1. Final Practice

2. 1) A stinger is a sound which: a) represents an emotion or discovery; b) resembles a dissolve; c) resembles a fade; d) resembles a wipe;

3. 2) in a recording session the conductor often listens to: a) dialog; b) the director; c) recording engineer; d) music contractor.

4. 3) how many themes in Robin Hood: a) 1; b) 2. c) 3; d) more than 3.

5. 4) Amadeus included music by: a) The Beatles; b) Franz Waxman; c) W. A. Mozart; d) Leonard Bernstein.

6. 5) The word to describe musical timing is: a) MIDI; b) dynamics; c) SMPTE; d) rhythm.

7. 6) David Bell composed music for: a) The Practice; b) Voyager; c) Once Upon a Time in Mexico; d) The English Patient.

8. 7) 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.

9. 8) dynamics relate to: a) rhythm; b) timbre; c) chords; d) loudness.

10. 9) melodies containing small intervals are called: a) leaps; b) leitmotives; c) scalar; d) triadic.

11. 10) composer best deal is the: a) package deal; b) points deal; c) composer fee deal; d) none of the above.

12. 11) orchestras have instruments which make sound by: a) bowing; b) blowing; c) striking; d) all of the above.

13. 12) Film recording sessions take place: a) in a studio; b) outside; c) on a set; d) in a theater.

14. 13) Dimitri Tiomkin composed the music for: a) High Noon; b) Vertigo; c) Spellbound; d) Laura.

15. 14) Bernard Herrmann composed the music for: a) Maltese Falcon; b) Spellbound; c) Psycho; d) Bambi.

16. 15) Which film has music relating to acrophobia: a) Vertigo; b) Psycho; c) North by Northwest; d) Laura.

17. 16) first time a pianist provided musical accompaniment to film, the film was by: a) D.W. Griffiths; b) the Lumière Brothers; c) Ernö Rapée; d) Carl Briel.

18. 17) music helps to cover the suddenness of: a) credits; b) cuts; c) dissolves; d) establishing shots.

19. 18) a locked film is: a) shelved; b) finally roughcut; c) presented in fine cut; d) set in stone.

20. 19) The Birds had a: a) electronic score; b) Foley score; c) sound designer score; d) rock score.

21. 20) Foley artists create: a) stingers; b) sound effects; c) screamers; d) streamers.

22. 21) Ghost composers: a) never get credit; b) compose soft music; c) compose for ghost films; d) compose for Harvey.

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

24. 23) Composing music for TV requires: a) great speed; b) lots of quotes; c) more diegetic music; d) Mickey Mousing.

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

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

27. 26) spotting requires that a film be: a) rough cut; b) locked; c) temp tracked; d) with dialog.

28. 27) Cartoons contain many: a) quotes; b) Mickey Mouses; c) stingers; d) all of the above.

29. 28) Who composed music for Contact: a) Alan Silvestri; b) James Horner; c) Ennio Moricone; d) Vangelis.

30. 29) Using an oboe instead of violin is a choice of: a) orchestration; b) dynamics; c) rhythm; d) character.

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

32. 31) to remember themes it's best to: a) visualize them; b) give them words; c) memorize them; d) conduct and sing them.

33. 32) streamers are: a) when conductor hears dialog in headphones; b) holes in 2-3 frames for spots; c) 3-5 ft lines left to right for sync; d) punches every other frame for 20 frames.

34. 33) a sound designer is a: a) music contractor; b) dialog consultant; c) type of composer; d) orchestrator.

35. 34) one image pushing another off screen is called a: a) wipe; b) dissolve; c) fade; d) transition.

36. 35) SMPTE stands for: a) Society of Motion Picture Timing Engineers; b) Society of Motion Picture Timing Editors; c) Society of Motion Picture and Television Editors; d) Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

37. 36) 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.

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

39. 38) David Raksin composed the music for: a) High Noon; b) Maltese Falcon; c) Laura; d) Alexander Nevsky.

40. 39) Goddard's films often use music: a) rarely; b) simply; c) ironically; d) off-handedly.

41. 40) Seven Samurai was directed by: a) Spike Lee; b) Winton Marsalis; c) Akira Kurusawa; d) Jean-Luc Godard.

42. 41) The opening theme of Star Wars had: a) many takes; b) few takes; c) one take; d) no takes.

43. 42) John Williams often: a) conducts only other people's music; b) never conducts; c) recomposes his scores while recording; d) records his music only once.

44. 43) La Dolce Vita occurs in: a) Brazil; b) Japan; c) Italy; d) Viet Nam.

45. 44) The Color Purple had X composers originally: a) 12; b) 9; c) 19; d) 1.

46. 45) Television cutting is: a) highly irregular; b) fast paced; c) slow paced; d) undefinable.

47. 46) Music videos: a) use mostly wipes instead of cuts; b) sell well in video stores; c) were started by the Beatles; d) sometimes have commercials.

48. 47) Composer of A Beautiful Mind: a) EnnioMoricone; b) James Horner; c) Alan Silvestri; d) Quincy Jones.

49. 48) Music for Blade Runner was composed by: a) David Cope; b) Philip Glass; c) Vangelis; d) William Bendix.

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

51. 50) Original music was composed for 2001 by: a) Elmer Bernstein; b) Alex North; c) Jerry Goldsmith; d) Bernard Herrmann.

52. 51) 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.

53. 52) The most memorable scene for music in Psycho is: a) the wedding scene; b) the shower scene; c) the car chase; d) the bath scene.

54. 53) Air Force One is another film in which: a) Herrmann and Hitchcock didn't get along; b) the original music was discarded; c) used serial music; d) borrowed from West Side Story.

55. 54) how many themes in Robin Hood: a) 1; b) 2. c) 3; d) more than 3.

56. 55) Amadeus included music by: a) The Beatles; b) Franz Waxman; c) W. A. Mozart; d) Leonard Bernstein.

57. 56) An establishing shot is a: a) a film title; b) under the credits; c) a wide angle shot before closeups; d) another term for dissolve.

58. 57) 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.

59. 58) Hard Day's Night continued a trend begun by: a) High Noon; b) Spellbound; c) Dark Victory; d) 2001.

60. 59) Philip Glass' most important film was: a) Koyaaniskatsi; b) Koyaanisqatsi; c) Koyanisqatsi; d) Koyaanesqatsi.

61. 60) East of Eden's music was composed by: a) Scott Bradley; b) Elmer Bernstein; c) Leonard Rosenman; d) Franz Waxman.

62. 61) Important software for film composers: a) ProTools; b) Wordsoft; b) Musicon; d) SMPTEset.

63. 62) Points involve: a) syndication rights; b) percentage of sales; c) percentage of salary; d) percentage of profit.

64. 63) Which film made the greatest impact on film music: a) Wuthering Heights; b) Dark Victory; c) Spellbound; d) Alexander Nevsky.

65. 64) Music in a film that the actors hear is called: a) diegetic; b) ontogenic; c) score; d) non-diegetic.

66. 65) The best known cartoon music composer is: a) Alex North; b) Jerry Goldsmith; c) David Raksin; d) Carl Stalling.

67. 66) Aside from Goldsmith and Williams X is the best known Hollywood composer: a) Miklós Rózsa; b) James Horner; c) Carl Stalling; d) Mark Isham.

68. 67) The Adventures of Robin Hood was completed in: a) 1938; b) 1918; c) 1932; d) 1948.

69. 68) Miklós Rózsa composed the music for: a) On the Waterfront; b) Bladerunner; c) High Noon; d) Spellbound.

70. 69) Timbre refers to: a) rhythm; b) a triad; c) sound color; d) dynamics.

71. 70) place where first musical accompaniment to film was in: a) Paris; b) London; c) Moscow; d) New York City.

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

73. 72) MIDI stands for: a) Musical Internet Digital Interface; b) Musical Interface Digital Instrument; c) Musical Instrument Digital Interface; d) Music Instrument Digital Internet.

74. 73) Some of the best music for cartoons can be found in: a) Donald Duck; b) Mickey Mouse; c) Bugs Bunny; d) Tom and Jerry.

75. 74) What film uses music by Richard Strauss: a) High Noon; b) 2001; c) Vertigo; d) Psycho.

76. 75) stock music is used in: a) soaps; b) commercials; c) MTV; d) documentaries.

77. 76) Bambi has a good deal of: a) foreshadowing; b) overarching themes; c) onomatopoeia; d) leitmotives.

78. 77) trailers are: a) previews; b) end credits; c) for actors; d) not musical.

79. 78) triads consist of: a) scales; b) three pitches; c) minor keys; d) three rhythms.

80. 79) recording sessions often require about: a) 110 people; b) 40 people; c) 60 people; d) 20 people.

81. 80) Diabolicus in Musicum appears in: a) Close Encounters; b) Blade Runner; c) Black Orpheus; d) Apcalypse Now.

82. 81) the ET theme from Close Encounters has: a) 4 notes; b) 5 notes; c) 6 notes; d) 7 notes.

83. 82) François Truffaut is most noted for his: a) starring in Close Encounters; b) composing film music; c) directing; d) conducting.

84. 83) La Dolce Vita occurs in: a) Brazil; b) Japan; c) Italy; d) Viet Nam.

85. 84) Close Encounters has a quote from: a) Bambi; b) 2001; c) Bugs Bunny; d) Pinocchio.

86. 85) A film famous for having two distinct versions: a) Never Cry Wolf; b) Vertigo; c) Blade Runner; d) The Spirit of Saint Louis.

87. 86) music getting slowly louder of softer is termed: a) timbre; b) dynamics; c) hairpins; d) cuts.

88. 87) Sondheim composed music in which the: a) music was highly integrated; b) music could be played independently; c) music was secondary; d) lacked lyrics.

89. 88) Close Encounters 3rd Kind appeared in the: a) 1950s; b) 1960s; c) 1970s; d) 1980s.

90. 89) The beginning of the Golden Age of film musicals: a) 1950s; b) 1960s; c) 1940s; d) 1930s.

91. 90) Term that means dark cinema: a) film verite; b) documentary; c) black and white serial; d) film noir.

92. 91) High Noon was the first film to have a: a) soundtrack with music; b) popular tune in its title; c) folk tune under its credits; d) lyrics in its music.

93. 92) Copyright usually occurs in the name of: a) the composer; b) the studio; c) the director; d) the conductor.

94. 93) Performing rights agencies collect money for: a) royalties on record sales; b) performances; c) music sales; d) syndicated television rights.

95. 94) Performing rights agencies collect money for: a) royalties on record sales; b) performances; c) music sales; d) syndicated television rights.

96. 95) Minimalism: a) involves very few instruments; b) has minimal length; c) repeats small amounts of material maximally; d) has minimal repeats.

97. 96) More than one melody at the same time is called: a) harmony; b) counterpoint; c) rhythm; d) scales.

98. 97) when a composer borrows a whole work from another composer: a) dissolve; b) allusion; c) stepping on; d) appropriation.

99. 98) East of Eden's music was composed by: a) Scott Bradley; b) Elmer Bernstein; c) Leonard Rosenman; d) Franz Waxman.

100. 99) spotting indicates the location of: a) silence; b) dialog; c) music; d) music and dialog.

101. 100) Hugo Friedhofer was an important: a) contractor; b) director; c) orchestrator; d) sound editor.