voltage
a. Dolby
116. One-hundred twenty microbars of b. dBx
pressure variation is equal to c. dBa
d. dBk
a. 120 dBSPL
b. 115.56 dBSPL 123. Which type of microphone operates on
c. 41.58 dBSPL the principle that the electrical resistance of
d. 57.78 dBSPL carbon granules varies as the pressure on
the granules vary?
117. An instrument for recording waveforms
of audio frequency a. Dynamic
b. Crystal
a. Oscilloscope c. Carbon
b. Phonoscope d. Ribbon-type
c. Radioscope
d. Audioscope 124. A unit of noisiness related to the
perceived noise level
118. In the study of acoustics, the velocity of
sound is dependent to one of the following a. Noy
b. Sone
a. Temperature c. dB
b. Loudness d. Mel
c. Source of sound
d. Properties of the medium 125. Required time for and sound to decay
to 60 dB
119. How much bigger in storage capacity
has digital video disk (DVD) have over the a. Echo time
conventional compact disk (CD)? b. Delay time
 c. Reverberation time c. Timbre
d. Transient time d. Loudness

126. If the distance between the listener and 132. A term which is subjective but
the source of the sound is doubled, the independent mainly on frequency and also
intensity is reduced to affected by intensity

a. 1/2 a. Pitch
b. 1/3 b. Frequency
c. 2/3 c. Timbre
d. 1/4 d. Loudness

127. Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall 133. A sound 0f 18 kHz frequency has a
can dramatically alter its frequency wavelength of
response in two distinct ways namely
a. 18.3 mm
a. Gump and dump b. 183mm
b. Hump and notch c. 250 mels
c. Fade and gone d. 1.86 mels
d. Bad and worst
134. At a sensation level of 40 dB 1000 Hz
128. An effect that occurs in the ear where a tone is
louder sound can reduce or even stop the
nerve voltage generated by a weaker sound a. 1000 mels
b. 10000 mels
a. Piezoelectric effect c. 250 mels
b. Doppler effect d. 800 mels
c. Haas effect
d. Masking 135. What is the velocity of sound in dry air
for a temperature change of 45 degrees
129. When the average absorption is Celsius?
greater than 0.2, ____ formula is used to
compute the actual reverberation time. a. 249.19 m/s
b. 331.45 m/s
a. Sabine c. 357.73 m/s
b. Stephen and bate d. 358.77 m/s
c. Norris-Eyring
d. Notch 136. What us the resonant frequency of a
Helmholtz resonator whose volume is 2.5 cu
130. The minimum sound intensity that can m with neck radius of 8 cm?
be heard
a. 13 Hz
a. Threshold of feeling b. 11 Hz
b. Threshold of pain c. 15 Hz
c. Threshold of sensation d. 14 Hz
d. Threshold of hearing
137. 40 phons is equivalent to how many
131. The ____ of a sound is a subjective sones?
effect which is a function of the ear and
brain. a. 0 sone
b. 1 sone
a. Pitch c. 0.5 sone
b. Frequency d. 16 sones
138. 80 phons + 80 phons = d. Pascal per meter squared

a. 83 phons 145. How much power can a human voice

b. 160 phons possible produce
c. 90 phons
d. 86 phons a. 100 milliwatts
b. 1 watt
139. An early reflection of sound c. 10 watts
d. 1 milliwatt
a. Echo
b. Reverberation 146. What is the increase in sound pressure
c. Pure sound level if the pressure is doubled?
d. Jitter
a. Increase by 6 dB
140. An instrument designed to measure a b. Increase by 3 dB
frequency weighted value of the sound c. Decrease by 6 dB
pressure level d. Decrease by 3 dB

a. Sound level meter 147. The frequency limits of audio

b. Transducer frequency is
c. Sound pressure meter
d. Sound analyzer a. 300- 3000 Hz
b. 20 Hz -20 kHz
141. The term used for the deafness of c. 3 3 kHz
higher frequencies due to old age d. 40 -40 kHz

a. Ear deafness 148. A device that converts sound pressure

b. Cortial deafness into electrical energy
c. Tinnitus
d. Presbycusis a. Microphone
b. Headphone
142. What is the dBSPL of an auditorium c. Headset
with contemporary music? d. Speaker

a. 95-100 dB 149. An agreed set of empirical curves

b. 40-50 dB relating octave-band sound pressure level
c. 50-60 dB to the center frequency of the octave bands
d. 70-80 dB
a. C-message weighting curve
143. What principle is used by a carbon b. Psophometric curve
type micro phone? c. Noise rating curve
d. F1A weighting curves
a. Variable capacitance
b. Variable resistance 150. Pure tone of sound used as standard
c. Variable inductance on testing
d. Piezoelectric effect
a. 1 kHz
144. Pressure is measured in term of b. 300-3400 Hz
Pascal, microbar or c. 100 Hz
d. 800 Hz
a. Newtons
b. Newtons per meter
c. Newtons per meter squared