DIG 2000 Quiz questions
Computers use a numbering system that is base-2, which is also known as the _____
numbering system - ✔️✔️binary
When analog information is converted to digital data, we must consider two properties
that affect the exactness of the digital representation, one from sampling and one from
quantizing. Which of the following is from sampling? - ✔️✔️sampling rate
What year did the Macintosh computer become available? - ✔️✔️1984
The UNIVAC computer uses magnetic tape. T or F - ✔️✔️True
How much does IBM's first portable computer weigh? - ✔️✔️50 pounds
In George Dyson's video he tells us that a lot of smart people were brought together at
the Manhattan Project. One of them said:
"I'm thinking about something much more important than bombs, I'm thinking about
computers"
It was: - ✔️✔️John von Neumann
Digital data is _____ and analog information is _____. - ✔️✔️discrete; continuous
Digitization means converting _____ into _____. - ✔️✔️analog information, digital data
Converting from analog to digital involves a two-step process: _____ and _____. -
✔️✔️sampling, quantization
Our everyday decimal numbering system is base- _____. - ✔️✔️10
The smallest unit in a binary system is a _____ - ✔️✔️bit
Fill in the blanks with "bit(s)" or "byte(s)":
Eight _____ equals one _____. - ✔️✔️bits, byte
Which of the following sizes is the largest? - ✔️✔️24GB
, The word bit comes from the shortening of the words binary and digit. T or F -
✔️✔️True
HTML documents are ______. - ✔️✔️text files
Dynamic HTML is a combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. T or F - ✔️✔️True
HTML documents are plain text files? T or F - ✔️✔️True
Dynamic HTML is a special programming language by itself? - ✔️✔️False
Style sheets that define styles to display HTML elements. Multiple of such style sheets
can be combined. - ✔️✔️CSS
XHTML - Stands for Expired Hypertext Markup Language
It is a former code that is being phased out of newer browsers. - ✔️✔️False
Which is NOT an example of a Web Browser ? - ✔️✔️Word
Special codes that tell the Web browser how to display the HTML document -
✔️✔️Markup tags
A digital image captured at a higher resolution, captures more details and has a larger
file size than it would have if it had been captured at a lower resolution. Tor F -
✔️✔️True
A pixel is a point sample, not a little square - ✔️✔️True
An 1-bit color depth allows _____ colors. - ✔️✔️2
An 8-bit color depth allows _____ colors. - ✔️✔️256
Bitmapped images are composed of _____. - ✔️✔️individual pixels, which represent
spatial samples of the image or scene
Vector graphics are composed of _____. - ✔️✔️individual pixels, which represent
spatial smathematical descriptions of image elements, which include points, lines,
curves, and shapesamples of the image or scene
Sometimes when you magnify a picture on your computer screen, lines that should be
straight lines appear to be jagged. This effect is called _____. - ✔️✔️anti-aliasing
Computers use a numbering system that is base-2, which is also known as the _____
numbering system - ✔️✔️binary
When analog information is converted to digital data, we must consider two properties
that affect the exactness of the digital representation, one from sampling and one from
quantizing. Which of the following is from sampling? - ✔️✔️sampling rate
What year did the Macintosh computer become available? - ✔️✔️1984
The UNIVAC computer uses magnetic tape. T or F - ✔️✔️True
How much does IBM's first portable computer weigh? - ✔️✔️50 pounds
In George Dyson's video he tells us that a lot of smart people were brought together at
the Manhattan Project. One of them said:
"I'm thinking about something much more important than bombs, I'm thinking about
computers"
It was: - ✔️✔️John von Neumann
Digital data is _____ and analog information is _____. - ✔️✔️discrete; continuous
Digitization means converting _____ into _____. - ✔️✔️analog information, digital data
Converting from analog to digital involves a two-step process: _____ and _____. -
✔️✔️sampling, quantization
Our everyday decimal numbering system is base- _____. - ✔️✔️10
The smallest unit in a binary system is a _____ - ✔️✔️bit
Fill in the blanks with "bit(s)" or "byte(s)":
Eight _____ equals one _____. - ✔️✔️bits, byte
Which of the following sizes is the largest? - ✔️✔️24GB
, The word bit comes from the shortening of the words binary and digit. T or F -
✔️✔️True
HTML documents are ______. - ✔️✔️text files
Dynamic HTML is a combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. T or F - ✔️✔️True
HTML documents are plain text files? T or F - ✔️✔️True
Dynamic HTML is a special programming language by itself? - ✔️✔️False
Style sheets that define styles to display HTML elements. Multiple of such style sheets
can be combined. - ✔️✔️CSS
XHTML - Stands for Expired Hypertext Markup Language
It is a former code that is being phased out of newer browsers. - ✔️✔️False
Which is NOT an example of a Web Browser ? - ✔️✔️Word
Special codes that tell the Web browser how to display the HTML document -
✔️✔️Markup tags
A digital image captured at a higher resolution, captures more details and has a larger
file size than it would have if it had been captured at a lower resolution. Tor F -
✔️✔️True
A pixel is a point sample, not a little square - ✔️✔️True
An 1-bit color depth allows _____ colors. - ✔️✔️2
An 8-bit color depth allows _____ colors. - ✔️✔️256
Bitmapped images are composed of _____. - ✔️✔️individual pixels, which represent
spatial samples of the image or scene
Vector graphics are composed of _____. - ✔️✔️individual pixels, which represent
spatial smathematical descriptions of image elements, which include points, lines,
curves, and shapesamples of the image or scene
Sometimes when you magnify a picture on your computer screen, lines that should be
straight lines appear to be jagged. This effect is called _____. - ✔️✔️anti-aliasing
