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NOCTI Television Production Practice Test

Unofficial practice for NOCTI Television Production: safety, scripts and storyboards, lighting, camera, audio, editing and copyright.

About what color temperature do tungsten studio lamps give?

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Unofficial practice questions, not affiliated with NOCTI. Bank checked October 15, 2026.

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Safety 4

  • A crew member has to get a light to the top of a ladder. What does the ladder standard say about carrying it up? OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.23. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Safety
  • A grip sets a stepladder under the lighting grid. Which parts of the stepladder may not be used as steps? OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.23. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Safety
  • In the United States, a fire with the danger of electrical hazards, such as one in a live dimmer rack, is which class? Wikipedia, Fire class, Electrical. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Safety
  • What does the electrical standard say about raising a light to the grid by its power cord? OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.334. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Safety
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Pre-Production 10

  • A large curtain or wall, often concave, that partly encloses the back of a stage or studio to form a background is called what? Wikipedia, Cyclorama (theater). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production
  • A viewer watches a program as it arrives over the internet, with no wait for a whole file to download. What is this way of delivering a program called? Wikipedia, Streaming media. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production
  • At which stage of a production is location scouting carried out? Wikipedia, Location scouting. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production
  • The group of viewers that a program is made for is called its what? Wikipedia, Target audience. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production
  • In planning a studio scene, what is blocking? Wikipedia, Blocking (stage). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production
  • What is a public service announcement (PSA)? Wikipedia, Public service announcement. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production
  • What is a storyboard? Wikipedia, Storyboard. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production
  • What marks a shooting script off from a spec script? Wikipedia, Shooting script. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production
  • Which aspect ratio is the standard for high-definition television? Wikipedia, Aspect ratio (image). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production
  • Which document tells the cast and crew where and when to report for a day of shooting? Wikipedia, Daily call sheet. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Pre-Production

Production 24

  • A cyclist rides from left to right through the frame. Where does lead room put the empty space? Wikipedia, Lead room. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • A fast-moving subject is shot at a slow shutter speed. What is the likely result? Wikipedia, Shutter speed. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • A recording sounds harsh on every loud word because the level was set too high. What is this distortion called? Wikipedia, Clipping (audio). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • A shot is too dark. Which lens setting lets in more light? Wikipedia, F-number. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • A station covers a football game from a mobile control room parked at the stadium. What is this kind of production called? Wikipedia, Outside broadcasting. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • About what color temperature do tungsten studio lamps give? Wikipedia, Color temperature. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • The camera swivels left to right on a fixed tripod to follow a runner. Which move is this? Wikipedia, Panning (camera). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • From where does the backlight shine on the subject? Wikipedia, Three-point lighting, Backlight. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • In a control room, which device selects between the live video sources? Wikipedia, Vision mixer. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • In framing a person, what is headroom? Wikipedia, Headroom (photographic framing). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • In three-point lighting, what does the fill light do? Wikipedia, Three-point lighting, Fill Light. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • On a shoot, what is the main job of the boom operator? Wikipedia, Boom operator (media). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • The rule of thirds imagines the frame divided into how many equal parts? Wikipedia, Rule of thirds. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • Two people talk across a table. What does the 180-degree rule tell the director? Wikipedia, 180-degree rule. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • What changes inside a zoom lens when the operator zooms in? Wikipedia, Zoom lens. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • What does white balancing a camera do? Wikipedia, Color balance. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • What is a camera dolly? Wikipedia, Camera dolly. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • What is depth of field? Wikipedia, Depth of field. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • What is phantom power? Wikipedia, Phantom power. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • Where is the camera placed for an over-the-shoulder shot? Wikipedia, Over-the-shoulder shot. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • Which connector carries balanced audio from most professional microphones? Wikipedia, XLR connector. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • Which device or software produces text such as news crawls and credit rolls for keying into the video? Wikipedia, Character generator. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • Which microphone is small and clips to the clothing of the person speaking? Wikipedia, Lavalier microphone. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production
  • Which shot sets up the context of a scene, usually as a long shot at its start? Wikipedia, Establishing shot. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Production

Post-Production 8

  • The audio of one scene carries on over the first pictures of the next scene. What is this edit called? Wikipedia, Split edit. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Post-Production
  • In a video file, what is the job of the container format? Wikipedia, Container format. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Post-Production
  • In which transition does one sequence fade over another? Wikipedia, Dissolve (filmmaking). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Post-Production
  • What happens to the original footage in non-linear editing? Wikipedia, Non-linear editing. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Post-Production
  • What is B-roll? Wikipedia, B-roll. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Post-Production
  • What is color grading? Wikipedia, Color grading. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Post-Production
  • Which cut joins two shots whose composition is matched by action or subject? Wikipedia, Match cut. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Post-Production
  • Which technique layers two video images by removing a background of one color, such as a green screen? Wikipedia, Chroma key. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Post-Production

Ethics, Communications, and General Field Knowledge 4

  • A student editor hopes that a borrowed clip counts as fair use. Which of these does Section 107 have a court weigh? U.S. Copyright Office, Fair Use Index. Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Ethics, Communications, and General Field Knowledge
  • On a television crew, who is the gaffer? Wikipedia, Gaffer (occupation). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Ethics, Communications, and General Field Knowledge
  • What work do grips do on a set? Wikipedia, Grip (occupation). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Ethics, Communications, and General Field Knowledge
  • When does copyright protection begin for a video that a student shoots? U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright in General (FAQ). Written to NOCTI Television Production (3527), Ethics, Communications, and General Field Knowledge

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the competency list of the Job Ready Credential Blueprint for Television Production (code 3527, version 01, copyright 2018) that NOCTI publishes at https://www.nocti.org/wp-content/uploads/Blueprints/JRTVProd3527.pdf , read 2026-10-14 and again 2026-10-15: a written assessment of 174 questions in 3 hours over five areas (Safety 7%; Pre-Production 20%; Production 49%; Post-Production 16%; Ethics, Communications, and General Field Knowledge 8%), plus a performance assessment of three jobs. This bank holds 50 in those proportions. NOCTI also posts a pilot blueprint, code 3627, marked subject to change (125 questions), and a Teacher blueprint, code 5186 (181 questions over the same five areas); this bank follows 3527. Every rule and definition was read on 2026-10-14 and again on 2026-10-15 on the public page named under its question: OSHA general industry standards in 29 CFR 1910 on osha.gov, the U.S. Copyright Office at copyright.gov, and Wikipedia. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

Fifty questions of our own for the NOCTI Television Production test, sorted by the five areas of the Job Ready blueprint, code 3527. This free practice test is unofficial: NOCTI does not sponsor, endorse or review it.

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Five areas, and Production is half

Production is 49% of the written assessment: lighting, camera moves, exposure, framing, microphones and the control room. Pre-Production is 20%, Post-Production 16%, Ethics, Communications, and General Field Knowledge 8% and Safety 7%. The 50 questions here split 24, 10, 8, 4 and 4.

The clock

At the pace of the written assessment, 50 questions take 52 minutes. The blueprint prints no pass mark, so a round gives a score only.

Left to the studio

The three performance jobs need a camera and an editing system: a two-column script for a 30- to 60-second public service announcement, the shoot, and the edit exported to the desktop.

  • Key, fill and back: the fill lights what the key leaves in shadow, and the backlight shines from behind.
  • A lower f-number means a larger aperture and more light.
  • An L cut carries the old scene's audio over the new picture. A J cut brings the new scene's audio in early.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the NOCTI Television Production test?

The Job Ready blueprint, code 3527, lists 174 written questions in 3 hours, in one, two or three sessions. Its three performance jobs take a further 3 hours.

Is this also practice for the NOCTI Teacher test in television production?

It covers the same ground. The Teacher assessment, code 5186, has 181 questions over the same five areas: Safety 6%, Pre-Production 17%, Production 50%, Post-Production 18% and Ethics, Communications, and General Field Knowledge 9%.

Is there a newer Television Production blueprint?

A pilot blueprint, code 3627, is posted beside it and marked as subject to change: 125 questions in 2 hours and 30 minutes, with Production at 37% and Post-Production at 34%. The questions on this page follow 3527.

Where can I read the NOCTI Television Production blueprint?

NOCTI posts it free at nocti.org/credentials/blueprints. The PDF lists every competency, the weight of each area and ten sample questions, and those ten were left out of this bank.

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