Question 1

Media technologies such as printed books and vinyl records are natively non-linear.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is not a typical feature of new media?

Accepted Answer

A)  digital representation 
B)  interactivity 
C)  hypermedia/hypertext 
D)  linear structure

Question 3

Timothy Berners-Lee invented the Internet.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following is not included in Manovich's list of five principles of new media?

Accepted Answer

A)  automation 
B)  digitization 
C)  numerical representation 
D)  structural modularity

Question 5

Which of the following is not included as one of the five components of a multimedia experience?

Accepted Answer

A)  animation 
B)  audio 
C)  film 
D)  text

Question 6

A hashtag is a type of metadata tag that's intended primarily for the purpose of _________________ online multimedia content?

Accepted Answer

A)  automating 
B)  broadcasting 
C)  categorizing 
D)  encoding

Question 7

CNN's iReport app was created in response to which of the following new media trends?

Accepted Answer

A)  batch processing 
B)  hypermedia 
C)  narrowcasting 
D)  user-generated content

Question 8

A characteristic of old media is that they are transient in nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Interactive technologies such as dynamic web pages, content management systems, content sharing and collaboration sites, tagging, wikis, blogging, and social networks fall best into which of the following categories?

Accepted Answer

A)  broadcasting 
B)  mass media 
C)  multimedia 
D)  rich media

Question 10

________________ is broad term used to describe the many web-based tools that enable computer-mediated interpersonal, group, and mass communication.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Internet 
B)  hypermedia 
C)  multimedia 
D)  social media

Exam 1: Understanding Multimedia

Media technologies such as printed books and vinyl records are natively non-linear.

Which of the following is not a typical feature of new media?

Timothy Berners-Lee invented the Internet.

Which of the following is not included in Manovich's list of five principles of new media?

Which of the following is not included as one of the five components of a multimedia experience?

A hashtag is a type of metadata tag that's intended primarily for the purpose of _________________ online multimedia content?

CNN's iReport app was created in response to which of the following new media trends?

A characteristic of old media is that they are transient in nature.

Interactive technologies such as dynamic web pages, content management systems, content sharing and collaboration sites, tagging, wikis, blogging, and social networks fall best into which of the following categories?

________________ is broad term used to describe the many web-based tools that enable computer-mediated interpersonal, group, and mass communication.