BROADCASTING REVIEWER 19.
This helps avoid problems with audio feedback and echo,
1. IPTV is a service that distributes television programming
and other visual content via the Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite, as opposed to
broadcast TV, cable TV, or satellite signals.
2. Analog Radio station frequently feeds only one
transmitter and is referred to as an AM station or an FM
station in the U.S.
3. Satellite Radio type of digital broadcast, which transmits
audio signals over large areas with greater clarity and
consistency than conventional radio.
4. Cable television is a system of delivering television
programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF)
signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more
recent systems, light pulses through Fiber-optic cable.
5. Mobile digital television and Mobile digital broadcasting
is an extra stream of data added to a conventional Digital
TV broadcast, with error correction designed to overcome
the reception problems encountered when a receiver is in
motion.
6. What is the maximum height of an AM Antenna Tower?
450ft
7. What device is used to convert baseband audio, video, or
digital bit stream baseband signal to a radio frequency
carrier? Exciter
8. The heart of many power amplifiers Tubes and Solid State
Devices.
9. This have separate power amplifiers and outputs are
combined in a diplexer. high-level combining
10. Best described as "Duct work for Radio Frequencies"
Waveguide
11. It is used to connect a local station studio center to its
transmitter sites. Studio-transmitter links (STLs)
12. It is used for sending finished programs to multiple
locations around the country. Distribution links
13. It is used for sending news reports, sports coverage, and
other remote production material Contribution link
14. Communications paths used by broadcasters for the
production and delivery of their broadcast Links
15. It consists of a long, thin strand of glass, sheathed in
plastic, possibly with multiple fibers in each sheath. Fiber
Optics Cable
16. includes production or acquisition of program material,
originating at locations away from the studio center.
Broadcasting relies greatly on production that takes place
outside the studio, for news, sports, music events, and
other content. Remote broadcasting
17. includes reporting from the field, recording interviews,
press conferences, and so on, for subsequent transport
back to studio centers and incorporation into news
programs. Radio News Gathering
18. may also be used by reporters for “stand-up” on camera
reports or interviews, where the microphone can be
placed close to the sound source. Omnidirectional
Microphones
and makes two-way communication with presenters and
talent possible. Cue Audio
20. Also known as a “field recorder” or “handheld recorder,” a
portable audio recorder combines microphone and
recording technology for capturing and storing audio both
in studio and on location. Portable audio recorder
21. A Character Generator is basically a computer system for
producing captions, text, and simple graphics for adding to
a video program.
22. Video editing is the art of Manipulating and Combining
video files to create a completed video project.
23. A system called 3:2 Pulldown is used so that film images
can be transferred to video.
24. A Station is from which a signal is emitted and its sole
responsibility is to produce the various programs.
25. Which one is not included in Post-Production Edit Suites?
Vector scope
26. What is the decimal to binary of number 50? 110010
27. What is the binary to decimal of 10011011? 155
28. It is the interconnected system of networks that allows
connected computers to potentially communicate with
any other connected computer or server. Internet
29. This is memory based on silicon chips, comprising
integrated circuits with millions of transistors and other
components inside. Solid State
30. It is the heart of the computer Central Processing Unit
31. What systems use four or more channels, designed to
feed speakers arranged in front, alongside and behind the
listener, all at approximately the same height? Surround
sound
32. Does not provide the listener with any real sense of
direction or space for the sounds. Stereo
33. It is possible to provide a good impression of the position
of the sound in the original studio. Stereo
34. Another critical characteristic involves a phenomenon
known as Persistence of vision.
35. A Microphone turns a sound pressure wave in the air into
an electrical audio signal that matches the amplitude and
frequency of the sound wave.
36. It is a device that allows several program sources to be
mixed, monitored, and fed to the transmitter. Audio
Mixing Console
37. Are special rooms where audio programs or contributions
are produced and prepared for broadcasting. Radio
Station
38. Operates using s different principle based on the
operation of a capacitor Condenser Microphone
39. Machine provide all the functionality of a traditional
analog tape cartridge machines but use internal hard disk
storage provide greatly enhanced capabilities. Digital Cart
40. Allow signal to be checked or rerouted at different point in
the distribution system, cabling is often brought to a Patch
Panel.
41. How many times per second are refreshed in one frame
rate in an interlaced scan? 30 times per second
42. Why does screen flicker occur? Low refreshed rate
43. What year did Karl Ferdinand Braun play the vital role as a
forerunner for analog television? 1897
44. What is the committee that designed the standard for
today’s analogy television system? NTSC (National
Television System Committee)
45. What is the channel bandwidth for NTSC? 6MHz
46. Modulation is defined as The process of modifying /
varying the characteristics of carrier signal in accordance
to the information signal.
47. Radio spectrum is conserved by using Vestigial
modulation for the video and TV signals
48. In Amplitude Modulation, what is the ideal modulation
index? 1
49. Advantage of FM over AM? Noise Immunity
50. When RF carrier signal is modulated with a signal of
another frequency, it produces sidebands. The sidebands
contain Information
51. The measure of how often digital samples are taken from
the original analog waveform. Sampling Rate
52. Audio compact discs (CDs) uses a sampling rate of: 44.1
kHz
53. Process of encoding, restructuring or otherwise modifying
data in order to reduce its size. Data Compression
54. Resolution is measured in: Bits
55. Five (5) basic concepts process of conversion from Analog-
to-Digital involves:
 quantizing
 bit rate
 resolution
 serial bit stream
 sampling