PRACTICE EXERCISE
1.
What are two categories of microphone operation?
a. Carbon and condenser
c. Ribbon and dynamic
b. Pressure and velocity
d. Dynamic and carbon
2.
What happens to pressure microphones when the input frequency is lowered?
a. They become nondirectional
b. They become highly directional
c. They need an external voltage
d. They become useless
3.
What is another name for a velocity microphone?
a. Sinusoidal microphone
c. Gradient microphone
b. DCpowered microphone
d. Remote microphone
4.
What type of microphone uses a figureeight polar pattern?
a. Ribbon microphone
c. Crystal microphone
b. HaLstead microphone
5.
What contains carbon granules?
a. Plastic coating
c. Glass
b. Button
6.
In which operational category does a carbon microphone belong?
a. Velocity
c. Retroactive
b. Pressure
d. Batterypowered
7.
What type of polar pattern does a carbon microphone use?
a. Bidirectional
c. Omnidirectional
b. Solodirectional
d. Directional
8.
What term may be used in place of polar pattern?
a. Square pattern
c. Para pattern
b. Round pattern
d. Field pattern
9.
Which of the carbon microphones produce the most distortion?
a. Triplebutton
c. Singlebutton
b. Doublebutton
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