MCQs in ACOUSITCS d.

40 Hz
9. Velocity of sound in air.
1. An instrument designed to measure a frequency- a. 300 m/s
weighted value of the sound pressure level. b. 330 m/s
a. Sound-level meter c. 1130 m/s
b. Transducer d. 344 m/s
c. Sound pressure meter 10. What is the expected critical frequency for a 120
d. Sound analyzer mm thick brick wall? Assume a longitudinal wave
2. A unit of noisiness related to the perceived noise level velocity in brick of 2350 m/s and that the velocity of
a. Noy sound in air is 330 m/s.
b. Sone a. 114.5 Hz
c. dB b. 214.5 Hz
d. phone c. 314.5 Hz
3. An agreed set of empirical curves relating octave- d. 414.5 Hz
band osund pressure level to the center frequency of 11. The sound power level of a certain jet plane flying at
the octave bands a height of 1km is 160 dB (re10-12W). Find the
a. C-message weighting curves maximum sound pressure level on the ground directly
b. Psophometric weighting curves below the flight path assuming that the aircraft radiates
c. Noise rating curves sound equally in all directions.
d. F1A weighting curves a. 59.1 dB
4. The frequency of free vibration b. 69.1 dB
a. Resonant frequency c. 79.1 dB
b. Natural frequency d. 89.1 dB
c. Center frequency 12. Speaker is a device that
d. Normal frequency a. Converts sound waves into current and voltage
5. The transmission of sound from one room to an b. Converts current variations into sound waves
adjacent room, via common walls, floors or ceilings. c. Converts elctrical energy to mechanical energy
a. Flanking transmission d. Converts elctrical energy to electromagnetic energy
b. Refraction 13. Which type of microphone operates on the principle
c. Reflection that the electrical resistance of carbon granules varies
d. Reverberation as the pressure on the granules vary?
6. A measure of threshold hearing, expressed in decibels a. Dynamic
relative to a specifoed standard of normal hearing. b. Crystal
a. Hearing loss c. Carbon
b. Sensation level d. Ribbon-type
c. Hearing level 14. Bass response is
d. Sound pressure level a. Maximum high frequency response
7. A certain machine with a slightly out-of-balance b. Emphasizing the high audio frequency
motor rotating at 1800/min is fixed on a perfectly elastic c. Bypassing high audio frequencies
mount with a static compression of 2.50 mm. Calculate d. Bypassing low audio frequencies
the resonant frequency of mount. 15. Pure tone of sound used as standard on testing
a. 10 Hz a. 1 Hz
b. 20 Hz b. 10 Hz
c. 30 Hz c. 100 Hz
d. 40 Hz d. 1000 Hz
8. Calculate the lowest resonant frequency for a brick 16. ___________ is early reflection of sound.
partition 120 mm thick, 4m by 2min area with a. Echo
longitudinal wave velocity of 2350 m/s. (Assume that it b. Reverberation
is supported at its edges.) c. Pure sound
a. 10 Hz d. Intelligible sound
b. 20 Hz
17. Noise reduction system used for film sound in
c. 30 Hz movie.
a. Dolby 26. Assume the speed of sound is 1,130 ft/s. What
b. dBa frequency has a wavelength of 1 foot, 1.5 inches?
c. dBx a. 500 Hz
d. dBk b. 1000 Hz
18. What is the sound energy per unit area at right c. 1500 Hz
angles to the propagation direction per unit time? d. 2000 Hz
a. Loudness 27. The wire must bring 100 average watts to a 4 ohms
b. Coherence loudspeaker must safely carry what rms current?
c. Sound pressure a. 2 A
d. Sound intensity b. 4 A
19. ________ is the unit of loudness level of a sound. c. 5 A
a. Sone d. 6 A
b. Decibel 28. A church has an internal volume of 90.05 ft3 (2550
c. Mel m3). When it contains customary sabine sof absorption
d. Phon (186 metric sabines), what will be its reverberation time
20. ____________ is the average rate of transmission of in seconds.
sound energy in a given direction through a cross- a. 2.0
section area of 1 sqm at right angles to the direction. b. 2.2
a. Sound pressure c. 2.5
b. Loudness d. 3.0
c. Sound intensity 29. If the RMs sound pressure is 5lb/ft2, what is the
d. Pressure variation sound presure level?
21. What is the unit of pitch? a. 7.6 dB
a. Sone b. 108 dB
b. Phon c. 88 dB
c. Decibel d. 10 dB
d. Mel 30. Speed that is faster than speed of sound.
22. A measure of the intensity of sound in comparison a. Ultrasonic
to another sound intensity. b. Supersonic
a. Phon c. Subsonic
b. Decibel d. Transonic
c. Pascal 31. Sound waves travel faster in water at a ______
d. Watts speed.
23. Sound wave has two main characteristics which are a. 12.4 miles/sec
a. Highness and loudness b. 5000 ft/sec
b. Tone and loudness c. 186,000 ft/sec
c. Pitch and loudness d. 3141 ft/sec
d. Rarefraction and compression 32. What is the sound power from a motor car whose
24. Which type of microphone operated by SPL at a distance of 7.5 m is 87 dB assuming that it
electromagnetic induction that generates an output radiates sound unifomly?
signal voltage? a. 0.15 W
a. Carbon b. 0.21 W
b. Dynamic c. 0.24 W
c. Crystal d. 0.18 W
d. Condenser 33. Crest-to-crest distance along the direction to wave
25. The exciter lamp in the optical sound part of a film travel.
projector draws 5 A at 10 V. How much power in watts is a. Compression
this light consuming? b. Wavelength
a. 10 watts c. Period
b. 20 watts d. Sound wave

c. 40 watts 34. Sound intensity level is _________.

d. 50 watts a. 10 log I/Iref
b. 10 log P/Pref b. Crystal
c. 20 log I/Iref c. Ribbon
d. 30 log P/Pref d. Capacitor
35. Sound pressure level is _________. 44. A thin springy sheet of bakelite or metal that permits
a. 20 log P/ Pref the voice coil in a dynamic loudspeaker to move back
b. 30 log P/ Pref and forth salong the core of its magnet.
c. 10 log P/ Pref a. Vibrator
d. 20 log I/Iref b. Diaphragm
36. The most important specification of loudspeakers c. Hypex
and microphones. d. Spider
a. Frequency response 45. One hundred twenty µbars of pressure variation is
b. Field strength equal to
c. Power density a. 120 dB SPL
d. Gain b. 57.78 dB SPL
37. Lowest fequency produced by a musical instrument. c. 115.56 dB SPL
a. Midrange d. 41.58 dB SPL
b. Harmonic 46. The reverberation time of a 184.2 cubic meters
c. Reflection broadcast studio is 0.84 sec. Find the absorption effect
d. Refraction of the materials used in metric sabines.
38. Tendency of a sound energy to spread. a. 35.3
a. Diffraction b. 10.96
b. Rarefraction c. 379.8
c. Reflection d. 109.6
d. Refraction 47. What is the microphone characteristic that results in
39. When waves bend away from straight lines of travel, a boost in bass frequencies for close microphone
it is called _________. spacing?
a. Reflection a. Field effect
b. Diffraction b. P.A. effect
c. Rarefraction c. Proximity effect
d. Refraction d. Reverberation
40. Required time for any sound to decay to 60 dB. 48. What is the audio frequency range?
a. Echo time a. 20 kHz to 20 MHz
b. Delay time b. 0 Hz to 20 kHz
c. Reverberation time c. 300 Hz to 400 Hz
d. Transient time d. 20 Hz to 20 kHz
41. The intensity needed to produce an audible sound 49. What is the bass frequency range?
varies with __________. a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz
a. Frequency b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz
b. Noise c. 40 kHz to 160 kHz
c. Amplitude d. 10 Hz to 20 kHz
d. Tone 50. High frequency range of audio signals.
42. Sound that vibrates too high for the human ear to a. 2500 Hz to 5000 Hz
hear (over 20 kHz). b. 5000 Hz to 10 kHz
a. Subsonic c. 10 kHz to 20 kHz
b. Transonic d. 20000 Hz to 30 kHz
c. Ultrasonic 51. What is the dB SPL of a voice paging in an office?
d. Stereo a. 90
b. 65
c. 55-60
d. 80-85
43. Which microphone will be damaged if exposed to 52. What is the dB SPL of an auditorium with
high temperature above 52°C? contemporary music?
a. Dynamic a. 80-95
b. 85-90 c. 4 – 40 Hz
c. 95-100 d. 30 – 3000 Hz
d. 100-105 61. For a music lover concert “A” is 440 Hz. If a musical
53. What is the church dB SPL with speech note one octave higher were played, it would be
reinforcement only? _______ that frequency.
a. 90 a. One – half
b. 80-85 b. One-fourth
c. 85-90 c. Double
d. 90-95 d. Triple
54. Intensity can also be called as 62. In a 220 Hz, if a note was played one octave lower, it
a. Volume would be ______.
b. Loudness a. 22 Hz
c. Sharpness b. 27.5 Hz
d. Strength c. 440 Hz
55. The loudness of a sound depends upon the energy d. 110 Hz
of motion imparted to ________ molecules of the 63. Much of music is generally referred to in
medium transmitting the sound. a. Harmonics
a. Transmitting b. Good hearing
b. Running c. Fidelity
c. Moving d. Octaves
d. Vibrating 64. _________ is an undesired change in wave form as
56. _________ is affected by the distance between the the signal passes through a device.
listener and the source of the sound and its intensity a. Noise
varies inversely with the square of its distance. b. Vibration
a. Volume c. Distortion
b. Bass d. Harmonics
c. Treble 65. Distortion enhances intelligibly when an ________ is
d. Loudness added.
57. If the distance between the listener and the source a. Equalizer
of the sound is doubled, the intensity is reduced to b. Igniter
a. ½ c. Exciter
b. 1/3 d. Emulsifier
c. 2/3 66. A class of signal processors.
d. 1/4 a. Amplifiers
58. If the distance between the listener and the source b. Equalizers
of the sound is decreased to ½ tye original amount, the c. Microprocessors
intensity of the sound would be d. Exciters
a. 2 times as great 67. Half construction and internal finishes affect the
b. 3 times as great final sound quality ________.
c. 4 times as great a. poorly
d. 5 times as great b. mildly
59. At a sensation level of 40 dB, 1000 Hz tone is c. significantly
a. 1000 mels d. badly
b. 500 mels
c. 2000 mels
d. 100 mels
68. Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall can
dramatically alter its frequency response in two distinct
60. If the sound waves are converted to electrical waves ways namely;
by a microphone, what is the frequency of the electric a. Gump and dump
current? b. Hump and notch
a. 3 - 30 MHz c. Fade and gone
b. 25 – 8000 Hz d. Bad and worst
69. The acoustics of most auditoria are very ________ 78. What is the increase in sound pressure level in dB, if
when the room is full compared to the empty condition. the pressure is doubled?
a. Different a. 2 dB
b. Similar b. 3 dB
c. Good c. 6 dB
d. Bad d. 4 dB
70. A _________ converts acoustical energy. 79. A term which is subjected but dependent mainly on
a. Electro-acoustic frequency and also affected by intensity,
b. Microphone transducer a. Timbre
c. Microphone b. Quality
d. Electric Microphone c. Frequency
71. All microphone have two basic components namely, d. Pitch
___________. 80. An effect that occurs in the ear where a louder
a. Wired and body sound can reduce or even stop the nerve voltage
b. Ceramic and crystal generated by a weaker sound.
c. Diaphragm and generating element a. Piezoelectric effect
d. Coil and magnet b. Skin effect
72. The kinds of generating elements are __________. c. Lasing
a. Expense and fidelity d. Masking
b. Complexity and ruggedness 81. For computation of ideal reverberation time, which
c. Longevity formula is applicable?
d. All of these a. Sabine
73. When the average absorption is greater than 0.2, b. Stephen and Bate
__________ formula is used to compute the actual c. Norris-Eyring
reverberation time. d. Notch
a. Sabine 82. The __________ of the sound is a subjective effect
b. Stephen and Bate which is a function of the ear and brain.
c. Norris-Eyring a. Pitch
d. Notch b. Frequency
74. At room temperature, what is the velocity of sound c. Timbre
in meters/seconds? d. Loudness
a. 348.03 cm/s 83. Define as the time taken from the intensity of sound
b. 980 cm/s energy in the room to drop to one millionth of its initial
c. 980 m/s value.
d. 341.8 m/s a. Reverberation time
75. Calculate the velocity of sound in ft./sec. if the b. Transit time
temperature is 1490C? c. Decaying time
a. 1530.03 ft/sec d. Response time
b. 1320 ft/sec 84. __________ is the sound energy per unit area at
c. 1357.03 ft/sec right angles of the propagation direction, per unit time.
d. 1920.345 ft/sec a. Loudness
76. The wavelength of a sound of 20 kHz frequency is b. Coherence
a. 16.5 m c. Sound stress
b. 16.5 cm d. Sound intensity

c. 16.5 mm 85. One octave above 600 Hz is

d. 16.5 um a. 601 Hz
77. The radio of frequencies is termed b. 800 Hz
a. Octave c. 1400 Hz
b. Interval d. 1200 Hz
c. Harmonics
d. Masking
86. A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity level 95. What is the sound pressure level (SPL) of a sound
of 90 dB at 10 m away. At this distance, what is the having a RMS pressure of 200 N/m2?
sound power in watt? a. 150 dB
a. 0.63 b. 140 dB
b. 1.26 c. 170 dB
c. 0.315 d. 160 dB
d. 0.56 x 10-6 96. The minimum sound intensity that can be heard is
87. The unit of loudness level termed
a. Sone a. Threshold of feeling
b. dB b. Threshold of pain
c. Mel c. Threshold of sensation
d. Phon d. Threshold of hearing
88. Consist of a rapid succession of noticeable echoes. 97. What is the intensity of the sound whose RMS
a. Rarefaction pressure is 200 N/m2?
b. Refraction a. 96.9 W/m2
c. Reflection b. 97.9 W/m2
d. Flutter echo c. 95.9 W/m2
89. Laid the foundations of acoustic theory of buildings. d. 94.9 W/m2
a. Charles H. Townes 98. The unit of pitch.
b. W.C Sabine a. sone
c. A. Javin b. pitch
d. Stephen and Bate c. dB
90. An aural sensation by pressure variations in the air d. Mel
which are always produced by some source of 99. What is the increase in sound pressure level in dB, if
vibrations. the intensity is doubled?
a. Music a. 2 dB
b. Sound b. 3 dB
c. Disturbance c. 4 dB
d. Speech d. 6 dB
91. Considered to be the threshold of hearing. 100. The velocity of sound is considered to be constant
a. 10-12 W/cm2 at ________ for the purpose of acoustics.
b. 10-16 W/m2 a. 300 m/s
c. 10-13 W/m2 b. 330 mm/s
d. 10-12 W/m2 c. 330 µm/s
92. The average absorption for a person is d. 330 cm/s
a. 5.7 units 101. What do you call the speed of sound in the study of
b. 4.7 units acoustics?
c. 6.7 units a. Rhythm
d. 3.7 units b. Tempo
93. The number of vibration or pressure fluctuations per c. Pitch
seconds. d. Frequency
a. Frequency
b. Timbre
c. Quality
d. Pitch
102. The term that describes the highness or lowness of
94. Defined as the average rate of transmission of sound a sound in the study of acoustics is called a
energy in a given direction through a cross-sectional a. Tempo
area of 1 m2 at right angles to the direction. b. Pitch
a. Sound pressure c. Volume
b. Loudness d. Bass
c. Sound intensity 103. The method of measuring absorption coefficient of
d. Pressure variation sound which considers all angles of incidence is called
a. Distance method b. particle displacement
b. Bounce back to back method c. softness
c. Impedance method d. source
d. Reverberation chamber method 112. _____ is the transmission of sound from one room
104. The tendency of a sound energy to spread to an adjacent room thru common walls, floors, or
a. Rarefaction ceilings.
b. Reflection a. Reverberation
c. Refraction b. Refraction
d. Diffraction c. Flanking transmission
105. _____ is the advantage rate of transmission of d. Reflection
sound energy in a given direction through a cross- 113. The midrange frequency range of sound is from
sectional area of 1 sq m at right angles to the direction a. 256 to 2048 Hz
of propagation. b. 2048 to 4096 Hz
a. Sound pressure c. 512 to 2048 Hz
b. Sound intensity d. 16 to 64 Hz
c. Pressure variation 114. Designates the sensation of low or high in the
d. Loudness sense of the bass and treble
106. The unit of pitch a. Frequency
a. Decibel b. Intensity
b. Phon c. Pitch
c. mel d. SPL
d. Sone 115. Speaker is a device that
107. a large speaker having a large diameter(15 cm and a. Converts current variations into sound waves
above) b. None of these
a. coaxial speaker c. Converts electrical energy to mechanical energy
b. woofer d. Converts sound waves into current and voltage
c. tweeter 116. One-hundred twenty microbars of pressure
d. triaxial speaker variation is equal to
108. A method of expressing the amplitude of a complex a. 120 dBSPL
non-periodic signal such as speech b. 115.56 dBSPL
a. Frequency c. 41.58 dBSPL
b. Wavelength d. 57.78 dBSPL
c. Volume 117. An instrument for recording waveforms of audio
d. Pitch frequency
109. The lowest frequency produced by an instrument a. Oscilloscope
a. Harmonic b. Phonoscope
b. Fundamental c. Radioscope
c. Midrange d. Audioscope
d. 0 Hz 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
110. Sound intensity is given as video disk (DVD) have over the conventional compact
a. df/dp disk (CD)?
b. dE/dP a. Around triple
c. dA/dP b. Around 15 times
d. dP/dA c. Around twice
111. Which of the following is considered the most d. Around 5 times
commonly used measurable components of sound? 120. A sound intensity that could cause painful
a. its temperature sensation in a human ear
a. Threshold of sense a. Piezoelectric effect
b. Threshold of pain b. Doppler effect
c. Hearing threshold c. Haas effect
d. Sensation intensity d. Masking
121. A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity of 129. When the average absorption is greater than 0.2,
90 dB at 10 ft away. At this distance, what is the sound ____ formula is used to compute the actual
power in watt? reverberation time.
a. 12 W a. Sabine
b. 0.12 W b. Stephen and bate
c. 0.012 W c. Norris-Eyring
d. 1.2 W d. Notch
122. Noise reduction system for film sound in movie 130. The minimum sound intensity that can be heard
a. Dolby a. Threshold of feeling
b. dBx b. Threshold of pain
c. dBa c. Threshold of sensation
d. dBk d. Threshold of hearing
123. Which type of microphone operates on the 131. The ____ of a sound is a subjective effect which is a
principle that the electrical resistance of carbon function of the ear and brain.
granules varies as the pressure on the granules vary? a. Pitch
a. Dynamic b. Frequency
b. Crystal c. Timbre
c. Carbon d. Loudness
d. Ribbon-type 132. A term which is subjective but independent mainly
124. A unit of noisiness related to the perceived noise on frequency and also affected by intensity
level a. Pitch
a. Noy b. Frequency
b. Sone c. Timbre
c. dB d. Loudness
d. Mel 133. A sound 0f 18 kHz frequency has a wavelength of
125. Required time for and sound to decay to 60 dB a. 18.3 mm
a. Echo time b. 183mm
b. Delay time c. 250 mels
c. Reverberation time d. 1.86 mels
d. Transient time 134. At a sensation level of 40 dB 1000 Hz tone is
126. If the distance between the listener and the source a. 1000 mels
of the sound is doubled, the intensity is reduced to b. 10000 mels
a. 1/2 c. 250 mels
b. 1/3 d. 800 mels
c. 2/3
d. ¼

135. What is the velocity of sound in dry air for a

127. Positioning a loudspeaker near a wall can temperature change of 45 degrees Celsius?
dramatically alter its frequency response in two distinct a. 249.19 m/s
ways namely b. 331.45 m/s
a. Gump and dump c. 357.73 m/s
b. Hump and notch d. 358.77 m/s
c. Fade and gone 136. What us the resonant frequency of a Helmholtz
d. Bad and worst resonator whose volume is 2.5 cu m with neck radius of
128. An effect that occurs in the ear where a louder 8 cm?
sound can reduce or even stop the nerve voltage a. 13 Hz
generated by a weaker sound b. 11 Hz
c. 15 Hz 146. What is the increase in sound pressure level if the
d. 14 Hz pressure is doubled?
137. 40 phons is equivalent to how many sones? a. Increase by 6 dB
a. 0 sone b. Increase by 3 dB
b. 1 sone c. Decrease by 6 dB
c. 0.5 sone d. Decrease by 3 dB
d. 16 sones 147. The frequency limits of audio frequency is
138. 80 phons + 80 phons = a. 300- 3000 Hz
a. 83 phons b. 20 Hz -20 kHz
b. 160 phons c. 3 – 3 kHz
c. 90 phons d. 40 -40 kHz
d. 86 phons 148. A device that converts sound pressure into
139. An early reflection of sound electrical energy
a. Echo a. Microphone
b. Reverberation b. Headphone
c. Pure sound c. Headset
d. Jitter d. Speaker
140. An instrument designed to measure a frequency 149. An agreed set of empirical curves relating octave-
weighted value of the sound pressure level band sound pressure level to the center frequency of
a. Sound level meter the octave bands
b. Transducer a. C-message weighting curve
c. Sound pressure meter b. Psophometric curve
d. Sound analyzer c. Noise rating curve
141. The term used for the deafness of higher d. F1A weighting curves
frequencies due to old age 150. Pure tone of sound used as standard on testing
a. Ear deafness a. 1 kHz
b. Cortial deafness b. 300-3400 Hz
c. Tinnitus c. 100 Hz
d. Presbycusis d. 800 Hz
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