1.

Write two points of difference between:

(a) Echo and reverberation
(b) Intensity and intensity level.
2. Explain remedies for acoustical planning of a hall.
3. What do you mean by absorption coefficient? Explain.
4. Explain absorption of sound waves.
5. Define and explain:
(a) Intensity of sound, (b) Loudness, (c) Intensity level.
6. What is reverberation? Explain.
7. What are the essential features that an acoustically good hall should have?
8. Give Sabine's formula for standard reverberation time, and give the importance of reverberation
time.
9. What are the factors which affect the architectural acoustics?
10. What are different types of noise? Give their sources and remedies.
11. What are the problems associated with noise? How it can be tackled scientifically?
12. What are ultrasonic waves?
13. Give the magnetostriction method of generating ultrasonic waves.
14. Explain piezo-electric effect.
15. Describe how piezo-electric effect can be used for generating ultrasonic waves.
16. Explain any three engineering applications of ultrasonic waves.
17. State and explain any two applications of ultrasonic waves
18. Explain how ultrasonic waves are used for:
(a) flaw detection,
(b) measurement of thickness.
19. Explain the role of ultrasonics in the medical field.