Floating Point Precision in Graphics

Floating Point Precision in Graphics

Assessment

Interactive Video

Computers

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Amelia Wright

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The video tutorial explains how a sphere's appearance becomes distorted due to floating point precision issues. It describes how floating point numbers, which have a fixed memory size, struggle to store both large and small numbers simultaneously, leading to visual bugs. The tutorial suggests a solution by repositioning objects closer to the origin to avoid large numbers, maintaining relative positions. This is crucial for developing large-scale games with varying object sizes.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the sphere as it moves rapidly in the video?

It starts to look distorted and unrecognizable.

It changes color.

It becomes more spherical.

It disappears completely.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main cause of the sphere's distortion?

Camera angle problems.

Texture mapping errors.

Incorrect lighting.

Floating point precision issues.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How are the positions of the vertices in the sphere defined?

As integers.

As strings.

As floating point numbers.

As boolean values.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a limitation of floating point numbers?

They require too much memory.

They can only store integers.

They cannot store large and precise values at the same time.

They are too slow for calculations.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the effect of floating point precision on tiny objects?

They become invisible.

They appear larger than they are.

They change shape.

They require precise decimal values for accurate positioning.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do vertices appear to jump around in the video?

Due to incorrect rendering.

Because of floating point precision issues.

Because of a software bug.

Due to network latency.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a common solution to floating point precision problems?

Repositioning objects closer to the origin.

Reducing the number of vertices.

Increasing the memory allocation.

Using a different programming language.

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