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Week 6 Assignment 6
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Week 1 1) Read the following statements regarding the sound amplification and pick the right 1 point
combination:
Week 2 Statement P: Microphone converts sound energy to electrical impulse
Statement Q: Pre-amplifier selects and combines the signals as required
Week 3
(a) Both the statements are correct
Week 4
(b) Statement P is correct, but Statement Q is wrong
Week 5 (c) Statement P is wrong, but Statement Q is correct

Week 6 (d) Both the statements are wrong

Lecture 26 : No, the answer is incorrect.

Electro Score: 0
-Acoustics - I Accepted Answers:
Lecture 27 : (a) Both the statements are correct
Electro-
Acoustics -II 2) Which of the following is the correct sequential combination of various components of 1 point
electro-acoustical system ?
Lecture 28 :
Meteorological
(a) Input Transducer – Power Amplifier – Pre Amplifier – Output Transducer
Conditions and
Sound (b) Input Transducer – Pre Amplifier – Power Amplifier – Output Transducer
Propagation
(c) Input Transducer – Pre Amplifier – Output Transducer – Power Amplifier
Lecture 29 :
Topography (d) Pre Amplifier – Input Transducer – Power Amplifier – Output Transducer
and Sound
Propagation : No, the answer is incorrect.
Historical Score: 0
Contexts
Accepted Answers:
Lecture 30 : (b) Input Transducer – Pre Amplifier – Power Amplifier – Output Transducer
Open Air
Theatre Design 3) Match the Table-1 and Table-2 regarding the Types of microphone and its corresponding 1 point
and Acoustics use.
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(a) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1
Assignment 6
(b) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3
Week 7
(c) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3
Week 8 : (d) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1

Assignment No, the answer is incorrect.

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(b) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3
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4) Which of the following type of distributed system arrangement is economical ? 1 point
Interactive
Session with
(a) Edge-to-edge overlap
Students
(b) Minimum overlap

(c) Maximum overlap

(d) 2 × edge-to-edge overlap

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(d) 2 × edge-to-edge overlap

5) If the amplitude of a sound signal and a noise are 1 mm and 0.1 mm respectively, then 2 points
the SNRdB will be ____________.

(a) 10

(b) 1

(c) 20

(d) 100

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(c) 20

6) If Lθ = 65 dB and Lavg =70 dB, then the directivity Index (DI) of the loudspeaker is 2 points

(a) + 3dB

(b) +5 dB

(c) -3 dB

(d) -5 dB

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(d) -5 dB

7) High-frequency sound is more easily absorbed in the air because of : 1 point

(a) Shorter wavelength, as compared to other frequencies

(b) Longer wavelength, as compared to other frequencies

(c) High humidity in air

(d) None of the above

No, the answer is incorrect.

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Score: 0
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(a) Shorter wavelength, as compared to other frequencies

8) Sound shadows are formed close to the ground during ____________ when the ground 2 points
temperature is _____________ than the atmospheric temperature.

(a) night time; higher

(b) day time; higher

(c) day time; lower

(d) night time; lower

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(b) day time; higher

9) We can hear distant sound at winter nights because of the phenomena of refraction of 1 point
sound due to temperature difference; it is also termed as _____________.

(a) lateral inversion

(b) diffusion of sound

(c) temperature inversion

(d) reflectivity of sound

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(c) temperature inversion

10)When sound source is at a higher level in open air, the areas below the raised level is 1 point
considered under sound shadow zone. The sound only reaches there through the process of:

(a) Diffusion

(b) Diffraction

(c) Reflection

(d) Transmission

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(b) Diffraction

11)Researches reveal that dense belts of trees (width= 15 to 30 m) and up to 12 m height tend 1 point
to absorb sound up to:

(a) 1-2 dB

(b) 50-100 dB

(c) 100-200 dB

(d) 5-10 dB

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(d) 5-10 dB

12)Read the following points and chose the INCORRECT combination : 2 points

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Researches in Epidaurus revealed that limestone seats formed corrugated seating surfaces and
i. trapped high frequency sound
ii. amplified low frequency sound from the stage
iii. the raking was quite high to allow sound move till end

(a) i and ii

(b) i and iii

(c) ii and iii

(d) ii only

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(a) i and ii

13)Why do listeners sitting at back of public addresses during day time face difficulty in 1 point
hearing?

(a) due to sound shadow formation

(b) due to late reflections and echoes from buildings in backdrop

(c) due to background noise

(d) all of the above

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(d) all of the above

14)Stepped seating and side walls in an Open air theater (OAT): 1 point

(a) helps in early reflections and lateral reflections towards the audience

(b) helps in achieving privacy in the OAT

(c) helps to direct sound back to the stage

(d) helps to check delayed reflection from back wall

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(a) helps in early reflections and lateral reflections towards the audience

15)Which of the profiles would be more effective for side walls of an OAT and why? 2 points

(a) concave in shape towards seating and more effective in scattering sound

(b) convex in shape towards seating and more effective in focusing sound

(c) folded or corrugated in nature to help diffusion/scattering of sound

(d) flat wall for lateral reflection

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(c) folded or corrugated in nature to help diffusion/scattering of sound

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