Sample Questions Note - some of these are for adding new information to your list of things to know for the exam.

1) a stinger is a: a) loud sound representing an emotion or discovery; b) sound representing a dissolve; c) sound representing a fade; d) sound representing a wipe;

2) Orchestration is: a) the art of conducting an orchestra; b) deciding which parts of a film need orchestral music; c) deciding how big an orchestra should be; d) the art of setting music for orchestra.

3) Music for Alexander Nevsky was composed by: a) Dimitri Tiomkin; b) Leonard Bernstein; c) Erich Korngold; d) Sergei Prokofiev.

4) Talkies first appeared in the: a) 1890s; b) 1920s; c) 1910s; d) 1930s.

5) first time a pianist provided musical accompaniment to film was in: a) New York City; b) London; c) Moscow; d) Paris.

6) The Adventures of Robin Hood was completed in: a) 1918; b) 1939; c) 1932; d) 1948.

7) Outside of the composer, the most important creative force for sound in a film is the: a) orchestrator; b) contractor; c) conductor; d) recording engineer.

8) Silent films were almost never: a) violent; b) long; c) silent; d) credited.

9) rushes are: a) dailies; b) roughcut films; c) films of the filming of a movie; d) fraternity pranks.

10) a temp track is: a) a temporary track of dialog; b) a temporary track of sound; c) a temporary track of music; d) a temporary track of film.

11) a cut is a: a) fade out from one before another; b) quick transition from one shot to another; c) fade out from one before another; d) another term for dissolve.

12) Mickey Mousing is: a) a term for cartoons; b) a term for sound matching action; c) an affectionate term for films about animals; d) actions which represent animals.

13) dynamics are: a) rhythm of music; b) timbre of music; c) chords of music; d) loudness of music.

14) a wipe is where: a) one image pushes the other offscreen; b) one image dissolves into another; c) one image fades away while another fades in; d) two scenes quickly transition from one shot to another.

15) Spotting is: a) deciding where the music goes; b) deciding where dialog goes; c) determining which spots need leitmotives; d) determining which spots need stingers.

16) Silent Film often had: a) music that did not fit the action; b) music to accompany fades; c) music played by actors; d) music with lyrics.

17) onomatopoeia is: a) music under/over dialog; b) particular point of arrival; c) balance of music to film as a whole; d) sounds like what it is.

18) An icon is: a) under the credits; b) an overarching theme; c) lion's roar or NBC motto; d) during travel and fades.

19) a Foley artists are responsible for: a) film editing; b) sound effects; c) diegetic music; d) recording.

20) foreshadow means to: a) create a mood; b) another word for stinger; c) create a transition; d) portend a mood to come next.

21) Most films have more: a) dissolves; b) fades; c) cuts; d) wipes.

22) Music for E. Sissorhands was composed by: a) Vangelis; b) Danny Elfman; c) Bernard Herrmann; d) Leonard Rosenman.

23) black and white film emphasizes: a) faces; b) character; c) shadows; d) the sky.

24) Film music orchestras have: a) some of the world's best musicians; b) fewer musicians than regular orchestras; c) no conductor; d) musicians who can play in the dark.