Deck 14: Simulation, Graphics, Gaming, and Other Applications

Question 1

Which of the following best describes a model that represents a real environment, such as a flight simulator?

A) Discrete-event
B) Time-driven
C) Concrete
D) Abstract
E) Continuous

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following represents the direction in which a mirror points?

A) Normal vector
B) Light vector
C) View vector
D) Reflection vector
E) Transposition vector

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Continuous simulations reflect changes in terms of particular events that occur between objects.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A model applied to a moving target is called a relocatable model.

Question 5

The techniques used in computational biology include model building, computer simulation, and graphics.

Question 6

Computational biology encompasses numerous other fields, including bioinformatics, computational biomodeling, computational genomics, molecular modeling, and protein structure prediction.

Question 7

In computer graphics, knit cloth and woven cloth should move and drape in the same way.

Question 8

A(n) _______________ simulation creates a model using entities, attributes, and events.

Question 9

Standing in line at a bank is an example of a(n) _______________ system.

Question 10

In computer graphics, color bleeding is handled by a technique called _______________, in which light is treated as energy.

Question 11

A(n) _______________ is a software system within which games can be created.

Question 12

A(n) _______________ is an abstraction of a real system.

Question 13

What are the two primary parts of a simulation?

Question 14

What phenomena do queuing systems investigate?

Question 15

What variables are manipulated during the simulation of a queuing model?

Question 16

What are specular highlights?

Question 17

What is the common theme in the various definitions of the word "system"?

Question 18

A system suitable for simulation must be dynamic. Explain.

Question 19

What are relocatable models? Give an example.

Question 20

What is CAD?

Question 21

Which of the following best describes a model represented by objects in a computer program?

A) Discrete-event
B) Time-driven
C) Concrete
D) Abstract
E) Continuous

Question 22

Which of the following is the development of a model and the experimental manipulation of that model to observe the results?

A) Simulation
B) Gaming
C) Game looping
D) Rendering
E) Beta testing

Question 23

Which of the following describes the direction at which light bounces off a mirror?

A) Normal vector
B) Light vector
C) View vector
D) Reflection vector
E) Transposition vector

Question 24

All of the following characterize the renderer in a game engine, except:

A) the renderer uses 50% of the CPU's processing.
B) the renderer puts the environment up on the screen for the user to view.
C) the renderer keeps 3D objects as vertices in a 3D world.
D) the renderer shows the computer where to fill images on the screen.
E) some game genres do not require the insertion a renderer in a game engine to work properly.

Question 25

Which of the following is responsible for managing the game world, regardless of whether the user has any input?

A) Simulation
B) Game play
C) Game loop
D) Physics engine
E) Beta testing

Question 26

Which of the following describes a system that allows engineers to specify new components using geometric modeling techniques?

A) Graphical user interface
B) Normalized vector
C) Computer-aided design
D) Light simulation
E) Fractals

Question 27

Which of the following best describes a simulation that expresses change in terms of a set of differential equations?

A) Discrete-event
B) Time-driven
C) Concrete
D) Abstract
E) Continuous

Question 28

Which of the following best describes a model that represents interacting objects?

A) Discrete-event
B) Time-driven
C) Concrete
D) Abstract
E) Continuous

Question 29

A model is an abstraction of a real system.

Question 30

A continuous simulation models features of a system that are understood mathematically.

Question 31

Standing in line to ride a roller coaster is an example of a queuing system.

Question 32

A picture on the screen that represents a file or a folder is called a pixel.

Question 33

The process of using an illumination model to determine the appearance of an entire object is called rendering.

Question 34

A physics engine simulates models based on Newtonian physics.

Question 35

The target game platform largely determines which application programming interfaces (APIs) and libraries to use.

Question 36

Which of the following is not a game genre or a game subgenre?

A) Action games
B) Strategy games
C) Life-simulation games
D) Role-playing games
E) Console games

Question 37

Which of the following describes the angle at which a human looks at a mirror?

A) Normal vector
B) Light vector
C) View vector
D) Reflection vector
E) Transposition vector

Question 38

Which of the following best describes a simulation in which the model is viewed at uniform time intervals?

A) Discrete-event
B) Time-driven
C) Concrete
D) Abstract
E) Continuous

Question 39

A model whose realization is within the computer is called a concrete model.

Question 40

In a computer simulation, a random-number generator can be used to introduce chance events.

Question 41

In a discrete-event simulation, an event is an interaction between objects in the system.

Question 42

A small error in any of the input variables of a meteorological (or other continuous) simulation can cause an increasing error in the values as the equations are reintegrated over time.

Question 43

The most common application of computer graphics in modern operating systems is the graphical user interface.

Question 44

Computer simulations are said to be concrete models.

Question 45

Running a simulation once is usually sufficient to provide insightful results.

Question 46

Meteorologists often use multiple simulated models, which make different assumptions, to predict the weather.

Question 47

An illumination model deals with light interacting at one point on an object.

Question 48

A fractal model uses a base shape of a rectangle to model terrain.

Question 49

The coding process is the single smallest endeavor in game production.

Question 50

The equations and models for numerous important systems were developed years ago, but before the mid-1990s the models could not be simulated in time for the answers to be useful.