Deck 12: The Production Environment: Pcs, Digital Technology, and Audio-Video Systems

Question 1

Digital Video Effects units are all dedicated systems; none of the units are PC-based.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Computers are used for a station's programming and traffic operations.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Briefly described three computer-based applications used in radio and TV stations.

Answer 3

NO ANSWER

Question 4

FireWire is primarily used in the development of LANs.

Question 5

Describe two characteristics of working in a nonlinear editing environment.

Question 6

A ______ system can record and play back digital tapes.

A) MiniDisc
B) DAT
C) virtual cart
D) tapeless

Question 7

A ______ is a high speed and high capacity information processing/storage device analogous in function to a traditional server used in a LAN environment.

A) video server
B) DAT server
C) MiniDisc
D) dongle

Question 8

Describe two advantages and one disadvantage of working in a tapeless environment.

Question 9

In your own words, what is an electronic newsroom?