TYPES OF ACOUSTIC MATERIAL

1. What material is used to reduce the transmission of airborne sounds?

A. Sound Diffuser.
B. Sound Absorber.
C. Sound Barriers.
D. Noise Barriers.
Answer: C.
2. What material is used to eliminate sound reflections to improve speech intelligibility, reduce
standing waves and prevent comb filtering?
A. Sound Diffuser.
B. Sound Absorber.
C. Sound Barriers.
D. Noise Barriers.
Answer: B.
3. What material is used to just reduce the overall noise level and does not block all noise?
A. Sound Diffuser.
B. Sound Absorber.
C. Sound Barriers.
D. Noise Barriers.
Answer: D.
4. What material is used to reduce the intensity of sound by scattering it over an expanded area?
A. Sound Diffuser.
B. Sound Absorber.
C. Sound Barriers.
D. Noise Barriers.
Answer: A.
5. The first application of architectural acoustics was in the design of?
A. Opera House.
B. Concert Halls.
C. All of the Above.
D. None of the Above.
Answer: C.
6. These types of diffusers are Polycylindrical Diffusers that do the twice of work by scattering the
sound and function as a bass trap.
A. Pyramidal Diffuser.
B. Quadra Pyramid Diffuser.
C. Quadratic Diffuser.
D. Double Duty Diffuser.
 Answer: D.

7. This type of diffuser generates a uniform polar response over a broad frequency range using a
pre-rotated pyramidal pattern to create sixteen angles of reflection.
A. Pyramidal Diffuser.
B. Quadra Pyramid Diffuser.
C. Quadratic Diffuser.
D. Double Duty Diffuser.
Answer: B.
8. This type of diffuser is designed for uniform broadband scattering and reducing High-Q
reflections.
A. Pyramidal Diffuser.
B. Quadra Pyramid Diffuser.
C. Quadratic Diffuser.
D. Double Duty Diffuser.
Answer: C.
9. This type of diffuser is designed to disperses sound uniformly over a broad frequency range. A
quick solution to flutter echo.
A. Pyramidal Diffuser.
B. Quadra Pyramid Diffuser.
C. Quadratic Diffuser.
D. Double Duty Diffuser.
Answer: A.
10. A type of acoustical foam that is design to increase thickness quickly by nesting layers.
A. Anechoic Wedges Foam.
B. Fire Rated Acoustical Foam.
C. Traditional Foam Patterns.
D. Stackable Foam.
Answer: D.
11. A type of acoustical foam that are light in terms of weight and can be easily attached to walls
or ceilings. It also comes with different patterns such as wedge, pyramid, max wedge, baffles
and more.
A. Anechoic Wedges Foam.
B. Fire Rated Acoustical Foam.
C. Traditional Foam Patterns.
D. Stackable Foam.
Answer: B.
12. A type of acoustical foam are custom manufactured, large foam wedges are used to create
acoustic test chambers with no sound reflections. Also, designed to control low frequency
sound.
A. Anechoic Wedges Foam.
B. Fire Rated Acoustical Foam.
C. Traditional Foam Patterns.
D. Stackable Foam.
Answer: A.
13. These materials are used for walls, as corner traps, bass traps and ceiling applications.
Available in half rounds or quarter-rounds.
A. Hanging Baffles.
B. Acoustical Clouds.
C. Broadband Absorber.
D. Wall Panels.
Answer: C.
14. These materials are used to wrapped all surfaces and edges of the glass fiber core with fabric
to match or accentuate room décor.
A. Hanging Baffles.
B. Acoustical Clouds.
C. Broadband Absorber.
D. Wall Panels.
Answer: A.
15. These materials are used to reduce echo and reverberation in applications. These panels are
manufactured from a rigid high density (6- 7PCF) glass fiber acoustical board and covered with
an acoustically transparent fabric.
A. Hanging Baffles.
B. Acoustical Clouds.
C. Broadband Absorber.
D. Wall Panels.
Answer: D.
16. These materials are used to reduce reflected sound in theaters, restaurants, arenas, shopping
malls, convention centers, recording and broadcasting rooms, etc.
A. Hanging Baffles.
B. Acoustical Clouds.
C. Broadband Absorber.
D. Wall Panels.
Answer: B.
17. These materials are designed to solve acoustical problems economically in any large cubic
volume space such as arenas, gymnasiums, theaters, resto, and auditoriums.
A. Blanket and Rolls.
B. Acoustical Clouds.
C. Baffles and Banners.
D. Wall Panels.
Answer: C.
18. Below are the Quick and Easy acoustical solutions except?
A. Panel size allows for flexible mounting options.
B. Create unique patterns.
C. Soft drywall texture appearance.
D. Paintable & Printable Paper.
Answer: D.
19. These are the material that allow relatively few opportunities for small, individual collisions
between the surface’s molecules and the sound wave.
A. Rough Material.
B. Smooth Material.
C. Hard Material.
D. None of the Above.
Answer: B.
20. These are relatively non porous materials that is dissimilar as possible to the medium sound
waves move through the air.
A. Rough Material.
B. Smooth Material.
C. Hard Material.
D. None of the Above.
Answer: C.