Second Sem - Radio And Telivision

                RADIO AND TELEVISION

QUESTION BANK

1 Who invented radio?

a) Thomas Alva Edison b) Albert Einstein

b) Benjamin Franklin d) Guglielmo Marconi

Ans: d

2 A visual rhyme between two successive shots is called

a) Graphic match

b) Short match

c) Scene match

d) Composition

Ans: a

3 A rapid, jerky transition from one frame to the next, either disrupting the flow of

time or movement within a scene or making an abrupt transition from one scene to

another is termed as

a) Clear cut b) Jump cut c) Fade d) Smog

Ans: b

4 The first licensed radio operator in India.

a) The Radio Club of Kolkatta

b) The Radio Club of Bombay

Ans: a

5 A shot that is allowed to continue for longer than usual without editing

a) Short shot b) Long shot c) Medium shot d) Live shot

Ans: b

6 The telling of a story and the information supplied to the audience by a voice

coming from off screen who may or may not be a character in the story.

a) Voice over

b) Narration

c) Characterization

d) Casting

Ans: b

7 A local reporter is also called

a) Stringer b) Correspondent

c) Special correspondent d) None of the above

Ans: a

8 Expansion of CNN

a) Cartoon and News Network

b) Canadian News Network

Ans: c

c) Cable News Network

d) None of the above

9 "Bahujana Hitaya Bahujan Sukhasya" is the slogan of

a) Doordarshan

b) AIR

c) Mathrubhumi daily

d) Harijan started by Mahatma Gandhi

Ans: b

10 In terms of visualization pattern, TV is known as a

a) Close‐up medium c) Zooming Media

b) Long shot medium d) All the above

Ans: a

11. The study of distance among the objects in relation to its communication effect

is called

a) Proximics

b) Kinesics

c) Communicology

d) Communique

Ans: a

12. Pather Panchali is directed by

a) Girish Karnad

b) Girish Kasaravally

Ans: c

c) Satyajit Ray

d) Mrinal Sen

13. Expand VOD

a) Voice Over Decision

b) Voice of Dialogue

c) Video on Demand

d) None of the above

Ans: c

14. Transition from one shot to another, where a moving line or pattern reveals the

new shot.

a) Wipe

b) Transformation

c) Transliteration

d) Fade

Ans: a

15. Electronic adjustment of camera to retain the truest colours of a recorded image

by making white objects in the scene appear white in the camera. a) White balance

b) Focusing

c) Keying

d) None of the above

Ans: a

16. Audio from an unseen narrator accompanying video, heard above background

sound or music. a) Dialogue

b) Voice over

c) Sound effects

d) None of the above

Ans: b

17. Expand VHS

a) Voice Hightening System

b) Variety Home Studio

c) Video Home System

d) Video Home Studio

Ans: b

1 8 . Synchronization system, like a clock recorded on your videotape, assigning

a corresponding hours, minutes, seconds, and frame‐number designation to

each frame.

a) Time Code

b) Film clock

c) Camera clock

d) Bios

Ans: a

19. device that projects and advances text on mirror directly in front of camera's lens, allowing talent to read their lines while appearing to maintain eye contact with

viewers.

a) Prompter

b) Teleprompter

c) Telereader

d) Machine reader

Ans: b

20 Text or graphics, usually special announcements that move across the screen

horizontally, typically from right to left across the bottom of the screen.

a) Roll b) Crawl c) Ride d) Flash

Ans: a

21 Method of electronically inserting an image from one video source into the image

of another through areas designated as its "key color.

a) Animation

b) Chromakey

Ans: b

c) Cueing

d) None of the above

22 Expand VOA

a) Voice of Australia

b) Voice of America

c) Voice of Argentina

d) Voice of Atlanta

Ans: b

23 Distortion of sound created by inappropriate speed is termed as

a) Mow b) Wow c) Vow d) Slow

Ans: b

24 Roster of music for airing

a) Bulletin b) Playlist c) Muster d) Play roster

Ans: b

25 Recording sound-on-sound

a) Single tracking

b) Multi‐tracking

Ans: b

c) Embedding

d) Sound engraving

26 Music commercial or promo

a) Jingle

b) Mingle

Ans: a

c) Single

d) None of the above

27 Material read over air

a) Air copy

b) Live copy

Ans: b

c) Online copy

d) Auto copy

28 Host of radio music program

a) Radio jockey

b) Radio selector

Ans: a

c) Radiator

d) Radio director

29 A region where a radio signal cannot be received due to propagation difficulties. a) Head zone

b) Dead zone

c) Death zone

d) Passive zone

Ans: b

30 Signal for the start of action is termed as

a) Cue b) Clue c) Key d) Sign

Ans: a

31 Audience statistical data pertaining to age, sex, race, income, etc.

a) Psychographics

b) Demographics

c) Samples

d) Census

Ans: b

32 Gradual fade of bed music at conclusion of spot.

a) Cool out

b) Hot cut

c) Snow out

d) Smog out

Ans: a

33 Paid advertising announcement in Radio is generally called

a) Advertorial

b) Commercial

c) Copy

d) None of the above

Ans: b

34 Playing sound or video in real time as it is downloaded over the internet as

opposed to storing it in a local file first.

a) Downloading

b) Streaming

c) Filtering

d) None of the above

Ans: b

35 Series of cartoon‐like sketches illustrating key visual stages (shots, scenes) of

planned production, accompanied by corresponding audio information. a) Comics

b) Cartoon

c) Animation

d) Story board

Ans: d

36 Sound emanating from two isolated sources, intended to simulate pattern of

natural human hearing.

a) Stereo

b) FM

c) AM

d) None of the above

Ans: a

37. Expand SEG

a) Single Entertainment Group

b) Special Effects Generator

c) Special Emotion Generator

d) None of the above 

Ans: b

38. SFX means

a) Cinematic effects

b) Visual effects

c) Sound effects

d) Synchronized effects

Ans:c

39. Brassy antique colour effect characteristic of old photographs.

a) Sapia b) Negative c) Grey d) RGB

Ans: a

40. Text specifying content of a production or performance, used as a guide

a) One‐line

b) Synopsis

c) Script

d) Shoot schedule

Ans: c

41. The recommended area that will produce legible titles on most TV screens

a) Simple title area

b) Safe title area

c) Secure title area

d) None of the above

Ans: b

42. Composition technique that places important subjects or objects on the lines, or

at the cross points, in a tic‐tac‐toe pattern imagined over the viewfinder.

a) Rule of first

b) Rule of second

c) Rule of third

d) None of the above

Ans: c

43. Preliminary editing of footage in the approximate sequence, length and content

of finished program. a) Rough cut b) Rush cut c) Raw cut d) Real cut

Ans: a

44. Audio mixer consisting of inputs, outputs, toggles, meters, sliders and/or pots is called

a) Conceal

b) Console

c) Consolation

d) Convergence

Ans: b

45. Recap of preceding music selections

a) Back announce

b) Renouncement

c) Front announcement

d) Middle announce

Ans: a

46. A summary of a station's assets and liabilities

a) Balance sheet

b) Audit report

c) Account

d) Book keeping

Ans: a

47. Electronically increasing the power of a signal.

a) Modulation

b) Amplification

c) synchronization

d) Dubbing

Ans: b

48. Amount of picture detail reproduced by a video system, influenced by a

camera's pickup, lens, internal optics, recording medium and playback monitor.

a) Memory b) Binary c) Resolution d) Aspect Ratio

Ans: c

49.. The processing a computer undertakes when creating an applied effect,

transition or composite.

a) Streaming

b) Filtering

c) Rendering

d) None of the above:

Ans: C