PRO TOOLS 101 LATEST EXAM SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔How do you select material on adjacent tracks? - ✔✔Drag vertically
✔✔How do you select material on nonadjacent tracks? - ✔✔Shift-click with Selector tool
✔✔Where does the cursor move to when using the Tab key? - ✔✔Clip boundaries on
Track Playlist
✔✔How do you select from the current cursor position to the next clip boundary? -
✔✔Shift+Tab
✔✔How do you select from the current cursor position to the previous clip boundary? -
✔✔Option+Shift+Tab
✔✔What is a transient point? - ✔✔Initial peak or modulation in an audio waveform
✔✔How do you tab to transient points? - ✔✔Toggle Tab to Transients in the Edit
window toolbar
✔✔How do you zoom out? - ✔✔Option-Click the Zoomer tool
✔✔How do you get back to full track view after zooming in? - ✔✔Double-click the
Zoomer tool
✔✔ Name five types of production tasks that ProTools can be used for. - ✔✔Audio,
MIDI, notation, mixing, and post-production
✔✔What is the AIR group? - ✔✔Advanced Instrument Research
✔✔What types of products does the AIR Software Group specialize in? - ✔✔Innovative
plug-ins for ProTools
✔✔Examples of AIR plug-ins: - ✔✔Virtual instruments; Air Creative collection; Structure
✔✔What is the frequency range of human hearing? - ✔✔20 Hz to 20 kHz
✔✔What does the frequency of a sound wave affect in terms of how we perceive the
sound? - ✔✔Frequency affects pitch
✔✔How is frequency measured? - ✔✔Cycles per second (CPS) or Hertz (Hz)
, ✔✔What does the amplitude of the sound wave affect? - ✔✔Amplitude affects loudness
✔✔How is amplitude measured? - ✔✔Decibels (dB)
✔✔What is the threshold of pain? - ✔✔120 dB
✔✔What is sampling? - ✔✔The process of taking discrete readings of a signal at
various moments in time
✔✔What is the sample rate? - ✔✔The frequency with which digital snapshots
(samplings) are collected
✔✔What is the Nyquist Theorem? - ✔✔In order to produce an accurate representation
of a given frequency of sound, each cycle of the sound's vibration must be sampled a
min of two times
✔✔What is the standard sample rate of an audio CD? - ✔✔44.1 kHz
✔✔What is the useful dynamic range of speech and music? - ✔✔40 to 105 dB
✔✔What is A/D conversion? - ✔✔Analog-to-digital conversion
✔✔What is quantization? - ✔✔Capturing the relative amplitude of a sample by
quantifying (assigning) to sample to the closest available amplitude value
✔✔What is bit depth? - ✔✔Binary word length
✔✔What is the greatest bit depth possible? - ✔✔32-bit floating point
✔✔What is the highest sample rate possible? - ✔✔196 kHz
✔✔How many simultaneous mono or stereo Audio tracks can PT support? - ✔✔96
✔✔How many simultaneous MIDI tracks can PT support? - ✔✔512
✔✔How many channels of I/O are available for PT 11 software? - ✔✔32
✔✔S/PDIF - ✔✔Sony/Philips Digital Interface
✔✔What types of connectors does S/PDIF use? - ✔✔Coaxial/RCA jacks
✔✔AES/EBU - ✔✔Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcast Union
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔How do you select material on adjacent tracks? - ✔✔Drag vertically
✔✔How do you select material on nonadjacent tracks? - ✔✔Shift-click with Selector tool
✔✔Where does the cursor move to when using the Tab key? - ✔✔Clip boundaries on
Track Playlist
✔✔How do you select from the current cursor position to the next clip boundary? -
✔✔Shift+Tab
✔✔How do you select from the current cursor position to the previous clip boundary? -
✔✔Option+Shift+Tab
✔✔What is a transient point? - ✔✔Initial peak or modulation in an audio waveform
✔✔How do you tab to transient points? - ✔✔Toggle Tab to Transients in the Edit
window toolbar
✔✔How do you zoom out? - ✔✔Option-Click the Zoomer tool
✔✔How do you get back to full track view after zooming in? - ✔✔Double-click the
Zoomer tool
✔✔ Name five types of production tasks that ProTools can be used for. - ✔✔Audio,
MIDI, notation, mixing, and post-production
✔✔What is the AIR group? - ✔✔Advanced Instrument Research
✔✔What types of products does the AIR Software Group specialize in? - ✔✔Innovative
plug-ins for ProTools
✔✔Examples of AIR plug-ins: - ✔✔Virtual instruments; Air Creative collection; Structure
✔✔What is the frequency range of human hearing? - ✔✔20 Hz to 20 kHz
✔✔What does the frequency of a sound wave affect in terms of how we perceive the
sound? - ✔✔Frequency affects pitch
✔✔How is frequency measured? - ✔✔Cycles per second (CPS) or Hertz (Hz)
, ✔✔What does the amplitude of the sound wave affect? - ✔✔Amplitude affects loudness
✔✔How is amplitude measured? - ✔✔Decibels (dB)
✔✔What is the threshold of pain? - ✔✔120 dB
✔✔What is sampling? - ✔✔The process of taking discrete readings of a signal at
various moments in time
✔✔What is the sample rate? - ✔✔The frequency with which digital snapshots
(samplings) are collected
✔✔What is the Nyquist Theorem? - ✔✔In order to produce an accurate representation
of a given frequency of sound, each cycle of the sound's vibration must be sampled a
min of two times
✔✔What is the standard sample rate of an audio CD? - ✔✔44.1 kHz
✔✔What is the useful dynamic range of speech and music? - ✔✔40 to 105 dB
✔✔What is A/D conversion? - ✔✔Analog-to-digital conversion
✔✔What is quantization? - ✔✔Capturing the relative amplitude of a sample by
quantifying (assigning) to sample to the closest available amplitude value
✔✔What is bit depth? - ✔✔Binary word length
✔✔What is the greatest bit depth possible? - ✔✔32-bit floating point
✔✔What is the highest sample rate possible? - ✔✔196 kHz
✔✔How many simultaneous mono or stereo Audio tracks can PT support? - ✔✔96
✔✔How many simultaneous MIDI tracks can PT support? - ✔✔512
✔✔How many channels of I/O are available for PT 11 software? - ✔✔32
✔✔S/PDIF - ✔✔Sony/Philips Digital Interface
✔✔What types of connectors does S/PDIF use? - ✔✔Coaxial/RCA jacks
✔✔AES/EBU - ✔✔Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcast Union
