Sound & Noise Measurement Quiz

Test Your Knowledge with the Quest Technologies Sound & Noise Measurement Quiz

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1. When measuring sound, what are the two most common aspects of interest?

A. Height and Weight

B. Color and Intensity

C. Pressure Level and Frequency

D. Time and Date

2. If you were making a measurement of frequency, your reading would be in?

A. Hertz

B. Bands per second

C. Gallons

D. Inches per second

3. An octave measurement shows a concentration of sound at the 1 KHz band and also the 4 KHz band, how many octaves fall between these measurements?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

4. If you are doing a Full Exposure Assessment of a worker you will need to?

A. Monitor the worker for the entire shift

B. Use 3 dosimeters to measure at the neck, waist, and ankle.

C. Run a short term sample.

D. None of the above

5. To do a noise measurement survey for Hearing Conservation your sound level meter must be equipped with a “C” weighted filter, true or false?

A. True

B. False

6. OSHA uses a 5dB exchange rate or doubling rate. If a worker under OSHA has a TWA that goes from 80dB to 85dB, how will that affect his dose reading?

A. Times 2

B. Times 3

C. Times 5

D. Not at all

7. L_eq is what type of sound level measurement?

A. Maximum level

B. Peak level

C. Average level

D. None of the above

8. Most hearing conservation regulations focus on what meter time response?

A. Fast

B. Slow

C. Impulse

9. TWA always assumes a measurement time of how many hours?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 8

D. 12

10. Which one of these measurements/parameters is not expressed in decibels?

A. Time Weighted Average

B. Criterion Level

C. Dose

D. Exchange Rate

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