Cycle 3 Week 3

Question 1

downstage

Answer 1

the part of the stage nearest to the audience

Question 2

house left (HL)

Answer 2

the left side of the auditorium from the spectator’s viewpoint facing the stage

Question 3

house right (HR)

Answer 3

the right side of the auditorium from the spectator’s viewpoint facing the stage

Question 4

in a stage plot, microphones are denoted by

Answer 4

an X inside of a circle

Question 5

in a stage plot, stage wedges are

Answer 5

triangles

Question 6

__________ crossovers create insertion loss

Answer 6

passive crossovers

Question 7

__________ crossovers do not display insertion loss

Answer 7

active crossovers

Question 8

polar pattern

Answer 8

the point where a speaker drops 6db in level, off axis

Question 9

Critical Distance

Answer 9

The point in a room where the speaker’s energy and the energy of the room are equal to each other. THE WORST PLACE YOU CAN BE IN A ROOM!

Question 10

Inverse Square Law

Answer 10

You will lose 6dB of level per doubling of distance from a speaker.

Question 11

single phase power

Answer 11

hot, neutral, ground

Question 12

three phase power connector

Answer 12

NEMA L21-30

Question 13

three phase power

Answer 13

ground (green), neutral (white), hot 1 (black), hot 2 (red), hot 3 (blue)

Question 14

hot to hot in three phase power

Answer 14

208 volts AC

Question 15

-10 dbu and +4 dbu concept

Answer 15

matching output level and input sensitivity

Question 16

types of splitter boxes

Answer 16

passive splitters, active splitters, transformer isolated splitters, w-4 mass connector, w-4 to fat out, w-2 multipin connector, stage drop box, patch master