Question 1

Conditions in the computing environment changed dramatically in the late 1960s due to the development of ________ and integrated circuits.
A)parallel CPUs
B)dedicated GPUs
C)transistors
D)silicon chips

Accepted Answer

The development of transistors and integrated circuits in the late 1960s revolutionized computing by significantly reducing the size and cost of computers while increasing their power and reliability.

Question 2

A point or axis used to control the motion of an object is called a key point. _________________________

Accepted Answer

A point or axis used to control the motion of an object is called a pivot point, not a key point.

Question 3

CBS used the UNIVAC I to predict the outcome of the 1952 presidential election.

Accepted Answer

CBS used the UNIVAC I, one of the first commercial computers, to predict the outcome of the 1952 presidential election, marking one of the first uses of a computer for electoral predictions.

Question 4

A movie is an interactive environment.

Accepted Answer

A movie is a passive form of entertainment where viewers watch a story unfold on screen without interacting with the content.

Question 5

In 1952, a UNIVAC I cost $100 million.

Accepted Answer

The UNIVAC I, one of the first commercially available computers, cost approximately $1 million in the early 1950s, not $100 million.

Question 6

Stop-motion special effects were first used in fantasy, adventure, and science-fiction movies of the 1940s.

Accepted Answer

Stop-motion special effects were first used in fantasy, adventure, and science-fiction movies of the 1940s.

Question 7

On March 31, 1952, the UNIVAC I was delivered to the ____.
A)U.S. Army
B)U.S. Census Bureau
C)Atomic Energy Commission
D)General Electric

Accepted Answer

The UNIVAC I, which stands for UNIVersal Automatic Computer I, was delivered to the U.S. Census Bureau on March 31, 1952. It was the first commercially produced electronic digital computer in the United States and was designed to process large amounts of data for the Census Bureau.

Question 8

In 1965, Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC)rolled out the _______, the world's first "minicomputer."
A)UNIVAC II
B)DEC Mark IV
C)JDI Force
D)PDP-8

Accepted Answer

The PDP-8, introduced by Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) in 1965, is recognized as the world's first commercially successful minicomputer, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of computing technology.

Question 9

The first commercially marketed computer was the UNIVAC I manufactured by _____________.
A)Remington Rand
B)International Business Machines (IBM)
C)Hewlitt-Packard
D)Dedicated Electronic Logical Logarithms (DELL)

Accepted Answer

The UNIVAC I, which stands for Universal Automatic Computer I, was the first commercially marketed computer and was manufactured by Remington Rand.

Question 10

Since a GPU does not have to do general-purpose computing, only image processing, its instruction set can be optimized to perform the specific operations needed by CGI. _________________________

Accepted Answer

A GPU is designed specifically for image processing, so its instruction set can be optimized to perform the specific operations needed by CGI.

Question 11

Using information technology to amuse, fascinate, and frighten is still viewed as a waste of time by most people.

Accepted Answer

Information technology is widely embraced for entertainment, education, and communication purposes, and its use in creating engaging and immersive experiences is generally appreciated and valued by many people around the world.

Question 12

Culls are fully modeled and fully rendered objects stored in a video library in video memory. _________________________

Accepted Answer

Culls refer to the process of eliminating objects that are not visible or necessary to render in a scene to improve performance, not to fully modeled and rendered objects stored in video memory.

Question 13

With a GPU, all imaging responsibilities are offloaded from the GPU to the CPU.

Accepted Answer

A GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is specifically designed to handle imaging and graphics tasks, offloading these responsibilities from the CPU (Central Processing Unit) to improve performance.

Question 14

Using computers for entertainment had by the early 1980s become an important, not to mention financially lucrative, industry and that growth has continued unabated.

Accepted Answer

By the early 1980s, the video game industry had already seen significant financial success with the popularity of arcade games, home console systems like the Atari 2600, and personal computers used for games, marking the beginning of computers as a major source of entertainment.

Question 15

In an MMOG, the system must simply ensure that all users adhere to the rules of the game, not the legality of the operations.

Accepted Answer

In an MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game), the system must ensure that users adhere to both the rules of the game and the legality of operations, including compliance with laws related to online conduct, intellectual property, and digital transactions.

Question 16

By the mid-1990s, computer hardware could handle the computational demands required to create realistic three-dimensional images.

Accepted Answer

By the mid-1990s, advancements in computer hardware, including faster processors and more powerful graphics cards, had indeed reached a level where they could handle the computational demands of creating realistic three-dimensional images, marking a significant milestone in the fields of computer graphics and gaming.

Question 17

Atari released its first product in 1975, an arcade game called ____.
A)Ping
B)Tetris
C)Pong
D)Frogger

Accepted Answer

Atari's first product, released in 1975, was an arcade game called Pong, which is one of the earliest arcade video games and is a table tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics.

Question 18

The process of "move the model, shoot a frame" was repeated thousands of times when filming King Kong .

Accepted Answer

This process is known as stop-motion animation, and it was extensively used in the 1933 film "King Kong" to bring the titular character and other creatures to life.

Question 19

The server software that creates the MMOG world is always running and always available, and it always remembers the current state of every player. _________________________

Accepted Answer

MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) server software is designed to run continuously, maintaining the game world's state and tracking the progress and status of all players to ensure a seamless and persistent online experience.

Question 20

Rotation is the lateral (up, down, right, left, in, out)movement of every point in an object by the same amount and in the same direction. _________________________

Accepted Answer

Rotation refers to the circular movement of an object around a center (or point) of rotation, not lateral movements in various directions.

Quiz 16: Computer Graphics and Entertainment: Movies, Games, and Virtual Communities

Conditions in the computing environment changed dramatically in the late 1960s due to the development of ________ and integrated circuits.

A point or axis used to control the motion of an object is called a key point. _________________________

CBS used the UNIVAC I to predict the outcome of the 1952 presidential election.

A movie is an interactive environment.

In 1952, a UNIVAC I cost $100 million.

Stop-motion special effects were first used in fantasy, adventure, and science-fiction movies of the 1940s.

On March 31, 1952, the UNIVAC I was delivered to the ____.

In 1965, Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) rolled out the _______, the world's first "minicomputer."

The first commercially marketed computer was the UNIVAC I manufactured by _____________.

Since a GPU does not have to do general-purpose computing, only image processing, its instruction set can be optimized to perform the specific operations needed by CGI. _________________________

Using information technology to amuse, fascinate, and frighten is still viewed as a waste of time by most people.

Culls are fully modeled and fully rendered objects stored in a video library in video memory. _________________________

With a GPU, all imaging responsibilities are offloaded from the GPU to the CPU.

Using computers for entertainment had by the early 1980s become an important, not to mention financially lucrative, industry and that growth has continued unabated.

In an MMOG, the system must simply ensure that all users adhere to the rules of the game, not the legality of the operations.

By the mid-1990s, computer hardware could handle the computational demands required to create realistic three-dimensional images.

Atari released its first product in 1975, an arcade game called ____.

The process of "move the model, shoot a frame" was repeated thousands of times when filming King Kong .

The server software that creates the MMOG world is always running and always available, and it always remembers the current state of every player. _________________________

Rotation is the lateral (up, down, right, left, in, out)movement of every point in an object by the same amount and in the same direction. _________________________