Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions on “Graphics Media”.
1. The media texts may throw up discourses and are called ____________
a) Binary oppositions
b) Violations
c) Oppositions
d) Media Illiteracy
Answer: a
Clarification: Some texts may also throw up discourses and their meanings if you attend to what are called binary oppositions. The discourse is also marked by what it is not, by what it is opposed to.
2. In terms of image analysis, it is important to attend to primary level signs in visual codes, most obviously for examples of still photography.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Clarification: The statement is true. This approach categorizes the image analysis into three: position, treatment and content.
3. The notion of __________ is one which is especially associated with semiotics and with genres.
a) Media
b) Web
c) codes
d) Text
Answer: c
Clarification: The notion of codes is one which is especially associated with semiotics and with genres. The textual codes may be summarized into: written, spoken, non-verbal and visual.
4. The idea of _________is central to understanding the production of meaning through texts.
a) Identity
b) Content
c) Represntation
d) Network
Answer: c
Clarification: The idea of representation is central to understanding the production of meaning through texts. Texts are nothing but representations in both a material and an ideological sense.
5. ICT stands for?
a) Interaction, Communication and Technology
b) Information, Communication and Technology
c) Interaction, Communication and Text
d) Information, Communication and Text
Answer: b
Clarification: ICT stands for Information, Communication and Technology. ICT is responsible for providing access to information.
6. A system of interlinked documents, websites, portals etc. accessed through the Internet.
a) WWW
b) Internet
c) Web
d) Media
Answer: a
Clarification: World Wide Web a system of interlinked documents, websites, portals etc. accessed through the Internet. Since these links are not physical or mechanical, they are called `virtual’ links or `hyperlinks’.
7. In image analysis, this part refers to objects represented within the image, which may signify to us because of, for example, their symbolic power or because of their composition in relation to each other.
a) Treatment
b) Position
c) Content
d) Media
Answer: c
Clarification: Content refers to objects represented within the image. Treatment in image analysis refers to those primary signs, often part of the technique of photography, which are about how the image is made.
8. A dedicated website for providing specialized information in a particular field.
a) Website
b) Blog
c) Web directories
d) Corporate Websites
Answer: c
Clarification: Web directory is a dedicated website for providing specialized information in a particular field. Such directories are useful for educational purpose.
9. _________ are the web-based interactive applications to express and share your ideas and thoughts with interested people.
a) Website
b) Blog
c) Web directories
d) Corporate Websites
Answer: b
Clarification: Blogs are the web-based interactive applications to express and share your ideas and thoughts with interested people. It is an open platform that can be used as on-line diaries, a journal, or editorial.
10. A term used in the context of web design to suggest the path that user takes while browsing a website.
a) navigation
b) identification
c) graphics media
d) casting
Answer: a
Clarification: Navigation is a term used in the context of web design to suggest the path that user takes while browsing a website.