Deck 8: Digital Media

Question 1

Bitmaps resize better than vector graphics.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Solid-state storage holds data without consuming power, so it does not lose data when the camera is turned off.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

When you incorporate an image in a desktop-published document, you should work with low-resolution bitmaps so that you can produce high-quality output.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The controls for a digital camera are very similar to those for an analog, or film, camera.

Question 5

The GIF format supports True Color, and can be used for a wide variety of graphics applications, such as photographs, illustrations, and graphs.

Question 6

BMP is a handy format to use for designing Windows controls that you might incorporate into a computer program.

Question 7

Using an infrared port to transfer digital photos from a camera to a computer is much faster than using a serial, USB, or FireWire port.

Question 8

The item featured in the figure above creates vector graphics.

Question 9

Whether you acquire an image from a digital camera or from a scanner, bitmap graphics tend not to require very much storage space.

Question 10

A photo taken with a 4.0 megapixel camera is a good match for a Web page.

Question 11

You can use a scanner to convert a printed image into a bitmap graphic.

Question 12

High-resolution graphics contain less data than low-resolution graphics.

Question 13

Each row of the bitmap grid shown in the figure above is stored as a series of 1s and 2s.

Question 14

The compression process eliminates some image data, so highly compressed files will suffer some quality deterioration.

Question 15

UniSys allows individuals to freely use GIF graphics on Web sites, as long as those graphics are created by using graphics software that contains GIF routines licensed by UniSys.

Question 16

GIF graphics can display up to 48-bit True Color.

Question 17

Most experts recommend that Web graphics not exceed 10 KB, and that e-mail attachments not exceed 50 KB.

Question 18

As the number of colors available for use in an image increases, image quality improves, and file size decreases.

Question 19

Card readers can be connected to your computer's USB port, built into a computer system unit, or built into a photoprinter.

Question 20

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

Question 21

The more pixels in a bitmap, the fewer bits needed to store the file.

Question 22

A graphic that uses 16.7 million colors is referred to as a(n) 48-bit bitmap.

Question 23

Unlike GIF , PNG is a public domain format without any restrictions on its use.

Question 24

Changing a bitmap image to a vector graphic requires the help of tracing software.

Question 25

Vector graphics are created from scratch using vector graphics software, referred to as paint software.

Question 26

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

Question 27

A(n) bitmap graphic file contains the instructions that the computer needs to create the shape, size, position, and color for each object in an image.

Question 28

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

Question 29

A(n) PNG graphic can display up to 48-bit True Color.

Question 30

It is easier to edit an object in a vector graphic than an object in a bitmap.

Question 31

FireWire ports are also called USB ports.

Question 32

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

Question 33

Any text contained in a(n) bitmap image is stored as actual text, not just a series of colored dots.

Question 34

If you rasterize a vector image at a small size and then try to enlarge the resulting bitmap image, you will likely get a poor-quality pixelated image.

Question 35

Bitmap graphics tend not to produce images that are as realistic as vector images.

Question 36

Bitmaps generally require less storage space than vector images.

Question 37

Even after a vector graphic is converted to a bitmap, it retains the qualities of a vector graphic.

Question 38

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

Question 39

Color breadth refers to the number of colors available for use in an image.

Question 40

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

Question 41

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

A) memory
B) Flash
C) FireWire
D) adapter

Question 42

Voice is often recorded with a sampling rate of ____ per second..

A) 5 KHz
B) 11 KHz
C) 5 MHz
D) 11 MHz

Question 43

The download price of an entire album at an online music store is typically ____.

A) less than $1
B) less than $5
C) less than $10
D) between $10 and $20

Question 44

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 45

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

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

Question 46

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

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

Question 47

The smooth curve should in the figure above is representative of a(n) ____ sound wave.

A) digital
B) analog
C) rendered
D) indexed

Question 48

Which of the following cannot be played with Windows Media Player?

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

Question 49

A ____ graphic is composed of a grid of dots.

A) roster
B) vector
C) bitmap
D) scanner

Question 50

What is the approximate size of a 32 MB CD track when it is in MP3 format?

A) 1 MB
B) 3 MB
C) 16 MB
D) 32 MB

Question 51

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

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

Question 52

Which of the following is supported by the iPod?

A) MP3
B) WAV
C) AIFF
D) All of the above

Question 53

Microsoft is promoting its ____ format at the Zune online music store.

A) AAC
B) RM
C) WMA
D) All of the above

Question 54

Most cameras store photographic images in ____ or TIFF formats.

A) JPEG
B) GIF
C) AIFF
D) DOC

Question 55

Which of the following is NOT a task 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 56

Most experts recommend that Web graphics not exceed ____ KB.

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

Question 57

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 58

Which of the following is NOT the file extension of a file that contains a MIDI sequence?

A) .mid
B) .cmf
C) .rol
D) .aac

Question 59

With images that contain strong curved or diagonal lines, pixel interpolation can result in ____ effects, such as those in the figure above.

A) cropped
B) pixelated
C) dithered
D) monochromatic

Question 60

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 61

Although the ____ format is popular, some Web developers express concern about further restrictions or fees that UniSys might require in the future.

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

Question 62

____ video refers to videos that are constructed and played using a personal computer.

A) RAM
B) Frame
C) Desktop
D) Real

Question 63

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 64

The ____ file format is one of the original personal computer bitmap graphics file formats.

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

Question 65

____ is a graphics format with built-in compression that stores True Color bitmap data very efficiently in a small file.

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

Question 66

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

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

Question 67

A ____ signal represents the absence of color.

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

Question 68

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

A) bitmap
B) vector
C) raster
D) 3-D

Question 69

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 70

____ can be used to create shading and three-dimensional effects.

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

Question 71

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

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

Question 72

Vector graphics software is sometimes referred to as ____ software.

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

Question 73

Graphics in ____ format are automatically resized when displayed on different screens or when printed.

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

Question 74

____ 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 75

Windows uses a(n) ____ palette that contains 20 permanent colors and 236 colors that can be changed, depending on the application.

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

Question 76

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 77

Which of the following is a filename extension for a vector graphic?

A) . B m p
B) . J p g
C) .wmf
D) . G I f

Question 78

Bitmap graphics are ____ dependent, which means that the quality of the image depends on its ____.

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

Question 79

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

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

Question 80

Because each pixel requires three bytes, a 3.1 megapixel 32-bit bitmap would require approximately a ____ megabyte file.

A) 10
B) 100
C) 1000
D) 10000