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Multimedia And Digital Media

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Software which restricts the actions a user can perform with a file - such as copying or printing.






2. Tools to control placement of objects in presentation or DTP software.






3. File format for documents - which can store text and some basic formatting information.






4. Compression technique in which some file data is sacrificed in order to reduce file size.






5. Graphics filtering for altering the tones and intensities of colours in an image.






6. File format for documents - used by Microsoft Office.






7. Technique used to replace part of a video image matching a certain colour with computer graphics.






8. Software used for laying out text and images on pages. Commonly used for books - magazines - and brochures.






9. Software used to create or edit bitmap graphics.






10. Amount of data used to represent a single sample in a video or audio file.






11. Changing the size of an image.






12. Licensing system for authors who wish to distribute their work freely.






13. The process of adding an author name or logo into an image to identify its owner and prevent intellectual property theft.






14. Technique used in graphics software to place digital images or effects on top of each other to build up a final image.






15. Lossy file format for images.






16. File format for documents - which can store text and some basic formatting information.






17. File format that stores characters using ASCII or Unicode encoding.






18. Common file format for the exchange of documents - which appears on screen exactly as it will appear on the printer.






19. Exceptions to copyright law that allow copying in certain limited circumstances.






20. Number of pixels displayed in each inch of screen output.






21. Area of a document which appears the same on every page.






22. Number of pixels displayed in each inch of screen output.






23. Used as part of colour synchronisation to specify how a device represents colour.






24. A system used to capture human movement into a computer by attaching sensors to an actor and tracking their location.






25. Lossless file format for images.






26. Ensuring printed output colours accurately match those on the screen.






27. Lossy file format for video.






28. Taking a small part (subset) of an image.






29. A template page which is used to include standard features (such as page numbers or a header) on each page of a document in a consistent manner.






30. Compression technique in which the original file is completely recoverable - with no loss of quality. Compare lossy compression.






31. Graphics which are stored as a series of mathematical shapes and properties that can be independently manipulated at any time.






32. A page which is used to include standard features (such as page numbers or a header) on each page of a document in a consistent manner.






33. Unit used to measure the resolution of digital cameras. Refers to 1 million pixels.






34. Graphics created entirely on a computer - using 2D or 3D graphics software.






35. Graphics composed of rectangular grids of pixels.






36. Refers to the number of colours in an image.






37. Lossy file format for audio.






38. Lossless file format for audio.






39. Software used for laying out text and images on pages. Commonly used for books - magazines - and brochures.






40. Image effect found in most graphics software.






41. Graphics filtering for altering the tones and intensities of colours in an image.






42. Software which restricts the actions a user can perform with a file - such as copying or printing.






43. Temporary storage area used to store video or audio data ready for playing.






44. Also known as printer resolution. The number of dots of colour a printer is capable of producing in a certain amount of space.






45. Refers to the number of colours in an image.






46. Also known as printer resolution. The number of dots of colour a printer is capable of producing in a certain amount of space.






47. General name for operations performed on an image using graphics software.






48. Lossy file format for audio.






49. Graphics technique which copies one part of an image to another - often to remove something from the image.






50. File format that stores characters using ASCII or Unicode encoding.