BROADCASTING REVIEWER 20.

Also known as a “field recorder” or “handheld recorder,” a

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