EVERything Flashcards
1
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What British newspaper was the first to uncover that Verizon was handing over all customer data to the American government?
A
The Guardian
2
Q
What was the first American newspaper to uncover the NSA details?
A
The Washington Post
3
Q
What was the first company to participate in the Prism program?
A
Microsoft
4
Q
Name the company that challenged the Prism program as unconstitutional.
A
Yahoo!
5
Q
Who is Brandon Downey?
A
A Google Security Engineer
6
Q
Who is Marissa Mayer?
A
the CEO of Yahoo!
7
Q
Who started the idea of “Splinternet”?
A
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
8
Q
Right now, the web has over ____________ webpages.
A
60 trillion
9
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Google navigates the web by crawling. Crawling means:
A
following links from page to page.
10
Q
When you do a search in Google, Google is looking at ______ different user information signals, therefore Google results can be much different, depending on the user.
A
57
11
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True or False? The primary goal of a comm tech student is to create portfolio quality work that can be used to demonstrate skills to future employers or as a worthwhile addition to a potential college/university portfolio.
A
True
12
Q
The person responsible for giving the TED talk on the “Filter Bubble” was:
A
Eli Pariser
13
Q
Before the name “Yahoo”, the website was called
A
Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web
14
Q
David Filo was the co-founder of:
A
Yahoo!
15
Q
What university in the US was insurmountable at starting the Internet Search?
A
Stanford
16
Q
Google comes from the word “Googol” which is a mathematical term for:
A
10 to the 100th power
17
Q
What was the first internet search engine to be run entirely by software?
A
excite
18
Q
Larry Page is the co-founder of
A
19
Q
What figure did the co-founder of Google say their company will be worth one day in revenue?
A
10 billion
20
Q
True or False? iMovie ‘11 is really version 9.
A
True
21
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True or False? iMovie 10 is a yellow star icon.
A
False
22
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True or False? In iMovie version 9, when you detach audio from a video clip, the audio turns purple.
A
True
23
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In Audacity, if you want to export out the audio, you have a number of file format choices. Identify the one file format that is not available.
A
M4V
24
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True or False? According to the REMIX video series, creation requires influence.
A
True
25
According to the REMIX video series, what is Hollywood's greatest talent? Transforming the _____ into the ______.
old, new
26
According to the REMIX video series, what are the 3 elements of creativity? (choose 3 answers)
copy
transform
combine
27
According to the REMIX video series, what is the difference between copyrights and patents? Copyrights cover ______ and patents cover _________.
media, inventions
28
What were the two Apple home computer systems called, developed after the Star 8010 in the early 1980's? (choose 2 answers)
Lisa
| Macintosh
29
According to the REMIX video series, copying is how we ________
learn
30
LUCA stands for:
Last Universal Common Ancestor
31
According to the REMIX video series, for almost our entire history, ideas were _______
free
32
Define the term, REMIX -
To combine or edit existing materials to produce something new
33
The Flappy Bird creator was supposedly bringing in _________ from in-app advertising revenue.
$50,000 a day
34
In 2010, 2 years before Candy Crush Saga was released, RunSome Apps released a game called:
CandySwipe
35
According to the Plagiarism Today article, King's Papa Pear Saga is a clone of what previously released game?
Peggle
36
What email provider does Edward Snowden use?
: LavaBit
37
What operating system does the Twister App not run on?
Windows
38
How many promoted Twister messages can a user send out a day?
1
39
Facebook just acquired the messaging app, What'sApp. According to the Wired UK article, how much did Facebook pay?
16 billion plus 3 billion to its founders.
40
Brian Acton, one of the co-founders of "What's App", used to work for _______?
Yahoo!
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True or False? According to the Wired UK article, What'sApp has never had any advertising.
True
42
True or False? A team of European researchers is working to make Twitter more reliable by identifying lies before they go viral using software called Phome.
False
| Pheme
43
The "colour of the sound" is related to what property of sound?
Timbre
44
The frequency of the sound is related to what property of sound?
Pitch
45
The amplitude of the sound is related to what property of sound?
Loudness
46
True or False? The relative tempo of a sound is related to our internal heart beat, whether we perceive something as fast or slow.
True
47
The envelope of the sound is related to what property of sound?
Articulation
48
The direction and location of a sound is related to what property of sound?
Diffusion
49
In Sonic Visualiser, version 2, identify what panes can be added to analyze a waveform. (check all that apply) hint - there are 3.
Add Spectogram
Add Spectrum
Add Peak Frequency Spectogram
50
True or False? A microphone is a transducer, converting electrical energy into acoustical energy.
False
| t converts acoustical energy into electrical energy.
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True or False? A dynamic microphone has a magnet inside.
True
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True or False? A speaker uses the same technology as a dynamic microphone, except the transduction is reversed.
True
53
True or False? A Shure SM-77 is an example of a condenser microphone.
False dynamic
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True or False? A condenser microphone has a magnet inside.
False
| not a magnet but 2 plates.
55
True or False? A condenser microphone requires phantom power in order to pick up acoustical energy.
True
56
True or False? An AKG C414 is an example of a dynamic microphone.
Your Answer: False
Teacher Feedback:
condenser
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True or False? The standard for phantom power is 44 volts.
False
Teacher Feedback:
48 volts
58
True or False? Our Mackie mixer in the GTV studio has a phantom power switch, under the mixer.
False
Teacher Feedback:
on the back of the mixer
59
True or False? An omni-directional polar patter, picks up sound in one direction only.
False
Teacher Feedback:
sound in all directions
60
True or False? A Cardioid polar pattern microphone is another word for an omni directional microphone.
False
Teacher Feedback:
uni directional
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True or False? A shotgun microphone uses a very narrow cardioid pick up pattern.
True
62
The range of human hearing is commonly between:
20 Hz to 20000 Hz
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True or False? Condenser microphones usually have a higher frequency response than dynamic microphones and usually cost more money.
True
64
True or False? Air conditioning sound running through duct work, typically is between 75 - 150 kHz. The AKG microphone, has a setting that will allow you to limit that frequency when recording.
75 - 150 Hz
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True or False? Lo Z microphones allow you to travel long distances with your microphone cable but with low resistance, interference can result.
True
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True or False? Hi Z microphones allow you to travel long distances with your microphone cable but with high resistance, interference can result.
False
Teacher Feedback:
short distances only with a hi z microphone. High resistance means minimal interference.
67
On our Mackie mixer in the GTV studio, the equalization knobs are colour coded as:
blue
68
True or False? If you overdrive the preamp on the Mackie mixer, you will break up and distort the sound.
True
69
The Mackie Mixer has ___ part equalization.
3
70
True or False? In regards to camera production, the acronym SHAMP refers to Size, Height, Angle, Manipulation and Placement.
False
Teacher Feedback:
M stands for Movement
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True or False? In a Point of View (POV) camera shot, the camera becomes the character. The camera sees what the character sees and the audience experiences what the character experiences.
True
72
What documentary style is "Super Size Me"?
Expository
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What documentary style is "Bowling for Columbine"?
Interactive
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What documentary style is "The Thin Blue Line"?
Reflexive
75
In 2005, Panavision came out with a digital camera called the:
Genesis
76
True or False? Slumdog Millionaire was revolutionary because it was the first film entirely shot in a digital format, and won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2009.
True
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True or False? The Cinematographer is also called the Director of Photography on a film set.
True
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True or False? With a film camera, photons of light enter through the lens and hit a frame of film. The film is covered with an emulsion that contain grains of gold halide crystals and these crystals react chemically when light hits them.
False
79
The workflow on a film set, using a traditional film camera required a break every _____ minutes in order to reload the film on the camera.
10
80
True or False? "Dailies" was part of the work flow on a traditional film set. It meant that people would watch the footage that was shot the previous day
True
81
In Video Production, the acronym CCD stands for:
Charge-coupled Device
82
The RED1 camera was available to the public in:
2007
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True or False? When it first came out, the RED1 camera revolutionized the digital camera industry by ramping the resolution from 2K (HD) to 8K
False
84
In Web Design, HTML is an acronym meaning:
HyperText Markup Language
85
In Web Design, CSS is an acronym meaning:
Cascading Style Sheets
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According to Codecademy.com, what should line 1 of every HTML page be?
!DOCTYPE html
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According to Codecademy.com, what is always the last line of an HTML document:
/html
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In an HTML document, things inside <> are called:
tags
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In an HTML document, the goes in between the _____ tags
head
90
In an HTML document, the
tag stands for:
paragraph
91
True or False? is smaller than
is smaller than ?
False
92
True or False? ![]()
is the proper way to link an image to your website.
False
93
In an HTML document, an ordered list begins with an _____ tag:
ol
94
In an HTML document, an unordered list begins with an _____ tag:
ul
95
True or False? In an HTML document, comments start with a
False
96
In an HTML document, px stands for:
pixels
97
In an HTML document, what is the proper tag for a background colour?
background-color:
98
In an HTML document, what is the proper tag for center-aligned text?
text-align:center
99
Select all the attributes that influence design:
Audience
Tone
Purpose
100
True or False? Typography is both verbal and visual.
True
101
What is a serif?
The small lines tailing from the edges of letters.
102
According to the Fundamentals of Design, what font would be the best choice for technology or transportation applications?
Transitional Sans Serif
103
True or False? In design, the eye naturally moves from small elements up to the big elements and helps users process the content.
False
104
True or False? Leading is the amount of space between lines of text.
True
105
According to Fundamentals of Design, line width is measured in CPL. CPL stands for?
characters per line
106
True or False? CMYK is an additive colour scheme?
False?
107
In Fundamentals of Design, HSL stands for:
Hue, Saturation, Lightness
108
According to the Fundamentals of Design, this colour represents warmth and vitality
orange
109
True or False? In an analogous colour scheme, colours are adjacent to the base colour on the hue spectrum.
True
110
True or False? In a complementary colour scheme, all colours have the same hue, but vary in saturation and brightness.
False
Teacher Feedback:
monochromatic
111
True or False? A CSS file describes how an HTML file should look.
True
112
True or False? One way to put CSS in an HTML file is to put the CSS in between the style tags and then put the style tags in between the body tags of the HTML file.
False
| in between the head tags not the body tags.
113
A CSS link tag needs 3 attributes to make it work. Identify the 3.
type
rel
href
114
Identify at least 2 HTML tags that are self closing:
link
| img src
115
In CSS, you need to end each property value with a:
semi-colon
116
Commenting in CSS is done with _____ :
/* and */
117
Regular decimal counting is base-10, and hexadecimal counting is base-____:
16
118
Hex values always start with a:
pound sign (#)
119
True or False? Hex values are case sensitive.
False
120
True or False? The font-size unit EM is a relative measure. 1 EM is equal to the default font size on whatever screen the user is using.
True
121
True or False? Any HTML element can be a CSS selector.
True
122
What special selector will apply CSS styling to every element on the page?
*
123
You can think of an HTML document as a tree: elements branch out from the main trunk and the first two big branches are the ______ and _______.
head, body
124
ID's are identified in CSS with the _____ sign.
pound sign (#)
125
Classes are identified in CSS with a _____
dot (.)
126
This CSS pseudo-class selector is used to apply styling to only the elements that are the first children of their parents.
first-child
127
True or False? Contrast is defined as the difference in colors.
True
128
The acronym, WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guideline.
True
129
True or False? According to Fundamentals of Design, Blue is a naturally dark colour.
True
130
True or False? According to the Fundamentals of Design, use cool colours in the background and warm colours in the foreground.
True
131
How many axes are there in 3D animation?
3
132
What default object shows up when you open up Blender?
cube
133
To move an object in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is...
G
134
To hide the toolshelf (left side) in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is...
T
135
To orbit your view in Blender,
click and hold the middle mouse button
136
To rotate an object, the keyboard shortcut in Blender is
R
137
To resize an object, the keyboard shortcut in Blender is...
S
138
To duplicate an object in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is...
Shift D
139
To delete an object, the keyboard shortcut in Blender is
X
140
To select an object in Blender, you use the
right mouse button
141
The colour Green represents what axis in Blender?
Y
142
In Object Mode, how do you know if an object is selected in Blender?
There is an orange outline around the object
143
To render an image in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is...
F12
144
The keyboard shortcut to go to Edit Mode in Blender is...
tab
145
The default mode that Blender starts in is...
Object Mode
146
In Edit Mode, a Vertex in Blender is another word for a:
point
147
In Edit Mode, an Edge in Blender is another word for a:
line
148
In Edit Mode, a Face in Blender is another word for a:
surface
149
In Edit Mode in Blender, the keyboard shortcut "E" will:
extrude
150
In the Materials Preview Window in Blender, what option is not available?
Torus
151
RGB stands for -
Red, Green, Blue
152
To insert a keyframe in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is...
i
153
To zoom out on your Blender scene, one way is to use:
the scroll wheel of the middle mouse button
154
The Z axis is represented by the colour:
blue
155
Google copied their sponsored listings idea from a company called:
Overture
156
In iMovie 9, if you want to export just the audio, iMovie will give you 3 options. Identify the option that is not available.
Sound to MP3
157
The dynamic range of a digital camera is the range of
light intensities
158
Identify the film that is not part of David Fincher's career:
American Graffiti
159
According to Fundamentals of Design, body copy should be set between 12- 36 px.
False
160
According to the Fundamentals of Design, this colour's message is youthful, mild and pure.
white
161
Which of the following are not mesh objects in Blender (check all that apply)
Text
| Armature
