digital media midterm

A work is protected as soon as it is produced in a fixed form .

a fixed form

A baseline shift would result in

a letter rising above or below other text

A web host provides

an internet connected computer/server where your website files are stored

The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) was made a law in what year?

1998

Text that helps those with disabilities or those who cannot display images by describing what the image might contain is called

alternate text

Digital recordings generally have higher fidelity than analog recordings.

False

Digital zoom is a method of enlarging the image a camera sees by magnifying it through the process of changing the distance between two lenses.

False

Microphones are output devices.

False

Most work found online can be used in commercial work with little need for concern about copyright due to the culture of the internet.

False

There are times when safety can be ignored if something really needs to be done a certain way.

False

A composed photography with an object that draws the viewer's eye significantly to a single location would have strong __________

focal point

The .tv domain name extension belongs to which nation?

Tuvalu

When designing text for graphic layouts, an attractive option that might be considered when creating flyers or brochures might be __________ text because it fills the entire space with even distribution.

justified

The space in between two lines of text as you move down a page, which can be changed, is referred to as ________________.

leading

Compositions which contain objects with straight edges that usually focus towards the most important subject have strong _____________

leading lines

indicates that the camera is moving side-to-side. indicates that the camera is moving up and down.

panning, tilting

Negative space is an excellent way to produce additional shapes within an existing design without actually drawing that shape.

True

The fastest video data transfer protocol mentioned in the textbook is

USB 3.1

A website color selected with #555500 will be which color

Yellow

A creator can choose not to protect their work under copyright and allow others to use their work freely. True/False? This concept is called . However, the original creator gives up any copyright ownership. True/False?

true, creative commons, false

The most important concept when dealing with text is to ensure _________

readability

Downsampling is the process of reducing the size of an image and usually results in

reduced image quality

Compression reduces the size of a file with the consequence of _________ quality.

reducing

A "bit", which is a tip given via Twitch streams is worth how much to an individual streamer? One bit is worth:

$0.01 (one cent)

The standard size accepted for a bleed margin is generally

0.125"

How often should you take a break from a computer screen?

1 hour

MIDI interface can handle up to _____________ channels or devices.

16

The standard aspect ratio on most devices today is but used to be .

16:9, 4:3

Backups follow a rule of total backup(s), which means at least 2 backup(s) on site, and backup(s) in other locations.

3, 2, 1

In a "close up" shot, the actor should generally fill

3/4 of the screen

The typical framerate for video is , while films are typically produced at 24 fps , and when capturing images to be used in slow motion it would need to be captured at

30 fps 24 fps 60 fps

If you are preparing graphics for a project which will be produced in a printed format, what resolution should you use at minimum to produce a commercial level product?

300 dpi

The maximum resolution needed to produce the highest quality image your audience would see on their home television would be

72 ppi

Headphones should generally not be used above ________ percent for longer than 90 minutes.

80

The Rule of Thirds creates how many boxes in a frame with which you decide the location of your key content?

9

What is the difference between a video editor and a videographer?

A video editor "cuts" and creates a story from footage a videographer creates

Podcasts are audio only formats of radio-like shows distributed in episodes. They garner their name from the

Apple iPod

Extra film that might be used in a scene that does not contain the actors or anything specifically from the script is called

B-Roll

A website's "Style"--its fonts, colors, and layouts, are generally affected by a file type called

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

A CCD sensor acronym stands for:

Charge-Coupled Device

The CMOS in a camera sensor stands for:

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

Software that can be installed on a webserver to operate your website for you and keep track of content as well as helping you to create it is called a

Content Management System (CMS)

A website subdomain is a way of organizing information between two different websites that are unrelated to each other.

False

FTP stands for

File Transfer Protocol

A 5.1 stereo system has _________ speakers (not including a subwoofer)

Five

The most appropriate file type for an image with large areas of very simple colors and the need for transparency in the image would be:

GIF

A color selected on a website using #808080 will be

Grey

Sampling rates are measured in

Hertz

HTML stands for

Hypertext Markup Language

Why might you, as a website designer, not want your content to autoplay when a page loads?

It's annoying

LCD stands for:

Liquid Crystal Display

MIDI stands for

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

PDF stands for

Portable Document Format

A website color selected as #ff0000 will be which color?

Red

The most important step you can take on a website or any device to prevent its susceptibility to security threats is to ________________.

Regularly update the software and operating system, or the website software

Phishing is

The replication of a legitimate e-mail or other communication with the intention of gaining private information

In order to save space and bandwidth when using photographs, a smaller version of an image can link to a larger one. This is referred to as a __________.

Thumbnail

A website redirect can send you to a completely different website

True

ICANN is the operating body that regulates all domain names

True

If someone standing nearby to you can hear music on your headphones, it is too loud.

True

Negative space is also known as white space

True

The accessibility and standards for the development of websites is published and monitored by the

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

The most important information that you want website readers to view needs to be placed __________ the fold.

above

The most effective computer passwords contain which of the following:

all of the above: letters, numbers, and symbols.

Depth is primarily created with:

angles and perspective

Storyboards are an important tool for creating scenes in movie and should be completed ________________ filming a scene.

before

Unity in design means that the individual elements all appear to belong together. Unity is often most clear when the audience first sees the whole composition before the small parts of the whole .

belong, whole composition, small parts of the whole

All devices that access a website via their software, including desktop and mobile computers (mobile phones), utilize a ____________ to access said websites.

browser

When working in digital media outside of the basic office setting, closed toe shoes are the number one requirement for attire.

closed toe shoes

Copyrighted works can generally be used by creators in their own work if their work adds commentary to the original.

commentary

The largest difference between designing for a print publication and designing for a website is

consideration that people are visiting from many types and sizes of devices

Legal protection for all creative works is called

copyright

Website templates help to speed up the process of creating a website as well as reduce the overall cost while sacrificing ___________.

customizability

Inline graphics are generally inserted with text for ____________ purposes.

decorative

Balance is achieved by

distributing objects in a way that is pleasing and gives weight to different parts of a composition without making any one area too "heavy"

In order to establish a website you will need a to brand your site, a to store your site along with a to point your domain to, a to get files to your website, and a in order to view your website.

domain name, web host, nameserver, file transfer protocol application, web browser

A large single letter typically at the beginning of an article is called a ____________.

drop cap

Bleed margins exist at the ____________ of a document

edge

The HTML term for the structure and content within a webpage is called an _____________.

element

When posting content to a website that makes the content immediately visible to an audience, often with a simple "play" button, this content is called

embedded

Symmetrical designs are achieved by having elements which are distributed equally across the axis of the composition and may be mirrored . Asymmetrical balance is never mirrored , but still carries the same type of visual weight as symmetrical design.

equally, mirrored, mirrored, visual weight

The .gov domain name extension is intended for use with what type of organization?

government

An index page might also be referred to as your

homepage

A word or object that can be clicked upon to lead to another page is called a

hyperlink

The only file that must be created in order for a website to function on even a basic level is an

index page

We have talked in this course about codecs. Saving an audio file for the web as an .mp3 is a _________ method of compression

lossy

File format should be chosen based on quality, file size, and accessibility. Because of this the most common format chosen for distribution of audio files on the web is

mp3

PDFs are very important for sending files to clients because they prevent changes , they are compatible with a wide variety of devices , and they compress into small, sendable files .

prevent changes, compatible with a wide variety of devices, compress into small, sendable files

Podcasts and other media restricted to audio-only makes it even more important to have high quality instruments, equipment, and content to present the most __________ to your audience

production value

When a display refreshes each line from top to bottom it is called scan. When a display refreshed every other line it is called scan.

progressive, interlaced

A work that is no longer copyrighted, usually because of the passage of time, is known as

public domain

When distributing video content to an audience, reducing the ___________ (HD/SD) of a file is the best way to reduce the file's size and help with streaming capability.

resolution

The most common form of hacking is

social engineering

When a user accesses online media content but does not actually keep the content, simply consumes it in real time, this is called

streaming

The number of times a scene is recorded is referred to as the number of

takes

True Emphasis is achieved when

the audience has no choice but to look at the artists' intended focus

A scene generally ends when

the time or location changes

Each individual frame is labeled with its very own specific

timecode

Hacking is the

unauthorized access of a computer system