Types of Sounds CT-GAME Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1application · medium

   A tester is playing a survival horror game. The player character is in a dark room, and the tester hears a faint whispering sound. The whispering appears to come from a specific corner of the room. As the player character turns to face the corner, the whispering becomes clearer and louder. Which sound placement feature is being demonstrated?

   • APositional audio
   • BAdaptive mixing
   • CReverb
   • DOcclusion
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2. 2application · medium

   A tester is evaluating a first-person shooter. The player character is in a narrow corridor with a door at the end. An enemy is on the other side of the door, and the tester can hear the enemy's footsteps. However, the footsteps sound as if the enemy is in the same open room, with no muffling or volume reduction. Which sound placement feature is not being applied correctly?

   • AReverb
   • BDistance attenuation
   • COcclusion
   • DDoppler effect
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4. 3application · medium

   A tester is verifying a horror game where the player's heart rate increases as they take damage. The game's audio team implemented a heartbeat sound that grows louder and faster as the player's health decreases, but only when the player is not in a menu. During a test session, the tester notices the heartbeat continues to play at the same intensity after the player pauses the game and opens the settings menu. Which type of sound behavior is the heartbeat sound intended to be, and what is the likely defect?

   • AAdaptive sound; the defect is that it fails to respond to the game state change (pausing).
   • BInteractive sound; the defect is that it responds to player damage instead of player input.
   • CDiegetic sound; the defect is that it should be localized to the player character's position.
   • DNon-diegetic sound; the defect is that it should not be audible to the player at all.
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5. 4expert · hard

   A tester is working on a virtual reality (VR) game where the player can pick up and examine objects. The game includes a voice-over that provides hints when the player looks at a specific object. The voice-over is implemented as a non-diegetic sound that plays directly in the player's ears. During testing, the tester finds that the voice-over is too loud and overpowers the diegetic ambient sounds of the game world. The audio team wants to keep the voice-over non-diegetic but make it feel less intrusive. Which approach would best achieve this?

   • AKeep the voice-over at the same volume but pan it to the side to avoid covering the central audio.
   • BImplement a ducking effect that lowers the volume of the ambient sounds when the voice-over plays.
   • CReduce the volume of the voice-over and add a slight reverb to blend it with the environment.
   • DApply a low-pass filter to the voice-over to make it sound like it is coming from a distance.
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6. 5expert · medium

   A game studio is developing a mobile puzzle game. The audio team wants to include a background music track, sound effects for tile movements, and a voice-over for the tutorial. The game is targeted at players who may play in quiet environments. The audio director is concerned about the voice-over being too loud and the sound effects being too frequent. Which audio design approach would best address these concerns?

   • ARemove the voice-over and rely only on text-based tutorials.
   • BReduce the volume of the voice-over and sound effects to a fixed low level.
   • CUse a single master volume slider that controls all audio types together.
   • DProvide separate volume sliders for music, sound effects, and voice-over in the settings menu.
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