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Practice with common audiovisual vocabulary

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What do you call the small element used to build a digital image?

a pixel

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What does PDP stand for?

plasma display panel

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What is resolution?

1. The amount of detail in an image. 2. The number of picture elements (pixels) in a display.

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The ________ the signal to noise (S/N) ratio, the better the quality of the sound or picture.

higher

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A splitter is _______

an electronic device that divides a signal into different pieces to route to different devices

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With _______ video or audio, a web user does not have to wait to download a large file before seeing the video or hearing the sound.

streaming

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What are subwoofers?

loudspeakers that reproduce lower frequencies, typically 20 Hz – 200 Hz

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A microphone which is placed on a table to pick up sound is called a ______ mount microphone.

surface

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Which video signal is also known as Y/C? (Y is the luminance and C is the chrominance)

S-video

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What are tweeters?

loudspeakers that have high frequencies, typically 2,000 Hz – 20,000 Hz

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The viewing cone is the _____ viewing area for the audience.

best

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A sound that has the same energy level at all frequencies is called _____.

white noise

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What do you call lenses that allow the operator to adjust focal length for sizing or distance?

zoom lenses

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An opening in a lens regulating the amount of light passing through the lens is called an _____.

aperture

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An electrical representation of sound is called an _____ signal.

audio

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Compression is the action of air molecules moving _____ together permitting audible sound.

closer

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