MCQ - Acoustics
MCQ - Acoustics
MCQ - Acoustics
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
31. Sound waves travel faster in water at 36. The most important specification of
a ______ speed. loudspeakers and microphones.
• a. Midrange • a. Subsonic
• b. Harmonic • b. Transonic
• c. Reflection • c. Ultrasonic
• d. Refraction • d. Stereo
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.
• 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.
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?
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?
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. 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. 18.3 mm • a. 83 phons
• b. 183mm • b. 160 phons
• c. 250 mels • c. 90 phons
• d. 1.86 mels • d. 86 phons
143. What principle is used by a carbon 148. A device that converts sound
type micro phone? pressure into electrical energy
• a. Increase by 6 dB
• b. Increase by 3 dB
• c. Decrease by 6 dB
• d. Decrease by 3 dB