Question 1

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 2

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

Accepted Answer

- control point, control

Question 3

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

Remington Rand delivered its first machine to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

This is true. By the mid-1990s, advances in computer hardware had made it possible to create realistic three-dimensional images. This paved the way for the development of various fields such as computer-aided design, virtual reality, and computer animation.

Question 5

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 6

In 1952, a UNIVAC I cost $100 million.

Accepted Answer

The UNIVAC I was invented in 1951 and cost around $1 million, not $100 million.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Atari's first product was an arcade game called Pong, which was released in 1972. Pong was a simple table tennis game that became a huge success and paved the way for the video game industry.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

- cut-ins, cut ins

Question 9

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 was used extensively in the creation of King Kong. It involves moving a physical model slightly for each frame of film and taking a photograph, which is then played back at normal speed to create the illusion of movement. This process was repeated thousands of times to bring the character of King Kong to life on screen.

Question 10

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 11

Stop-motion special effects were first used in fantasy, adventure, and science-fiction movies of the 1970s.

Accepted Answer

Stop-motion special effects were used much earlier, with notable examples like "The Lost World" (1925) and "King Kong" (1933).

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

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

A GPU is designed to perform highly parallelizable tasks such as image processing, rendering, and machine learning. Its instruction set can be optimized for these tasks, allowing for much faster processing in comparison to a CPU, which is designed for general-purpose computing. This makes GPUs highly effective for CGI (computer-generated imagery) applications, where massive amounts of visual data need to be processed quickly.

Question 14

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 US in 1951. ENIAC was the first electronic general-purpose computer, but it was not marketed commercially. VAX and IBM System I were developed and marketed by Digital Equipment Corporation and IBM respectively, but they were not the first commercially marketed computers.

Question 15

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 clearly states that the use of computers for entertainment had become an important and financially lucrative industry by the late 1970s, and the growth of this industry has continued. Therefore, the statement is true.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) are specifically designed to handle imaging related tasks such as rendering, video encoding and decoding, and image processing. They work alongside the CPU (Central Processing Unit), but do not offload all imaging responsibilities to the CPU.

Question 17

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

This is true, as the server software for MMOGs is what allows players to connect to and interact within the game world, and it constantly updates and tracks the actions and progress of each player.

Question 18

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 happened mostly in the 1960s, which led to significant improvements in computing technology.

Question 19

A movie is an interactive environment.

Accepted Answer

A movie is a passive form of entertainment where the audience observes the story unfold without any active participation or control over the narrative.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The PDP-8, introduced by DEC in 1965, was the first successful minicomputer, which was smaller and less expensive than mainframe computers of the time, but larger and more powerful than the earliest microcomputers.

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