Deck 8: Digital Media

Question 1

A True Color bitmap displays photographic-quality images.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks are examples of graphic design companies that use 3-D animation techniques.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Digital cameras often store photos in JPEG or TIFF formats.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Digital cameras store images on solid-state storage media.

Question 5

Graphics that contain both bitmap and vector data are called megapixels .

Question 6

Color monitors display colors based on the intensity of red, blue, and yellow signals it receives.

Question 7

In order to use infrared technology to transfer images from a digital camera to your computer, you must have a FireWire port.

Question 8

When a pixel appears white on a monitor, it means that the color signals are set to the maximum intensity.

Question 9

A vector graphic is being created in the above figure.

Question 10

Any text in a vector image is stored on the Web as text, so it can be found using search engines.

Question 11

A Web gradient is the standard set of colors used by Internet Web browsers.

Question 12

The raster of an image grid can be expressed as dots per inch (dpi)for a printer or scanner, or as pixels per inch (ppi)for a monitor.

Question 13

Solid-state storage, such as used for digital cameras, can hold data without consuming power.

Question 14

Vector graphics require more storage space than bitmaps.

Question 15

Vector graphics are three-dimensional.

Question 16

Vector graphics resize better than bitmaps.

Question 17

Bitmap graphics take a lot of storage space.

Question 18

Rasterization is the process for creating a bitmap graphic from a vector graphic.

Question 19

Web graphics in SVG format are automatically resized when displayed on different screens or when printed.

Question 20

When you use graphics software to reduce the resolution of an image, part of the image is cropped out.

Question 21

An image that has a flat, cartoon-like quality is most likely a(n)____ graphic.

A)vector
B)bitmap
C)rasterized
D)monochrome

Question 22

An input device called a(n)____ has a flat surface used to turn a paper-based line drawing into a vector graphic.

A)scanner
B)rasterizer
C)digitizing tablet
D)ray tracer

Question 23

Bitmap graphics are resolution reliable , which means that the quality of the image depends on its resolution.

Question 24

If you intend to output your digital video to DVDs, you should maintain a high ____.

A)codec
B)frame rate
C)compression ratio
D)bitrate

Question 25

To convert a printed image into a digital graphic, use a(n)____.

A)imagizer
B)raster
C)scanner
D)digital camera

Question 26

____ refers to the number of times per second that a sound is collected or measured during the recording process.

A)Audio rate
B)Wave rate
C)Sampling rate
D)Clip rate

Question 27

The technique used in the figure above decreases the file size of the graphic by reducing the number of ____ in the image.

A)crops
B)pixels
C)blocks
D)bits

Question 28

Pixel ____ is the process of increasing the resolution of a bitmap graphic.

A)interpolation
B)extrapolation
C)rasterization
D)dithering

Question 29

The above figure is an example of ____ an image.

A)interpolating
B)cropping
C)rasterizing
D)resizing

Question 30

In Item 2 in the figure above, the sound wave is sliced into vertical segments called ____.

A)values
B)intervals
C)points
D)samples

Question 31

In the Windows environment, you can use Windows Media Player to play ____ formats.

A)AIFF
B)MP3
C)WMA
D)all of the above

Question 32

In the figure above, the item labeled 1 represents the ____.

A)rendered portion
B)gradient
C)ray
D)wireframe

Question 33

In the figure above, the item labeled 2 represents the ____.

A)rendered portion
B)gradient
C)ray
D)wireframe

Question 34

In a bitmap graphic, each pixel is assigned a color, which is stored as a binary number in a file.

Question 35

Item 1 in the figure above shows a(n)____ sound wave.

A)digital
B)analog
C)digitized
D)rasterized

Question 36

____ is music, speech, and other sounds represented in binary format for use in digital devices.

A)Analog audio
B)Audio wave
C)Digital audio
D)Digital clip

Question 37

Bitmap graphics can be saved in all of the following file formats EXCEPT ____.

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

Question 38

A(n)____ bitmap displays 16.7 million colors, and can also define special effects.

A)True Color
B)24-bit
C)32-bit
D)3-D

Question 39

____ sound is artificially created.

A)Recognized
B)Compressed
C)Synthesized
D)Composed

Question 40

SWF graphics are created using ____.

A)Photoshop
B)Flash
C)Dreamweaver
D)AutoCAD

Question 41

A ____ palette displays an image using shades of gray.

A)color
B)Web
C)system
D)grayscale

Question 42

A video is a series of ____, like those in the figure above.

A)pictures
B)images
C)clips
D)frames

Question 43

The technique used in the figure shown above adds light and shadows to a 3D image and is called ____.

A)rendering
B)editing
C)ray tracing
D)light tracking

Question 44

____ refers to the ability of a computer to understand the spoken word.

A)Voice recognition
B)Speech recognition
C)Wave recognition
D)Either A or B

Question 45

Which of the following is NOT specified in a MIDI sequence?

A)the pitch of a note
B)the instrument that plays the note
C)the name of the note
D)the volume of the note

Question 46

A computer's ____ contains a variety of input and output jacks plus audio-processing circuitry responsible for transforming the bits stored in an audio file into music, sound effects, and narration.

A)MIDI
B)wavetable
C)sound card
D)motherboard

Question 47

Architects and engineers use ____, shown in the figure above, to create 3D graphics.

A)3D animation software
B)3D graphics software
C)3D image software
D)3D drawing software

Question 48

Vector graphics are created from scratch using vector graphics software, referred to as ____.

A)drawing software
B)paint software
C)grid software
D)system software

Question 49

____ refers to the process of removing part of an image.

A)Resizing
B)Cropping
C)Rasterizing
D)Interpolating

Question 50

The term ____ refers to videos that are constructed and displayed using a personal computer.

A)Web-based video
B)desktop video
C)PDA video
D)DVD-Video

Question 51

____ video technology plays a video on your computer while continuing to receive it.

A)Streaming
B)Web-based
C)Alternative
D)Sharing

Question 52

When you have an existing printed image, such as a photograph, you can use a ____ (like the one shown in the figure above)to convert the image into a bitmap graphic.

A)printer
B)copier
C)scanner
D)computer

Question 53

A CD track that requires 32 MB of storage space would require approximately ____ in MP3 format.

A)3 MB
B)16 MB
C)64 MB
D)128 MB

Question 54

Popular video player software used in personal computers is ____.

A)Apple's QuickTime player
B)Windows Media Player
C)RealMedia player
D)all of the above

Question 55

Digital video is sometimes classified by its ____.

A)hardware
B)software
C)platform
D)footage

Question 56

YouTube automatically converts all submitted files into ____ format.

A)AVI
B)MPEG
C)Flash Video
D)QuickTime Movie

Question 57

Digital video is stored in a variety of file formats sometimes referred to as ____ formats.

A)animation
B)content
C)tracing
D)container

Question 58

Image quality is affected by ____.

A)file size
B)resolution
C)measurement
D)both A and B

Question 59

____ is a music notation system that allows computers to communicate with music synthesizers.

A)MIDI
B)Wavetable
C)Analog
D)Composition

Question 60

iPods and Zunes are portable ____ players.

A)video
B)media
C)audio
D)animation

Question 61

____ compression is a technique that can be applied to video footage to eliminate redundant or unnecessary data.

A)Linear
B)Temporal
C)Premiere
D)Studio

Question 62

When transferring video files to your computer, a DV clip requires roughly 1 GB of storage per ____ minutes of video.

A)five
B)fifteen
C)thirty
D)sixty

Question 63

TiVo is a DVR device, which stands for ____________________.

Question 64

A(n)____________________ is a series of frames.

Question 65

A(n)____________________ is a small device designed to read data contained in a solid state memory card.

Question 66

____ is the most popular digital videotape format and is used by most consumer digital video cameras.

A)DVCPro
B)DVCam
C)MiniDV
D)DVR

Question 67

Digital media includes ____.

A)sound
B)video
C)images
D)all of the above

Question 68

A(n)____________________ is software that compresses a video stream when a video is stored and decompresses the file when the video is played.

Question 69

The audio clips in the figure above show different ____________________ rates of a sound file.

Question 70

In the figure shown above, a memory card is being inserted into a ____.

A)USB port
B)docking station
C)card reader
D)FireWire port

Question 71

The process of covering a wireframe with surface color and texture in a 3-D image, as shown in the figure above, is called ____________________.

Question 72

A ____ is a device that records television signals received by an antenna, through a cable, or from a satellite.

A)DVD
B)DV-RAM
C)DV
D)DVR

Question 73

The process of converting analog video signals into digital format is referred to as ____.

A)video transfer
B)video clip
C)video capture
D)video footage

Question 74

Linear editing ____.

A)moves footage from one videotape to another
B)uses a random-access device
C)holds the original footage
D)holds the finished video

Question 75

The device shown in the figure above is called a(n)____.

A)tethered camera
B)videoconferencing camera
C)analog camera
D)video capture camera

Question 76

____________________ video retains image quality no matter how many times it is copied.

Question 77

To convert a bitmap graphic into a vector graphic, use ____________________ software.

Question 78

____ is a form of legal protection that gives certain exclusive rights to the author of a program.

A)Format shifting
B)DRM
C)Fair use
D)Copyright

Question 79

Compression can be measured by the number of bits required to display one second of video, which is called ____.

A)bit size
B)bus size
C)bitrate
D)video byte

Question 80

A ____ is a small video file in a video format.

A)video clip
B)video capture
C)video device
D)video frame