Deck 8: Digital Media

Question 1

Text contained in a vector graphic image is stored as actual text,not just as a series of colored dots.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

You can use a scanner,like the one in the accompanying figure,to convert a printed image into a bitmap graphic.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Solid state storage cards hold data without consuming power,so they do not lose data when the camera,for example,is turned off.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

An infrared port will transfer a digital photo from a camera to a computer faster than a serial,USB,or FireWire port.

Question 5

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

Question 6

When working with HDCP-protected content,you will have to make sure that your computer,DVD player,television,and handheld are all compliant.

Question 7

Sampling rate refers to the total number of times that sound is measured during the recording process.

Question 8

A scanner,like the one featured in the accompanying figure,creates a vector graphic.

Question 9

With videos shown on a small computer screen at a fairly low resolution,recording with an inexpensive camera will not make a difference on the quality of the final video.

Question 10

With vector graphics,like the one found in the accompanying figure,objects may be layered over other objects.

Question 11

Popular digital audio formats include AAC,MP3,and WAV.

Question 12

Each pixel in a monochrome bitmap grid,as illustrated in the accompanying figure,is stored as a bit.

Question 13

Monochrome bitmaps,like the one shown in the accompanying figure,require a lot of storage space.

Question 14

Cameras designed for still photography cannot capture video.

Question 15

Whether you acquire an image from a digital camera or a scanner,bitmap graphics tend to require very little storage space.

Question 16

When you increase the resolution of an existing graphic,as illustrated in the accompanying figure,the file size decreases.

Question 17

Individual objects in a vector graphic,like the one in the accompanying figure,cannot be easily stretched,shrunk,colored,moved,and deleted.

Question 18

Because of its complexity,the DRM technology shown in the accompanying figure has never been broken.

Question 19

A vector graphic,like the one shown in the accompanying figure,resizes better than a comparable bitmap graphic.

Question 20

To create a video DVD,you usually begin by selecting one or more completed videos that include soundtracks,transitions,titles,special effects,and so on.

Question 21

A(n)system palette is the collection of colors used by the operating system for the graphics that represent desktop icons and controls._________________________

Question 22

WMF files contain instructions for creating the pitch,volume,and duration of notes that sound like various musical instruments._________________________

Question 23

Enlarging a bitmap requires your computer to fill in missing pixels,which sometimes results in a palpitating,or "bitmappy," jagged image._________________________

Question 24

When creating videos,you should use one of the codecs included in popular video players._________________________

Question 25

In a monochrome image,like the one in the accompanying figure,an "on" pixel is represented by a 0 bit._________________________

Question 26

Apple's FairPlay and Microsoft's Windows Media DRM are designed to protect music,movies,ebooks,and even television shows._________________________

Question 27

The color of each dot in a bitmap graphic is stored as a(n)binary number._________________________

Question 28

Which of the following tasks is NOT performed by a digital signal processor?

A) Transformation of analog waves to digital bits when you make a sound recording
B) Transformation of digital bits to analog waves when you play back a digital audio file
C) Handling of compression and decompression
D) Elimination of extraneous noise

Question 29

Using a computer's infrared port to beam photo data from a camera,which eliminates the need for a cable,is much faster than using FireWire or USB._________________________

Question 30

A small graphic for a Web page might have a(n)color depth of 150 x 100 pixels-150 pixels across and 100 pixels high._________________________

Question 31

Bitnumber refers to the amount of data transferred per second as a video plays._________________________

Question 32

In the accompanying figure,the bitmap image on the left was enlarged to create the image on the right by a process called pixel recalibration._________________________

Question 33

A(n)____ is a device that contains a variety of input and output jacks,plus audio-processing circuitry.

A) amplifier
B) macro recorder
C) sound card
D) video card

Question 34

Voice-overs and narrations are often recorded with a sampling rate of 11 KHz,which means that 11,000 samples are taken ____.

A) per minute
B) per second
C) per total recording
D) per thousand notes

Question 35

A vector graphic can easily be converted into a bitmap graphic through a process known as digitization._________________________

Question 36

The digital hole allows pirates to capture content by using a microphone to record songs as they are output to speakers or using a camcorder to film movies as they are projected in a movie theater._________________________

Question 37

Speech recognition refers to the ability of machines to understand the spoken word._________________________

Question 38

You can connect most standard microphones to your computer through the microphone socket or ____ port.

A) MP3
B) RealAudio
C) USB
D) AAC

Question 39

The audio CDs you buy at your favorite music store are recorded at a sampling rate of ____.

A) 44.1 kHz
B) 44.1 MHz
C) 440 kHz
D) 440 MHz

Question 40

An advantage of linear editing is that you can use a random-access drive,like a hard drive,to easily edit and arrange video clips._________________________

Question 41

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

A) Interpolation
B) Cropping
C) Pixelation
D) Resolution

Question 42

Which of the following has been slow to catch on as a popular standard?

A) AAC
B) MP3
C) Ogg Vorbis
D) WMA

Question 43

When a bitmap graphic is enlarged,it still retains its original ____.

A) dimension
B) pixel
C) resolution
D) interpolation

Question 44

You have just decreased the number of pixels,resolution,and file size of your graphic by selecting a portion of the image.What have you done to your graphic?

A) You have zoomed in on your graphic.
B) You have cropped your graphic.
C) You have pixelated your graphic.
D) You have rastered your graphic.

Question 45

A ____ bitmap would be displayed by manipulating the pattern of "off" and "on" pixels displayed on the screen.

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

Question 46

A ____ bit in a monochrome bitmap represents black.

A) 0
B) 1
C) 56
D) 255

Question 47

If your computer and your camera have ____ ports,you can connect a cable between these two ports to transfer the photo data.

A) iTalk
B) Flash
C) USB
D) UPS

Question 48

The size of the file that holds a bitmap depends on its resolution and ____.

A) color depth
B) graphical attachment
C) megapixel ratio
D) transfer rate

Question 49

If you have dialed Directory Assistance lately to obtain a telephone number,you have probably encountered ____.

A) phonemic awareness
B) virtual listening
C) speech recognition
D) speech analysis

Question 50

One way to transfer photo data from a camera directly to a computer is via ____.

A) e-mail
B) FireWire ports
C) driver pins
D) printer cables

Question 51

A ____ graphic is composed of a grid of dots.

A) roster
B) vector
C) bitmap
D) none of the above

Question 52

One minute of CDDA music requires in excess of ____ of storage space.

A) 1 MB
B) 10 MB
C) 100 MB
D) 1 GB

Question 53

A MIDI sequence contains all of the following EXCEPT ____.

A) the pitch of a note
B) the volume of the note
C) the duration of the note
D) a wavetable

Question 54

The ____ format offers very good sound quality based on MPEG-4.

A) Wave
B) AIFF
C) MP3
D) AAC

Question 55

Most experts recommend that Web graphics not exceed ____ KB.

A) 1
B) 5
C) 10
D) 100

Question 56

Which of the following file formats is supported by browsers without a plug-in?

A) AAC
B) RM
C) WAV
D) all of the above

Question 57

The quality of a bitmap graphic is ____ dependent.

A) vector
B) resolution
C) rastering
D) codec

Question 58

A resolution of 1600 x 1200 could also be expressed as ____ megapixels.

A) .19
B) 1.9
C) 19
D) 190

Question 59

With images that contain strong curved or diagonal lines,pixel ____ can result in the kind of effects shown in the accompanying figure.

A) polarity
B) interpolation
C) interlacing
D) depth processing

Question 60

Which of the following requires Windows Media Player 9 or above?

A) MP3
B) WMA
C) AAC
D) WAV

Question 61

Which of the following formats does not offer lossless compression?

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

Question 62

A video is composed of a series of bitmap graphics,each one called a ____.

A) montage
B) frame
C) unit
D) post

Question 63

____ is supported by most modern browsers without requiring a plug-in; it supports gradients,drop shadows,multiple levels of transparency,and animation effects,along with portability to other platforms,such as handheld computers and cellular phones.

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

Question 64

Graphics files that contain both bitmap and vector data are called ____.

A) raster files
B) gradient files
C) pixelated files
D) metafiles

Question 65

____ can be used to create the illusion of three dimensions by smoothly blending shades from one color to another or from light to dark.

A) Rendering
B) Dithering
C) Megapixels
D) Gradients

Question 66

____ preprocesses an image by tweaking the colors in adjoining pixels so that they are the same color whenever possible.

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

Question 67

Vector graphics software is sometimes referred to as ____ software.

A) digitizing
B) dithering
C) drawing
D) scaling

Question 68

A True Color or 24-bit bitmap can produce a maximum of ____ colors.

A) 16.7 million
B) 10 million
C) 256
D) 2

Question 69

____ file sizes might shrink when compressed by as much as 70%.

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

Question 70

A ____ is a smooth blending of shades from one color to another or from light to dark.

A) dither
B) metafile
C) gradient
D) trace

Question 71

A ____ palette contains a standard set of colors used by most Internet Web browsers.

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

Question 72

Footage can originate from a ____.

A) videotape
B) television
C) DVD
D) all of the above

Question 73

A ____ graphic consists of a set of instructions for re-creating a picture.

A) bitmap
B) vector
C) raster
D) pixelated

Question 74

You plan to create a cartoon-like image of a computer to be used in a flyer for your school's computer lab.What type of graphic would you most likely use?

A) A vector graphic
B) A raster graphic
C) A bitmap graphic.
D) A metafile graphic

Question 75

A vector graphic can quite easily be converted into a bitmap graphic through a process called ____.

A) resolution
B) dithering
C) rasterizing
D) tracing

Question 76

____ software locates the edges of objects in a bitmap image and converts the resulting shapes into vector graphic objects.

A) Dithering
B) Tracing
C) Resolution
D) Rasterizing

Question 77

One clue that an image might be a ____ graphic is a flat,cartoon-like quality.

A) bitmap
B) raster
C) vector
D) pixelated

Question 78

The process of covering a wireframe with surface color and texture is called ____.

A) rendering
B) dithering
C) rasterizing
D) resolution

Question 79

Which of the following is a file extension you might find on a vector graphic filename?

A).bmp
B) jpg
C).wmf
D).gif

Question 80

Which of the following is NOT a technique used to produce video footage that will maintain good quality as it is edited and processed?

A) Use a tripod to maintain a steady image.
B) Zoom in and out quickly.
C) Move the camera slowly if it is necessary to pan from side to side.
D) Position your shot to eliminate as much background detail as possible.