Audio and Video Engineering DEC6003

Unit-4 Acoustic Reverberation

Multiple Choice Questions
1. How are sound waves with a frequency of 20Hz to 9. Speaker is a device that
20,000Hz termed? a. Converts sound waves into current and voltage
a) Inaudible sounds b. Converts current variations into sound waves
b) Infrasonics c. Converts electrical energy to mechanical energy
c) Ultrasonics d. Converts electrical energy to electromagnetic energy
d) Audible sound
10. Reverberation time is the time taken by sound energy
2. What happens if the reverberation time is too large? to drop to ____ dB below its initial value.
a) The sound becomes inaudible a) 0
b) Echoes are produced b) 20
c) Frequency becomes high c) 40
d) The sound becomes infrasonic d) 60

3. Reverberation time is directly proportional to 11. Reverberation is caused by _____

________ a) reflection
a) Effective surface area b) absorption
b) Lateral surface area c) diffraction
c) Volume of the room d) microphones
d) Shape of the room
12. Which of the following has the large value of
4. The unit of absorption is ____ reverberation period-
a) Poise a) conference hall
b) Stoke b) TV studio
c) Siemens c) concert hall
d) Sabin d) lecture hall

5. Which of the following is not a property of good 13. What is the unit of Sound Reduction Index (SRI)?
acoustic materials? a) neper
a) They have a low coefficient of absorption b) decibel
b) They are comparatively cheap c) watt
c) They are durable d) unitless
d) They are efficient over a wide frequency range
14. Required time for any sound to decay to 60 dB.
6. The absorption ratio of a surface is the ratio of _____ a. Echo time
a) Sound absorbed to reflected sound energy b. Delay time
b) Sound absorbed to incident sound energy c. Reverberation time
c) Reflected sound energy to incident sound energy d. Transient time
d) Incident sound energy to reflected sound energy
15. Define as the time taken from the intensity of sound
7. The interior surfaces of walls in a studio should be of energy in the room to drop to one millionth of its initial
____ materials. value.
a) Absorbent a. Reverberation time
b) Adsorbent b. Transit time
c) Reflective c. Decaying time
d) Refractive d. Response time

8. Excessive reverberation will make the sound _____

a) Unintelligible
b) Intelligible