digital media midterm (multiple choice)

Which of these statements correctly describes natural lighting conditions? A clear sky produces diffuse light; a cloudy day produces bright light. Pollution produces blue light; a clear sky produces yellow light. A cloudy day produces diffuse light; a clear sky produces bright light. Pollution produces horizontal light; a clear sky produces vertical light.

A cloudy day produces diffuse light; a clear sky produces bright light.

Alexander's younger cousin wants to create some digital images, which she has never done before, since she is running for student body president. Which of these should Alexander recommend to her? PDF Canva Photoshop Gimp

Canva

The basic element of a digital image is a packet. True False

False

Which statement best describes digital media in the 1990s? It was newly invented. It was commonly uploaded and downloaded to home computers via the internet. It required a physical medium such as a DVD or CD. It didn't exist.

It required a physical medium such as a DVD or CD.

Charlotte's friend sends her a photo. She decides to save the photo with a lower resolution. What effect will this have on the file? The extension will be different. The type will be different. It will decrease in size. It will increase in size.

It will decrease in size.

Which of these describes, in increasing order, the file sizes of the same image in different formats? TIFF, JPEG, PNG JPEG, TIFF, PNG JPEG, PNG, TIFF TIFF, PNG, JPEG

JPEG, PNG, TIFF

Which statement best describes the two main families of fonts? Sans serif fonts have little projections on the letters; serif fonts do not. Serif fonts can be digitized; sans serif fonts cannot. Sans serif fonts can be digitized; serif fonts cannot. Serif fonts have little projections on the letters; sans serif fonts do not.

Serif fonts have little projections on the letters; sans serif fonts do not.

In Vecteezy, which menu is used to add words to an image? Selection menu Shapes menu Pen menu Text menu

Text menu

Which statement about GIF images is true? They are limited to 256 colors. Their compression is lossy. They cannot be animated. They are optimized for making large printouts.

They are limited to 256 colors.

An image should have a focal point. True False

True

The Verdana font was created to be more easily read on a digital screen. True False

True

The primary goal of a digital image is for the viewer to focus on the most important part of the image. True False

True

You can create a focal point by manipulating the viewer's sense of proportion. True False

True

If Tamar were hired to create a digital image for a company's online advertising campaign, the first question that she needs to ask is: Who is the audience? What's the purpose of the ad? What color should I use? How much will I be paid?

What's the purpose of the ad?

When creating a digital image, the first question that you should consider is: What's the purpose? Which angle is best? How's the lighting? What file size should I use?

What's the purpose?

Which of these is not an essential question when planning an outdoor photo shoot? What time of day will it be? What direction will the light be coming from? Which file format is most appropriate? What's the weather forecast?

Which file format is most appropriate?

In which of these situations is vector software NOT recommended? You are editing a magazine cover. You are editing an image that will be made into a billboard. You are editing an engineer's blueprint. You are editing a photo.

You are editing a photo.

The basic principle of copyright law is: You cannot copy or distribute an image without the owner's permission. You can never use someone else's image. You can make digital but not print copies without permission of the owner. You can re-use any image as long as you change it at least a little bit.

You cannot copy or distribute an image without the owner's permission.

Which statement about cell phones was NOT true in 1999? You could play simple games on them. They were used mostly for phone calls. About a third of people in the United States and Canada had them. You could use them to check Facebook.

You could use them to check Facebook.

Ayesha is taking photographs at the beach, and she wants to capture the joy and energy of childhood. Which of these is most likely to do that? a posed photo a background photo a candid photo a foreground photo

a candid photo

What are your two main location options for backing up your files? a hard drive or the cloud lossless or lossy GIF or JPEG compressed or not compressed

a hard drive or the cloud

Moore's Law states that: about every two years, processing speed will double. decompression requires compression. digital media requires creativity. information wants to be shared.

about every two years, processing speed will double.

The most important thing for a photographer to do is to: focus on the comfort of the subject. work as efficiently as possible. minimize the use of props. be aware of their surroundings.

be aware of their surroundings.

Which feature would make an image interactive? making it available on several platforms labeling its features being taken to different pages depending on where you click on it digitizing it

being taken to different pages depending on where you click on it

The basic principle to remember when creating masks is that: black conceals and white reveals. gray reveals and black masks. white conceals and black reveals. gray highlights and white masks.

black conceals and white reveals.

Jose realizes that several of his friends all believe the same false information because they saw posts about it on social media. Which two items are MOST likely to have been involved in generating and spreading these beliefs? click farms and the cloud phishing expeditions and identity theft bots and identity theft bots and click farms

bots and click farms

Which of these tools would be used to change the gradient, texture, or pattern for part of an image? bucket fill scale zoom measuring

bucket fill

Which of these was a new technology in the early 2000s? cloud computing binary encoding cell phones high-level programming languages

cloud computing

An image appears to be edited in a way that removed a person from the original image. Which tool was used to do this? anti-aliasing cropping a radial background feathering

cropping

Marco has taken some pictures of his friends at the pool, but there is a crying child in the side of the image. Which editing tool should Marco use? masks cropping red eye removal feathering

cropping

A good rule to follow when finding images to use for business purposes is: don't use any image that you didn't create unless the image states that it is not restricted. don't use any image that you didn't create. don't use any image that you didn't create unless you thank the creator. don't use any image that you didn't create unless you link to the author's social media page.

don't use any image that you didn't create unless the image states that it is not restricted.

Once editing is complete, a file is normally: converted to PDF. feathered. exported. saved as a raw file.

exported.

A flash should never be used when the light is bright. True False

false

Every major camera company uses TIFF as the default file format. true false

false

Experts recommend that you use the same long, hard-to-guess password for every account you have. True False

false

If you are shooting outside at night, you should try to avoid natural sources of light. True False

false

The World Wide Web became available to the public in the 1970s. True False

false

The term "multimedia" refers to an app that can be used on multiple platforms. True False

false

Vector images generally do not permit fonts. True False

false

If your indoor photographs seem to have a greenish tone, the problem might be: side lighting. fluorescent lights. a too-small lens hood. back lighting.

fluorescent lights.

The first users of computers were: teachers and students. government and military. artists and consumers. businesses and clients.

government and military.

Lina is visiting a website that helps you improve your digital media skills. She wants to learn more about creating images that are not photographs. Which keywords should she search? compositional images graphic images typographic images digital images

graphic images

One disadvantage of a larger file size is that: it will not permit anti-aliasing. it will have a lower resolution. it will load more slowly. it will load more quickly.

it will load more slowly.

LastPass and Myki Password Manager and Authenticator make it easier for you to: create phishing expeditions. organize your digital media. keep track of unique, long passwords. share passwords with your friends.

keep track of unique, long passwords.

A higher resolution image will mean a: smaller gradient. larger file size. need for a raw file. smaller file size.

larger file size.

Which tool would be most useful if there is an irregularly-shaped portion of an image that you want to select to edit? clone lasso (free select) airbrush feathering

lasso (free select)

Tools such as the color picker and zooming in and out are found in which group of GIMP tools? paint tools selection tools miscellaneous tools transform tools

miscellaneous tools

Which kind of GIMP tool is used for tasks such as zooming in and out or measuring? miscellaneous tools selection tools transform tools paint tools

miscellaneous tools

Which of these are secondary colors? orange, green, and violet red, green, and blue black, gray, and white red, yellow, and blue

orange, green, and violet

Which kind of GIMP tool is used to colorize image elements? selection tools transform tools paint tools miscellaneous tools

paint tools

Sarah gets an email from a company that she has purchased from before. They ask her to click the link in the email to update her account information. Beware! This might be a: social media attack. terrorist attack. privacy attack. phishing attack.

phishing attack.

There is one tiny spot on the screen of a tablet that is always blue. It appears as if one _____ might be malfunctioning. bit. pixel. raster. image.

pixel

You can limit how companies use your data by carefully monitoring your: privacy settings. digital conversion. encoding practices. file formats.

privacy settings.

Jamie needs an image of a mountain for a social media advertisement that she is creating. She wants one that has no copyright. Which search terms should she use? public domain fair use copyright creative use

public domain

Jing and SnagIt are examples of: screen capture software. high-end camera accessories. digital image sharing websites. layout template guides.

screen capture software.

Photos that are published online generally: should have a shade. should have a tint. should have a large file size. should have a small file size.

should have a small file size.

Hannah is photographing a food product for a client, and the client has requested that there be really good shadows and contrasts in the photo. Which of these lighting plans is most likely to produce the desired shot? back lighting cross lighting front lighting side lighting

side lighting

Dylan paints a picture on canvas. Why might he want to encode it? to prevent identity theft to protect it from light so that it could be shared on social media to stop people from phishing it

so that it could be shared on social media

Which of these technologies has been most used by terrorist organizations? phishing social media encoding cloud computing

social media

Which were the first tools of the print medium? analog and digital stamps and seals stories and speeches books and magazines

stamps and seals

The rule of thirds states that: digital designs should have three fonts. the eye naturally goes to the intersection of lines that divide an image into thirds. digital designs should have three colors. the eye naturally goes to the three lightest places in an image, from top to bottom.

the eye naturally goes to the intersection of lines that divide an image into thirds.

Isidora hires a marketing firm to create a flyer for an upcoming sale at a store she owns. She likes some of the design elements of the flyer, but she does not like the way that the various elements are arranged. What should she tell the firm? to change the saturation to change the layout to change the font to change the hue

to change the layout

What is the main purpose of changing the scale and framing of an image? to compensate for poor lighting to minimize glare to adjust lighting conditions to improve focus on the subject

to improve focus on the subject

Tools such as crop, rotate, and align are found in which group of GIMP tools? miscellaneous tools selection tools transform tools paint tools

transform tools

Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard software for vector-based editing. True False

true

An advantage of vector images is that, unlike raster images, they do not decrease in resolution when the image is enlarged. True False

true

An anti-aliasing filter uses masks to reduce the distortions created from resizing. True False

true

Click farms and bots are often used to spread misinformation. True False

true

Digital media refers to information that can be expressed in binary code. True False

true

The quantity of light depends on the time of day and the weather conditions. True False

true

Mia is helping a friend organize photos on his laptop. Mia notice two files: one is called beach2019.jpg and the other is called beach2019.tiff. Her friend opens the files, and they are both the same picture of him at the beach. The main difference between these files is their: resolution. size. type. compression.

type

What is the first step for transferring photos from a cell phone to a Windows computer? under Pictures, choose Download under Photos, choose Download under Photos, choose Import under Pictures, choose Copy

under Photos, choose Import

MPEG-4, AVI, and MOV are which kind of media? video visual audio text

video

Duck Duck Go is recommended if you: want to recover from identity theft. want to put digital files in the cloud. want to manage your passwords securely. want a web browser that doesn't collect your data.

want a web browser that doesn't collect your data.

You own the copyright of an image if: you always link the image to your website. you apply to the copyright office for it. you distribute the image with the copyright symbol on it. you created the image.

you created the image.