CTS Exam Prep (Take 3)

What are the four teams that comprise the overall Project Team?

Owner, Design, Installation, and Management

Who would belong to the Design team?

Anyone with Consultant in their title except the moving consultant

Which groups make up the Management Team?

Developer, Construction Manager, and Building Management Agency

The End-User, Facility Manager and Building Committee comprise which team within the Project Team?

Owner

Which group represent the generic roles that are important to the Project process?

Project Managers, Designers and Installers

Which project characteristics must be considered in order to determine which method is best suited for a particular project?

Schedule, Size, Type, Complexity, and Procurement Requirements

What is an important aspect of funding that has a direct impact on the project process and design/installation?

Technical Support Funding

Whether a construction project is large or small, which milestones must be achieved in a typical schedule?

Programming, Building Design, AV Bid, and Move-In

What type of project is a typical Consultant-Led Design-Bid-Build contract structure good for?

Long term projects with extended project cycles

What is the risk in using an OFE/Integrator Installed contract structure?

System and infrastructure design and facility functionality may suffer

What are some of the important project scope and size considerations in selecting an AV provider?

Financial Stability, Current Workload, and Company Credentials

What type of document typically includes Project Size Requirements, Corporate Profile, Team Personnel, and Warranty Response Time?

RFQ

a significant difference between the Two-Envelope Bid

Method and the Qualifications- Based Selection Method?

Negotiate with the highest ranking firm to finalize the contract

What is one of the disadvantages of contracting the AV integrator to the electrical

subcontractor?

More layers of responsibility and communication

When conducting a complete project bid process, what milestone follows the issuing of the RFP?

Pre-Bid Meeting

Under what circumstances would you likely use an A305-1986 form?

Scoring responses to an RFQ

What is the ideal way to contract an AV integrator?

Directly to the Owner

The process of identifying the activities that end-users need to perform, and developing the functional descriptions of your systems is referred to as:?

Needs Analysis

What is the main task of the third Step of the Program Phase of a Project?

Conducting program meetings

What should be included in the written Program Report?

...A conceptual and functional system description

The more accurate means to estimate dimensions of a commercial space during a site inspection would be to?

Count Ceiling Tiles in a drop tile instalation

A client requires a new boardroom. The sales person and engineer are sent to the premises to measure the facility and talk to the client. At this stage they should be performing a _

Needs Analysis

Sightlines for audience viewing in a given presentation space can be improved by:

Providing a sloped, or stepped, seating arrangement

After presenting a proposal, what is the correct plan of action for following up with the client?

Regularly, until a decision is made

AV professionals determine the end user's needs by examining three things: the required applications, the tasks, and the:

Functions to support the applications

When working with a client to design an AV solution for a new conference center, the client requests a detailed budget for the equipment and installation. What phase is the project in?

Design phase

The HDTV aspect ratio is equal to which of the following?

1.78:1

Please select the appropriate resolution for SXGA.

1280 x 1024

The Brightness control adjusts which level?

Black Level

For what purpose would the AV technician designate a loopback internet protocol address in the 127.0.0.1 to 127.255.255.254 range in a network configuration?

To test the local device to see if TCP/IP is working on your system

It is important to consider Polar Patterns when____

Selecting Microphones for use at live events

When training a new user how to operate the solution that has been provided, which of the following is a best practice?

Provide complete user documentation prior to training

What is a benefit of offering a free training session for a client with new equipment?

It is a positive approach for a long-term partnership

Which phase comes first in a project?

The Program Phase

A dimmer rack with a constant load capability is powering twenty four incandescent lights during a stage production. The dimmer rack is running on a steady 230VAC supply and averaging approximately 98 amps draw. Suddenly the line voltage drops to 211VAC. Calculate the expected amperage draw.

90 amps

When terminating a Category 5e cable with an 8P8C (RJ-45) connector, it is best practice to untwist each wire pair:

As little as possible to get each wire to enter the proper channel in the connector

A camera was installed about 180' (55m) from its 1.5A 12v power supply, the power supply is dead, and needs replacing. Assuming that the camera can operate normally within +/- 10% of the power supply voltage, if 18 gauge wire was run initially and an almost 3v drop is present, what is the correct action?

Re-locate the power supply near the camera

There is concern about the noise level in an AV rack room. What weight setting on the SPL meter should be used to demonstrate that the noise level doesn't require hearing protection at all times?

A Weighted

On a new construction project, there is a need to verify that power has been installed in the correct place. Who should be contacted to verify this information?

Project Manager

An audio signal is an _____ representation of a sound

Electrica

Any sound reinforcement system consists of two equal parts: the electronic system used

to manipulate the audio signal and

The acoustical environment

What type of loudspeaker system is typically made up of speakers strategically

suspended overhead or placed in the ceiling and may use center-to-center overlap?

Cluster

The study of sound-wave motion and sound behavior is the science of

The Study of Acoustics

Which type of sound is most intelligible?

Direct sound

Sound that bounces off of many surfaces before reaching the listener is called ______

sound

Reverberant

Sound waves have a time relationship to each other known as

Phase

When sound waves are 180 degrees out of phase what happens?

Phase cancellation

Decibels are always expressed as a(n) ______ of two quantities.

Ratio

A dB may be used to express or describe

SPL

All sounds start with physical motion, such as vibrating string. This causes adjacent air

molecules to push together, or _______

Rarefy.

A wavelength is measured at the starting points of two consecutive

Cycles

Sound level decreases _______dB every time the source to listener distance is doubled.

6

Hertz is the unit of measure for

Frequency.

One Hertz is equivalent to

One cycle per second

The distance between the optical center of a lens and the image plane is called the

Focal length

The amount of light passed through the lens to the imager on a video camera is

controlled by the

Iris.

An R-Y, B-Y, Y video signal is also known as a(n) ______video signal

Component

During video production, removing all of one color from the main image and replacing it

with a second image is called a(n) ______

Chroma key.

Which of the following incorporates color difference signals?

Y, R-Y, B-Y

n a video system, using a single electronic reference for timing of all the connected

equipment is called ________

Genlock

Which device corrects for jitter in an analog video signal?

Time base Corrector

. In a composite video signal, what determines the brightness?

Amplitude

Specialized devices that display the color hue information in the video signal are called

Vectorscopes

Which display technology uses light passing through a medium to create an image?

Transmissive

The aspect ratio for a 1024 x 768 computer display is

4:3

The ratio of image width to image height is defined as the

Aspect ratio

The broadcast video standard used in North America and parts of South America and

Asia is

PAL

Which projector element is covered with tiny mirrors to produce a video or data image?

DMD

What is the fundamental unit of measure on a fixed resolution display

PIXEL

In a fixed resolution display, the greater the resolution capability the

Greater the number of pixels.

A common technique for reducing the depth requirements of a rear projection space is

Folding the light path

The changing of direction of a light or sound ray is called

Refraction

Light passing through the edges of a lens at different focal lengths results in a blurred

image. This is called__

Spherical aberration

Which type of front screen has a smooth non-gloss surface similar to a white sheet,

provides good color rendition, and evenly disperses light?

Matte

The higher the color temperature of a light source, the _____ white ligh

Bluer

The maximum viewing distance for viewing a displayed image is based on the

Amount of detail in the image

For good viewing, projected images should not be viewed at angles greater than

_____degrees off of the projection axis

45

A single video or audio output is converted into multiple outputs to be distributed to the

system by using a

DA

Which connector has a solid center pin with an outside sleeve and creates a pressure-fit

type connection with its mate?

RCA

A cable with one conductor and a shield is

Unbalanced.

A _____ bit display will display 65,536 colors.

16

An 8-bit digital word is called a

BYTE

Digital signals are a stream of

1's and 0's

The process of adding video and/or audio signals to an existing signal on a

predetermined carrier frequency is called

Modulation

As the bandwidth of a display system increases, the potential resolution of the images is

Increased.

In a cable, the dielectric

Insulates and separates two conductors.

The flow of electrons through a conductor is called

Current

When comparing the relationship of current to voltage and resistance, current is:

Directly proportional to the voltage and inversely proportional resistance.

Which two parameters play a key role during the initial assessment of an AV

project?

Project schedule, Project Size

Technical support funding can include money for training and ___.

Hiring additional staff

A successful project is an AV system that meets the original design___, fulfills the

needs of the___, and remains in proper working order.

Intention, user

Which type of warranty typically involves additional costs and adjustments to

meet the owner's needs?

Service agreement

When training users during the System Commissioning and Training Phase, ___

groups allow for more hands-on time with the system.

Smaller (up to six)

Verification and optimization are two concepts that are applied during System

Commissioning to ensure that:

The design intent has been met

One way to efficiently manage a construction schedule is to use a ____.

Gantt chart

During the Construction Phase, what is likely to happen if a product is suddenly

discontinued?

A request for change (RFC) may be submitted

During shop testing, ___ is/are checked and ___ is/are tested.

Proper functioning of equipment, software

Proper functioning of equipment, software

Site Installation

Where does the initial testing of a pre-assembled AV system typically occur in the

Construction Phase?

At the warehouse, when the equipment is delivered

During the Design Phase, it is important to coordinate with which of the following

trades?

Architect, electrical consultant, construction manager