Unit-1 Introduction to Multimedia
Important Points :
Communication is an integral part of our life
We use various means of communication like radio, newspaper, television,
theatre, movies, internet and others. All these mediums help us gain
knowledge or educate us.
A single medium of information is just not enough to convey meaningful
messages to variety of audiences.
For example, while talking on telephone to friend, we can hear his voice but
cannot see his facial expressions.
When you write a letter to a friend describing him about your trip to Shimla-
Manali, only the text can be read. You cannot hear the voice of the person.
If you send him a picture along with the letter, he can imagine the fun you
had during your trip(video)
As you can see, the more mediums of information you use the impact of the
communication increases.
Multimedia is all about adding various effects to make communication
effective.
the term multimedia has been coined from two terms multiple and media.
Multiple means more than one and media means mediums.
Hence multimedia means usage of multiple medias to communicate.
Multimedia is a combination of different media elements like text, audio,
graphics, video and animation.
Computer capable of running text, images, audio, video and animation is
known as multimedia computer.
The combination of all the media elements makes the communication more
structured and understandable to the user.
Multimedia is now-a-days used in every like education, theatre, advertising,
fashion, gaming etc.
Important MCQS: (option in bold is a correct answer)
(1) Times, Century, Bookman are some examples of which of the following font?
(A)Aerial (B)Typeface (C)serif (D)Sans
Serif
(2) Which of the following terms represents the distance between the top of the letter to the
bottom point?
(A)size (B)style (C)length (D)width
(3) Which of the following devices help us to convert photograph into a digital format?
(A)scanners (B)modem (C)printer (D)monitor
(4) Which of the following terms is full form of MIDI?
(A)Musical Instrument Data Interface (B)Musical Instrument Digital
Interface
(C)Musical Image Digital Interface (D)Musical Instrument Digital Image
(5) In which of the following terms can Multimedia be classified?
(A)Intelligent and Non-Intelligent (B)Interactive and Non-interactive
multimedia
(C)Intuitive and Non-intuitive (D)Informative and Non-informative
(6) What is data transfer known as ?
(A)commerce (B)communication
(C)conversion (D)common
(7) The term multimedia has been coined from which of the following terms?
(A)mix, media (B)mid, mediate
(C)multi, mediator (D)multiple, media
(8) How many maximum media elements are combined in Multimedia?
(A)three (B)four (C)five (D)eight
(9) Which of the following is an audio file compressed with windows media compression?
(A).mid (B).wav (C).mp3 (D).wma
(10) Macromedia Flash, Synfig studio and Pencil are examples of which of the following
animation types?
(A)3D (B)2D (C)4D (D)5D
(11) Which of the following terms represents a small dot on the computer screen?
(A)Pixel (B)Point
(C)Cursor (D)Cell
(12) Which of the following terms represents a visual change over time?
(A)text (B)audio (C)animation (D)graphics
(13) Which of the following terms represent the most common image format used by digital
cameras?
(A).gif (B).jpeg (C) .tif (D).bmp
(14) Which of the following is used to store the image are stored in form of mathematical
equations?
(A)vector (B)raster (C)bitmap (D)picture
(15) In which of the following animation types does the visual change occur in the X and Y
axis?
(A)2D (B)3D (C)4D (D)5D
(16) WMV stands for_____.
(A)windows media file (B) windows media format
(C)windows media form (D)windows media folder
(17) ______ is the software to record video
(A)VLC Media Player (B)Video Recorder
(C)Blender (D)Synfig studio
(18) _____ device is used to capture analog or digital video.
(A)Video storage device (B)Video capturing device
(C)video input device (D)video tracing device
(19) _____ is used to add great power to multimedia application?
(A)text (B)graphics
` (C)audio (D)animation
(20) ____ is the important file format for recorded music.
(A).wma (B).midi
(C).mp3 (D),wma
(21) ______ plays important role in the presence of presenter.
(A)text (B)image
(C)sound (D)animation
(22) png stands for___.
(A)portable new graphic (B)portable netware graphic
(C)portable network graphic (D)portable netwise grpahic
(23) pixel stands for___.
(A)picture electron (B)picture element
(C)picture electric (D) picture election
(24) to store pictures computer uses form of pixels maps also known as____.
(A)bitmap/raster (B)vector
(C)both (A) and (B) (D)none of these
(25) ____ is used to display fonts in attractive manner in open office impress?
(A)word art (B)text art
(C)font work (D)object work
(26) _____ type face is difficult to read due to less resolution of computer screen.
(A)Serif (B)Sans Serif
(C)both (A) and (B) (D)None of these
(27) _____ is the fonts without decoration.
(A)Serif (B)sans serif
(C)Both (A) and (B) (D)none of these
(28) To give special effects to fonts,______ software is used.
(A)text editor (B)spread sheet
(C)graphical (D)database
(29) The textual data for multimedia can be developed using any____.
(A)text editor (B)spread sheet
(C)graphical software (D)database
(30) Computer running text, images, sound, video is known as _____ computer.
(A)desktop (B)super
(C)multimedia (D)mainframe
