CH 4

Chapter 4
Specialized Application Software
Multiple Choice
1.
Graphic programs widely used in the graphic arts profession include __________
a)
desktop publishing programs, image editors and illustration programs
b) artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and illustration programs

c)
megamedia programs, image editors, and desktop publishing programs
d) virtual reality, desktop publishing programs, and illustration programs

Answer: A
Difficulty level: Medium
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Response: The graphic arts profession would use desktop publishing, image
editors and illustrator programs in their work.
2.
One difference between desktop publishing and word processing is

a)
that desktop publishing allows you to create documents that have

professional-quality layout and type styles.
b) the first uses graphics, the second uses text.
c)
that word processing allows the user to add graphics to a document, desktop
publishing doesn't.
d) important because word processors work at the command line, but desktop
processors work with graphics.
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Hard
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Response: Desktop publishing allows you to mix text and graphics to create
publications of professional quality.
3.
Which of the following programs is not a popular desktop publishing program?

a) Adobe PageMaker
b) Microsoft Publisher
c)
Lotus AmiPro
d) QuarkXPress
Answer: C
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Response: Lotus AmiPro is a word processing package.
4.
Programs used to create or modify bitmap images are called __________

a)
illustration programs
b) paint programs
c)
graphical modifiers
d) bit publishing packages

Answer: B
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Response: Image editors (also known as paint programs) are programs for
creating and editing bitmap images.
5.
Paint programs and image editors are used for creating and editing __________
a)
bitmap images
b) vector images
c)
text
d) HTML codes
Answer: A
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Response: Paint programs and image editors are programs for creating and editing
bitmap images.
6.
Raster images are also known as

a)
bitmap images
b) vector images
c)
clip art images
d) multimedia images
Answer: A
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Response: Raster images are also known as bitmap images.
7.
Images made up of thousands of pixels are called ___________

a) bitmap
b) vector
c) story boards
d) graphics
Answer: A
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Response: Bitmap images use thousands of dots or pixels to represent images.
8.
Which of the following programs is not a popular professional image editor

program?
a) Adobe PageMaker
b) Microsoft Paint
c) Adobe Photoshop
d) Corel PhotoPaint
Answer: A

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Response: Adobe PageMaker is a desktop publishing package.
9.
Vector images are __________

a)
composed of pixels
b) composed of thousands of dots

c)
slightly more difficult to manipulate than other images
d) composed of objects such as lines, rectangles, and ovals

Answer: D
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Response: Vector images use geometric shapes or objects.
10.
Programs used to create or modify vector images are called __________

a)
illustration programs
b) image editors
c)
graphical modifiers
d) bit publishing packages

Answer: A
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Response: Illustration programs (also known as drawing programs) are used to
create and to edit vector images.
11.
CorelDraw is an example of a(n) __________

a)
groupware application
b) bit publishing package

c)
paint program
d) graphics suite
Answer: D
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Response: CorelDraw is an example of a graphics suite program.
12.
A collection of graphics programs and supporting data files is called a

__________
a)
groupware application
b) freehand package
c)
graphics suite
d) shared program collection

Answer: C
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Response: A graphics suite is a combination or bundle of separate graphics
packaged in groups.
13.
An essential ingredient for effective multimedia presentations incorporates user

participation or __________
a)
links
b) buttons
c)
interactivity
d) integration
Answer: C
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Response: Interactivity allows the user to choose the information to view, to
control the pace and flow of information, and to respond to items and receive
feedback.
14.
The term that describes a user's participation with a multimedia presentation is

__________
a)
hyperactivity
b) interactivity
c)
inactivity
d) reactivity
Answer: B
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feedback.
15.
Multimedia can contain

a)
graphics, animation, video, music, and voice
b) only numeric-type data

c)
numeric, text, and picture data
d) databases that, in turn, contain other databases, creating a massive data

collection
Answer: A
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Response: Multimedia may include video, music, voice, graphics, and text.
16.
Primary uses of business interactive multimedia include all of the following

except
a) product demonstrations
b) Web page development
c) entertainment
d) high-quality presentations
Answer: C
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Response: Entertainment interactive multimedia is primarily used in the home.
17.
The connection between a multimedia presentation and a file containing a song to

be played is called a(n) __________
a)
link
b) chain
c)
pointer
d) tie
Answer: A
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Response: Each page presents information and provides links or connections to
related information.
18.
Clicking on special areas called __________ activates the various features of a

multimedia presentation.
a)
activators
b) starters
c)
pages
d) buttons
Answer: D
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Response: By clicking on special areas called buttons on a page, you can make
appropriate links and navigate through a presentation to locate and discover
information.
19.
When determining the overall objective of the project, the resources required and
the persons or team who will work on the project, you are in the __________ step
of developing a multimedia presentation.
a) planning
b) designing
c) creating
d) supporting
Answer: A
Difficulty level: Easy
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Response: The planning process would be this part of developing a multimedia
presentation.
20.
The creation of a storyboard is essential to the development of the project. This is

the __________ step of development.
a) planning
b) designing
c) creating
d) supporting
Answer: B
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Response: The storyboard is part of the design process in the development of a
project.
21.
Errors are identified and the presentation is evaluated in terms of effectiveness in

the __________ step.
a) planning
b) designing
c) creating
d) supporting
Answer: D
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Response: Evaluate effectiveness, identify errors, and revise as needed is done in
the support stage.
22.
Before building a presentation with a multimedia authoring system, the designer

would use a __________
a)
flowchart
b) hypermedia database
c)
button file
d) storyboard
Answer: D
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Response: A storyboard is a design tool used to record the intended overall logic,
flow, and structure of a multimedia presentation.
23.
A(n) __________ is a design tool that shows the overall flow of a multimedia
presentation.
a)
link
b) graphical map
c)
storyboard
d) Gantt chart
Answer: C
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24.
A specialized program used to create multimedia presentations is a __________

a) Web authoring program
b) desktop publishing program
c) multimedia authoring program
d) illustration program
Answer: C
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Response: Multimedia authoring program is used to create multimedia
presentations.
25.
Popular multimedia authoring programs include the following except for

a)
Macromedia Director
b) QuarkXPress
c) Authorware
d) Toolbox
Answer: B
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Response: QuarkXPress is a popular desktop publishing program.
26.
Creating Web sites is called

a)
Web authoring
b) HTML creating
c)
storyboard designing
d) Web mapping
Answer: A
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Response: Creating Web sites is called Web authoring.
27.
The overall Web site design is commonly represented in a(n) __________

a)
Web map
b) graphical map
c)
Web board
d) Web storyboard
Answer: B
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Response: The overall site design is commonly represented in a graphical map.
28.
Most Web sites have moving graphics called

a)
animations
b) vectors
c)
links
d) morphs
Answer: A
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Response: Most Web sites have moving graphics called animations.
29.
This type of animation is usually full-screen and highly dynamic and interactive
a)
storyboard
b) applet
c)
Java
d) Flash
Answer: D
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Response: Flash (from Macromedia, Inc.) is a highly dynamic and interactive
animation that is usually full-screen.
30.
A special effect in which one image seems to melt into another is referred to as
a)
drifting
b) flashing
c)
morphing
d) polling
Answer: C
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Response: Morphing is a special effect in which one image seems to melt into
another.
31.
More specialized and powerful programs typically used to create sophisticated

commercial sites are known as
a)
Web page editors
b) HTML editors
c)
Web authoring programs
d) All of the above

Answer: D
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Response: Web authoring programs which are also known as Web page editors
and HTML editors are used to create sophisticated commercial Web sites.
32.
Microsoft FrontPage is an example of a(n) __________

a)
authorizing streaming program
b) graphical map editor

c)
Web page editor
d) robotics authoring program

Answer: C
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Response: Microsoft FrontPage is an example of a Web authoring program (also
known as a Web page editor).
33.
The simulated experience where you can create and experience new forms of
reality without actually being there is referred to as __________
a)
unstructured problems
b) virtual reality
c)
VRML
d) robotics
Answer: B
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Response: Virtual reality is an artificial, or simulated, reality generated in 3-D by
a computer.
34.
A simulated experience generated by computer, like visiting the surface of the sun
or experiencing life inside a human blood cell, is called __________
a)
visual reality
b) extended experience
c)
virtual reality
d) vicarious actuality
Answer: C
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Response: Virtual reality is an artificial, or simulated, reality generated in 3-D by
a computer.
35.
The field of computer science known as artificial intelligence attempts to

__________
a)
replace human thought and emotion
b) serve as a buffer to free humans from decision-making tasks

c)
replace human intelligence
d) mimic or simulate human senses, thought processes, and actions

Answer: D
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Response: The field of computer science known as artificial intelligence attempts
to develop computer systems that can mimic or simulate human senses, thought
processes, and actions.
36.
People are best at solving __________ problems, using intuition and reasoning.
a)
numeric
b) logical
c)
unstructured
d) structured
Answer: C
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Response: People are better at solving unstructured problems because they can
use intuition, reasoning, and memory.
37.
More serious applications of virtual reality involve __________

a)
participating in amusement park rides
b) video games and projects

c)
training environments
d) knowledge-based systems
Answer: C
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Response: More serious applications can simulate important experiences or
training environments.
38.
Another name for a knowledge-based system is

a)
a perception system
b) a conventional system
c)
an expert system
d) a database management system

Answer: C
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Response: Knowledge-based systems are also known as expert systems.
39.
Expert systems use a(n) __________ that contains specific facts and rules to
relate these facts.
a)
rule base
b) knowledge base
c)
rule set
d) expert knowledge
Answer: B
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Response: Expert systems use a knowledge base that contains specific facts, rules
to relate these facts, and user input to formulate recommendations and decisions.
40.
Fuzzy logic is
a)
used to respond to questions in a humanlike way
b) a new programming language used to program animation

c)
the result of fuzzy thinking
d) a term that indicates logical values greater than one

Answer: A
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Response: Fuzzy logic allows users to respond to questions in a very humanlike
way.
41.
A robot is a __________
a)
computer-controlled machine that mimics the motor activities of living things
b) machine that thinks like a human
c)
machine that replaces a human by performing complex mental processing

tasks
d) type of virtual reality device that takes the place of humans in adventures
Answer: A
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Response: Robots are computer-controlled machines that mimic the motor
activities of living things.
42.
Perception system robots

a)
act as a transportation system, like a "mailmobile"
b) imitate some human senses

c)
perform manufacturing tasks like painting cars
d) are another name for virtual reality

Answer: B
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Response: Perception system robots imitate some of the human senses.
43.
A mobile robot
a)
acts as a transportation system, like a "mailmobile"
b) imitates some human senses

c)
performs manufacturing tasks like painting cars
d) is another name for virtual reality
Answer: A
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Response: Mobile robots act as transports and are widely used for a variety of
different tasks.
44.
Computer-controlled machines that mimic the motor activities of living things are
a)
virtual reality
b) robotics
c)
knowledge-based systems
d) machines that think like a human

Answer: B
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45.
Robots used in automobile plants would be classified as

a)
perception systems
b) industrial robots
c)
mobile robots
d) knowledge robots
Answer: B
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Response: Industrial robots are used in automobile plants.
True/False
46.
One difference between desktop publishing and word processing is that with
desktop publishing you can mix text and graphics.
Answer: True
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Response: Desktop publishing allows you to mix text and graphics to create
publications of professional quality.
47.
Desktop publishing software focuses on manipulating text.

Answer: False
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Response: Desktop publishing software focuses on page design and layout.
48.
Paint programs are mainly used to create and modify vector images.
Answer: False
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Response: Paint programs are programs for creating and editing bitmap images.
49.
Illustration programs create and modify vector images.

Answer: True
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Response: Illustration programs are used to create and to edit vector images.
50.
Vector images use pixels to represent images.

Answer: False
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Response: Vector images use geometric shapes or objects to represent images.
51.
Because vector images are created using mathematical equations, they are
difficult to resize and manipulate.
Answer: False
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Response: Vector images are easy to resize and manipulate.
52.
Multimedia is the integration of all sorts of media into one presentation.

Answer: True
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Response: Multimedia may include video, music, voice, graphics, and text.
53.
Interactivity describes how the various parts of a multimedia presentation relate to

one another.
Answer: False
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feedback.
54.
Multimedia is almost exclusively used in computer games.

Answer: False
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Response: Multimedia is used extensively in business, education, and the home.
55.
Multimedia programs are created using multimedia authoring programs such as

Macromedia Director, Authorware, and Toolbox.
Answer: True
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Response: All of these programs are multimedia authoring programs.
56.
One page of a multimedia presentation may contain links to many other pages.
Answer: True
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Response: Each page presents information and provides links or connections to
related information.
57.
Macromedia Director is an example of a popular desktop publishing program.

Answer: False
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Response: Macromedia Director is an example of a multimedia authoring
program.
58.
A design tool used to record the intended overall logic, flow, and structure of a
multimedia presentation is called a graphical map.
Answer: False
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Response: A design tool used to record the intended overall logic, flow, and
structure of a multimedia presentation is called a storyboard.
59.
One common multimedia element found on most Web sites is moving graphics
called clip art.
Answer: False
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Response: A common multimedia element found on most Web sites is moving
graphics called animations.
60.
Morphing is a common visual effect found on many Web pages in which one
image seems to melt into another.
Answer: True
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another.
61.
Many Web pages are written using simple HTML editors.

Answer: True
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Response: Many Web pages are created using simple text editors and many word
processing packages.
62.
A Web page editor is a person who writes Web pages.

Answer: False
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Response: A web page editor is a program that is used to support Web site design
and HTML coding.
63.
The goal of artificial intelligence is to allow machines to think for people.

Answer: False
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Response: The goal of AI is to develop computer systems that can mimic or
simulate human senses, thought processes, and actions.
64.
Historically, people have used computers to solve structured problems.

Answer: True
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Response: In the past, computers were used to solve structured problems.
65.
Virtual reality simulates real experiences in a computer-controlled environment.

Answer: True
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Response: Virtual reality simulates reality in a 3-D computer-controlled
environment.
66.
Another name for virtual reality is artificial intelligence.

Answer: False
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Response: Another name for VR is artificial reality or virtual environment.
67.
Creating virtual reality programs requires very high-end software costing several
thousands of dollars.
Answer: False
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Response: Traditionally this was the case, but recently several lower-cost yet
powerful authoring programs have been introduced.
68.
VRML is used to program robots to perform knowledge-based activities.

Answer: False

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Response: VRML is used to create real-time animated 3-D scenes.
69.
Virtual reality modeling language is used to create real-time animated 3-D scenes.
Answer: True
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70.
Virtual reality is a great game tool, but has no serious application.

Answer: False
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Response: Virtual reality is being used in serious applications such as aviation,
surgical operations, and nuclear disaster cleanups.
71.
Virtual reality can create wonderful games and can also help workers learn new
skills.
Answer: True
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Response: Virtual reality is used in many training environments to help workers

learn new skills.
72.
In some critical applications, expert systems are now replacing people.

Answer: False
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Response: Expert systems do not replace the people (experts), they are used to
assist them.
73.
An expert system is designed to aid in human decision making.

Answer: True
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Response: Expert systems are designed to assist a subject matter expert in her/his
field.
74.
Expert systems contain all the knowledge of the human experts on a particular
subject.
Answer: False
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Response: Expert systems contain a knowledge base that contains specific facts,
rules to relate those facts, and user input to formulate recommendations and
decisions.
75.
An expert could use an expert system to check her/his judgment.

Answer: True
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Response: Expert systems are designed to assist the user, and as such can be used
to check her/his judgment on a particular matter.
76.
An expert system's knowledge base is a set of rules.

Answer: True
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Response: An expert system uses a database, or knowledge base, that contains
specific facts, rules to relate the facts, and user input to formulate
recommendations and decisions.
77.
Expert systems use fuzzy logic, which allows users to respond to questions in a
very humanlike way.
Answer: True
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Response: Expert systems do use fuzzy logic and allow users to respond to
questions in a very humanlike way.
78.
Fuzzy logic is the result of fuzzy thinking.

Answer: False

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Response: Fuzzy logic is used by expert systems to allow users to respond by
using qualitative terms.
79.
Fuzzy logic uses values like bigger, smaller, and close.

Answer: True
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Response: Fuzzy logic uses qualitative terms such as great, OK, bigger, smaller,
and close.
80.
A computer using fuzzy logic can accept an answer that is close to but not exactly
correct.
Answer: True
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Response: Fuzzy logic systems are designed to use qualitative terms.
81.
Expert systems use a type of database known as a knowledge base in order to

provide
assistance to users.
Answer: True
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Response: Expert systems use a knowledge base in order to provide assistance to
users.
82.
A robot is a computer-controlled machine that mimics the motor activities of

living things.
Answer: True
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83.
Robots are used in many industries.

Answer: True
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Response: Robots are used in perception systems, industrial and mobile
applications.
84.
A robot is different from other assembly-line machines because it can be

reprogrammed.
Answer: True
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Response: Robots can be reprogrammed to do more than one task.
85.
A robot used in an automobile plant would be classified as a perception robot.

Answer: False
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Response: A robot used in an automobile plant would be classified as an industrial
robot.
Fill-In-The-Blank
86.
Software that allows the user to create professional-quality layout and type styles
is __________.
Answer: desktop publishing
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Response: Desktop publishing allows you to create publications of professional
quality.
87.
__________ programs focus on page design and layout and provide greater
flexibility than word processing programs.
Answer: Desktop publishing

Page: 96
Response: Desktop publishing focuses on page design and layout and has more
flexibility than word processing programs.
88.
__________ are programs for creating and editing bitmap images.

Answer: Image editors
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Response: Image editors are programs for creating and editing bitmap images.
89
Bitmap images, also known as __________ images, use thousands of dots or

pixels to represent images.
Answer: raster
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Response: Bitmap images are also known as raster images.
90.
Paint programs produce _________ images which are made up of thousands of

dots or pixels.
Answer: bitmap

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Response: Paint programs produce bitmap images made up of pixels.
91.
A __________ program, or image editor, allows you to use tools that simulate
painting on a digital image.
Answer: paint
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Response: Paint programs or image editors enable you to accomplish this task.
92.
__________ programs are used to create and to edit vector images.

Answer: Illustration
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Response: Illustration programs (drawing programs) are used to create and to edit
vector images.
93.
__________ images use geometric shapes or objects that can easily be resized and
manipulated.
Answer: Vector
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Response: Vector images used geometric shapes or objects.
94.
Graphic __________ are a combination or bundle of graphics programs packaged

in the same box.
Answer: suites
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Response: Graphic suites are a group of graphic programs bundled in the same
box.
95.
__________ is the integration of all sorts of media into one presentation.

Answer: Multimedia
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Response: Multimedia is the integration of all sorts of media into one presentation
including video, music, voice, graphics, and text.
96.
A presentation that contains graphics, video, music, and voice would be an

example of a(n) __________ presentation.
Answer: multimedia
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Response: Multimedia can integrate all of these things in a presentation.
97.
The term __________ allows the user to choose the information to view, to
feedback.
Answer: interactivity
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Response: Interactivity allows the user to participate in the presentation.
98.
A user navigates through a multimedia presentation by clicking on __________.

Answer: buttons
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Response: By clicking on special buttons you can navigate through a multimedia
presentation.
99.
Connections to related information in a multimedia presentation are called

__________.
Answer: links
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Response: Web pages provide links that are used to connect the information.
100.
A(n) __________ shows the logic, flow, and structure of a multimedia

presentation.
Answer: storyboard
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101.
Multimedia __________ programs are used to create multimedia presentations.

Answer: authoring
Page: 100
Response: Multimedia authoring programs are special programs used to create
multimedia presentations.
102.
Creating a Web site is commonly referred to as Web __________.

Answer: authoring
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Response: Creating a site is called Web authoring.
103.
The overall Web site design is commonly represented in a(n) __________ map.
Answer: graphical
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Response: The overall site design is commonly represented in a graphical map.
104.
A common multimedia element found on most Web sites is moving graphics

called __________.
Answer: animations
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Response: Moving graphics on a Web site are called animations.
105.
Software from Macromedia, Inc. called __________ is used to create animation

that is used on Web sites.
Answer: Flash
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Response: Macromedia, Inc. produce a software called Flash.
106.
__________ is a special effect in which one image seems to melt into another.
Answer: Morphing
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another.
107.
Web __________ programs are used to create sophisticated commercial Web

sites.
Answer: authoring
Page: 104
Response: Web authoring programs are used to create sophisticated commercial
Web sites.
108.
__________ intelligence is the science of mimicking human senses, thought

processes, and actions with a computer.
Answer: Artificial
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Response: AI attempts to develop computer systems that can mimic or simulate
human senses, thought processes, and actions.
109.
Historically, computers were used to solve __________ problems, which could be

broken down into a series of well-defined steps.
Answer: structured

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Response: In the past, computers were used to solve structured problems.
110.
People are better at solving __________ problems because they can use intuition,
reasoning, and memory.
Answer: unstructured
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Response: People are better at solving unstructured problems.
111.
A computer-generated environment that allows users to experience events that are

not happening in real life is called __________.
Answer: virtual reality
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Response: VR is an artificial, or simulated, reality generated in 3-D by a
computer.
112.
Virtual reality is also commonly known as VR, artificial reality, or virtual

__________.
Answer: environment
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Response: Virtual reality is also known VR, artificial reality, or virtual
environment.
113.
Virtual reality __________ language is used to create real-time animated 3-D

scenes.
Answer: modeling
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114.
Modern virtual reality strives to be a(n) __________ experience, allowing a user

to walk into a virtual reality room or view simulations on a virtual reality wall.
Answer: immersive
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Response: VR strives to be an immersive experience.
115.
A computer-generated environment that allows users to experience events that are

not happening in real life is called __________ reality.
Answer: virtual
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Response: VR is an artificial, or simulated, reality generated in 3-D by a
computer.
116.
__________ consists of interactive sensory equipment such as data gloves and

headsets to simulate alternative realities to the real world.
Answer: Virtual reality
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Response: VR is an artificial, or simulated, reality that uses data gloves and
headsets.
117.
Another name for a knowledge system is a(n) __________ system.

Answer: expert
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Response: Another name for a knowledge system is an expert system.
118.
__________-based systems are a type of artificial intelligence that uses a database

to provide assistance to users.
Answer: Knowledge
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Response: Knowledge-based systems are a type of AI that uses a database to
provide assistance to users.
119.
Expert systems use a database, or __________ base, that contains specific facts,
rules to relate these facts, and user input to formulate recommendations and
decisions.
Answer: knowledge
Page: 106
Response: Expert systems use a database or knowledge-base.
120.
If a computer program understood "fine" as a reply to a question, that computer is

probably using __________ logic.
Answer: fuzzy
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Response: Fuzzy logic system can use qualitative terms such as fine to respond.
121.
A expert system that allows users to respond by using qualitative terms, such as
great and OK, is called a __________.
Answer: fuzzy logic
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Response: Fuzzy logic allows for the use of qualitative terms such as these.
122.
A computer-controlled device that performs humanlike activities is called a(n)

__________.
Answer: robot
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Response: Robots perform humanlike activities.
123.
A(n) __________ system robot can imitate some human senses.

Answer: perception
Page: 107
Response: Perception system robots imitate some of the human senses.
124.
An automobile plant would most likely utilize these types of robots

(__________).
Answer: industrial
Page: 107
Response: Industrial robots are highly utilized in the manufacturing industry.
125.
__________ robots act as transporters and are widely used for a variety of
different tasks.
Answer: Mobile
Page: 107
Response: Mobile robots act as transports.
Essay
126.
Differentiate between desktop publishing and word processing.

Answer: Desktop publishing programs mix text and graphics to create
professional publications. Word processors focus on creating text and have the
ability to combine text and graphics.
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127.
Describe the way a multimedia document works.

Answer: A multimedia document is typically organized as a series of related
pages. Each page presents information and provides links or connections to
related information. By clicking special areas called buttons on a page, the user
can make appropriate links and navigate through a document. These links can be
to video, sound, graphics, and text files, to other pages, and to other resources.
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128.
Discuss the use of storyboards in multimedia.

Answer: Storyboards are used in the early planning phase of a multimedia
project. They are a design tool used to record the intended overall logic, flow, and
structure of a multimedia presentation. Individual storyboards specify the
content, style, and design of each display along with the links to video, audio,
graphics, text or any other media.
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129.
Differentiate between structured problems and unstructured problems giving

examples of each.
Answer: A structured problem has specific facts, outcomes, based on particular
data; unstructured problems would deal more with what might be or rely on
intuition for a possible solution (feelings, thoughts, and perceptions). Structured
problems might include distances, equations, scientific solutions based on
recorded data; unstructured problems might include alternative solutions to a
slump in sales, how might people react to certain advertising.
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130.
Explain VRML.
Answer: VRML is Virtual Reality Modeling Language. It is used to create realtime animated 3-D scenes. Users are able to experience virtual reality
applications on the web using browsers that support VRML.
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131.
Describe the goal of artificial intelligence.

Answer: The goal of artificial intelligence is not to replace human intelligence,
which is probably not replaceable. Rather, it is to help people to be more
productive.
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132.
Describe fuzzy logic.

Answer: Fuzzy logic allows users to respond to questions in a very humanlike
way. Fuzzy logic uses values like bigger, smaller, and close.
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133.
You want to develop a system that would capture a medical specialist's

knowledge. The system would then be used to help other doctors make better
decisions. What type of system would you most likely develop?
Answer: You would probably develop an expert system designed to contain all
the knowledge of the human expert on a particular subject. The expert system
can then be used to provide advice to decision makers.
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134.
Define the word robot and explain three common uses for them.
Answer: A robot is a computer-controlled machine that performs human motor
activities.
Most robots are used in factories and elsewhere. Robots are designed to handle
dangerous or repetitious tasks for people.
Robots with television-camera vision systems can be used to guide machine tools,
for inspecting products, and for welding.
Industrial robots are used in factories to perform certain assembly-line tasks.
Some robots act as transporters, such as mailmobiles.
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135.
Describe the three types of robotic systems and give one example of use for each.
Answer: 1. Perception system robots imitate some of the human senses. A robot
with a television-camera vision system can be used to guide machine tools. 2.
Industrial robots are reprogrammable and are used to perform a
variety of tasks such as automobile painting and pattern cutting
pieces for garments. 3. Mobile robots act as transports. An
example of use is to locate and disarm explosive devices.
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Specialized Application Software

desktop publishing programs, image editors and illustration programs

b) artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and illustration programs

megamedia programs, image editors, and desktop publishing programs

d) virtual reality, desktop publishing programs, and illustration programs

One difference between desktop publishing and word processing is

that desktop publishing allows you to create documents that have

b) the first uses graphics, the second uses text.

Which of the following programs is not a popular desktop publishing program?

Programs used to create or modify bitmap images are called __________

d) bit publishing packages

Raster images are also known as

clip art images

Images made up of thousands of pixels are called ___________

Which of the following programs is not a popular professional image editor

Difficulty level: Medium

Vector images are __________

b) composed of thousands of dots

slightly more difficult to manipulate than other images

d) composed of objects such as lines, rectangles, and ovals

Programs used to create or modify vector images are called __________

d) bit publishing packages

CorelDraw is an example of a(n) __________

b) bit publishing package

A collection of graphics programs and supporting data files is called a

d) shared program collection

An essential ingredient for effective multimedia presentations incorporates user

The term that describes a user's participation with a multimedia presentation is

Multimedia can contain

graphics, animation, video, music, and voice

b) only numeric-type data

numeric, text, and picture data

d) databases that, in turn, contain other databases, creating a massive data

Primary uses of business interactive multimedia include all of the following

The connection between a multimedia presentation and a file containing a song to

Clicking on special areas called __________ activates the various features of a

The creation of a storyboard is essential to the development of the project. This is

Errors are identified and the presentation is evaluated in terms of effectiveness in

Before building a presentation with a multimedia authoring system, the designer

A specialized program used to create multimedia presentations is a __________

Popular multimedia authoring programs include the following except for

Creating Web sites is called

The overall Web site design is commonly represented in a(n) __________

Most Web sites have moving graphics called

More specialized and powerful programs typically used to create sophisticated

Web page editors

Web authoring programs

d) All of the above

Microsoft FrontPage is an example of a(n) __________

authorizing streaming program

b) graphical map editor

Web page editor

d) robotics authoring program

The field of computer science known as artificial intelligence attempts to

replace human thought and emotion

b) serve as a buffer to free humans from decision-making tasks

replace human intelligence

d) mimic or simulate human senses, thought processes, and actions

More serious applications of virtual reality involve __________

participating in amusement park rides

b) video games and projects

Another name for a knowledge-based system is