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Civil and Architectural Engineering Department
College of Engineering
Sultan Qaboos University
AREN3812 ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS

Finalterm
Course : ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS
Semester : Spring-2023
Instructor : Dr. Hayder.M.Khan
Quiz Time : 180 minutes
Date : 25/05/2022

Student Name : I.D. # :

Assume any missing data

Q1 ) the octave band noise spectrum in the table below represent ambient noise level
due to an air conditioning system in a house , find the NC and RC ratings. Use the
attached chart to show your solution. (8 Marks)

Frequency 63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

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Q2)-A- Determine the overall TL value of a wall (3 m high by 6.5 m long) containing
a door (2 m high by 1 m wide) if the TL of the wall portion is 45 dB and the door is
25 dB? (4 marks)
Reduction in transmission loss (TL) of an assembly of two components.

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Q2)-B- Can you find by using ray-diagram analysis that if the below room will
have strong eco or not? (4 marks)

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Q2)-C- Draw a line connecting each word in the left column with a phrase in the
right ( which represent the application used for) ( 4 marks)

Reverberation Homes

Acoustical board Conference rooms

Insulation Concert venues and symphony

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Q3) Choose the correct answer. (20 marks)
1. An open casement window has a TL of 0 dB, the τ for this opening,

 1
 0
 2
 3

2. If the sound will be reflected back to reache your ear in less than 0.1 second after the
original sound wave, then it is,

 Echo
 Reverberation

3. Which one of the following is preferred in providing good noise isolation?

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4. Which one of the following office arrangement will provide a better speech privacy?

 A
 B
 C
 D

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5. You need to design a swimming pool and you found that there are noises that coming
from many sources, so which type of sound absorption material you will use?

 Porous absorbers
 Panel absorbers
 Volume absorbers

6. Sound diffusion happens when the length of the reflecting surface is ( ) to the length
of the sound wave.

 Equal
 Larger
 Smaller

7. You have the job of designing a dome for a hall where you need it to scatter the sound around
the hall, so what you will add to the surface of the dome,

 Add nothing and make it smooth surface.

8. Which sound phenomena will increase acoustical transparency through a medium,

 Sound diffraction
 Sound reflection

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  Reverberation time
 None of the above

9. Which is most effective as isolators of mid- and high-frequency impact noises such as
"clicks" from footsteps on the floor?

 Carpeting and resilient rubber floor tiles

10. In a large concert hall, the surface irregularities should be,

 Large
 Small
 Surface irregularities make no different

11. The NRC value for the carpet is, ( 2 marks)

 0.95
 0.75
 0.4
 None of the above

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12. Which one of the two walls below is the best for room acoustic,
 A
 B

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13. Which one of the two walls below is the best for room acoustic,
 A
 B

14. Which door is the best for room acoustic

15. A space in a building measures 30 m by 60 meter with 15 m height . The walls, floor and ceiling
are of the same material, with coefficient of absorption of 0.04 Sabins. What is the total
absorptivity of space? (2 marks)

 180 Sabins
 252 sabins
 504 sabins
 1080 sabins

16. What is the single number often used to evaluate partitions ?

 NRC
 TL

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  STC
 NC

17. What is one variable affecting reverberation time ?

 Sound intensity
 Room volume
 Phon
 Sabin

18. What method is used to specify the maximum allowable intensity of background sounds?

 NRC
 TL
 STC
 NC

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