Exam 8: Digital Media

In order to use infrared technology to transfer images from a digital camera to your computer, you must have a FireWire port.

An input device called a(n)____ has a flat surface used to turn a paper-based line drawing into a vector graphic.

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

Linear editing ____.

Color monitors display colors based on the intensity of red, blue, and yellow signals it receives.

Architects and engineers use ____, shown in the figure above, to create 3D graphics.

You are enrolled in an online course this semester, and you use a Web camera to communicate with your instructor and other students. As part of an assignment, you are asked to shoot a presentation using your Web camera. Web cams typically produce rather low-quality video; however, one of your classmates tells you that because your video will be viewed on a desktop, Web-based, or PDA computer with low resolutions, it won't make a difference if your camera produces poor quality video. Explain why you disagree.

____ refers to the ability of a computer to understand the spoken word.

A(n)____________________ is a series of frames.

The above figure is an example of ____ an image.

In Item 2 in the figure above, the sound wave is sliced into vertical segments called ____.

A computer's ____ contains a variety of input and output jacks plus audio-processing circuitry responsible for transforming the bits stored in an audio file into music, sound effects, and narration.

Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks are examples of graphic design companies that use 3-D animation techniques.

A True Color bitmap displays photographic-quality images.

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

____ is music, speech, and other sounds represented in binary format for use in digital devices.

An image that has a flat, cartoon-like quality is most likely a(n)____ graphic.

Pixel ____ is the process of increasing the resolution of a bitmap graphic.

Sam has a group of friends who meet each morning at the local diner before going to work. Recently, the group has been discussing portable audio players and composing their own music using MIDI. Sam has been researching these topics, and is eager to continue the group's discussions. One of your colleagues is purchasing a portable audio player as a gift for her son's 16th birthday. Since there are such a wide variety of these devices available today, what would you recommend your colleague do before purchasing a new player?

The process of converting analog video signals into digital format is referred to as ____.