Question 1

Atari released its first product in 1974, an arcade game called ____.
A) Ping
B) Tetris
C) Pong
D) Frogger

Accepted Answer

Atari released its first product in 1974, an arcade game called Pong.

Question 2

On March 31, 1952, Remington Rand delivered its first machine to the ____.
A) U.S. Army
B) U.S. Census Bureau
C) Atomic Energy Commission
D) General Electric

Accepted Answer

The first delivery by Remington Rand was to the U.S. Census Bureau, which had commissioned the company to build a machine for processing data gathered during the 1950 census.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

CBS did indeed use the UNIVAC I to predict the outcome of the 1952 presidential election. This was the first time a computer was used for this purpose, and it correctly predicted the victory of Dwight D. Eisenhower over Adlai Stevenson.

Question 4

Using computers for entertainment had by the late 1970s become an important, not to mention financially lucrative, industry and that growth has continued unabated.

Accepted Answer

The statement correctly states that by the late 1970s, using computers for entertainment had become an important and financially lucrative industry and that growth has continued since then.

Question 5

The first commercially marketed computer was the ____, manufactured by Remington Rand.
A) ENIAC
B) VAX
C) IBM System I
D) UNIVAC I

Accepted Answer

The UNIVAC I, manufactured by Remington Rand, was the first commercially marketed computer in the United States. ENIAC was the first electronic general-purpose computer but was not commercially marketed. VAX and IBM System I were both developed and marketed much later than the UNIVAC I.

Question 6

In 1952, a UNIVAC I cost $12 million.

Accepted Answer

The UNIVAC I, released in 1951, cost approximately $1 million, not $12 million.

Question 7

Today the quality of a typical video game image approaches the level achieved by high-quality, feature-film CGI. _________________________

Accepted Answer

does not approach
doesn't approach

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

control point
control

Question 9

Stop-motion special effects were used in many fantasy, adventure, and science-fiction movies of the 1930s through 1960s.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Stop-motion special effects were used in many...

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The statement is incorrect. With a GPU, imaging responsibilities are offloaded from the CPU to the GPU, not the other way around.

Question 11

Conditions in the computing environment changed dramatically in the late ____ due to the development of transistors and integrated circuits.
A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s

Accepted Answer

The development of transistors and integrated circuits occurred in the 1960s, which led to significant changes in the computing environment.

Question 12

A movie is an interactive environment.

Accepted Answer

A movie is not an interactive environment as the audience cannot actively participate and change the course of the movie. It is a pre-recorded or scripted experience.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

This process, known as stop-motion animation, was used extensively in the filming of King Kong to bring the creature to life on screen. Each movement of the model had to be carefully planned and executed before filming a single frame. As a result, the process involved moving the model and shooting a frame numerous times to achieve the desired result.

Question 14

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 15

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

Accepted Answer

By the mid-1990s, computer hardware such as processors, graphic cards, and memory had advanced to a point where they were able to handle the computations required to create realistic 3D images. This led to advancements in fields such as video games, computer-aided design (CAD), and special effects in movies.

Question 16

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

Translation
translation

Question 17

In 1965 Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) rolled out the PDP-8, the world's first "____."
A) mainframe
B) microcomputer
C) minicomputer
D) picocomputer

Accepted Answer

The PDP-8 was a minicomputer. While it was smaller and less powerful than mainframes, it was still larger and more powerful than the microcomputers that would come later. The term "picocomputer" is not commonly used, so it is not a likely answer.

Question 18

Since a(n) 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

GPUs are specifically designed for parallel processing of data, including image processing. They have a highly optimized instruction set that can perform the specific operations needed by CGI more efficiently than a general-purpose CPU.

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

The statement is true. The server software that creates the MMOG world is designed to run constantly so that it can maintain the current state of every player and provide a seamless online gaming experience.

Question 20

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.

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

Atari released its first product in 1974, an arcade game called ____.

On March 31, 1952, Remington Rand delivered its first machine to the ____.