TVIQ TEST
(Questions 1 - 4)
The questions are listed below, along with a percentage
tabulation of the multiple choice answers and the best write-in answers.
Comments from the test's author (who shall remain anonymous) are in <angle
brackets>.
1. What does NTSC stand for?
(74%) National Television
System Committee
<Look it up, its System not Standard>
(26%) Never
Twice the Same Color
<Common (and accurate) interpretation>
(0%) Not
Too Satisfactory Color
<No one liked this one?>
Best write-in answers:
Now This Sucks Colorwise
(Bob Kertesz)
Truth, Justice, And The
American Way
(Don Bueller)
2. What is the most important test signal?
(53%) SMPTE Bars
(25%) Power Indicator Lamp
(8%) Multiburst
(4%) Fleshtone Check
(4%) Indian Head
(0%) Crosshatch
Best write-in answers:
Conelrad Warning
(Bob Kertesz)
Smoke
(Richard Studebaker)
<I have used this (too) many times>
3. What is the most effective compression scheme?
(45%) MPEG
(25%) Ten Ton Press
(9%) DCT
(8%) NTSC Encoding
<Yeah, for 1950's technology!>
(4%) Wavelets
(0%) None
(0%) Shredder
(0%) Spring
Best write-in answers:
Fat Women In Spandex
(Bob Kertesz)
<No offense to pleasantly-plump women who
don't wear spandex!>
Sledge -O- Matic
(David R. Bradley)
C-Clamp
(Don Bueller)
Viper V-10
(Richard Studebaker)
4. Which company contributed most to the SMPTE time
code standard?
(19%) EECO
<I'm proud that most of you got this
one right!>
(19%) Ampex
<Sorry guys, EECO did it for
them>
(15%) Sony
<Sony lost, EECO won - Sony did win
the VITC wars though>
(15%) The Sun
(11%) Gray
<For those who remember the
"window" (me-too after EECO)>
(8%) RCA
<Nope, EECO did it for them also>
(6%) NASA
<Good answer, EECO borrowed much
from them>
(6%) Timex
(0%) Horita
<Sorry Jerry, 'thought I'd give it a
try!>
Best write-in answers:
Acme Pocket Protectors
(Richard Studebaker)
Mr. Bradley At WB
(David R. Bradley)
<You've got to let me in on that one,
Dave>
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