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The AMC exam has 50 questions and runs 1 hours.
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Two editors are working in an Avid NEXIS shared project. The lead editor owns the writable sequence bin; the assistant can open it only read-only. The assistant must begin an alternate cut without interrupting the lead editor's work. What is the appropriate handoff?
Correct answer: A - Copy the sequence into a separate writable bin and save the alternate there.
An online conform plays the wrong camera angle in several places, although its duration and edit points match the approved reference. Cameras A and B both created C0001.mov with overlapping source timecode. The relink matched only filenames and timecode. What additional distinction is needed before accepting those matches?
Correct answer: A - The original camera/card or reel identity of each source.
An assistant has generated low-resolution proxies directly from a camera card. The proxies play correctly, and the project and bins have been backed up. The card still holds the only camera-original files, including metadata needed to reconstruct spanned clips. Production asks to reformat it for the next setup. What must happen before the card is released?
Correct answer: C - Create and verify complete camera-original backups, including the card's supporting files.
A three-camera panel recording is grouped and verified in sync. Camera A carries the clean desk feed; cameras B and C have noisy guide tracks. Each picture-angle change also switches to that camera's sound. How should the multicam audio be configured to keep the desk feed uninterrupted?
Correct answer: C - Disable Audio Follow Video and select camera A's desk-feed channels.
The producer's note on a reaction shot reads, "Keep both cuts on the music accents, but make the nod happen earlier." The shot must retain its timeline position and duration, and enough source remains after its current Out. Which trim fulfills the note?
Correct answer: C - Slip the shot to a later source range.
An editor is asked to hold the outgoing picture eight frames longer while the incoming dialogue still starts at its existing audio cut. The following picture cuts and the program's end must not move. Both adjacent picture clips on V1 have sufficient handles. Select the trim setup that makes just this change.
Correct answer: A - Use a dual-roller trim on the V1 cut only, moving it eight frames later.
A lower third has separate logo, name, and backing-plate layers above an interview. Each element already has its own animation. The producer now wants the assembled lower third to tilt and move off-screen together, while the interview remains stationary and the name can still be revised. How should the additional 3D Warp animation be applied?
Correct answer: D - Nest only the graphic layers and animate that nest with an outer 3D Warp effect.
A Rec.709 master matches the approved image on a calibrated video-range reference display. An independent file check confirms that its 8-bit luma black and white references are encoded at 16 and 235, as required. Only a laptop player looks washed out; it is interpreting the file as full-range 0-255. Where should the correction be made?
Correct answer: B - Correct the player's range interpretation; leave the verified master unchanged.
During a dialogue-processing check, louder and quieter passages enter a compressor at -9 dBFS and -24 dBFS, respectively. The compressor has a hard knee, a -18 dBFS threshold, a 3:1 ratio, and +3 dB of makeup gain. Treat these as steady-state levels after attack has settled, with no other processing. What are the resulting levels, and which passage receives compression gain reduction?
Correct answer: D - Louder: -12 dBFS; quieter: -21 dBFS; only the louder passage is compressed.
A SpectraMatte composite retains fine hair detail and leaves no opaque screen remnants in the background. The matte is solid where the jacket should be opaque, but the jacket has an unwanted green cast along its screen-facing edge. Which adjustment addresses the remaining defect?
Correct answer: B - Suppress green spill in the retained foreground pixels.
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