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Getting Technical

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A 1080p television screen ____.

a)

is High Definition

b)

has twice the picture quality of 1080i

c)

has a 16:9 format

d)

all of the above

2.

A ____ is used to measure the way colors are structured in each camera’s signal.

a)

Confidence monitor

b)

waveform monitor

c)

program monitor

d)

vectorscope

3.

The correct order of the color bars from left to right is ____.

a)

white, cyan, green, yellow, red, magenta, blue, black

b)

white, cyan, yellow, green, magenta, red, blue, black

c)

white, yellow, cyan, green magenta, red, blue, black

d)

white, yellow, cyan, green, red, magenta, blue, black

4.

The pixel dimensions of the lowest resolution HD screen are ____.

a)

525 x 480

b)

720 x 480

c)

1080 x 720

d)

1920 x 1080

5.

OLED televisions use ____ to create the television picture.

a)

a film made from organic compounds

b)

liquid crystals

c)

mirrors

d)

fluorescent lights

6.

The concept of first firing odd lines and then even lines in a cathode ray tube is called __________.

a)

letterbox

b)

interlace

c)

gunlock

d)

progressive scan

7.

Another name for the picture tube in an analog television is ____.

a)

CRT

b)

LCD

c)

vectorscope

d)

waveform monitor

8.

____ televisions use phosphor and rare gases to light the pixels that create an image

a)

LCD

b)

DLP

c)

Plasma

d)

OLED

9.

During video compression, the ____ looks at the information in a frame and decides what to keep and what to discard.

a)

genlock

b)

codec

c)

pixelator

d)

sync generator

10.

The sharpness of an image is referred to as its ____.

a)

density

b)

frame rate

c)

aspect ratio

d)

resolution

11.

High-definition technology can use the motion picture frame rate as well as the television frame rate.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The purpose of color bars is to verify that all the cameras on a shoot are “seeing” the same shade of a color when pointed at the same object.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

In progressive scan technology, every other line is fired in one pass, and then on the second pass the lines that were not fired on the first pass are fired.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

In interlace scanning, every line is fired in the correct order from the top to the bottom of the television screen.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The back of a CRT is coated with fluorescent particles.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

When an electron is fired from the cathode of a CRT, it will create a glowing dot when it strikes the back of the screen.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Each television image is made up of a vast quantity of briefly glowing colored dots.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Screens with 525 horizontal scan lines are digital televisions.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

If the sync generator is deactivated, the picture will roll or otherwise glitch when cutting from camera to camera.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The standard format for broadcast television as of June 12, 2009 is 4:3.

a)

True

b)

False