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Test your basic knowledge |

Maya 3D Computer Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






2. Do not alter silhouette edge of object - Implied texture






3. Basic shapes (spheres - cubes - cylinders) that act as building blocks to create a project.






4. The darkest color an object will ever be.






5. Do alter silhouette edge of object - Require higher tesselation of surface






6. A container that has either a shader - texture - etc.






7. Something that shows how light will affect a model (Blinn - Lambert - etc.)






8. Made up of isoparms (edges) - controlled vertices - patches (faces).






9. A light that is being emitted in all directions.






10. Combine color map with transparency map to create a label that can be applied to surface






11. When you take all rendered images into a software and turn them into a single movie file.






12. A light used to simulate sunlight and works by rotation.






13. Image or color that wraps around the model.






14. Gesture thumb to right - index up - and middle towards you. Represents the axis: positive X is your thumb - positive Y is index finger - and middle finger is positive Z.






15. The connection between a shader and texture.






16. Shows you the resolution of your shot and the aspect ratio of your render cam.






17. Only through Ray Tracing - Requires at least two surfaces - Requires modeling inside and outside of glass vessels






18. The box where an important action must fit so that nothing gets cut off.






19. Off-the-shelf software that anyone uses.






20. A CG term where an imaginary line sticks out perpendicular to the faces so that you can see the exterior of the model.






21. Fakes true environment - Less time to calculate - Resembles true reflections - Image projected on virtual shape






22. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






23. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






24. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






25. The starting box where you add details needed.






26. Imitates fill light - Doesn't affect specular - Imitates bounced light






27. The front - side - top views.






28. Mathematically most simple - No specular - Used for matte finishes






29. Apply more than one material on object depending on transparency






30. Software written specifically for that studio.






31. Scaling all directions at once.






32. True reflections - Vector based math - Computationally heavy - More bounces = More power needed - Calculates refraction






33. Imitates sun - Position of light is irrelevant - Rotation orientation of light is important






34. Textures that the software makes for you so that they render faster. 2D texture wraps around the model - 3D goes inside the object.






35. Imitates rectangular neon light source - Light comes out of source area






36. Create a primitive shape - add edge loops - edit edge loops/faces/vertices. Made up of faces - edges.






37. The 3D view of your shot.






38. Includes translating - rotating - and scaling an object in (x -y -z).






39. Picking one arrow and scaling one direction at a time.






40. A small box so that the title doesn't get cut off.






41. Rendering (taking pictures of) a whole sequence or "batch" of images.






42. When you don't parent 3D textures to the model properly and the object moves independently of its texture.


43. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






44. The flow of how the edges are patterned around the model.






45. When one object is a parent object - one is a child object - and whatever the parent object does - the child does the same.






46. Apply more than one material on object depending on position of ramp






47. A black and white image that is used to give the illusion of a bumpy surface.






48. Imitates light bulb - Omni-directional light rays - Fog






49. Naming all files in the same way so that they're easy to find.






50. A texture that was taken from a file.






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