5) When mixing a show you…
—Lean over the console constantly turning knobs and must not be disturbed - 5 points
—Dial up the mix, hit your cues and make minor adjustments during the show - 1 point
—Drink beer and hang out with your friends - 6 points
—Watch the band intently because you are a monitor engineer - 0 points

6) A friend once told me “when mixing, never face an audience of 10,000 people without a beer and a cigarette”, his advice means…
—You should take up smoking and drinking while you work - 2 points
—Mix with your feet - 4 points
—Never panic, a relaxed and confident engineer will mix a better show - 1 point
—May as well enjoy yourself because the band can’t hear your mix or see you anyway - 6 points

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7) Before your show starts you…
—Hang with your friends and drink beer - 6 points
—Do a quick check to make sure all is in order - 1 point
—Change into your “show clothes” - 2 points
—Turn everything up a bit, just in case - 7 points
—All of the above - 0 points

8) Feedback from stage…
—Usually builds quicker and more aggressively than feedback from the mains - 5 points
—Is the only place it comes from - 3 points
—Is the only chance for the monitor engineer to get in a “solo” - 2 points

9) Studio gear is better than live sound gear because…
—It usually costs more, does less and takes up more space in the rack - 5 points
—Is better designed because live gear manufacturers do not know the “studio secret design techniques” - 7 points
—Is called studio gear because it is big heavy and wastes space, if it was small, light and compact, it would be “live gear” - 6 points
—All of the above - 0 points

10) Recent breakthroughs in bass DI technology has increased the size and cost of the bass DI five-fold. These advances are…
—New electronics designs and technologies - 4 points
—Utilizing the same technology that makes compressors large - 0 points
—Impossible to actually hear but they look cool - 2 points
—Awesome, who makes them? - 7 points

11) Having a tall sound riser is important because…
—It is my sound stage, baby! - 2 points
—It is easier to scan the audience for a date - 6 points
—It is important to hear the sound way up high above the heads of the people you are mixing for, even if it is totally different that what the audience hears - 4 points
—It is the way it is done - 3 points
—It actually may not be the best idea - 1 point

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