Deck 9: Graphics

Question 1

The term computer graphics was coined in 1960 by William Fetter.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Any type of visual presentation that has the capability to be displayed on a physical surface is called an image.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

An analog image in formed by a bitmap comprised of pixels.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Vector imaging uses pixels to define the structure of a digital image.

Question 5

All things being equal, raster image files are smaller than vector files

Question 6

In RGB color space, white is produced by mixing equal and full amounts of the three primary colors.

Question 7

An 800 x 600 pixel image is comprised of 48,000 pixels.

Question 8

When re-sizing a raster image, you can expand its dimensions as much as you like without compromising its quality.

Question 9

In interlaced scanning, a single frame is produced by alternately scanning the odd and even image fields.

Question 10

DVB is the HDTV systems standard adopted by the United States.

Question 11

A(n) __________ is a two- or three-dimensional representation of a person, animal, object, or scene in the natural world.

A) graphic
B) image
C) pixel
D) vector

Question 12

Which of the following is a computer graphics format that uses mathematically constructed paths to define a graphic's visual structure?

A) bitmap or raster imaging
B) interlaced scanning
C) progressive scanning
D) vector imaging

Question 13

__________ is an example of a program specifically designed for vector imaging.

A) Adobe Illustrator
B) Adobe Photoshop
C) Corel Painter
D) GIMP

Question 14

The term ____________ refers to the quality of a raster image and relates directly to the size and number of pixels contained in the image.

A) bit depth
B) compression
C) file size
D) resolution

Question 15

A __________ is the smallest definable element of a raster image.

A) bit
B) field
C) frame
D) pixel

Question 16

__________ is a digital technique for smoothing out the edges of jagged type by blending the color transition points, such as the pixels along the edges of a rounded letterform.

A) anti-aliasing
B) compression
C) dithering
D) raster scanning

Question 17

A TIFF file is an example of a(n) ___________ graphics file format.

A) compressed
B) flattened
C) uncompressed
D) vector

Question 18

________ is depicted as x:y and is an indicator of the proportional relationship of the width to the height of a digital display or screen.

A) aspect ratio
B) frame rate
C) pixel density
D) progressive scanning

Question 19

In raster scanning, one complete scanning pass of all the lines in a moving image is called a ______________?

A) cell
B) field
C) frame
D) refresh rate

Question 20

The refresh rate of a scanned image is measured by which of the following units?

A) pixel
B) gigabyte
C) hertz
D) kilobyte

Question 21

In broadcast television, the practice of ________ is used because it minimizes both bandwidth use and flickering.

A) electronic scanning
B) interlaced scanning
C) progressive scanning
D) raster scanning

Question 22

Television and film images are able to simulate motion because of a phenomenon known as _________.

A) kinetic energy
B) flicker fusion threshold
C) short-range apparent motion
D) rotating shutters

Question 23

With the release of high-definition digital television, the aspect ratio changed from 4:3 to _______ (a popular widescreen format).

A) 16:4
B) 16:9
C) 16:10
D) 16:12

Question 24

_____________ is a method of changing the size of a raster image by increasing or decreasing the image's pixel count.

A) anti-aliasing
B) interlaced scanning
C) resampling
D) zooming

Question 25

Which of the following terms refers to the fixed number of image pixels in television or digital display.

A) aspect ratio
B) frame rate
C) native resolution
D) raster count

Question 26

The property of a raster image that determines the number of bits used to record the color value of each pixel in a raster image is called _________.

A) CMYK color space
B) color depth
C) compression
D) RGB color space

Question 27

JPEG is a popular _____________ file format for encoding digital photographs or images.

A) compressed
B) motion graphics
C) uncompressed
D) vector

Question 28

On an electronic display, ___________ is the number of complete scanning cycles per second, measured in Hertz.

A) color depth
B) frame rate
C) refresh rate
D) resolution

Question 29

Full HD video has a resolution of ____________ pixels.

A) 640 x 480
B) 1280 x 720
C) 1920 x 1080
D) 4096 x 2160

Question 30

The Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) set the standards for which of the following advanced HD formats?

A) 4K
B) ATSC
C) Blu-ray Disc
D) DVB