Exam 8: Digital Media

What are four distinctions between bitmaps and vector graphics that you should take into consideration when deciding which type of graphic to use for a specific project?

Which of the following is a filename extension for a vector graphic?

One clue that an image might be a bitmap graphic is a flat, cartoon-like quality.

Each row of the bitmap grid shown in the figure above is stored as a series of 1s and 2s.

Critical Thinking Questions (Multiple Choice) After videotaping your favorite television show, you want to edit out the commercials on your computer. Why can't you access the television show, even though your video camera, with the tape, is hooked up to your computer?

Case 2 Anita fancies herself to be an artist on the computer. She is drawing stylized images of the Parthenon with a series of roughly long and rectangular objects for the columns and a triangular object for the roof. These objects are layered according to the artist's specifications. For instance, the roof object is layered in front of the columns and sky. The characteristic of using this type of graphics gives a great deal of flexibility in arranging and editing image elements. What other tools can Anita use to work on her computerized artwork, while keeping the same types of graphic files she is already using?

Critical Thinking Questions (Multiple Choice) An image such as a photograph is probably a(n) ____ graphic

A ____ graphic consists of a set of instructions for re-creating a picture.

When you incorporate an image in a desktop-published document, you should work with low-resolution bitmaps so that you can produce high-quality output.

Which of the following cannot be played with Windows Media Player?

Voice is often recorded with a sampling rate of ____ per second..

____ video refers to videos that are constructed and played using a personal computer.

Which of the following has a smaller file size than a video file with the compression ratio 5:1?

Critical Thinking Questions (Multiple Choice) Your audio file lacks tonal qualities of symphony-quality sound; it also does not have full resonance of "real" sound. What kind of audio file might you be using?

Critical Thinking Questions (Multiple Choice) Which of the following is NOT true of broadcast flags?

Which of the following is supported by the iPod?

How is a digital video file from the Web transferred to your computer?

A graphic that uses 16.7 million colors is referred to as a(n) 48-bit bitmap.