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Sound intensity is measured in units of watts per square meter.

A sound level meter is an instrument designed to measure frequency-weighted sound pressure levels.

MCQ in Acoustics | ECE Board Exam • b.

Refraction
• c. Reflection
1. An instrument designed to measure a • d. Reverberation
frequency-weighted value of the sound
pressure level. 6. A measure of threshold hearing,
expressed in decibels relative to a
• a. Sound-level meter specified standard of normal hearing.
• b. Transducer
• c. Sound pressure meter • a. Hearing loss
• d. Sound analyzer • b. Sensation level
• c. Hearing level
2. A unit of noisiness related to the • d. Sound pressure level
perceived noise level
7. A certain machine with a slightly out-
• a. Noy of-balance motor rotating at 1800/min
• b. Sone is fixed on a perfectly elastic mount with
• c. dB a static compression of 2.50 mm.
• d. phone Calculate the resonant frequency of
mount.
3. An agreed set of empirical curves
relating octave-band osund pressure • a. 10 Hz
level to the center frequency of the • b. 20 Hz
octave bands • c. 30 Hz
• d. 40 Hz
• a. C-message weighting curves
• b. Psophometric weighting curves 8. Calculate the lowest resonant
• c. Noise rating curves frequency for a brick partition 120 mm
• d. F1A weighting curves thick, 4m by 2min area with longitudinal
wave velocity of 2350 m/s. (Assume that
4. The frequency of free vibration it is supported at its edges.)

• a. Resonant frequency • a. 10 Hz
• b. Natural frequency • b. 20 Hz
• c. Center frequency • c. 30 Hz
• d. Normal frequency • d. 40 Hz

5. The transmission of sound from one 9. Velocity of sound in air.


room to an adjacent room, via common
walls, floors or ceilings. • a. 300 m/s
• b. 330 m/s
• a. Flanking transmission • c. 1130 m/s
• d. 344 m/s • a. Dynamic
• b. Crystal
10. What is the expected critical • c. Carbon
frequency for a 120 mm thick brick wall? • d. Ribbon-type
Assume a longitudinal wave velocity in
brick of 2350 m/s and that the velocity 14. Bass response is
of sound in air is 330 m/s.
• a. Maximum high frequency
• a. 114.5 Hz response
• b. 214.5 Hz • b. Emphasizing the high audio
• c. 314.5 Hz frequency
• d. 414.5 Hz • c. Bypassing high audio
frequencies
11. The sound power level of a certain • d. Bypassing low audio
jet plane flying at a height of 1km is 160 frequencies
dB (re10-12W). Find the maximum
sound pressure level on the ground 15. Pure tone of sound used as standard
directly below the flight path assuming on testing
that the aircraft radiates sound equally
in all directions. • a. 1 Hz
• b. 10 Hz
• a. 59.1 dB • c. 100 Hz
• b. 69.1 dB • d. 1000 Hz
• c. 79.1 dB
• d. 89.1 dB 16. ___________ is early reflection of
sound.
12. Speaker is a device that
• a. Echo
• a. Converts sound waves into • b. Reverberation
current and voltage • c. Pure sound
• b. Converts current variations • d. Intelligible sound
into sound waves
• c. Converts electrical energy to 17. Noise reduction system used for film
mechanical energy sound in movie.
• d. Converts electrical energy to
electromagnetic energy • a. Dolby
• b. dBa
13. Which type of microphone operates • c. dBx
on the principle that the electrical • d. dBk
resistance of carbon granules varies as
the pressure on the granules vary?
18. What is the sound energy per unit • d. Watts
area at right angles to the propagation
direction per unit time? 23. Sound wave has two main
characteristics which are
• a. Loudness
• b. Coherence • a. Highness and loudness
• c. Sound pressure • b. Tone and loudness
• d. Sound intensity • c. Pitch and loudness
• d. Rarefraction and compression
19. ________ is the unit of loudness level
of a sound. 24. Which type of microphone operated
by electromagnetic induction that
• a. Sone generates an output signal voltage?
• b. Decibel
• c. Mel • a. Carbon
• d. Phon • b. Dynamic
• c. Crystal
20. ____________ is the average rate of • d. Condenser
transmission of sound energy in a given
direction through a cross-section area of 25. The exciter lamp in the optical sound
1 sqm at right angles to the direction. part of a film projector draws 5 A at 10
V. How much power in watts is this light
• a. Sound pressure consuming?
• b. Loudness
• c. Sound intensity • a. 10 watts
• d. Pressure variation • b. 20 watts
• c. 40 watts
21. What is the unit of pitch? • d. 50 watts

• a. Sone 26. Assume the speed of sound is 1,130


• b. Phon ft/s. What frequency has a wavelength of
• c. Decibel 1 foot, 1.5 inches?
• d. Mel
• a. 500 Hz
22. A measure of the intensity of sound • b. 1000 Hz
in comparison to another sound • c. 1500 Hz
intensity. • d. 2000 Hz

• a. Phon 27. The wire must bring 100 average


• b. Decibel watts to a 4 ohms loudspeaker must
• c. Pascal safely carry what rms current?
• a. 2 A 32. What is the sound power from a
• b. 4 A motor car whose SPL at a distance of 7.5
• c. 5 A m is 87 dB assuming that it radiates
• d. 6 A sound unifomly?

28. A church has an internal volume of • a. 0.15 W


90.05 ft3 (2550 m3). When it contains • b. 0.21 W
customary sabine sof absorption (186 • c. 0.24 W
metric sabines), what will be its • d. 0.18 W
reverberation time in seconds.
33. Crest-to-crest distance along the
• a. 2.0 direction to wave travel.
• b. 2.2
• c. 2.5 • a. Compression
• d. 3.0 • b. Wavelength
• c. Period
29. If the RMs sound pressure is 5lb/ft2, • d. Sound wave
what is the sound presure level?
34. Sound intensity level is _________.
• a. 7.6 dB
• b. 108 dB • a. 10 log I/Iref
• c. 88 dB • b. 10 log P/Pref
• d. 10 dB • c. 20 log I/Iref
• d. 30 log P/Pref
30. Speed that is faster than speed of
sound. 35. Sound pressure level is _________.

• a. Ultrasonic • a. 20 log P/ Pref


• b. Supersonic • b. 30 log P/ Pref
• c. Subsonic • c. 10 log P/ Pref
• d. Transonic • d. 20 log I/Iref

31. Sound waves travel faster in water at 36. The most important specification of
a ______ speed. loudspeakers and microphones.

• a. 12.4 miles/sec • a. Frequency response


• b. 5000 ft/sec • b. Field strength
• c. 186,000 ft/sec • c. Power density
• d. 3141 ft/sec • d. Gain
37. Lowest fequency produced by a 42. Sound that vibrates too high for the
musical instrument. human ear to hear (over 20 kHz).

• a. Midrange • a. Subsonic
• b. Harmonic • b. Transonic
• c. Reflection • c. Ultrasonic
• d. Refraction • d. Stereo

38. Tendency of a sound energy to 43. Which microphone will be damaged


spread. if exposed to high temperature above
52°C?
• a. Diffraction
• b. Rarefraction • a. Dynamic
• c. Reflection • b. Crystal
• d. Refraction • c. Ribbon
• d. Capacitor
39. When waves bend away from
straight lines of travel, it is called 44. A thin springy sheet of bakelite or
_________. metal that permits the voice coil in a
dynamic loudspeaker to move back and
• a. Reflection forth salong the core of its magnet.
• b. Diffraction
• c. Rarefraction • a. Vibrator
• d. Refraction • b. Diaphragm
• c. Hypex
40. Required time for any sound to • d. Spider
decay to 60 dB.
45. One hundred twenty µbars of
• a. Echo time pressure variation is equal to
• b. Delay time
• c. Reverberation time • a. 120 dB SPL
• d. Transient time • b. 57.78 dB SPL
• c. 115.56 dB SPL
41. The intensity needed to produce an • d. 41.58 dB SPL
audible sound varies with __________.
46. The reverberation time of a 184.2
• a. Frequency cubic meters broadcast studio is 0.84
• b. Noise sec. Find the absorption effect of the
• c. Amplitude materials used in metric sabines.
• d. Tone
• a. 35.3
• b. 10.96 • c. 55-60
• c. 379.8 • d. 80-85
• d. 109.6
52. What is the dB SPL of an auditorium
47. What is the microphone with contemporary music?
characteristic that results in a boost in
bass frequencies for close microphone • a. 80-95
spacing? • b. 85-90
• c. 95-100
• a. Field effect • d. 100-105
• b. P.A. effect
• c. Proximity effect 53. What is the church dB SPL with
• d. Reverberation speech reinforcement only?

48. What is the audio frequency range? • a. 90


• b. 80-85
• a. 20 kHz to 20 MHz • c. 85-90
• b. 0 Hz to 20 kHz • d. 90-95
• c. 300 Hz to 400 Hz
• d. 20 Hz to 20 kHz 54. Intensity can also be called as

49. What is the bass frequency range? • a. Volume


• b. Loudness
• a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz • c. Sharpness
• b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz • d. Strength
• c. 40 kHz to 160 kHz
• d. 10 Hz to 20 kHz 55. The loudness of a sound depends
upon the energy of motion imparted to
50. High frequency range of audio ________ molecules of the medium
signals. transmitting the sound.

• a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz • a. Transmitting


• b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz • b. Running
• c. 10 kHz to 20 kHz • c. Moving
• d. 20000 Hz to 30 kHz • d. Vibrating

51. What is the dB SPL of a voice paging 56. _________ is affected by the distance
in an office? between the listener and the source of
the sound and its intensity varies
• a. 90 inversely with the square of its distance.
• b. 65
• a. Volume 61. For a music lover concert “A” is 440
• b. Bass Hz. If a musical note one octave higher
• c. Treble were played, it would be _______ that
• d. Loudness frequency.

57. If the distance between the listener • a. One – half


and the source of the sound is doubled, • b. One-fourth
the intensity is reduced to • c. Double
• d. Triple
• a. ½
• b. 1/3 62. In a 220 Hz, if a note was played one
• c. 2/3 octave lower, it would be ______.
• d. 1/4
• a. 22 Hz
58. If the distance between the listener • b. 27.5 Hz
and the source of the sound is • c. 440 Hz
decreased to ½ tye original amount, the • d. 110 Hz
intensity of the sound would be
63. Much of music is generally referred
• a. 2 times as great to in
• b. 3 times as great
• c. 4 times as great • a. Harmonics
• d. 5 times as great • b. Good hearing
• c. Fidelity
59. At a sensation level of 40 dB, 1000 • d. Octaves
Hz tone is
64. _________ is an undesired change in
• a. 1000 mels wave form as the signal passes through
• b. 500 mels a device.
• c. 2000 mels
• d. 100 mels • a. Noise
• b. Vibration
60. If the sound waves are converted to • c. Distortion
electrical waves by a microphone, what • d. Harmonics
is the frequency of the electric current?
65. Distortion enhances intelligibly when
• a. 3 – 30 MHz an ________ is added.
• b. 25 – 8000 Hz
• c. 4 – 40 Hz • a. Equalizer
• d. 30 – 3000 Hz • b. Igniter
• c. Exciter
• d. Emulsifier • c. Microphone
• d. Electric Microphone
66. A class of signal processors.
71. All microphone have two basic
• a. Amplifiers components namely, ___________.
• b. Equalizers
• c. Microprocessors • a. Wired and body
• d. Exciters • b. Ceramic and crystal
• c. Diaphragm and generating
67. Half construction and internal element
finishes affect the final sound quality • d. Coil and magnet
________.
72. The kinds of generating elements are
• a. poorly __________.
• b. mildly
• c. significantly • a. Expense and fidelity
• d. badly • b. Complexity and ruggedness
• c. Longevity
68. Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall • d. All of these
can dramatically alter its frequency
response in two distinct ways namely; 73. When the average absorption is
greater than 0.2, __________ formula is
• a. Gump and dump used to compute the actual
• b. Hump and notch reverberation time.
• c. Fade and gone
• d. Bad and worst • a. Sabine
• b. Stephen and Bate
69. The acoustics of most auditoria are • c. Norris-Eyring
very ________ when the room is full • d. Notch
compared to the empty condition.
74. At room temperature, what is the
• a. Different velocity of sound in meters/seconds?
• b. Similar
• c. Good • a. 348.03 cm/s
• d. Bad • b. 980 cm/s
• c. 980 m/s
70. A _________ converts acoustical • d. 341.8 m/s
energy.
75. Calculate the velocity of sound in
• a. Electro-acoustic ft./sec. if the temperature is 1490C?
• b. Microphone transducer
• a. 1530.03 ft/sec even stop the nerve voltage generated
• b. 1320 ft/sec by a weaker sound.
• c. 1357.03 ft/sec
• d. 1920.345 ft/sec • a. Piezoelectric effect
• b. Skin effect
76. The wavelength of a sound of 20 kHz • c. Lasing
frequency is • d. Masking

• a. 16.5 m 81. For computation of ideal


• b. 16.5 cm reverberation time, which formula is
• c. 16.5 mm applicable?
• d. 16.5 um
• a. Sabine
77. The radio of frequencies is termed • b. Stephen and Bate
• c. Norris-Eyring
• a. Octave • d. Notch
• b. Interval
• c. Harmonics 82. The __________ of the sound is a
• d. Masking subjective effect which is a function of
the ear and brain.
78. What is the increase in sound
pressure level in dB, if the pressure is • a. Pitch
doubled? • b. Frequency
• c. Timbre
• a. 2 dB • d. Loudness
• b. 3 dB
• c. 6 dB 83. Define as the time taken from the
• d. 4 dB intensity of sound energy in the room to
drop to one millionth of its initial value.
79. A term which is subjected but
dependent mainly on frequency and • a. Reverberation time
also affected by intensity, • b. Transit time
• c. Decaying time
• a. Timbre • d. Response time
• b. Quality
• c. Frequency 84. __________ is the sound energy per
• d. Pitch unit area at right angles of the
propagation direction, per unit time.
80. An effect that occurs in the ear
where a louder sound can reduce or • a. Loudness
• b. Coherence
• c. Sound stress • d. Stephen and Bate
• d. Sound intensity
90. An aural sensation by pressure
85. One octave above 600 Hz is variations in the air which are always
produced by some source of vibrations.
• a. 601 Hz
• b. 800 Hz • a. Music
• c. 1400 Hz • b. Sound
• d. 1200 Hz • c. Disturbance
• d. Speech
86. A car horn outdoors produces a
sound intensity level of 90 dB at 10 m 91. Considered to be the threshold of
away. At this distance, what is the sound hearing.
power in watt?
• a. 10-12 W/cm2
• a. 0.63 • b. 10-16 W/m2
• b. 1.26 • c. 10-13 W/m2
• c. 0.315 • d. 10-12 W/m2
• d. 0.56 x 10-6
92. The average absorption for a person
87. The unit of loudness level is

• a. Sone • a. 5.7 units


• b. dB • b. 4.7 units
• c. Mel • c. 6.7 units
• d. Phon • d. 3.7 units

88. Consist of a rapid succession of 93. The number of vibration or pressure


noticeable echoes. fluctuations per seconds.

• a. Rarefaction • a. Frequency
• b. Refraction • b. Timbre
• c. Reflection • c. Quality
• d. Flutter echo • d. Pitch

89. Laid the foundations of acoustic 94. Defined as the average rate of
theory of buildings. transmission of sound energy in a given
direction through a cross-sectional area
• a. Charles H. Townes of 1 m2 at right angles to the direction.
• b. W.C Sabine
• c. A. Javin • a. Sound pressure
• b. Loudness • b. 3 dB
• c. Sound intensity • c. 4 dB
• d. Pressure variation • d. 6 dB

95. What is the sound pressure level 100. The velocity of sound is considered
(SPL) of a sound having a RMS pressure to be constant at ________ for the
of 200 N/m2? purpose of acoustics.

• a. 150 dB • a. 300 m/s


• b. 140 dB • b. 330 mm/s
• c. 170 dB • c. 330 µm/s
• d. 160 dB • d. 330 cm/s

96. The minimum sound intensity that 101. What do you call the speed of
can be heard is termed sound in the study of acoustics?

• a. Threshold of feeling • a. Rhythm


• b. Threshold of pain • b. Tempo
• c. Threshold of sensation • c. Pitch
• d. Threshold of hearing • d. Frequency

97. What is the intensity of the sound 102. The term that describes the
whose RMS pressure is 200 N/m2? highness or lowness of a sound in the
study of acoustics is called a
• a. 96.9 W/m2
• b. 97.9 W/m2 • a. Tempo
• c. 95.9 W/m2 • b. Pitch
• d. 94.9 W/m2 • c. Volume
• d. Bass
98. The unit of pitch.
103. The method of measuring
• a. sone absorption coefficient of sound which
• b. pitch considers all angles of incidence is called
• c. dB
• d. Mel • a. Distance method
• b. Bounce back to back method
99. What is the increase in sound • c. Impedance method
pressure level in dB, if the intensity is • d. Reverberation chamber
doubled? method

• a. 2 dB
104. The tendency of a sound energy to • d. Pitch
spread
109. The lowest frequency produced by
• a. Rarefaction an instrument
• b. Reflection
• c. Refraction • a. Harmonic
• d. Diffraction • b. Fundamental
• c. Midrange
105. _____ is the advantage rate of • d. 0 Hz
transmission of sound energy in a given
direction through a cross-sectional area 110. Sound intensity is given as
of 1 sq m at right angles to the direction
of propagation. • a. df/dp
• b. dE/dP
• a. Sound pressure • c. dA/dP
• b. Sound intensity • d. dP/dA
• c. Pressure variation
• d. Loudness 111. Which of the following is
considered the most commonly used
106. The unit of pitch measurable components of sound?

• a. Decibel • a. its temperature


• b. Phon • b. particle displacement
• c. mel • c. softness
• d. Sone • d. source

107. a large speaker having a large 112. _____ is the transmission of sound
diameter(15 cm and above) from one room to an adjacent room thru
common walls, floors, or ceilings.
• a. coaxial speaker
• b. woofer • a. Reverberation
• c. tweeter • b. Refraction
• d. triaxial speaker • c. Flanking transmission
• d. Reflection
108. A method of expressing the
amplitude of a complex non-periodic 113. The midrange frequency range of
signal such as speech sound is from

• a. Frequency • a. 256 to 2048 Hz


• b. Wavelength • b. 2048 to 4096 Hz
• c. Volume • c. 512 to 2048 Hz
• d. 16 to 64 Hz • b. Loudness
• c. Source of sound
114. Designates the sensation of low or • d. Properties of the medium
high in the sense of the bass and treble
119. How much bigger in storage
• a. Frequency capacity has digital video disk (DVD)
• b. Intensity have over the conventional compact
• c. Pitch disk (CD)?
• d. SPL
• a. Around triple
115. Speaker is a device that • b. Around 15 times
• c. Around twice
• a. Converts current variations • d. Around 5 times
into sound waves
• b. None of these 120. A sound intensity that could cause
• c. Converts electrical energy to painful sensation in a human ear
mechanical energy
• d. Converts sound waves into • a. Threshold of sense
current and voltage • b. Threshold of pain
• c. Hearing threshold
116. One-hundred twenty microbars of • d. Sensation intensity
pressure variation is equal to
121. A car horn outdoors produces a
• a. 120 dBSPL sound intensity of 90 dB at 10 ft away.
• b. 115.56 dBSPL At this distance, what is the sound
• c. 41.58 dBSPL power in watt?
• d. 57.78 dBSPL
• a. 12 W
117. An instrument for recording • b. 0.12 W
waveforms of audio frequency • c. 0.012 W
• d. 1.2 W
• a. Oscilloscope
• b. Phonoscope 122. Noise reduction system for film
• c. Radioscope sound in movie
• d. Audioscope
• a. Dolby
118. In the study of acoustics, the • b. dBx
velocity of sound is dependent to one of • c. dBa
the following • d. dBk

• a. Temperature
123. Which type of microphone operates • c. Fade and gone
on the principle that the electrical • d. Bad and worst
resistance of carbon granules varies as
the pressure on the granules vary? 128. An effect that occurs in the ear
where a louder sound can reduce or
• a. Dynamic even stop the nerve voltage generated
• b. Crystal by a weaker sound
• c. Carbon
• d. Ribbon-type • a. Piezoelectric effect
• b. Doppler effect
124. A unit of noisiness related to the • c. Haas effect
perceived noise level • d. Masking

• a. Noy 129. When the average absorption is


• b. Sone greater than 0.2, ____ formula is used to
• c. dB compute the actual reverberation time.
• d. Mel
• a. Sabine
125. Required time for and sound to • b. Stephen and bate
decay to 60 dB • c. Norris-Eyring
• d. Notch
• a. Echo time
• b. Delay time 130. The minimum sound intensity that
• c. Reverberation time can be heard
• d. Transient time
• a. Threshold of feeling
126. If the distance between the listener • b. Threshold of pain
and the source of the sound is doubled, • c. Threshold of sensation
the intensity is reduced to • d. Threshold of hearing

• a. 1/2 131. The ____ of a sound is a subjective


• b. 1/3 effect which is a function of the ear and
• c. 2/3 brain.
• d. 1/4
• a. Pitch
127. Positioning a loudspeaker near a • b. Frequency
wall can dramatically alter its frequency • c. Timbre
response in two distinct ways namely • d. Loudness

• a. Gump and dump


• b. Hump and notch
132. A term which is subjective but • d. 14 Hz
independent mainly on frequency and
also affected by intensity 137. 40 phons is equivalent to how many
sones?
• a. Pitch
• b. Frequency • a. 0 sone
• c. Timbre • b. 1 sone
• d. Loudness • c. 0.5 sone
• d. 16 sones
133. A sound 0f 18 kHz frequency has a
wavelength of 138. 80 phons + 80 phons =

• a. 18.3 mm • a. 83 phons
• b. 183mm • b. 160 phons
• c. 250 mels • c. 90 phons
• d. 1.86 mels • d. 86 phons

134. At a sensation level of 40 dB 1000 139. An early reflection of sound


Hz tone is
• a. Echo
• a. 1000 mels • b. Reverberation
• b. 10000 mels • c. Pure sound
• c. 250 mels • d. Jitter
• d. 800 mels
140. An instrument designed to measure
135. What is the velocity of sound in dry a frequency weighted value of the sound
air for a temperature change of 45 pressure level
degrees Celsius?
• a. Sound level meter
• a. 249.19 m/s • b. Transducer
• b. 331.45 m/s • c. Sound pressure meter
• c. 357.73 m/s • d. Sound analyzer
• d. 358.77 m/s
141. The term used for the deafness of
136. What us the resonant frequency of higher frequencies due to old age
a Helmholtz resonator whose volume is
2.5 cu m with neck radius of 8 cm? • a. Ear deafness
• b. Cortial deafness
• a. 13 Hz • c. Tinnitus
• b. 11 Hz • d. Presbycusis
• c. 15 Hz
142. What is the dBSPL of an auditorium 147. The frequency limits of audio
with contemporary music? frequency is

• a. 95-100 dB • a. 300- 3000 Hz


• b. 40-50 dB • b. 20 Hz -20 kHz
• c. 50-60 dB • c. 3 – 3 kHz
• d. 70-80 dB • d. 40 -40 kHz

143. What principle is used by a carbon 148. A device that converts sound
type micro phone? pressure into electrical energy

• a. Variable capacitance • a. Microphone


• b. Variable resistance • b. Headphone
• c. Variable inductance • c. Headset
• d. Piezoelectric effect • d. Speaker

144. Pressure is measured in term of 149. An agreed set of empirical curves


Pascal, microbar or relating octave-band sound pressure
level to the center frequency of the
• a. Newtons octave bands
• b. Newtons per meter
• c. Newtons per meter squared • a. C-message weighting curve
• d. Pascal per meter squared • b. Psophometric curve
• c. Noise rating curve
145. How much power can a human • d. F1A weighting curves
voice possible produce
150. Pure tone of sound used as
• a. 100 milliwatts standard on testing
• b. 1 watt
• c. 10 watts • a. 1 kHz
• d. 1 milliwatt • b. 300-3400 Hz
• c. 100 Hz
146. What is the increase in sound • d. 800 Hz
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

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