Deck 10: Multimedia and the Web

Question 1

You can self-close an open tag in XHTML by including a space and the forward slash in the opening tag (such as

).

Answer 1

True

Question 2

After drawing a preliminary flowchart of a site or application, you should take a look at the balance of the flowchart.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Different browsers and screen resolutions allow different amounts of room to display Web page content.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Usually, adding a text name to an image is not recommended.

Question 5

To add simple animation to a Web page, Java applets and animated GIFs are frequently used.

Question 6

Multimedia has the advantage of presenting material in multiple learning styles.

Question 7

GIF images can be interlaced, which means that the image is displayed initially at low resolution, and its quality is progressively increased until it is displayed at full quality.

Question 8

The HTML tag turns bolding on for the text that follows the tag until the < / b> tag is reached.

Question 9

"Click Here" is an example of a meaningful text-based hyperlink.

Question 10

Typically, four page layouts are created for Web sites.

Question 11

The BMP format uses lossless compression, similar to GIF, but it sometimes compresses more efficiently than GIF format for many nonphotographic images, which results in slightly smaller file sizes.

Question 12

AJAX applications require more bandwidth than conventional Web applications.

Question 13

A Java applet is a group of GIF images stored in a special animated GIF file that is inserted in a Web page.

Question 14

To ensure that your content is visible, keep banner images, image maps, and other full-width items to 500 pixels or less.

Question 15

After the objectives, intended audience, and basic content to be included in a Web site have been determined, the structure and layout of the site can be designed.

Question 16

XML focuses on identifying the format of data-not the data itself.

Question 17

Multimedia refers to any type of application or presentation that involves more than one type of media, such as text, graphics, video, animation, and sound.

Question 18

The Web site shown in the accompanying figure can be used to validate XHTML Web pages and is run by w3.org

Question 19

A low degree of contrast between the text color and the Web page's background color results in the most readable text.

Question 20

Sans serif typefaces, such as Arial, do not have serifs and are frequently used for titles, headings, Web page banners, and other text elements that usually are displayed larger than body text or that otherwise need a more distinctive appearance.

Question 21

Audio files can be very large, so compression methods-such as the MP₃ format-are frequently used to reduce their file size. _________________________

Question 22

Some e-commerce Web sites utilize ____ to display environments or show what products (such as a car or a home) look like in the real world.

A) shopping carts
B) stock information
C) virtual reality
D) status notification

Question 23

Some people are ____ who learn best by doing.

A) auditory learners
B) visual learners
C) manual learners
D) kinesthetic learners

Question 24

Similar to audio files, compressing video is frequently used on Web pages to speed up delivery. _________________________

Question 25

____ consists of predrawn electronic images.

A) ASCII art
B) Clip art
C) Graphics art
D) Drawing art

Question 26

Images created using Windows Paint and similar painting programs are usually saved in the ____ format.

A) GIF
B) BMP
C) JPEG
D) TIFF

Question 27

The ____ format is a standard format for Web page images and is used most often with logos, banners, and other nonphotographic images.

A) TIF
B) BMP
C) MPEG
D) GIF

Question 28

A(n) flowchart is an ordered series of sketches depicting each page or screen in an animation sequence. _________________________

Question 29

3D virtual clubs are online worlds where individuals can go to mingle with others. _________________________

Question 30

____ tend to be more readable for large quantities of text, and so they are traditionally used for this purpose.

A) Serif typefaces
B) Arial typefaces
C) Sans serif typefaces
D) Dom Casual typefaces

Question 31

One useful Web development tool is the ability to create a Web archive in order to transmit an entire Web site at one time, such as via e-mail. Today, this is usually accomplished with XHTMT. _________________________

Question 32

The original markup language designed for creating Web pages is HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). _________________________

Question 33

Users should be able to get to most pages on a Web site within three mouse clicks. _________________________

Question 34

GIF images are always rectangular, but can use a(n) ____ background color to make the images appear to be nonrectangular.

A) neutral
B) generic
C) all color
D) transparent

Question 35

____ is / are frequently added to buttons, logos, banners, and other Web page graphics.

A) Text
B) XML
C) Passwords
D) Code

Question 36

The accompanying figure shows sans serif typefaces. _________________________

Question 37

Common multimedia elements included in online games are background music, sound effects, images, animated effects, narration, talking characters, and video clips. _________________________

Question 38

Although broadband Internet use is becoming the norm, there are still individuals using dial-up Internet connections. _________________________

Question 39

Today's fast computers and ____ Internet connections make Web-based multimedia very feasible.

A) dial-up
B) broadband
C) microwave
D) ISDN

Question 40

XHTML is case sensitive. _________________________

Question 41

____ refers to identifying the browser used by each visitor, typically via JavaScript code.

A) Browser mapping
B) Browser sniffing
C) Visitor identification
D) Personalization

Question 42

____________________ Web sites are usually much more time-consuming and expensive to create than a simple text-based Web site.

Question 43

____________________ is an image format that supports true color and is commonly used for Web page photographs.

Question 44

When a markup language is used, markup ____ are inserted around the Web page content to identify where elements are to be displayed and how they should look when displayed.

A) tags
B) divisions
C) identifiers
D) boxes

Question 45

____ was originally developed as a programming language designed for processing text.

A) ActiveX
B) Perl
C) JavaScript
D) AJAX

Question 46

As shown in the accompanying figure, when a Web page requires a very large image (such as to better show a product, home for sale, or featured piece of art, for instance), a(n) ____ can be used to save loading time.

A) thumbnail image
B) button image
C) icon image
D) sample image

Question 47

Some of the most popular Web site authoring programs are Microsoft Expression Web and ____.

A) Adobe Contribute
B) Adobe Flash
C) Adobe Dreamweaver
D) Adobe Fireworks

Question 48

In order for navigational images or other images to be understandable to visitors using assistive technology systems, the images must be identified with a(n) ____ description.

A) assistive
B) Braille text
C) accessible text
D) alternative text

Question 49

In the example shown in the accompanying figure, ____ is being used to create an animated banner.

A) Adobe Flash
B) Adobe Dreamweaver
C) Adobe Fireworks
D) Adobe Contribute

Question 50

____ refers to the process of planning what your Web site will look like and how it will work.

A) Web site upload
B) Web site program
C) Web site deployment
D) Web site design

Question 51

A ____, when used to design a Web site, describes how the pages in the site relate to one another.

A) page layout
B) flowchart
C) storyboard
D) hierarchy chart

Question 52

____ is a language used to create Web pages to be displayed on WAP-enabled wireless devices, such as some older mobile phones and those used in some developing countries.

A) Wireless Markup Language (WML)
B) XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language)
C) XML (Extensible Markup Language)
D) Dynamic HTML (DHTML)

Question 53

____ tags are similar to HTML tags, but there are stricter rules about how the markup tags are written.

A) XML
B) XHTML
C) JavaScript
D) Perl

Question 54

Once a Web site has been carefully designed, it is time to create it. This process is called ____.

A) Web site publication
B) Web site upload
C) Web site deployment
D) Web site development

Question 55

For designing the layout of a Web page, ____ are commonly used when designing animated components.

A) storyboards
B) flowcharts
C) page layouts
D) plots

Question 56

____ are table of contents pages that contain links to all main pages on the sites.

A) Drop-down menus
B) Search boxes
C) Frames
D) Site maps

Question 57

Whenever you include content on a Web page that requires a(n) ____, include an obvious link that takes visitors to a Web page where they can download its free version.

A) servlet
B) script
C) applet
D) plug-in

Question 58

When you break a large document apart, consider including a link to view or download the entire document intact either as a Web page or in a common format, such as Word or ____.

A) MDF
B) PDF
C) XHTML
D) XML

Question 59

The first basic step in the development process of a multimedia Web site is ____.

A) creating the Web site
B) creating the multimedia elements
C) testing, publishing, and maintaining the site
D) creating the documentation for the site

Question 60

Even though a(n) ____________________ image does not actually load faster, it enables the user to more quickly perceive what the image looks like.

Question 61

Essentially a map of the structure of the Web site, a Web site ____________________ uses a single box to represent each Web page, and the lines between boxes show the logical organization of the site.

Question 62

Time spent planning and ____________________ a site on paper before jumping into the development process pays off in the long run.

Question 63

____________________ are single images with separate areas linked to different locations.

Question 64

Some multimedia development programs include a(n) ____________________ to allow you to test your multimedia content on a variety of devices.

Question 65

When designing a multimedia Web site, discuss the considerations that you should keep in mind about the size (height and width) of the page content.

Question 66

The newest version of HTML under development is ____________________ and is designed to replace the current versions of both HTML and XHTML.

Question 67

When frames are projected-typically at a rate of ____________________ frames per second-the effect is a smooth reconstruction of the original continuous stream of information.

Question 68

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (____________________) is a version of HTML that is based on XML.

Question 69

Describe the most common video file formats.

Question 70

For long Web pages, you can include a(n) ____________________ at the top of the page that allows users to jump to a particular section of the document.

Question 71

One of the first steps in designing a multimedia application or Web site should be determining the primary objectives of the site and the intended ____________________.

Question 72

Describe the most widely used audio file formats.

Question 73

What is the VBScript scripting language used for?

Question 74

The ____________________ Act requires U.S. federal agencies to make their Web site content accessible to people with disabilities, specifically to make it able to be used as effectively by people with disabilities as by those without.

Question 75

A(n) ____________________ is a group of GIF images stored in a special GIF file that is inserted in a Web page, similar to any other image.

Question 76

____________________ is the term used to describe a series of graphical images that are displayed one after the other to simulate movement.

Question 77

____________________ uses a combination of HTML (or XHTML), JavaScript, and XML to create faster and more efficient interactive Web applications.

Question 78

Most smartphones today are designed to display ____________________ Web pages instead of WML pages.

Question 79

JavaScript and other ____________________ languages can be used to add dynamic content to a Web page.