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






2. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






3. The darkest color an object will ever be.






4. Modified shape to specular






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






6. The 3D view of your shot.






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






8. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Software that uses graphics to click on/buttons instead of typed commands.






15. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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


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






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






21. A part of the software where you tell Maya that you only want certain lights to affect certain objects.






22. Where x - y - z all meet. (0 -0 -0) the very center of a shot.






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






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






25. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






36. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






38. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






43. The front - side - top views.






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






45. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






47. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






50. Scaling all directions at once.






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