Advanced Computer Science Chapter 8

Voice-overs and narrations are often recorded with a sampling rate of 11 KHz, which means that 11,000 samples are taken _________.

Per second

"Reh" and "gay" are examples of __________ that speech synthesizers string together to form words.

Phonemes

The color of each dot in a bitmap graphic is stored as a(n) BINARY number.

True

If your computer and your camera have _________ ports, you can connect a cable between these two ports to transfer the photo data.

USB

You can connect most standard microphones to your computer through the microphone socket or ________ port.

USB

________ is supported by browsers without a plug-in.

WAV

_________ requires Windows Media Player 9 or above.

WMA

A ________ palette contains a standard set of colors used by most Internet Web browsers.

Web

When should she use a digital camera rather than a scanner?

When she wants to create an image of a real object

Under U.S. law, copyright holders may be awarded statutory damages up to __________ for copyright infringement.

$250,000

Anita has created files with the following names: roof, column, and sun. Which of the following file extensions would most likely be found on her files?

.wmf

Which of the following is a file extension you might find on a vector graphic filename?

.wmf

A __________ bit in a monochrome bitmap represents black.

0

A resolution of 1600 x 1200 could also be expressed as ___________ megapixels.

1.9

One minute of CDDA music requires in excess of _________ of storage space.

10 MB

Most experts recommend that Web graphics not exceed __________ KB

100

A True Color or 24-bit bitmap can produce a maximum of _________ colors.

16.7 million

Professionals opt to have at least __________ of RAM on their computer's hard disk for video editing.

4 GB

The audio CDs you buy at your favorite music store are recorded at a sampling rate of _________.

44.1 kHz

In addition to her computer, what other tool might Anita use to create vector graphics?

A digitizing tablet

A MIDI sequence contains all of the following EXCEPT __________.

A wavetable

The __________ format offers very good sound quality based on MPEG-4.

AAC

__________ depends on authorization and revocation built into devices and content.

AACS

All of the following are examples of video editing software EXCEPT __________.

Adobe Illustrator

Now when you purchase a digital book from _________, you can read it on devices that include computers, tablets, and smartphones.

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes

__________ files sizes might shrink by as much 70% when compressed.

BMP

A _________ graphic is composed of a grid of dots.

Bitmap

When you are streaming a Netflix movie over a basic cable Internet connection, Netflix transmits the first few minutes of the movie to a memory area of your computer called a(n) _________.

Buffer

Which of the following is NOT a DRM encryption technology?

CDHA

__________ is a digital rights management technology designed to encrypt and control the use of content stored on DVDs.

CSS

Each __________ uses a unique compression algorithm that allows the user to specify the compression ratio and/or bitrate used when compressing video.

Codec

The size of the file that holds a bitmap depends on its resolution and ________.

Color depth

Digital video file formats are sometimes referred to as _________ formats.

Container

Popular codecs include all of the following EXCEPT __________.

Corel

You have just decreased the number of pixels and file size of your graphic by selecting a portion of the image. You have ___________.

Cropped your graphic

__________ refers to the process of selecting part of an image.

Cropping

__________ is a collection of techniques that copyright holders use to limit access to and use of digital content.

DRM

A __________ watermark is a pattern of bits inserted at various places in an image or a content stream that can be used to track, identify, verify, and control content use.

Digital

All of the following are DRM technologies EXCEPT _________.

Dithering

Vector graphics software is sometimes referred to as __________ software.

Drawing

An infrared port will transfer a digital photo from a camera to a computer faster than a USB or FireWire port.

False

Cameras designed for still photography cannot capture video.

False

Sampling rate refers to the total number of times that sound is measured during the recording process.

False

Whether you acquire an image from a digital camera or a scanner, bitmap graphics tend to require very little storage space.

False

With videos shown on a small computer screen at a fairly low resolution, recording with an inexpensive camera will not make a difference on the quality of the final video.

False

WMF files contain instructions for creating the pitch, volume, and duration of notes that sound like various musical instruments.

False; MIDI

The DIGITAL hole allows pirates to capture content by using a microphone to record songs as they are output to speakers or using a camcorder to film movies as they are projected in a movie theater.

False; analog

BITNUMBER refers to the amount of data transferred per second as a video plays.

False; bitrate

Enlarging a bitmap requires your computer to fill in missing pixels, which sometimes results in a(n) PALPITATING, or "bitmappy," jagged image.

False; pixelated

A vector graphic can easily be converted into a bitmap graphic through a process known as DIGITIZATION.

False; rasterizing

A small graphic for a Web page might have a(n) COLOR DEPTH of 150 x 100 pixels -- 150 pixels across and 100 pixels high.

False; resolution

Using a computer's infrared port to beam photo data from a camera, which eliminates the need for a cable, is much FASTER than using FireWire or USB.

False; slower

One way to transfer photo data from a camera directly to a computer is via __________.

FireWire ports

___________ is a popular format for Web-based video that requires Adobe Flash Player.

Flash video

A common use of _________ shifting is ripping audio tracks from a CD and converting them into MP3 format for playback on a portable media device.

Format

__________ shifting is the process of converting media files from a suitable for one device to a format suitable for a different kind of device.

Format

A video is composed of a series of bitmap graphics, each one called a _________.

Frame

A __________ is a smooth blending of shades from one color to another or from light to dark.

Gradient

Anita would like to make her columns appear to be three-dimensional. She should see if her graphics software allows her to use _________.

Gradients

_______ can be used to create the illusion of three dimensions by smoothly blending shades from one color to another or from light to dark.

Gradients

_________ is a hardware-based DRM technology that requires compliant devices for content playback.

HDCP

Alison has only taken 10 pictures with her digital camera, and she finds she has filled her memory card. Why might this have occurred?

Her images were taken at a very high resolution

Which of the following formats does not offer lossless compression?

JPEG

____________ preprocesses an image by tweaking the colors in adjoining pixels so that they are the same color whenever possible.

JPEG

Graphics files that contain both bitmap and vector data are called __________.

Metafiles

A _________ bitmap would be displayed by manipulation the pattern of "off" and "on: pixels displayed on the screen.

Monochrome

Today's __________ editing simply requires a computer hard disk and video editing software.

Nonlinear

_________ has been slow to catch on as a popular standard.

Ogg Vorbis

___________ shifting is often achieved using computer networks, as when you stream a movie from your computer to your Wi-Fi equipped DVD player to your Wi-Fi equipped HDTV.

Place

A vector graphic can quite easily be converted into a bitmap graphic through a process called _______.

Rasterizing

The process of covering a wireframe with surface color and texture is called __________.

Rendering

The quality of a bitmap graphic is ________ dependent.

Resolution

When a bitmap graphic is enlarged, it still retains its original _________.

Resolution

_________ is supported by most modern browsers without requiring a plug-in; it supports gradients, drop shadows, multiple levels of transparency, and animation effects, along with portability to other platforms, such as handheld computers and cellular phones.

SVG

CSS stands for Content ________ System.

Scramble

A(n) _________ is a device that contains a variety of input and output jacks, plus audio-processing circuitry.

Sound card

If you have dialed Directory Assistance lately to obtain a telephone number, you have probably encountered ___________.

Speech recognition

After videotaping her sister's wedding with an analog video camera, Nancy decided to edit out some of the extra footage using her computer. She finds that, although she has connected her camera, with the videotape, to her computer, she cannot access the video footage. Why?

The analog video footage must first be converted into a digital form.

Nancy is working on a class project. She has converted a vector image of a sunset into a bitmap graphic. Nancy tried to change the color of the sun object from red to orange, but she is unable to make this change. Why?

The graphic no long has the qualities of a vector graphic, therefore she cannot easily change the color of one specific object.

The following is NOT true of broadcast flags: __________.

They permit global access to content use

___________ shifting is the process of recording a broadcast so that it can be played back at a more convenient time.

Time

___________ software locates the edges of objects in a bitmap image and converts the resulting shapes into vector graphic objects.

Tracing

A(n) SYSTEM palette is the collection of colors used by the operating system for the graphics that represent desktop icons and controls.

True

AUTHENTICATION is a very simple form of digital rights management that allows content to be accessed only by authorized individuals.

True

Apple's FAIRPLAY and Microsoft's Windows Media DRM are designed to protect music, movies, ebooks, and even television shows.

True

Digital audio is music, speech, and other sounds represented in a binary format for use in digital devices.

True

Popular digital audio formats include AAC, MP3, and WAV.

True

Solid state storage cards hold data without consuming power, so they do not lose data when the camera, for example, is turned off.

True

Speech RECOGNITION refers to the ability of machines to understand the spoken word.

True

Text contained in a vector graphic image is stored as actual text, not just as a series of colored dots.

True

To create a video DVD, you usually begin by selecting one or more completed videos that include soundtracks, transitions, titles, special effects, and so on.

True

When creating videos, you should use one of the CODECS included in popular video players.

True

When working with HDCP-protected content, you will have to make sure that your computer, DVD player, television, and handheld are all compliant.

True

Nancy is using codec software to reduce the size of some of her video files by allowing her to specify a compression ratio or bitrate. If she is very concerned with minimizing the size of her video files, she could __________.

Use a high compression ratio

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

Vector

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

Vector

You plan to create a cartoon-like image of a computer to be used in a flyer for your school's computer lab. You should create a ________ graphic.

Vector

The process of converting analog video signals into a digital format is referred to as __________.

Video capture

Footage can originate from a ________.

Videotape, television, DVD

The following is NOT a technique used to produce video footage that will maintain good quality as it is edited and processed: _________.

Zoom in and out quickly