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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

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What was the first American newspaper to uncover the NSA details?

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The Washington Post

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What was the first company to participate in the Prism program?

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Microsoft

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Name the company that challenged the Prism program as unconstitutional.

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Yahoo!

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Who is Brandon Downey?

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A Google Security Engineer

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Who is Marissa Mayer?

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the CEO of Yahoo!

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Who started the idea of “Splinternet”?

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff

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Right now, the web has over ____________ webpages.

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60 trillion

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9
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Google navigates the web by crawling. Crawling means:

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following links from page to page.

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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

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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.

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True

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The person responsible for giving the TED talk on the “Filter Bubble” was:

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Eli Pariser

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Before the name “Yahoo”, the website was called

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Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web

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David Filo was the co-founder of:

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Yahoo!

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What university in the US was insurmountable at starting the Internet Search?

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Stanford

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Google comes from the word “Googol” which is a mathematical term for:

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10 to the 100th power

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What was the first internet search engine to be run entirely by software?

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excite

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18
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Larry Page is the co-founder of

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Google

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What figure did the co-founder of Google say their company will be worth one day in revenue?

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10 billion

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True or False? iMovie ‘11 is really version 9.

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True

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True or False? iMovie 10 is a yellow star icon.

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False

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True or False? In iMovie version 9, when you detach audio from a video clip, the audio turns purple.

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True

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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.

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M4V

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True or False? According to the REMIX video series, creation requires influence.

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True

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According to the REMIX video series, what is Hollywood’s greatest talent? Transforming the _____ into the ______.

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old, new

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According to the REMIX video series, what are the 3 elements of creativity? (choose 3 answers)

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copy
transform
combine

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According to the REMIX video series, what is the difference between copyrights and patents? Copyrights cover ______ and patents cover _________.

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media, inventions

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What were the two Apple home computer systems called, developed after the Star 8010 in the early 1980’s? (choose 2 answers)

A

Lisa

Macintosh

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29
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According to the REMIX video series, copying is how we ________

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learn

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30
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LUCA stands for:

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Last Universal Common Ancestor

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31
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According to the REMIX video series, for almost our entire history, ideas were _______

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free

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32
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Define the term, REMIX -

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To combine or edit existing materials to produce something new

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33
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The Flappy Bird creator was supposedly bringing in _________ from in-app advertising revenue.

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$50,000 a day

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34
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In 2010, 2 years before Candy Crush Saga was released, RunSome Apps released a game called:

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CandySwipe

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35
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According to the Plagiarism Today article, King’s Papa Pear Saga is a clone of what previously released game?

A

Peggle

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36
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What email provider does Edward Snowden use?

A

: LavaBit

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37
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What operating system does the Twister App not run on?

A

Windows

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38
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How many promoted Twister messages can a user send out a day?

A

1

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39
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Facebook just acquired the messaging app, What’sApp. According to the Wired UK article, how much did Facebook pay?

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16 billion plus 3 billion to its founders.

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Brian Acton, one of the co-founders of “What’s App”, used to work for _______?

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Yahoo!

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41
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True or False? According to the Wired UK article, What’sApp has never had any advertising.

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True

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42
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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.

A

False

Pheme

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43
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The “colour of the sound” is related to what property of sound?

A

Timbre

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44
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The frequency of the sound is related to what property of sound?

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Pitch

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45
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The amplitude of the sound is related to what property of sound?

A

Loudness

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46
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True or False? The relative tempo of a sound is related to our internal heart beat, whether we perceive something as fast or slow.

A

True

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47
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The envelope of the sound is related to what property of sound?

A

Articulation

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48
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The direction and location of a sound is related to what property of sound?

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Diffusion

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49
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In Sonic Visualiser, version 2, identify what panes can be added to analyze a waveform. (check all that apply) hint - there are 3.

A

Add Spectogram
Add Spectrum
Add Peak Frequency Spectogram

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50
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True or False? A microphone is a transducer, converting electrical energy into acoustical energy.

A

False

t converts acoustical energy into electrical energy.

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True or False? A dynamic microphone has a magnet inside.

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True

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52
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True or False? A speaker uses the same technology as a dynamic microphone, except the transduction is reversed.

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True

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53
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True or False? A Shure SM-77 is an example of a condenser microphone.

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False dynamic

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54
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True or False? A condenser microphone has a magnet inside.

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False

not a magnet but 2 plates.

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55
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True or False? A condenser microphone requires phantom power in order to pick up acoustical energy.

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True

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True or False? An AKG C414 is an example of a dynamic microphone.

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Your Answer: False

Teacher Feedback:
condenser

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True or False? The standard for phantom power is 44 volts.

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False

Teacher Feedback:
48 volts

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58
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True or False? Our Mackie mixer in the GTV studio has a phantom power switch, under the mixer.

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False

Teacher Feedback:
on the back of the mixer

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59
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True or False? An omni-directional polar patter, picks up sound in one direction only.

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False

Teacher Feedback:
sound in all directions

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60
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True or False? A Cardioid polar pattern microphone is another word for an omni directional microphone.

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False

Teacher Feedback:
uni directional

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61
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True or False? A shotgun microphone uses a very narrow cardioid pick up pattern.

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True

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62
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The range of human hearing is commonly between:

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20 Hz to 20000 Hz

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63
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True or False? Condenser microphones usually have a higher frequency response than dynamic microphones and usually cost more money.

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True

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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.

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75 - 150 Hz

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65
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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.

A

True

66
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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.

A

False

Teacher Feedback:
short distances only with a hi z microphone. High resistance means minimal interference.

67
Q

On our Mackie mixer in the GTV studio, the equalization knobs are colour coded as:

A

blue

68
Q

True or False? If you overdrive the preamp on the Mackie mixer, you will break up and distort the sound.

A

True

69
Q

The Mackie Mixer has ___ part equalization.

A

3

70
Q

True or False? In regards to camera production, the acronym SHAMP refers to Size, Height, Angle, Manipulation and Placement.

A

False

Teacher Feedback:
M stands for Movement

71
Q

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.

A

True

72
Q

What documentary style is “Super Size Me”?

A

Expository

73
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What documentary style is “Bowling for Columbine”?

A

Interactive

74
Q

What documentary style is “The Thin Blue Line”?

A

Reflexive

75
Q

In 2005, Panavision came out with a digital camera called the:

A

Genesis

76
Q

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.

A

True

77
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True or False? The Cinematographer is also called the Director of Photography on a film set.

A

True

78
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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.

A

False

79
Q

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.

A

10

80
Q

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

A

True

81
Q

In Video Production, the acronym CCD stands for:

A

Charge-coupled Device

82
Q

The RED1 camera was available to the public in:

A

2007

83
Q

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

A

False

84
Q

In Web Design, HTML is an acronym meaning:

A

HyperText Markup Language

85
Q

In Web Design, CSS is an acronym meaning:

A

Cascading Style Sheets

86
Q

According to Codecademy.com, what should line 1 of every HTML page be?

A

!DOCTYPE html

87
Q

According to Codecademy.com, what is always the last line of an HTML document:

A

/html

88
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In an HTML document, things inside <> are called:

A

tags

89
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In an HTML document, the goes in between the _____ tags

A

head

90
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In an HTML document, the <p> tag stands for:

A

paragraph

91
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True or False? <h1> is smaller than <h5>?

A

False

92
Q

True or False? <img></img> is the proper way to link an image to your website.

A

False

93
Q

In an HTML document, an ordered list begins with an _____ tag:

A

ol

94
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In an HTML document, an unordered list begins with an _____ tag:

A

ul

95
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True or False? In an HTML document, comments start with a

A

False

96
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In an HTML document, px stands for:

A

pixels

97
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In an HTML document, what is the proper tag for a background colour?

A

background-color:

98
Q

In an HTML document, what is the proper tag for center-aligned text?

A

text-align:center

99
Q

Select all the attributes that influence design:

A

Audience
Tone
Purpose

100
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True or False? Typography is both verbal and visual.

A

True

101
Q

What is a serif?

A

The small lines tailing from the edges of letters.

102
Q

According to the Fundamentals of Design, what font would be the best choice for technology or transportation applications?

A

Transitional Sans Serif

103
Q

True or False? In design, the eye naturally moves from small elements up to the big elements and helps users process the content.

A

False

104
Q

True or False? Leading is the amount of space between lines of text.

A

True

105
Q

According to Fundamentals of Design, line width is measured in CPL. CPL stands for?

A

characters per line

106
Q

True or False? CMYK is an additive colour scheme?

A

False?

107
Q

In Fundamentals of Design, HSL stands for:

A

Hue, Saturation, Lightness

108
Q

According to the Fundamentals of Design, this colour represents warmth and vitality

A

orange

109
Q

True or False? In an analogous colour scheme, colours are adjacent to the base colour on the hue spectrum.

A

True

110
Q

True or False? In a complementary colour scheme, all colours have the same hue, but vary in saturation and brightness.

A

False

Teacher Feedback:
monochromatic

111
Q

True or False? A CSS file describes how an HTML file should look.

A

True

112
Q

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.

A

False

in between the head tags not the body tags.

113
Q

A CSS link tag needs 3 attributes to make it work. Identify the 3.

A

type
rel
href

114
Q

Identify at least 2 HTML tags that are self closing:

A

link

img src

115
Q

In CSS, you need to end each property value with a:

A

semi-colon

116
Q

Commenting in CSS is done with _____ :

A

/* and */

117
Q

Regular decimal counting is base-10, and hexadecimal counting is base-____:

A

16

118
Q

Hex values always start with a:

A

pound sign (#)

119
Q

True or False? Hex values are case sensitive.

A

False

120
Q

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.

A

True

121
Q

True or False? Any HTML element can be a CSS selector.

A

True

122
Q

What special selector will apply CSS styling to every element on the page?

A

*

123
Q

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 _______.

A

head, body

124
Q

ID’s are identified in CSS with the _____ sign.

A

pound sign (#)

125
Q

Classes are identified in CSS with a _____

A

dot (.)

126
Q

This CSS pseudo-class selector is used to apply styling to only the elements that are the first children of their parents.

A

first-child

127
Q

True or False? Contrast is defined as the difference in colors.

A

True

128
Q

The acronym, WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guideline.

A

True

129
Q

True or False? According to Fundamentals of Design, Blue is a naturally dark colour.

A

True

130
Q

True or False? According to the Fundamentals of Design, use cool colours in the background and warm colours in the foreground.

A

True

131
Q

How many axes are there in 3D animation?

A

3

132
Q

What default object shows up when you open up Blender?

A

cube

133
Q

To move an object in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is…

A

G

134
Q

To hide the toolshelf (left side) in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is…

A

T

135
Q

To orbit your view in Blender,

A

click and hold the middle mouse button

136
Q

To rotate an object, the keyboard shortcut in Blender is

A

R

137
Q

To resize an object, the keyboard shortcut in Blender is…

A

S

138
Q

To duplicate an object in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is…

A

Shift D

139
Q

To delete an object, the keyboard shortcut in Blender is

A

X

140
Q

To select an object in Blender, you use the

A

right mouse button

141
Q

The colour Green represents what axis in Blender?

A

Y

142
Q

In Object Mode, how do you know if an object is selected in Blender?

A

There is an orange outline around the object

143
Q

To render an image in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is…

A

F12

144
Q

The keyboard shortcut to go to Edit Mode in Blender is…

A

tab

145
Q

The default mode that Blender starts in is…

A

Object Mode

146
Q

In Edit Mode, a Vertex in Blender is another word for a:

A

point

147
Q

In Edit Mode, an Edge in Blender is another word for a:

A

line

148
Q

In Edit Mode, a Face in Blender is another word for a:

A

surface

149
Q

In Edit Mode in Blender, the keyboard shortcut “E” will:

A

extrude

150
Q

In the Materials Preview Window in Blender, what option is not available?

A

Torus

151
Q

RGB stands for -

A

Red, Green, Blue

152
Q

To insert a keyframe in Blender, the keyboard shortcut is…

A

i

153
Q

To zoom out on your Blender scene, one way is to use:

A

the scroll wheel of the middle mouse button

154
Q

The Z axis is represented by the colour:

A

blue

155
Q

Google copied their sponsored listings idea from a company called:

A

Overture

156
Q

In iMovie 9, if you want to export just the audio, iMovie will give you 3 options. Identify the option that is not available.

A

Sound to MP3

157
Q

The dynamic range of a digital camera is the range of

A

light intensities

158
Q

Identify the film that is not part of David Fincher’s career:

A

American Graffiti

159
Q

According to Fundamentals of Design, body copy should be set between 12- 36 px.

A

False

160
Q

According to the Fundamentals of Design, this colour’s message is youthful, mild and pure.

A

white

161
Q

Which of the following are not mesh objects in Blender (check all that apply)

A

Text

Armature

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