PRELIMINARY COURSE ASSESSMENT

ECE149

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: A total of 40 points

 Use the standard MCL test booklet only.
 Borrowing of exam materials such as calculator, pens, etc. while taking the test is NOT permitted.
 Show complete solutions on your test booklet clearly.

Objective Type
Instruction: Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. Sound wave is classified as what type of wave in terms of medium?

A. Electrical C. Mechanical
B. Electromagnetic D. none of the above

2. Sound wave is classified as what type of wave in terms of the orientation of the particle and the
motion of its wave?
A. Lateral C. Longitudinal
B. Transverse D. Both A or C

3. Which classifies the range of sound does the human ear?

A. Infrasonic C. Sonic E. Either A or C
B. Audible D. Both B & C F. None of the above

4. Does the speed of sound vary on different types of medium?

A. No C. Yes
B. Depends D. None of the above

5. What kind of waves that is beyond the human range?

A. Less than 20 Hz C. 20-20KHz E. Both A & B
B. Greater than 20 KHz D. Both B & C F. Either A or C

6. What medium does the sound travels fastest?

A. Gas C. Solid
B. Liquid D. depends on the density of the molecules on the medium

7. There are three mediums, which medium will the sound travel slowest?
A. Medium that has the greatest molecule densities
B. Medium that has the least molecule densities
C. Medium that has the molecule densities in between A and B
D. Can’t tell

8. The part of the sound wave where in particle are closest to each other?
A. Compression C. Nodes
B. Rarefaction D. Anti-Nodes

9. It refers to the highness and lowness of the sound wave?

A. Timbre C. Duration
B. Pitch D. Loudness

10. It refers to the quality of sound wave

A. Timbre C. Duration
B. Pitch D. Loudness

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 11. It defines the pressure of oscillation of the wave
A. Timbre C. Duration
B. Pitch D. Loudness

12. It defines the frequency of the wave

A. Timbre C. Duration
B. Pitch D. Loudness

13. A sound wave has a fundamental frequency of 2.5 KHz, what is its 6 th overtone?
A. 13KHz C.14.3KHz
B. 15kHz D. 17.5KHz

14. A sound wave has a fundamental frequency of 3 KHz, what is its 8 th octave?
A. 168 KHz C. 568 KHz
B. 768 KHz D. None of the above

15. A sound wave has a fundamental frequency of 3 KHz, what is its 4 th decade?
A. 30MHz C. 90MHz
B. 60MHz D. None of the above

16. If a given sound has 80dB phon reading in sound meter, what is its sone level?
A. 20dB C.16dB
B. 18dB D. None of the above

17. An aircraft is flying, the sound intensity level it produces when it is on air is 20dB at a height of
1km, what is its sound power level?
A. 21dB C. 91dB
B. 75dB D. 82dB

18. An ambulance is travelling at a certain speed towards to the hospital and it produces a sound
power level of 80dB, at what distance it produces a sound intensity level of 60dB?
A. 5 meters C. 4 meters
B. 2 meters D. None of the above

19. An airplane is preparing for its take off, the airplane travelling at certain speed on a runway
produces a sound power level of 85dB at 25m distance, as the plane takes off, what is the height
of the plane that it produces the same sound power level and sound intensity level at the runway?
A. 10 meters C. 16 meters
B. 14meters D. 18 meters

20. A jet is flying at a height of 2km from the ground, if its sound power is 20uW, Assuming the
ambient temperature is 20 deg C, what is its sound pressure?
A. 11.5uPa C.13.5uPa
B. 12.8uPa D. None of the above

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