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Multimedia And Digital Media

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Licensing system for authors who wish to distribute their work freely.






2. Lossless file format for images.






3. Image effect found in most graphics software.






4. Lossy file format for video.






5. Lossless file format for audio.






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






7. Lossy file format for images.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Technical graphics software used to design products for manufacture.






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






15. Refers to the number of pixels in an image.






16. Image effect found in most graphics software.






17. Graphics composed of rectangular grids of pixels.






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






19. Lossy file format for video.






20. 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.






21. Legal concept which protects intellectual property from authorised copying - alteration - or use.






22. 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.






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






24. Lossy file format for video.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Refers to creations of the mind - non-physical property such as photographs - music - stories - and films.






32. File format for documents - used by LibreOffice.






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






34. Number of samples taken each second when recording sound.






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






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






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






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






39. Lossless file format for images.






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






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






42. Lossless file format for audio.






43. Compressed file format for general data.






44. Standard file format for vector image data.






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






46. Animated characters used in films - created entirely using computer graphics software.






47. Image which was created from several separate images.






48. Effect that transforms one image into another over a series of frames.






49. Software required to view certain compressed video and audio formats.






50. Software used to create or edit bitmap graphics.