Tutorial
by
William J. Mullin and José P. Mestre

Below is the index of a tutorial for use by readers of Fundamentals of Sound 2nd ed.(Levellers Press, 2016). The tutorial uses questions to stimulate understanding of the concepts introduced in the text. The questions are in close correspondence to material from the various sections of the text. Ideally the reader should work through the tutorial in an active manner, that is, you should not just look at the answers immediately, but should try to arrive at your own version of the answer through your own knowledge and reasoning. Various levels of on-line help (hints, reference to the text, and finally a complete explanation) are supplied to aid the learning process.

Instructors in courses might consider using these questions as in-class teaching aids. Presenting them allows the students to think more deeply about the subject and also gives useful feedback to the instructor concerning how well the students have grasped the material.

 

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY CLICK ON AN APPROPRIATE LINK FOR HELP.

Please note that, while the questions are numbered roughtly in the order in which material is covered in the text, consecutive numbers are not necessarily used so that at a later date more questions on related subjects can be interposed without changing the present numbers. Just because you have jumped from Question 5 to Question 10 does not mean that you have missed anything.

Questions related to Chapter 1. Introduction to Waves.
Questions 5-17
Questions 20-25
Questions 30-40
Questions 45-55
Questions 60-80
Questions 85-110

Questions related to Chapter 2 and 3. Standing Waves
Questions 115-125
Questions 130-140
Questions 145-150
Questions 152-155
Questions 160-170

Questions related to Chapter 4. Resonance
Questions 175-180

Questions related to Chapter 5. Wavefronts
Questions 185-187

Questions related to Chapters 6. Complex Waves, and 7. Wave Analysis
Questions 190-200
Questions 210-225
Questions 230-235
Questions 240-270
Questions 275-280
Questions 300-330

Questions related to Chapters 8. Speech Production and 9. Acoustics of Different Speech Sounds
Questions 350-370
Questions 380-390

Questions related to Chapter 10. Work and Energy
Questions 410-440
Questions 442-448
Questions 450-472

Questions related to Chapter 11. Perception of Sound Intensity
Questions 474-510
Questions 520-545
Questions 550-610

Questions related to Chapter 12. The Ear and the Hearing Mechanism
Questions 620-640