Comp Sci 1033: Exam Review
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
How Long Does it Take to Make a Good First Impression, and How Long for Someone to Go
Beyond That? - Answer 7-15 seconds to make a good first impression, 4 min for someone to
decide to go beyond first impression.
What is the General Definition of Multimedia? - Answer Everything you can hear or see;
Media include texts, books, pictures, music, sounds, CDs, videos, DVDs, MP3 players, iPods,
records films etc.
What is the Technical Definition for Multimedia? - Answer Describes any application or
technology that can be used to present: Text, images, sound, animation video.
How Do We Communicate? - Answer We communicate using our five senses.
What Benefit Does the Internet Serve Us? - Answer Software applications via delivery on the
Internet Via Website à combined into a media application to inform, educate, entertain.
How Did Propaganda Use to Work? And How it the Internet More Efficient? - Answer -How
did propaganda use to work: newspapers, TV ads, radio.
-Radio and tv was the way to get the big ideas out.
-Communicate a message with less people: telephone, other people.
-With the advent of the internet, there are advantages to spreading the message.
1.It's immediate
2.Can communicate across the world.
It's free.
Difference between Worldwide Web and Internet? - Answer -internet is the hardware.
(wires, satellites)
-Worldwide web is a piece of software that runs on the internet (WinSCP, Email)
When and What Was the Precursor to the Internet? - Answer - 1969: NETWORK
TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCED ARPANET
-Objective: a network technology to allow researchers at various locations across the country to
share information
-4 locations in 1969 - UCLA, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, University of Utah
,-1970 - East coast
Who and When Created the Internet? - Answer -Tim Berners-Lee
-1991: WORLD WIDE WEB is finished and debuts (http) and html and URL.
What is the Future of Multimedia? - Answer multimedia will continue to grow into more
than 1 $100 billion industry with top three applications
§ #1 - Entertainment $15 billion
§ #2 - Publishing $7 billion
§ #3 - Education/Training $7 billion
Examples of Modern Inventions and Results Present of Multimedia? - Answer o E-leaning,
iTV (interactive TV)
o Web 2.0 (sharing between users) - trend in web design, development, can refer to second
generation of web-based communities and hosted services (social networking, wikis, blogs)
which aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing between users
o Laptops becoming smaller, thinner, more powerful
o Legal issues - copyright, rights management, piracy à problematic since rapid technology
changes
o Better skills - strong understanding of media and moving images as well as traditional IT and
programming skills
What are the Multimedia Features - Answer 1. Interactivity
2. Hyperlinking
4. Computer Based Delivery
What is the Multimedia Feature: Interactivity? - Answer -USER CONTROL over the
application
-Experience ACTIVE rather than passive as with television
-Examples: clicking on links on the internet, on-line computer-based exam, driving simulation
What is the Multimedia Feature: Hyperlinking - Answer -INDEX allows for "jumping" around
sections
-Vs Sequential: start at beginning and move to the end (books, movies, videos)
-HTML has features that allows you to build hyperlinks to other webpages or location on the
same page
,What is the Multimedia Feature: Computer Based Delivery - Answer -Computer-based
multimedia applications INTEGRATE the various media components and ALLOW interactivity-
-Modes of delivery of the applications include: video games, interactive web applications, CD
ROM disks, info kiosks
What are the categories and Applications of Multimedia? - Answer o Education - offering
instruction (CD-Roms for preschoolers, bio in virtual labs)
o Entertainment - largest category (games (CDs/web), proprietary systems (X-box), MP3
players/ipods)
o Inform - Encarta and interactive world atlas (interactive multimedia including sound, video,
and 3-D animation to provide information and illustrate concepts)
o Business - businesses delivering marketing applications and employee training on CD's and
Internet (job openings, product lines, services)
Differences Between Delivery of a CD/DVD and WWB? - Answer Access Time
CD: View instantly by inserting into drive
World Wide Web: May encounter slow connection speeds
Ability to change content
CD: Cannot change content - must recreate and redistribute
World Wide Web: Easy to update material, new updates can be accessed instantly
What are the Two Required Equipment for the World Wide Web? - Answer o Development
systems: systems used by multimedia developers to create applications
o User systems: systems used to playback multimedia applications
What is the Dual Role of Text Attributes? - Answer o VISUAL representation of the message
o GRAPHICAL element
Use of text in multimedia applications varies on: - Answer o The type of application -
educational, entertainment, business
o Audience - children, teens, adults, elderly, ESL (less text for children vs adults)
How do you change the mood of webpage's text attributes? - Answer o Text attributes -
colour, size, font type
o Design/layout/placement of text - bullets, alignment, text in groups
, What is Serif font type and some examples? - Answer -The serif has a small decorative little
line added the font.
-(Times, Courier New, Century Schoolbook, Palatino)
What is Sans-Serif font type and some examples? - Answer -Does not use small line at the
end of words.
-(arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Comic)
When Would you Use Serif or Sans Serif? - Answer -The human eye finds Serif easier to read.
It is best for tails, script, body paragraphs.
Sans serif is best for paragraphs on websites, short headings.
What is Text Style? - Answer -A text style is a set of character and/or paragraph attributes
saved as a group.
-I.e regular, bold, italics.
What is Kerning? - Answer -Adjusting the distance between pairs of letters
-Can be sued to fix standard spacing beween Upper case letters like A and W
-More for people who want to print
What is Text Tracking? - Answer -Adjusting the distance between all the letters
-measurement in "ems"
-Meant for adjusting the distance between all the letters.
What is Text Leading? - Answer -vertical space between lines of text.
-As the length of a line increases, it is harder for the reader to jump to the next line, thus wide
columns require greater leading.
§ lower value - closer together; higher value - further apart
What is Text Size? - Answer -Size of text
-Can be measured in pts or pixels.
What is text colour? - Answer The color property is used to set the color of the text.
-I.e red, blue, black
What is text special effects? - Answer -Underline, shadows, superscript, subscript
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
How Long Does it Take to Make a Good First Impression, and How Long for Someone to Go
Beyond That? - Answer 7-15 seconds to make a good first impression, 4 min for someone to
decide to go beyond first impression.
What is the General Definition of Multimedia? - Answer Everything you can hear or see;
Media include texts, books, pictures, music, sounds, CDs, videos, DVDs, MP3 players, iPods,
records films etc.
What is the Technical Definition for Multimedia? - Answer Describes any application or
technology that can be used to present: Text, images, sound, animation video.
How Do We Communicate? - Answer We communicate using our five senses.
What Benefit Does the Internet Serve Us? - Answer Software applications via delivery on the
Internet Via Website à combined into a media application to inform, educate, entertain.
How Did Propaganda Use to Work? And How it the Internet More Efficient? - Answer -How
did propaganda use to work: newspapers, TV ads, radio.
-Radio and tv was the way to get the big ideas out.
-Communicate a message with less people: telephone, other people.
-With the advent of the internet, there are advantages to spreading the message.
1.It's immediate
2.Can communicate across the world.
It's free.
Difference between Worldwide Web and Internet? - Answer -internet is the hardware.
(wires, satellites)
-Worldwide web is a piece of software that runs on the internet (WinSCP, Email)
When and What Was the Precursor to the Internet? - Answer - 1969: NETWORK
TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCED ARPANET
-Objective: a network technology to allow researchers at various locations across the country to
share information
-4 locations in 1969 - UCLA, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, University of Utah
,-1970 - East coast
Who and When Created the Internet? - Answer -Tim Berners-Lee
-1991: WORLD WIDE WEB is finished and debuts (http) and html and URL.
What is the Future of Multimedia? - Answer multimedia will continue to grow into more
than 1 $100 billion industry with top three applications
§ #1 - Entertainment $15 billion
§ #2 - Publishing $7 billion
§ #3 - Education/Training $7 billion
Examples of Modern Inventions and Results Present of Multimedia? - Answer o E-leaning,
iTV (interactive TV)
o Web 2.0 (sharing between users) - trend in web design, development, can refer to second
generation of web-based communities and hosted services (social networking, wikis, blogs)
which aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing between users
o Laptops becoming smaller, thinner, more powerful
o Legal issues - copyright, rights management, piracy à problematic since rapid technology
changes
o Better skills - strong understanding of media and moving images as well as traditional IT and
programming skills
What are the Multimedia Features - Answer 1. Interactivity
2. Hyperlinking
4. Computer Based Delivery
What is the Multimedia Feature: Interactivity? - Answer -USER CONTROL over the
application
-Experience ACTIVE rather than passive as with television
-Examples: clicking on links on the internet, on-line computer-based exam, driving simulation
What is the Multimedia Feature: Hyperlinking - Answer -INDEX allows for "jumping" around
sections
-Vs Sequential: start at beginning and move to the end (books, movies, videos)
-HTML has features that allows you to build hyperlinks to other webpages or location on the
same page
,What is the Multimedia Feature: Computer Based Delivery - Answer -Computer-based
multimedia applications INTEGRATE the various media components and ALLOW interactivity-
-Modes of delivery of the applications include: video games, interactive web applications, CD
ROM disks, info kiosks
What are the categories and Applications of Multimedia? - Answer o Education - offering
instruction (CD-Roms for preschoolers, bio in virtual labs)
o Entertainment - largest category (games (CDs/web), proprietary systems (X-box), MP3
players/ipods)
o Inform - Encarta and interactive world atlas (interactive multimedia including sound, video,
and 3-D animation to provide information and illustrate concepts)
o Business - businesses delivering marketing applications and employee training on CD's and
Internet (job openings, product lines, services)
Differences Between Delivery of a CD/DVD and WWB? - Answer Access Time
CD: View instantly by inserting into drive
World Wide Web: May encounter slow connection speeds
Ability to change content
CD: Cannot change content - must recreate and redistribute
World Wide Web: Easy to update material, new updates can be accessed instantly
What are the Two Required Equipment for the World Wide Web? - Answer o Development
systems: systems used by multimedia developers to create applications
o User systems: systems used to playback multimedia applications
What is the Dual Role of Text Attributes? - Answer o VISUAL representation of the message
o GRAPHICAL element
Use of text in multimedia applications varies on: - Answer o The type of application -
educational, entertainment, business
o Audience - children, teens, adults, elderly, ESL (less text for children vs adults)
How do you change the mood of webpage's text attributes? - Answer o Text attributes -
colour, size, font type
o Design/layout/placement of text - bullets, alignment, text in groups
, What is Serif font type and some examples? - Answer -The serif has a small decorative little
line added the font.
-(Times, Courier New, Century Schoolbook, Palatino)
What is Sans-Serif font type and some examples? - Answer -Does not use small line at the
end of words.
-(arial, Verdana, Helvetica, Comic)
When Would you Use Serif or Sans Serif? - Answer -The human eye finds Serif easier to read.
It is best for tails, script, body paragraphs.
Sans serif is best for paragraphs on websites, short headings.
What is Text Style? - Answer -A text style is a set of character and/or paragraph attributes
saved as a group.
-I.e regular, bold, italics.
What is Kerning? - Answer -Adjusting the distance between pairs of letters
-Can be sued to fix standard spacing beween Upper case letters like A and W
-More for people who want to print
What is Text Tracking? - Answer -Adjusting the distance between all the letters
-measurement in "ems"
-Meant for adjusting the distance between all the letters.
What is Text Leading? - Answer -vertical space between lines of text.
-As the length of a line increases, it is harder for the reader to jump to the next line, thus wide
columns require greater leading.
§ lower value - closer together; higher value - further apart
What is Text Size? - Answer -Size of text
-Can be measured in pts or pixels.
What is text colour? - Answer The color property is used to set the color of the text.
-I.e red, blue, black
What is text special effects? - Answer -Underline, shadows, superscript, subscript
