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Multiple Choice
1.
Graphic programs widely used in the graphic arts profession include __________
a)
2.
c)
that word processing allows the user to add graphics to a document, desktop
publishing doesn't.
d) important because word processors work at the command line, but desktop
processors work with graphics.
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Hard
Page: 96
Response: Desktop publishing allows you to mix text and graphics to create
publications of professional quality.
3.
Lotus AmiPro
d) QuarkXPress
Answer: C
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 96
Response: Lotus AmiPro is a word processing package.
4.
illustration programs
b) paint programs
c)
graphical modifiers
5.
Paint programs and image editors are used for creating and editing __________
a)
bitmap images
b) vector images
c)
text
d) HTML codes
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 96
Response: Paint programs and image editors are programs for creating and editing
bitmap images.
6.
bitmap images
b) vector images
c)
d) multimedia images
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 96
Response: Raster images are also known as bitmap images.
7.
8.
9.
composed of pixels
10.
illustration programs
b) image editors
c)
graphical modifiers
Page: 97
Response: Illustration programs (also known as drawing programs) are used to
create and to edit vector images.
11.
groupware application
paint program
d) graphics suite
Answer: D
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 98
Response: CorelDraw is an example of a graphics suite program.
12.
groupware application
b) freehand package
c)
graphics suite
Page: 98
Response: A graphics suite is a combination or bundle of separate graphics
packaged in groups.
13.
links
b) buttons
c)
interactivity
d) integration
Answer: C
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 99
Response: Interactivity allows the user to choose the information to view, to
control the pace and flow of information, and to respond to items and receive
feedback.
14.
hyperactivity
b) interactivity
c)
inactivity
d) reactivity
Answer: B
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 99
Response: Interactivity allows the user to choose the information to view, to
control the pace and flow of information, and to respond to items and receive
feedback.
15.
16.
Page: 100
Response: Entertainment interactive multimedia is primarily used in the home.
17.
link
b) chain
c)
pointer
d) tie
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 100
Response: Each page presents information and provides links or connections to
related information.
18.
activators
b) starters
c)
pages
d) buttons
Answer: D
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 100
Response: By clicking on special areas called buttons on a page, you can make
appropriate links and navigate through a presentation to locate and discover
information.
19.
When determining the overall objective of the project, the resources required and
the persons or team who will work on the project, you are in the __________ step
of developing a multimedia presentation.
a) planning
b) designing
c) creating
d) supporting
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Easy
Page: 100
Response: The planning process would be this part of developing a multimedia
presentation.
20.
Page: 100
Response: The storyboard is part of the design process in the development of a
project.
21.
22.
flowchart
b) hypermedia database
c)
button file
d) storyboard
Answer: D
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 100
Response: A storyboard is a design tool used to record the intended overall logic,
flow, and structure of a multimedia presentation.
23.
A(n) __________ is a design tool that shows the overall flow of a multimedia
presentation.
a)
link
b) graphical map
c)
storyboard
d) Gantt chart
Answer: C
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 100
Response: A storyboard is a design tool used to record the intended overall logic,
flow, and structure of a multimedia presentation.
24.
25.
Macromedia Director
b) QuarkXPress
c) Authorware
d) Toolbox
Answer: B
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 96
Response: QuarkXPress is a popular desktop publishing program.
26.
Web authoring
b) HTML creating
c)
storyboard designing
d) Web mapping
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Easy
Page: 101
Response: Creating Web sites is called Web authoring.
27.
Web map
b) graphical map
c)
Web board
d) Web storyboard
Answer: B
Difficulty level: Hard
Page: 101
Response: The overall site design is commonly represented in a graphical map.
28.
animations
b) vectors
c)
links
d) morphs
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 101
Response: Most Web sites have moving graphics called animations.
29.
This type of animation is usually full-screen and highly dynamic and interactive
a)
storyboard
b) applet
c)
Java
d) Flash
Answer: D
Difficulty level: Hard
Page: 101
Response: Flash (from Macromedia, Inc.) is a highly dynamic and interactive
animation that is usually full-screen.
30.
A special effect in which one image seems to melt into another is referred to as
a)
drifting
b) flashing
c)
morphing
d) polling
Answer: C
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 101
Response: Morphing is a special effect in which one image seems to melt into
another.
31.
b) HTML editors
c)
32.
33.
The simulated experience where you can create and experience new forms of
reality without actually being there is referred to as __________
a)
unstructured problems
b) virtual reality
c)
VRML
d) robotics
Answer: B
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 105
Response: Virtual reality is an artificial, or simulated, reality generated in 3-D by
a computer.
34.
A simulated experience generated by computer, like visiting the surface of the sun
or experiencing life inside a human blood cell, is called __________
a)
visual reality
b) extended experience
c)
virtual reality
d) vicarious actuality
Answer: C
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 105
Response: Virtual reality is an artificial, or simulated, reality generated in 3-D by
a computer.
35.
36.
People are best at solving __________ problems, using intuition and reasoning.
a)
numeric
b) logical
c)
unstructured
d) structured
Answer: C
Difficulty level: Hard
Page: 105
Response: People are better at solving unstructured problems because they can
use intuition, reasoning, and memory.
37.
training environments
d) knowledge-based systems
Answer: C
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 106
Response: More serious applications can simulate important experiences or
training environments.
38.
a perception system
b) a conventional system
c)
an expert system
39.
Expert systems use a(n) __________ that contains specific facts and rules to
relate these facts.
a)
rule base
b) knowledge base
c)
rule set
d) expert knowledge
Answer: B
Difficulty level: Hard
Page: 106
Response: Expert systems use a knowledge base that contains specific facts, rules
to relate these facts, and user input to formulate recommendations and decisions.
40.
Fuzzy logic is
a)
41.
A robot is a __________
a)
c)
d) type of virtual reality device that takes the place of humans in adventures
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Easy
Page: 107
Response: Robots are computer-controlled machines that mimic the motor
activities of living things.
42.
43.
A mobile robot
a)
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 107
Response: Mobile robots act as transports and are widely used for a variety of
different tasks.
44.
Computer-controlled machines that mimic the motor activities of living things are
a)
virtual reality
b) robotics
c)
knowledge-based systems
45.
perception systems
b) industrial robots
c)
mobile robots
d) knowledge robots
Answer: B
Difficulty level: Easy
Page: 107
Response: Industrial robots are used in automobile plants.
True/False
46.
One difference between desktop publishing and word processing is that with
desktop publishing you can mix text and graphics.
Answer: True
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 96
Response: Desktop publishing allows you to mix text and graphics to create
publications of professional quality.
47.
48.
Paint programs are mainly used to create and modify vector images.
Answer: False
Difficulty level: Hard
Page: 96
Response: Paint programs are programs for creating and editing bitmap images.
49.
50.
51.
Because vector images are created using mathematical equations, they are
difficult to resize and manipulate.
Answer: False
Difficulty level: Hard
Page: 97
Response: Vector images are easy to resize and manipulate.
52.
53.
54.
55.
Answer: True
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 99
Response: All of these programs are multimedia authoring programs.
56.
One page of a multimedia presentation may contain links to many other pages.
Answer: True
Difficulty level: Easy
Page: 100
Response: Each page presents information and provides links or connections to
related information.
57.
58.
A design tool used to record the intended overall logic, flow, and structure of a
multimedia presentation is called a graphical map.
Answer: False
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 100
Response: A design tool used to record the intended overall logic, flow, and
structure of a multimedia presentation is called a storyboard.
59.
One common multimedia element found on most Web sites is moving graphics
called clip art.
Answer: False
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 101
Response: A common multimedia element found on most Web sites is moving
graphics called animations.
60.
Morphing is a common visual effect found on many Web pages in which one
image seems to melt into another.
Answer: True
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 101
Response: Morphing is a special effect in which one image seems to melt into
another.
61.
Page: 104
Response: Many Web pages are created using simple text editors and many word
processing packages.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
Creating virtual reality programs requires very high-end software costing several
thousands of dollars.
Answer: False
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 105
Response: Traditionally this was the case, but recently several lower-cost yet
powerful authoring programs have been introduced.
68.
69.
Virtual reality modeling language is used to create real-time animated 3-D scenes.
Answer: True
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 105
Response: VRML is used to create real-time animated 3-D scenes.
70.
71.
Virtual reality can create wonderful games and can also help workers learn new
skills.
Answer: True
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 106
72.
73.
74.
Expert systems contain all the knowledge of the human experts on a particular
subject.
Answer: False
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 106
Response: Expert systems contain a knowledge base that contains specific facts,
rules to relate those facts, and user input to formulate recommendations and
decisions.
75.
76.
77.
Expert systems use fuzzy logic, which allows users to respond to questions in a
very humanlike way.
Answer: True
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 106
Response: Expert systems do use fuzzy logic and allow users to respond to
questions in a very humanlike way.
78.
79.
80.
A computer using fuzzy logic can accept an answer that is close to but not exactly
correct.
Answer: True
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 106
Response: Fuzzy logic systems are designed to use qualitative terms.
81.
Page: 106
Response: Expert systems use a knowledge base in order to provide assistance to
users.
82.
83.
84.
Page: 107
Response: Robots can be reprogrammed to do more than one task.
85.
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86.
Software that allows the user to create professional-quality layout and type styles
is __________.
Answer: desktop publishing
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 96
Response: Desktop publishing allows you to create publications of professional
quality.
87.
__________ programs focus on page design and layout and provide greater
flexibility than word processing programs.
88.
89
90.
91.
A __________ program, or image editor, allows you to use tools that simulate
painting on a digital image.
Answer: paint
Difficulty level: Easy
Page: 96
Response: Paint programs or image editors enable you to accomplish this task.
92.
93.
__________ images use geometric shapes or objects that can easily be resized and
manipulated.
Answer: Vector
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 97
Response: Vector images used geometric shapes or objects.
94.
95.
96.
97.
The term __________ allows the user to choose the information to view, to
control the pace and flow of information, and to respond to items and receive
feedback.
Answer: interactivity
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 99
Response: Interactivity allows the user to participate in the presentation.
98.
99.
100.
101.
102.
103.
The overall Web site design is commonly represented in a(n) __________ map.
Answer: graphical
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 101
Response: The overall site design is commonly represented in a graphical map.
104.
105.
106.
__________ is a special effect in which one image seems to melt into another.
Answer: Morphing
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 101
Response: Morphing is a special effect in which one image seems to melt into
another.
107.
108.
109.
110.
People are better at solving __________ problems because they can use intuition,
reasoning, and memory.
Answer: unstructured
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 105
Response: People are better at solving unstructured problems.
111.
112.
Page: 105
Response: Virtual reality is also known VR, artificial reality, or virtual
environment.
113.
114.
115.
Page: 105
Response: VR is an artificial, or simulated, reality generated in 3-D by a
computer.
116.
117.
118.
Page: 106
Response: Knowledge-based systems are a type of AI that uses a database to
provide assistance to users.
119.
Expert systems use a database, or __________ base, that contains specific facts,
rules to relate these facts, and user input to formulate recommendations and
decisions.
Answer: knowledge
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 106
Response: Expert systems use a database or knowledge-base.
120.
121.
A expert system that allows users to respond by using qualitative terms, such as
great and OK, is called a __________.
Answer: fuzzy logic
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 106
Response: Fuzzy logic allows for the use of qualitative terms such as these.
122.
123.
124.
125.
__________ robots act as transporters and are widely used for a variety of
different tasks.
Answer: Mobile
Difficulty level: Easy
Page: 107
Response: Mobile robots act as transports.
Essay
126.
127.
Page: 99
128.
129.
130.
Explain VRML.
Answer: VRML is Virtual Reality Modeling Language. It is used to create realtime animated 3-D scenes. Users are able to experience virtual reality
applications on the web using browsers that support VRML.
Difficulty level: Hard
Page: 105
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132.
133.
134.
Define the word robot and explain three common uses for them.
Answer: A robot is a computer-controlled machine that performs human motor
activities.
Most robots are used in factories and elsewhere. Robots are designed to handle
dangerous or repetitious tasks for people.
Robots with television-camera vision systems can be used to guide machine tools,
for inspecting products, and for welding.
Industrial robots are used in factories to perform certain assembly-line tasks.
Some robots act as transporters, such as mailmobiles.
Difficulty level: Medium
Page: 107
135.
Describe the three types of robotic systems and give one example of use for each.
Answer: 1. Perception system robots imitate some of the human senses. A robot
with a television-camera vision system can be used to guide machine tools. 2.
Industrial robots are reprogrammable and are used to perform a
variety of tasks such as automobile painting and pattern cutting
pieces for garments. 3. Mobile robots act as transports. An
example of use is to locate and disarm explosive devices.
Difficulty level: Hard
Page: 107