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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 1. |
A visual rhyme between two successive shots is called |
| A. | graphic match |
| B. | short match |
| C. | scene match |
| D. | composition |
| Answer» A. graphic match | |
| 2. |
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 |
| Answer» B. jump cut | |
| 3. |
The first licensed radio operator in India. |
| A. | the radio club of kolkatta |
| B. | the radio club of bombay |
| C. | the radio club of madras |
| D. | the radio club of delhi |
| Answer» A. the radio club of kolkatta | |
| 4. |
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 |
| Answer» B. long shot | |
| 5. |
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 |
| Answer» B. narration | |
| 6. |
A local reporter is also called |
| A. | stringer |
| B. | correspondent |
| C. | special correspondent |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. stringer | |
| 7. |
"Bahujana Hitaya Bahujan Sukhasya" is the slogan of |
| A. | doordarshan |
| B. | air |
| C. | mathrubhumi daily |
| D. | harijan started by mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» B. air | |
| 8. |
The study of distance among the objects in relation to its communication effect is called |
| A. | proximics |
| B. | kinesics |
| C. | communicology |
| D. | communique |
| Answer» A. proximics | |
| 9. |
Pather Panchali is directed by |
| A. | girish karnad |
| B. | girish kasaravally |
| C. | satyajit ray |
| D. | mrinal sen |
| Answer» C. satyajit ray | |
| 10. |
Expand VOD |
| A. | voice over decision |
| B. | voice of dialogue |
| C. | video on demand |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. video on demand | |
| 11. |
Transition from one shot to another, where a moving line or pattern reveals the new shot. |
| A. | wipe |
| B. | transformation |
| C. | transliteration |
| D. | fade |
| Answer» A. wipe | |
| 12. |
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 |
| Answer» A. white balance | |
| 13. |
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 |
| Answer» B. voice over | |
| 14. |
Expand VHS |
| A. | voice hightening system |
| B. | variety home studio |
| C. | video home system |
| D. | video home studio |
| Answer» B. variety home studio | |
| 15. |
. 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 |
| Answer» A. time code | |
| 16. |
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 |
| Answer» B. teleprompter | |
| 17. |
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 |
| Answer» A. roll | |
| 18. |
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 |
| C. | cueing |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. chromakey | |
| 19. |
Expand VOA |
| A. | voice of australia |
| B. | voice of america |
| C. | voice of argentina |
| D. | voice of atlanta |
| Answer» B. voice of america | |
| 20. |
Distortion of sound created by inappropriate speed is termed as |
| A. | mow |
| B. | wow |
| C. | vow |
| D. | slow |
| Answer» B. wow | |
| 21. |
Roster of music for airing |
| A. | bulletin |
| B. | playlist |
| C. | muster |
| D. | play roster |
| Answer» B. playlist | |
| 22. |
Recording sound-on-sound |
| A. | single tracking |
| B. | multi‐tracking |
| C. | embedding |
| D. | sound engraving |
| Answer» B. multi‐tracking | |
| 23. |
Music commercial or promo |
| A. | jingle |
| B. | mingle |
| C. | single |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. jingle | |
| 24. |
Material read over air |
| A. | air copy |
| B. | live copy |
| C. | online copy |
| D. | auto copy |
| Answer» B. live copy | |
| 25. |
Host of radio music program |
| A. | radio jockey |
| B. | radio selector |
| C. | radiator |
| D. | radio director |
| Answer» A. radio jockey | |
| 26. |
Signal for the start of action is termed as |
| A. | cue |
| B. | clue |
| C. | key |
| D. | sign |
| Answer» A. cue | |
| 27. |
Audience statistical data pertaining to age, sex, race, income, etc. |
| A. | psychographics |
| B. | demographics |
| C. | samples |
| D. | census |
| Answer» B. demographics | |
| 28. |
Gradual fade of bed music at conclusion of spot. |
| A. | cool out |
| B. | hot cut |
| C. | snow out |
| D. | smog out |
| Answer» A. cool out | |
| 29. |
Paid advertising announcement in Radio is generally called |
| A. | advertorial |
| B. | commercial |
| C. | copy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. commercial | |
| 30. |
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 |
| Answer» B. streaming | |
| 31. |
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 |
| Answer» D. story board | |
| 32. |
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 |
| Answer» A. stereo | |
| 33. |
Expand SEG |
| A. | single entertainment group |
| B. | special effects generator |
| C. | special emotion generator |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. special effects generator | |
| 34. |
SFX means |
| A. | cinematic effects |
| B. | visual effects |
| C. | sound effects |
| D. | synchronized effects |
| Answer» C. sound effects | |
| 35. |
Brassy antique colour effect characteristic of old photographs. |
| A. | sapia |
| B. | negative |
| C. | grey |
| D. | rgb |
| Answer» A. sapia | |
| 36. |
Text specifying content of a production or performance, used as a guide |
| A. | one‐line |
| B. | synopsis |
| C. | script |
| D. | shoot schedule |
| Answer» C. script | |
| 37. |
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 |
| Answer» B. safe title area | |
| 38. |
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 |
| Answer» C. rule of third | |
| 39. |
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 |
| Answer» A. rough cut | |
| 40. |
Audio mixer consisting of inputs, outputs, toggles, meters, sliders and/or pots is called |
| A. | conceal |
| B. | console |
| C. | consolation |
| D. | convergence |
| Answer» B. console | |
| 41. |
Recap of preceding music selections |
| A. | back announce |
| B. | renouncement |
| C. | front announcement |
| D. | middle announce |
| Answer» A. back announce | |
| 42. |
A summary of a station's assets and liabilities |
| A. | balance sheet |
| B. | audit report |
| C. | account |
| D. | book keeping |
| Answer» A. balance sheet | |
| 43. |
Electronically increasing the power of a signal. |
| A. | modulation |
| B. | amplification |
| C. | synchronization |
| D. | dubbing |
| Answer» B. amplification | |
| 44. |
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 |
| Answer» C. resolution | |
| 45. |
. The processing a computer undertakes when creating an applied effect, transition or composite. |
| A. | streaming |
| B. | filtering |
| C. | rendering |
| D. | none of the above: |
| Answer» C. rendering | |
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