Technical Theatre Final Exam
1. The _______is a diagram showing the placement of lighting instruments, plugging system and
where the beams for the instruments fall.
a. Circuit
b. Light Plot
c. Dimmer
d. Amperage
2. Make up To clear the stage:
a.
Set
b.
Strike
c.
Kill
d. Clear
3. A lightweight framework of wood, covered with painted canvas or other material, used as
scenery:
a.
Platform
b.
Trap
c.
Flat
d. Scenic Platform
4. A framework of wood or steel topped with plywood and used as a floor
a. Platform
b. Trap
c. Flat
d. Wing
Costuming
5. One measurement exclusively for
males:
a. Height
b. Weight
c. Waist
d. Inseam
6. One measurement exclusively for
females:
a. Bust
b. Shoulder to shoulder
c. Waist
d. Inseam
7. Who has the last word on costume
designs?
a. Actor
b. Costume Designer
c. Director
d. Technical Director
8. Historical period’s distinctive line is called
the:
a. Costume plot
b. Swatches
c. Costume parade
d. Costume silhouette
9. ______ are small samples of fabric used
to gain approval before the costumes are
sewn.
a. Costume plot
b. Swatches
c. Costume parade
d. Costume silhouette
10. _____ occurs when the actor wear the
costumes under stage lights to determine
final adjustments.
a. Costume plot
b. Swatches
c. Costume parade
d. Costume silhouette
11. _____is a grid including every costume
in the production broken down by actor
and scene.
a. Costume plot
b. Swatches
c. Costume parade
d. Costume silhouette
12. Costumes must always be historically
accurate
a. True
b. False
13. Costumes should do all of the following
except
a. Reveal the character’s age
b. Reveal social status
c. Reveal affiliations with other
characters
d. Reveal the character’s personality
14. Slenderizing attributes of costumes do
not include:
a. Subtle patterns
b. Bold patterns
c. Dark colors
d. Non lustrous materials.
15. Weight-adding attributes of costumes do
not include:
a. Bold Patterns
b. Bright materials
c. Vertical Lines
d. Horizontal lines
16. The costume designer must consider all
but which of the following?
a. Costume changes
b. Historical period
c. Actor’s preference
d. Action occurring on stage
17. The____ of a costume has a lot to do
with how the audience responds to the
character.
a. Cut
b. Color
c. Style
d. Fit
18. Costumes for Restoration type plays use
_____ fabrics
a. Cotton, muslin, burlap
b. Calico, gingham, tweed
c. Silk, ribbon, spandex
d. Satins, laces, brocade
Make-up
19. Usually applied as the first step and
covers the entire face.
a. Make up Brush
b. Make up wedge
c. Foundation
d. Stipple sponge
20. An applicator used to create beard
stubble or texture around a scar
a. Stipple sponge
b. Makeup Wedge
c. Foundation
d. Make up Brush
21. Actors wear make-up to achieve all but
which of the following?
a. Look pretty on stage
b. Help project the character to the
audience
c. Change the age of an actor
d. Give the actor’s face shape on stage
22. Application technique in which a lighter
foundation color is used to emphasize
certain areas of an actor’s face
a. Highlight
b. Shadow
c. Blending
d. Blocked out
25. An applicator used to apply
foundation/base or make-up in large
areas (can also be used to blend)
a. Makeup Wedge
b. Foundation
c. Make up Brush
d. Stipple sponge
26. An applicator used to draw fine lines,
such as wrinkles
a. Makeup Wedge
b. Foundation
c. Make up Brush
d. Stipple sponge
27. ______ make-up is similar to ‘everyday’
or ‘street’ make-up, used to enhance the
natural appearance of an actor.
a. Old Age
b. Corrective
c. Three-Dimensional
d. Latex
28. ______ make-up uses various materials
to alter the shape of the actor’s face such
as nose-putty or wax
a. Old Age
b. Corrective
c. Three-Dimensional
d. Latex
23. Application technique in which a darker
foundation color is used to deemphasize
certain areas of an actor’s face
a. Highlight
b. Shadow
c. Blending
d. Blocked out
29. ______ make-up is used to alter the age
of the actor using a variety of techniques.
a. Old Age
b. Corrective
c. Three-Dimensional
d. Latex
24. Molded features such as a nose, ears or
other addition to an actor attached to the
skin with spirit gum and/or liquid latex
a. Crepe hair
b. Prosthetics
c. Nose Putty
d. Crepe hair
30. Technique in which a facial feature is
covered up with foundation so a more
stylized feature can be created
a. Highlight
b. Shadoww3
c. Blending
d. Blocked out
31. Fake hair used to create facial hair
a. Crepe hair
b. Prosthetics
c. Nose Putty
d. Crepe hair
Elements of Design
32. The first step in the design process is to _ 39. The color which is associated with loyalty,
a. Read the script
sky, cold, water, and technology is ____
b. Research the time period
a. Blue
c. Talk with Director and other
b. Yellow
Designers
c. Green
d. Implementation of ideas
d. Purple
33. The Elements of Design are
a. Not important
b. Line, shape, mass, measure,
position, color, texture
c. Line, outlines, weight, proportion,
balance, harmony
d. Theme, character, plot, language,
spectacle, mixture
34. An effective design does not need to be
a. Effective
b. Informative
c. Usable
d. Complex
35. A symbol, song, location and/or picture
used to focus the production are
examples of
a. Enjoyable pastimes
b. props
c. busy work
d. A metaphor
36. ____ is a scale drawing showing the front
view of the set.
a. Thumbnail
b. Ground Plan
c. Front Elevation
d. Rendering
37. _____ is a quick rough drawing.
a. Thumbnail
b. Ground Plan
c. Front Elevation
d. Rendering
38. _____ is a finished scale representation
of the set including color.
a. Thumbnail
b. Ground Plan
c. Front Elevation
d. Rendering
40. The color which is associated with good
luck, environment, jealousy, and envy is
a. Blue
b. Yellow
c. Green
d. Purple
41. The color which is associated with gold,
dishonesty, cowardice and joy is
a. Blue
b. Yellow
c. Green
d. Purple
42. The color of passion, anger and love is
a. Red
b. Yellow
c. Blue
d. White
43. Achieving texture through paint:
a. Spattering
b. Sponging
c. Rag roll
d. Wet blending
e. All of the above
44. A(n) ____ set is an environment in life
completely depicted on stage involving
details that replicates real life situations.
a. Illusionistic
b. Metaphorical
45. A(n) ____ set suggests a theatrical
environment that may suggest a specific
location or not requiring the audience to
use their imagination in order to create
the location or locale
a. Illusionistic
b. Metaphorical
1. Letter A refers to:
a. Traveler
b. Boom
c. Act Curtain
d. Grid Iron
13. Letter M refers to:
a. Ground Row
b. Drop
c. Plaster Line
d. Hard Leg
2. Letter B refers to:
a. Counterweight system
b. Cyclorama or Cyc
c. Valance
d. Fire Curtain
14. Letter N refers to:
a. Plasterline
b. Acting Area
c. Boom (tree)
d. Traveler
3. Letter C refers to:
a. Drop
b. Pin Rail
c. Teaser
d. Apron
15. Letter O refers to:
a. Electric
b. Act Curtain
c. Ground Row
d. Cyclorama or Cyc
4. Letter D refers to:
a. Fly gallery
b. Ground Row
c. Cyc Light
d. Acting Area
16. Letter P refers to:
a. Valance
b. Wing
c. Tormentor (Leg)
d. Fly gallery
5. Letter E refers to:
a. Traveler
b. Cyclorama or Cyc
c. Act Curtain
d. Grid Iron
17. Letter Q refers to:
a. Traveler
b. Fire Curtain
c. Waist
d. Grid Iron
6. Letter F refers to:
a. Apron
b. Proscenium Arch
c. Cyc Light
d. Pin Rail
18. Letter R refers to:
a. Fire Curtain
b. Wing
c. Acting Area
d. Electric
7. Letter G refers to:
a. Teaser
b. Grand Drape
c. Drop
d. Ground row
19. Letter S refers to:
a. Drop
b. Traveler
c. Proscenium Arch
d. Apron
8. Letter H refers to:
a. Plaster line
b. Traveler
c. Grand Drape
d. Drop
20. Letter T refers to:
a. Proscenium Arch
b. Plaster line
c. Traveler
d. Ground row
9. Letter I refers to:
a. Ground row
b. Drop
c. Teaser
d. Wing
21. Letter U refers to:
a. Electric
b. Fire Curtain
c. Apron
d. Teaser
10. Letter J refers to:
a. Teaser
b. Drop
c. Act Curtain
d. Tormentor (leg)
22. Letter V refers to:
a. Wing
b. Cyclorama or Cyc
c. Traveler
d. Fire Curtain
11. Letter K refers to:
a. Wing
b. Boom
c. Teaser
d. Electric
23. Letter W refers to:
a. Boom
b. Apron
c. Acting Area
d. Ground row
12. Letter L refers to:
a. Traveler
b. Act Curtain
c. Teaser
d. Acting area
Facility
46. Curtains hung extreme right and left for the
purpose of masking backstage
a. Wings
b. Backstage
c. Complementary Light
d. Legs
47. A performance space in which the audience
sits around the stage. Sometimes referred to
as “in-the-round”.
a. Proscenium Theatre
b. Arena Theatre
c. Black Box Theatre
d. Thrust Theatre
48. A performance space in which the audience
views the action as if through a frame, sitting
on one side of the performance area.
a. Proscenium Theatre
b. Arena Theatre
c. Black Box Theatre
d. Thrust Theatre
49. A combination of performance spaces with
the stage projecting into the audience. The
audience sits on two or three sides.
a. Proscenium Theatre
b. Arena Theatre
c. Black Box Theatre
d. Thrust Theatre
50. A small flexible performance space.
a. Proscenium Theatre
b. Arena Theatre
c. Black Box Theatre
d. Thrust Theatre
51. To hide something from view
a. Proscenium
b. Centerline
c. Plaster line
d. Mask
52. The “picture frame” of the stage separating
the audience from the action is the
a. Proscenium
b. Centerline
c. Plaster line
d. Mask
54. The area below the stage is:
a. Green Room
b. Orchestra Pit
c. Apron
d. Wings
55. The arched area in front of the proscenium is:
a. House
b. Orchestra pit
c. Wings
d. Apron
56. An access to areas under the stage floor:
a. Platform
b. Trap
c. Flat
d. Scenic Platform
57. The imaginary line running from the front
edge of the stage to the back in the center of
the stage is the
a. Proscenium
b. Centerline
c. Plaster line
d. Midstage
58. The imaginary line created on the stage floor
by the Proscenium Arch is the
a. Proscenium
b. Centerline
c. Plaster line
d. Midstage
59. The middle of the stage horizontally is the
a. Proscenium
b. Centerline
c. Plaster line
d. Midstage
60. ____are the sides of the stage out of the
audience’s view, where actors stand before
making their entrances.
a. Wings
b. FOH
c. Offstage
d. House
61. Location anywhere not on the stage.
a. Wings
b. FOH
c. Offstage
d. House
53. ____is located in the back of the auditorium.
It also refers to the control area located in the
audience area.
a. Wings
b. FOH
c. Offstage
d. House
62. ____refers to where the audience sits or the
audience itself.
a. Wings
b. FOH
c. Offstage
d. House
Graph and label the stage.
A
D
B
C
E
F
Audience
63. Letter A is:
a. Downstage Center
b. Upstage Right
c. Backstage Right
d. Upstage Left
66. Letter D is:
a. Downstage Center
b. Front stage Right
c. Backstage Right
d. Upstage Left
64. Letter B is:
a. Downstage Right
b. Upstage Right
c. Center stage
d. Upstage Left
67. Letter E is:
a. Downstage Center
b. Center stage Right
c. Backstage Right
d. Center stage Left
65. Letter C is:
a. Downstage Right
b. Front stage Right
c. Backstage Right
d. Upstage Left
68. Letter F is:
a. Downstage Center
b. Upstage Center
c. Center stage
d. Upstage Left
Hierarchy
69. _________is person is responsible for
maintaining all properties used by actors on
stage.
a. Director
b. Producer
c. Property Master/Mistress
d. Technical Director
75. The person with the ultimate power in a
production because they are the financial
backer of a show is called the __________.
a. Director
b. Producer
c. Technical Director
d. Property Master/Mistress
70. This person is responsible for overseeing all
technical aspects of a show.
________________
a. Director
b. Producer
c. Property Master/Mistress
d. Technical Director
76. The ______is the creator of the artistic vision
of the show and makes decisions on every
aspect of a show.
a. Director
b. Producer
c. Technical Director
d. Property Master/Mistress
71. The ______ assists an actor in quick costume
changes occurring backstage during a show.
a. Wardrobe Mistress
b. Dresser
c. Cutter
d. Stitcher
77. This person is the head of the lighting
department responsible for the installation,
maintenance and operation of the lighting
plot.
a. Master Electrician
b. Audio One
c. Technical Director
d. Property Master
72. The ______ assembles the pieces to make a
costume for a show.
a. Costume Mistress
b. Dresser
c. Cutter
d. Stitcher
78. Technicians on site during the run of the
show, to include audio crew, lightboard
operator, dressers and stagehands.
a. Stagehand
b. Props Crew
73. Places set pieces on stage for the appropriate
c. Running Crew
scenes as well as maintain properties and set
d. Director
pieces during the run.
a. Running Crew
79. S/he assists the Director administratively
b. Stagehand
during the audition and rehearsal process.
c. Dresser
S/he writes blocking notes into the Prompt
d. Make-up Crew
copy, takes rehearsal notes, coordinates the
rehearsal schedule and various other
74. During the Run, the _______ is in control of
administrative duties.
everything that happens Backstage. S/he
a. Stage Manager
manages the Actors and Technicians during
b. Assistant Director
the run of the production. S/he maintains the
c. House Manager
Director’s vision of the production after
d. Technical Director
opening night. S/he is the only member of
the technical staff who will be a member of
80. Manages everything audience side of the
Actor’s Equity.
main drape, to include ushers, Box Office,
a. Stage Manager
refreshments, monies
b. Assistant Director
a. Stage Manager
c. House Manager
b. Assistant Director
d. Technical Director
c. House Manager
d. Technical Director