COURSE TITLE : AUDIO & VIDEO ENGINEERING

MARKING SCHEME: Short answer type- 2to3 marks

Long answer type- 4to6 marks

Unit I: Fundamentals-Audio Devices and Items

Short answer type questions:

1. Explain the parameters on which quality of microphone depends

2. Give the applications of crystal microphone.

3. List the disadvantages of condenser microphone.

4. Explain the characteristics of moving coil type microphone.

5. Explain why cone type speaker is known as direct radiating type .

6. Explain the working principle of moving coil type loudspeaker.

7. Explain the characteristics of moving coil type loudspeaker.

8. list types of baffles.

9. Explain the necessity of baffles.

10. Give the frequency ranges of woofers, tweeters, mid frequency rangers.

11. ``Explain the considerations for designing cross over network.

12. Explain the concept of infinite baffles.

13. Draw a neat sketch of bass reflex baffles.

14. Differentiate between mono and stereo amplifier.

15. Explain the necessity of AGC.

Long answer type questions:

1. Explain the parameters on which quality of microphone depends. Give the values of these
parameters for pivot magnet type, crystal & condenser type microphone.

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2. Explain the working principle of moving coil type microphone with the help of neat sketch.

3. Give the typical values of parameters of pivot magnet type microphone and mention its
applications.

4. With the help of neat sketch explain the working of a crystal type microphone.

5. Explain why ceramic crystal is more suitable than rocheli salt crystal. Give the typical values
of parameters of crystal microphone and mention its applications.

6. Explain the working principle condenser type microphone with the help of neat diagram. What
are its main disadvantages.

7. Compare the parameters of moving coil, crystal, condenser microphone.

8. Explain the characteristics of good loudspeaker.

9. With the help of neat sketch , explain the operation of moving coil type loudspeaker. Explain
why it is known as direct radiating type .

10. Explain what do you mean by baffles. Explain its necessity. Name different types of baffles.

11. Explain the concept of infinite baffle. Explain how enclosure acts as an infinite baffle.
Explain why inner surfaces of an enclosure are padded.

12. Explain the meaning of woofer, tweeter & squawker. Explain the necessity of cross over
network.

13. Explain the operation of stereo amplifier with neat diagram.

14. Draw the block diagram of public address amplifier & explain its working.

15. Explain the operation of AM superheterodyne radio receiver with neat diagram.

16. With the help of neat sketch, explain optical assembly system in CD player.

17. Explain various servo systems used in CD player.

18. Draw the block diagram of CD player & explain its working.

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Unit II: Receivers

Short answer type questions:

1. Explain the need of AGC

2. Explain the use of AFC circuit.

3. Explain the use of amplitude limiter in FM receivers.

4. Explain the need of de-emphasis circuit.

5. Explain the use of LNA circuit in satellite receivers.

6. Define the terms sensitivity, selectivity & fidility.

7. Explain the trimmer tracking method.

8. Explain the padder tracking method.

9. Explain three point tracking.

10. Explain the need of tracking.

Long answer type questions:

1. With the help of neat sketch, explain the operation of AM/FM radio receiver.

2. Explain the satellite receiver with neat block diagram.

3. Explain the need of LNA in satellite receiver and list the intermediate frequencies used in
satellite receiver.

4. Explain sensitivity with neat graph.

5. Explain selectivity with neat graph.

6. Explain fidelity with neat graph.

7. Draw the curves of sensitivity, selectivity & fidelity. On which stages sensitivity, selectivity
& fidelity depends.

8. Explain IF alignment procedure in radio receiver.

9. Explain RF alignment procedure in radio receiver.

10. Explain radio transmitter with neat block diagram.

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Unit III: Audio & Radio circuits fault finding

Short answer type Questions:

With reference to circuit diagram

1. Explain the use of TR1.

2. Name the components c1, c2.

3. Explain the need of L5,L6,L7.

4. Explain the use of TR2

5. Explain the function of TR3.

6. Explain the working of R8.

7. Explain the use of C21.

8. Explain the use of TR4.

9. Name the component TR5,TR6.

10. Explain the working of C18.

Long answer type questions:

1. Draw and explain the circuit diagram of medium frequency RF amplifier .

2. Explain the advantages of having RF amplifier in receiver circuit.

3. Explain VHF RF amplifier with neat circuit diagram.

4. Explain self excited mixer with circuit diagram.

5. Explain the working of separately excited mixer with circuit diagram.

6. Explain the major factors influencing choice of intermediate frequency.

7. Draw and explain the working of simple diode detector with circuit diagram.

8.Draw and explain the working of practical diode detector.

9. With reference to circuit diagram, write down the fault finding procedure for TR1,
TR2,TR3,TR4,TR5,TR6 open.

10. With reference to circuit diagram, write down the fault finding procedure for R3 open ,R10
open.

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Unit IV: Video

Short answer type questions

1. Explain luminance.

2. Explain additive colour mixing.

3. Explain subtractive colour mixing.

4. Explain Grasman’s law with neat diagram.

5. Define Hue,Saturation.

6. Find out the luminance values for colours cyan, Blue,Yellow.

7. Explain the use of delay line in PAL-D transmitter.

Long answer type questions:

1. Explain PAL-D transmitter with neat block diagram.

2. Explain the compatibility requirements to make colour TV compatible with monochrome TV.

3. Explain three colour theory.

4. Draw and explain composite video signal for colour TV transmitter.

5. Explain what do you mean by colour burst, where should it get added.

6. Explain the terms luminance,hue, saturation, chrominance.

7. Explain luminance signal processing with neat block diagram.

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Unit V: Colour picture tube

Short answer type questions

1. Draw the diagram of Delta gun colour picture tube.

2. Define the term purity & convergence.

3. List the drawbacks of delta gun picture tube.

4. Explain convergence errors occur in PIL picture tube.

5. Draw the schematic diagram of Trintron picture tube.

6. Explain pincuchion distortion.

7. Explain the meaning of degaussing.

8. Explain the meaning of grey scale tracking.

Long answer type questions

1. Describe with suitable diagrams the gun arrangement & constructional details of a delta gun
colour picture tube.

2. Define purity & convergence and explain why static & dynamic corrections become necessary
to obtain colour purity & coincident rasters.

3. Describe the constructional details of PIL picture tube.

4. Distinguish between PIL and Delta gun picture tube.

5. Describe the purity and static convergence adjustments which are provided by PIL tube
deflection assembly.

6. Describe convergence adjustments in PIL picture tube.

7. Describe the constructional details of Trintron colour picture tube.

8. Explain pincushion correction. Explain how both E-W & N-S corrections are carried out.

9. Explain the need of degaussing. Explain with neat diagram.

10. Explain the meaning of grey scale tracking. Explain how it is carried out for both low & high
light levels of the video signal.

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Unit VI: Colour signal

Short answer type questions

1. Draw the neat labeled diagram of VSB system.

2. Explain why (G-y) signal is not transmitted.

3. Draw thye neat labled diagram for the location of colour burst on the back poarch of
horizontal sync pulse.

4. List the main features of PAL-D system.

5. Explain the use of notch filter in PAL-D colour receiver.

Long answer type questions

1. Explain production of colour difference signal with neat diagram.

2. Explain why (G-Y) signal is not transmitted . Explain how it is recovered at the receiver.

3. Explain the concept of frequency interleaving with suitable biagram.

4. Explain how modulation of colour difference signal takes place.

5. Explain the need of colour burst signal with suitable diagram.

6.Explain weighting factors & why those are necessary with example.

7. Explain the formation of chrominance signal with neat diagram,

8. Explain PAL-D colour system with suitable diagram.

9. Explain how cancelation of phase errors takes place in PAL-D system.

10.Draw & explain PAL-D colour receiver.

11. Explain the need of colour killer circuit with neat circuit diagram.

12. Explain VSB transmission used in colour TV

13. List CCIR-B standards used in TV.

14. Explain the need of –ve amplitude modulation used in picture transmission.

15. Explain SAW filter with neat diagram.

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