Tarlac State University

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS

Tarlac City

UTILITY 3 – LIGHTING AND ACOUSTICS

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Name:_________________________________________

Direction: Write directly to the given space provided for each question. All answer must be in CAPITAL LETTERS.

TEST 1. FILL IN THE BLANKS.

__________________ 1. The speed of sound in kilometers per hour.

__________________ 2. The science of noise control within buildings.

__________________ 3. Is a comprehensive study of acoustic phenomena in the human environment which

involve unwanted sound.

__________________ 4. The frequency range audible to human ear.

__________________ 5. The unit used to measure the intensity of sound.

__________________ 6. Is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic

phenomenon.

__________________ 7. Borne phenomena of sound either air, structure or water.

__________________ 8. The first manned airplane to exceed the speed of sound.

__________________ 9. The maximum deviation of a wave or alternating current from the mean value.

__________________ 10. The rate of flow of flow visible light per unit time expressed in lumens.

__________________ 11. Average level of sound energy occurring within an architectural environment at a

specified time due to various noise sources in and around the space.

__________________ 12. Room containing a large amount of sound absorbing material.

__________________ 13. Rapid series of reflections usually created when a sound is played between two hard

and parallel room surfaces.

__________________ 14. Room containing very little sound absorbing materials.

__________________ 15. Architectural surfaces need to be designed to either reflect sound, absord sound, or

diffused sound.

__________________ 16. First architect to study science of sound.

__________________ 17. It indicates the speed of sound either 1 or 2, etc.

__________________ 18. The preliminary structure in which acoustical design was first used.

__________________ 19. A sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to

the listener.

__________________ 20. A surface type that disperses sound evenly across a wide range of frequencies.

__________________ 21. A diffracted sound in a curved surface.

__________________ 22. The location of objects by reflected sound, used by animals.

__________________ 23. A space were sound does not travel.

__________________ 24. The intensification and prolongation of sound produced by sympathetic vibration.

__________________ 25. Sound waves reflected from a con cave surface.

TEST 2. ENUMERATION. Answer directly on the given space.

A. ELEMENTS OF SOUND

1. ____________________________________
2. ____________________________________
3. ____________________________________
B. PATTERN OF REFLECTED SOUND
4. ____________________________________
5. ____________________________________
6. ____________________________________
C. FOUR FIELD OF ACOUSTICAL DESIGN
7. ____________________________________
8. ____________________________________
9. ____________________________________
10. ____________________________________

TEST 3. ILLUSTRATE. Answer directly on the given space. 3 points each

1. Reverberation

2. Echo

3. Flutter

4. Creep/ crawl
5. Sound foci

6. Diffusion

7. Refraction

8. Diffraction

9. Focusing

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