35 questions
Talking is an example of a medium.
True
False
All multimedia programs are interactive.
True
False
Many businesses use multimedia technologies to communicate with customers and employees.
True
False
In education, multimedia programs–such as instructional software or multimedia encyclopedias–offer no advantages over textbooks.
True
False
Because all new computers are capable of playing multimedia programs, no special tools are required to create multimedia.
True
False
A video editor is a program that lets you combine and edit audio and video files once they have been saved onto your computer.
True
False
Web sites and CD-based products commonly use the MIDI format to display video such as movie clips, animations, and recorded television broadcasts.
True
False
The MPEG-2 video format offers CD-quality audio in addition to video quality as high as a television can display.
True
False
AVI-format video files can be played on any Windows computer.
True
False
The MP3 file format creates extremely small audio files by removing data that the human ear cannot hear.
True
False
An encoder is a program you can use to play WAV or WMA files.
True
False
The term MIDI stands for Multimedia Interactive Digital Interface.
True
False
Using a multimedia player, such as Windows Media® Player, you can play streaming audio or video content on your computer.
True
False
An HMD uses two separate monitors to create the illusion of three dimensions for the user.
True
False
In many CAVEs, users can wear gloves or use wands to interact with objects in a virtual world.
True
False
This term means a way to communicate information or express ideas.
Mediate
Medium
Meditate
Minimum
Which of the following types of media might be included in a multimedia event?
Text
Graphics
Sound
Any of the Above
This type of multimedia event allows the user to make choices about what is displayed.
Interactive
Online
Expensive
Animated
Which of the following kinds of organizations use multimedia applications?
Business
Educational
Entertainment
All of the Above
This is a special type of expansion board that enables a computer to work with audio.
Sound Card
Video Capture Board
Video Editor
Microphone
This special device lets you transfer video between a computer and a camcorder or digital camera.
Sound Card
Video Capture Board
Video Editor
Enhanced Camera
This type of program lets you work with sound and video and change the order in which segments appear.
Video Monitor
Video Capture Board
Video Editor
Video Frame
This video file format offers full motion video, giving a very realistic effect.
MPEG
AVI
JPG
WAV
This video file format was designed by Apple computers.
MPEG-2
AVI
VCR
Quick Time
This is the Microsoft video for Windows file format.
MPEG
QuickTime
AVI
MIDI
This audio file format takes a large audio file and makes it very small.
MPEG
MP3
MIDI
AU
This is the standard audio file format for the UNIX operating system.
AU
MP3
MIDI
AVI
Sounds are synthesized in this audio file format.
MP3
WMA
WAV
MIDI
This term refers to content that is broadcast in a continuous feed from a Web site.
Mulimedia
Flash
Streaming
Interactive
Programs such as Shockwave and Adobe Flash allow programmers to develop multimedia content that is ________.
Interactive
Streaming
Digital
Animated
This term describes computer-generated three-dimensional environments.
Visual Reality
Variable Reality
Virtual Reality
Visible Reality
This specialized VR device is worn on the user's head and places a tiny computer monitor in front of each eye.
Head-mounted Display
Virtual-reality Display
Personal Display
Liquid Crystal Display
What does the term CAVE2 stand for?
CyberActive Virtual Environment
Computerized Audio-Video Environment
Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
Computerized Automatic Virtual Environment
An emerging category of virtual reality is called ________.
Augmented Reality
Image Reality
Sound Reality
Environment Reality
A ________ is a device that uses a television screen to display a game.
Processor
Joystick
Gamer
Game Console