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Conventional fixtures use what type of lamp?
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Incandescent Lamp
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What does PAR stand for?
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Parabolic Aluminized Reflector
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What are 2 standard PAR sizes?
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64 & 56
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What are the four different lens types a par can have?
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VNSP (Very Narrow Spot), NSP (Narrow Spot), MFL (Medium Flood), & WFL (Wide Flood)
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How many pars are on a standard Par Bar?
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6 Fixtures
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What does ERS stand for?
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Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight
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What is a Field Angle?
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The angle at which the light "spreads out" after leaving the fixtures
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What is a Fresnel used for?
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Wash light
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Where do we Tie In to the power in a venue?
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Main Disconnect Box
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What is a Feeder Tail (aka "Pig Tail)
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A bare copper wire at one end, nd a connector at the other
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What are 2 standard sizes for feeder cable?
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2OT & 4OT
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Single Phase 4 power wires, and they are:
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Ground- Green
Neutral- White Hot- Black Hot- Red |
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In a single phase system, the hot legs are _____ degrees out of phase with each other
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120
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Three Phase Power has 5 wires, and they are:
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Ground- Green
Neutral- White Hot- Black Hot- Red Hot- Blue |
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In Conventional lighting system, the power from the main disconnect is fed into the ______.
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Dimmer Rack
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If a dimmer rack is 48 X 2.4K, there are ____ dimmers in the rack, and each dimmer can handle _____
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48, 2400
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Socapex is brand name of cable. Standard Socapex carries____ circuits, and the Socapex connector has _____.
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6, 19
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What type of cable do you connect to the end of a socapex cable, to take the 6 circuits out to individual connectors
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Fan Out
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DMX stands for what?
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Digital Multi-Plex
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How many channels exist in one universe of DMX?
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512
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How many steps exist in one channel of DMX?
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256
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What gender of 5 pin XLR connector would be found on a Console DMX Output?
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Female
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How many DMX devices may be chained together on one un-split line?
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32
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What piece of gear that takes one universe of dmx in, and makes multiple copies of that universe to output?
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Opto-Splitter
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What does a terminator do?
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Male XLR connectors that have a resistor wired between pins 2 & 3
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What gender is the XLR used to make a terminator?
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Male
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What type of resistor is used to make a terminator?
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120 Ohm, 1/4 Watt Resistor
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What 2 pins should the resistor be wired between when making a terminator?
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2 & 3
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What company introduced the first modern day automated light?
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Vari-Lite
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Who was the first band to tour with automated lights and in what year?
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Genisis, 1981
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What are the two main types of automated lights(based on how they actually move)
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Moving head lights & Arc Lamp
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What is 1 benefit of a moving head fixture?
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Have a greater range of motion
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What is 1 drawback of a moving head fixture?
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Move Slower
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What kind of lamps do most automated lights use?
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Arc Lamps
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How does an arc lamp work?
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Create light by causing an "arc" of voltage between two leads. Arc voltage excites the gas contained within lamp to create light and heat
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Why can't you test continuity of an arc lamp to see if it's functioning?
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No Filament
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What type of color filters do automated lights use?
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Dichroic Filters
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The compliment of Red
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Cyan
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The compliment of Magenta
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Green
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The compliment of Yellow
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Blue
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Where do automated lights get their power from?
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Moving Light Power Distibrution Rack (MVL Rack)
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What are the two power voltages that we commonly use for automated lights in the U.S.A?
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120v or 208v
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Who makes the MA series of consoles?
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MA Lighting
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What style of MA console do we use in the programming lab?
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Random A Ultra Light
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Name 2 other differences between the Grand MA Fullsize and the Ultra-Light.
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In keyboard, In mouse, & UPS built into it
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When you power on the MA consoles, what show loads into the desk?
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Whatever the last show that was loaded
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To load or save a show on the MA console the first button you need to press is
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Backup
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Name 2 places a show can be stored to when created on the MA console.
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Hard drive & Floppy
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On the Grand MA, this type of window shows information.
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Sheets windows
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On the Grand MA, this type of window is where different things get stored on the console.
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Pools
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On the Grand MA, this type of window deals with parameters of a fixture?
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Pre-sets
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On the Grand MA, this is the type of window which is useful, yet doesn't fall i not a normal category.
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Other
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Name the four main areas that problems can occur in a automated lighting system.
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Control Systems, distribution systems, power systems, & fixtures
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What does "Highlite" do on the console?
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Brings selected fixtures to full intensity, removes all color informations (puts fixtures in no color)
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Name 2 other possible problems that can take place on the console.
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Computer Glitches/Bugs
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Name 2 types of breakers and the advantages of both
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Thermal-slow to react
Most common/Magnetic-quicker to respond |
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Name 3 main problems the fixtures can have.
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Blow lamp, patched correctly, Configurations, & Mechanical failure
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What does the MAN menu on a Martin fixture do?
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Allows you to access all parameters of a fixture w/out a console
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What does the PSET menu on a Martin Fixture do?
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Allows you to change the mode of a fixture
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What does ADDR menu on a Martin fixture do?
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Allows you to set the address
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Name 3 ways of selecting fixtures on the Grand MA console.
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Click on it in fixture sheet, Keypad-type "fixture"+"ID#"+"enter", & groups
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Name 3 ways of adjusting control channels on the Grand MA console.
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Encoder wheels, Middle Click & scroll, & Direct Entry box "Input"
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What button must you press to store a cue?
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Store then any fader button
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When you store a cure, what values get stored?
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Information from the prommer
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What color are the cells that contain the active values in the fixture sheet?
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Red
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If you want to name a sequence, in what screen do you name it?
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Click and type
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What button do you use to change the function of a button or fader on an executor?
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Assign Button
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By default, what does the Top button on every executor fader do?
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Off
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By default, what does the bottom button on every executor do?
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On
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By default, what does the button on an executor button do?
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A go button
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How do you turn off an executor button?
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Off then select executor
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What does the "Highlight" button do?
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Turns current selected fixtures to full
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Once you select a group of fixtures, what button can you press to toggle forward through that group?
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Next
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Once you select a group of fixtures, what button can you press to toggle backwards through that group?
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Previous
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Once you have toggled through a group, what button can you press to re-assert your original group selection?
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Select button
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When you store a Position preset, what are you actually storing?
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The DMX values/Pan and tilt
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When you store Color preset, what are you actually storing?
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The color preset
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