CONFIDENTIAL CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION COURSE : INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA COURSE CODE : CSC253 EXAMINATION : MARCH 2016 TIME : 3HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1 This question paper consists of three (3) parts PART A (40 Questions) PART B (8 Questions) PART C (3 Questions) 2 ‘Answer ALL questions from all three (3) parts i) Answer PART A in the Objective Answer Sheet. ii) Answer PART B and PART C in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new age. 3 Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator. 4 Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of : i) the Question Paper il) an Answer Booklet — provided by the Faculty il) an Objective Answer Sheet — provided by the Faculty 5, ‘Answer ALL questions in English. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO This examination paper consists of 12 printed pages © Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA. CONFIDENTIAL,CONFIDENTIAL, 2 CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 PART A (40 MARKS) 1, Standalone terminals or kiosksplaced at hotels, airport terminals, train stations and shopping malls are examples of multimedia A. in school B. _inbusiness C. in public places D. — athome 2. The use of goggles, helmets, special gloves and bizarre human interfaces in attempt to give users a lifelike experience. A. version reality B. video reality C. visual reality D. virtual reality 3. Below are the advantages of multimedia EXCEPT A. Flight attendants learn to manage international terrorism and security through simulation B. Drug enforcement agencies are trained using interactive videos and photographs to recognize likely hiding places on airplanes and ships C. Medical doctors can practice surgery methods via simulation prior to actual surgery D. Mechanics repair engines at their workshop 4. The following are typical font styles EXCEPT A. color B. boldface C. italic D. underlining 5. When the computer recognizes both upper- and lowercase forms of a character to be the same, the computer is said to be A. case sensitive B. case insensitive C. _intercap D. wysiwye © Hak Cipta Universit Teknologi MARA, CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL 3 CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 6. Choose the FALSE statement in selecting text fonts. A. Use meaningful words or phrases for links and menu items. B. Bold or emphasize text to highlight ideas or concepts C. —_Donot make text look like a link or a button when it is not D. If you are designing for a mobile operating system such as Android, you do not have to follow that platform's design guidelines 7. are avoided by anti-aliasing the edges of the text characters, making them seem smoother to the eye. A Jaggies B. Unicode Cc. ASCII D. —‘Truetype 8 or paint graphics are used for photorealistic images and for complex Grawing requiring fine details. A. Vector B. Bitmap C. Drawing D. Binary 9. The following are correct about bitmap EXCEPT A. Support photorealistic images B. Suitable for complex drawing requiring fine detail C. Easily scalable D. Large file sizes 10. The followings are the sources of vector drawing EXCEPT Using computer- aided design software Using Cartesian drawing effect Graphics design using mathematical calculation Using 3D application such as Adobe illustrator (Ai) pomp © Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA. CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL, 4 CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 1. 12, 13. 14, 15. Which of the following tasks is involved before creating an image? A B. Cc. D. Select a software suitable for the project Create a storyboard to show flow Render image Have multiple monitors if possible iand ii and iv ii ii, and iv ili andiv ‘Sound pressure levels (loudness or volume) are measured in A B. c. D. decibytes decibels kilohertz, watts When the quality of audio is based on the quality of recording and not the device on which the end user will play the audio, it is said to be 5 A. device independent B. device dependent C. device performance D. device quality What is the size of a monophonic one minute recording at 22.05kHz, 8-bit resolution? A. 176.4kB B. 10,584 bytes C. 2646 kB D. 1323kB “You may feel the sound more than you hear it. The situations below are the evidence of this EXCEPT A B. Cc. D. testing one ringtone on a crowded bus annoys fellow passengers ambient noise level above 90dB in a workplace cause people to make more errors sound level above 80 dB disable the use of telephone sound level above 65 dB in residential areas results in vigorous community action © Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL 5 CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 16. 7. 18. 19. 20. 21. Which of the following may be needed by an au phile? i. Very high end equipment that can play back SACD |, Sequencer software Notation software ‘System as many as five full frequency speakers A iiand B.— iand Cc. iiand ii D. iii and iv In animation, an illusion of depth is added into an image through shadowing and highlighting, but the image stil rests on the flat x and y axes. A 2D B. 3D Cc. 2%-D D. 4D Why did Disney animators wore white gloves during Mickey Mouse creation? ‘A. Tocreate morphing B. To prevent degaussing C. Because of static electricity D. Easier to create panorama The purpose of pencil test in animation is to ‘A. check smoothness, continuity and timing B. calculate the number of frames C. adjust the animation frame D. —_ fixerrors in animation occurs when computer monitors display a smaller image on picture tube. A. Overscan B. —_Underscan C. _Interlace D. — Onlinescan When light is reflected from an object passes through a video camera lens, that light is converted into an electronic signal by a special sensor called : Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) pomp> (© Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA, CONFIDENTIAL,CONFIDENTIAL, 6 CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 22. The following are correct statements about video technology EXCEPT. ‘A. High-end video equipment using CCD technology 8. Smartphones and tablets using CMOS technology C. CMOS technology is more expensive to manufacture than CCD technology D. CMOS devices are more susceptible to noise 23. Examples of codecs include i, Theora ii, Opera ii, H.264 iv. CRT iand ii iand iii pop> ji andiv 24. Titles are often used to introduce a video and its content. Which of the following are suggestions for creating good titles? Fonts should be plain, sans serif and bold enough to be easily read Do not kem the letters too tightly ili, Avoid making busy title screen iv. Use colors like bright red and magenta 25, allows direct communication and sharing of peripheral resources such as file servers, printers, scanners and network routers. A. MAN B. WAN Cc. ALN DLAN 26. The following are examples of storage devices EXCEPT Hard Disks FireWire DvD Blu-ray Disos gom> © Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL 7 CS/MAR 2016/CSC253 27. 28. 29. 31 32. is/are typically read by the built-in camera on a smartphone or mobile device and may contain link information to quickly access a website. A. Quick Response (QR) codes B. ASCII codes C. Unicode D. Codecs Which of the following statements is NOT true about FireWire? A. _Itwas introduced by Apple in the 1980s. B. _ tis the industry standard and provides support for high-bandwidth serial data transfer, particularly for digital video and mass storage. C. _Itcan connect multiple computers and peripheral devices (peer-to-peer). D. The transfer speed is 12Mbps. Authoring tools that offer or interpreted scripting environment for navigation control and for enabling user inputs are more powerful A. avery low language B. an assembler language C. asubset of HTML D. avery high level language In multimedia authoring systems, multimedia elements and events are often treated as A item B. objects Cc. attributes D. script Which of the following are examples of time-based authoring tools? A. Flash and Director B. Flash and adobe Photoshop C. Director and Adobe Photoshop D. Adobe premiere and sound editor As you design and build a multimedia project, your most often used tool may be your Word processor ‘Authoring systems Image processor Drawing program oop (© Hak Cipta Universiti Toknolog! MARA CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL, 33. HTML tags are enclosed in A () Bt} Qa DI 34. Bandwith can be expressed in A waves per second B. bits per second C. cycles per second D. frames per second 35. The purpose of file transfer protocol (FTP) is to A. send email B. exchange files C. encrypt password D. _ break data into packets CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 36. The following are the stages for multimedia production EXCEPT advertising planning and costing delivering gom> designing and producing 37. Phase is to make sure that the project meets the objectives, work Properly on the intended deli A. Testing B. Delivering C. Lancing D. Marketing A 38. day operations of a project. sound producer script writer project manager artist gom> © Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA ry platforms and meet the clients’ needs. is responsible for overall development, implementation, and day-to- CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL 9 CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 39. Determine which of these can be called a multimedia designer. Image processing specialist Multimedia programmer Interface designer Information designer iand ii iii and iv i, ji, and iv and iv 40. “Some people do possess all of the innate talents required to produce decent multimedia, but few have mastered all the skills required to bring a major project to fruition” — Jeff Burger, NewMedia magazine What can you conclude from Jeff's statement? Everyone must be like Leonardo Da Vinci You need a team Possession of good equipment is enough ‘An expert working alone is better than multidisciplinary team of experts go@> (© Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL, 10 CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 PART B (30 MARKS) QUESTION 1 Discuss how Virtual Reality can be applied in the military (2 marks) QUESTION 2 Serif and sans serif are the easiest way to categorise a typeface. a) Assess why sans serif is mostly used for screen display and serif used for printed material. (2 marks) b) Illustrate a difference between serif and sans serif. (1 mark) QUESTION 3 When importing a color or grayscale bitmap from Macintosh to Windows, colors seem darker and richer, even though they have the same RGB values, a) Interpret how does this affect the look of your image. (2 marks) b) Demonstrate what to do if this affects your image negatively. (2 marks) QUESTION 4 A group of students listened to a 20-second sample of a song at 8K, 22K, 44K, and 48K. a) They commented that 48K sounds so much better than 8K. Assess why. (2 marks) b) They hear very little difference between 44K and 48K. Assess why. (1 mark) QUESTION 5 Animation is the act of making ‘something comes alive. a) Discuss the differences between cel animation and computer animation. (2 marks) b) Give any THREE (3) steps in cel animation. (3 marks) © Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL " CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 QUESTION 6 Identify FIVE (5) criteria to shoot and edit a high quality digital video. (marks) QUESTION 7 Ismail is a graphic designer of Creative Multimedia House Sdn. Bhd. In his multimedia project, he is required to design and produce a few images for a shampoo advertisement, Which will be launch on a web site. Suggest 2 (TWO) input devices and 2 (TWO) output devices that he may require in accomplishing this task. (4 marks) QUESTION 8 Domain name system (DNS) rationally, assigns names and address to computers linked to internet. Top Level Domains (TLDs) were established as categories to accommodate all users of the Internet. Identify FOUR (4) categories of TLDs and explain their uses. (4marks) (© Hak Cipta Universiti Toknologl MARA CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL, 12 CSIMAR 2016/CSC253 PART C (30 MARKS) QUESTION 1 Muzium Negara is the national museum located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The museum has four main galleries allotted to ethnology and natural history and the displays showing cultural events like weddings, festivals and costumes, traditional weapons, musical instruments, arts and crafts, ceramics, and flora and fauna.As a multimedia developer, you have been assigned to develop an interactive information kiosk for themuseum, Discuss multimedia elements to be included in the project and give justification on each element you choose. (10 marks) QUESTION 2 In the best case scenario, you must choose multimedia authoring tools that best fit the job; in the worst case, you must know which tools will at least “get the job done”. Explain FIVE (5) features that you need to consider when selecting multimedia authoring tools. (10 marks) QUESTION 3 Rosni Entertainment SdnBhd is an advertising company specializing in television commercials. A client has requested for the company to create a commercial about ‘(Malaysia in conjunction with Malaysia Day. As a project manager, assemble a team comprising of FIVE (5) members (excluding you) who are needed to produce a good television commercial. (10 marks) END OF QUESTION PAPER (© Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL