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Digital Media Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is not an example of a digital medium?

a)

the internet

b)

an app

c)

a tech magazine

d)

a website

2.

In the earliest stages of human history, what was the only medium?

a)

ink

b)

books

c)

the human body

d)

magazines

3.

Which were the first tools of the print medium?

a)

books and magazines

b)

stories and speeches

c)

stamps and seals

d)

analog and digital

4.

The first users of computers were:

a)

teachers and students.

b)

businesses and clients.

c)

artists and consumers.

d)

government and military.

5.

The impact of Moore’s Law is that:

a)

analog media becomes less expensive.

b)

processing power becomes faster and cheaper.

c)

computers become larger and quicker.

d)

digital media becomes more costly.

6.

Text-based computers with two-color screens became smaller and more affordable, and thus more common, in the:

a)

1930s.

b)

1950s.

c)

1970s.

d)

1990s.

7.

Which statement best describes digital media in the 1990s?

a)

It didn’t exist.

b)

It was commonly uploaded and downloaded to home computers via the internet.

c)

It was newly invented.

d)

It required a physical medium such as a DVD or CD.

8.

What are the two parts of encoding a file?

a)

analog and digital

b)

web and internet

c)

reduce and compress

d)

encoding and decoding

9.

When did the revolution in digital media occur?

a)

1950s

b)

1970s

c)

1990s

d)

2000s

10.

Why were mobile and Wi-Fi technology necessary for the digital revolution?

a)

They showed the weaknesses in analog media.

b)

They made binary compression possible.

c)

They made the World Wide Web possible.

d)

They made it so most people always had network access.

11.

Which two devices are associated with the shift from mobile phones to smartphones?

a)

iPad and Kindle

b)

laptop and desktop

c)

cell phone and iPad

d)

Blackberry and iPhone

12.

What is the shift associated with Web 2.0?

a)

from analog to digital

b)

from consuming to creating

c)

from networked to local

d)

from compressed to decompressed

13.

What is one benefit of cloud computing?

a)

Your internet connection is faster.

b)

You can access your files from any device.

c)

You automatically have better security.

d)

You can use digital files instead of analog.

14.

In what way is streaming media different from other media?

a)

It is digital instead of analog.

b)

It is based on laptops instead of desktops.

c)

It is distributed instantly instead of needing to download first.

d)

It needs to be downloaded before it can be accessed.

15.

Which of these is an example of streaming media?

a)

watching a YouTube video on your tablet

b)

purchasing a DVD of a new documentary

c)

downloading a horror movie to watch later

d)

copying old home movies onto your hard drive

16.

Which of these statements describes a click farm?

a)

Teenagers are paid low wages to like content multiple times.

b)

Thousands of phones are connected so one person can like content multiple times.

c)

Farmers use apps to promote their products.

d)

News outlets create click bait headlines.

17.

There is software that automatically recognizes when someone uses the name of a presidential candidate on Twitter, and it “likes” the tweet and re-tweets it. This software is an example of:

a)

a phishing scheme.

b)

a content conversion generation.

c)

a bot.

d)

a click farm.

18.

One of the downsides of social media is:

a)

it is used by terrorist organizations.

b)

it requires the cloud.

c)

it is digital instead of analog.

d)

it is expensive to get an account.

19.

Sarah gets an email from a company that she has purchased from before. They ask her to click the link in the email to update her account information. Beware! This might be a:

a)

phishing attack.

b)

social media attack.

c)

terrorist attack.

d)

privacy attack.

20.

LastPass and Myki Password Manager and Authenticator make it easier for you to:

a)

create phishing expeditions.

b)

keep track of unique, long passwords.

c)

organize your digital media.

d)

share passwords with your friends.

21.

A headline that says “10 Ways to Make 10K in 10 Minutes” is:

a)

a phishing expedition.

b)

clickbait.

c)

identity theft.

d)

a password manager.

22.

Duck Duck Go is recommended if you:

a)

want to manage your passwords securely.

b)

want a web browser that doesn’t collect your data.

c)

want to put digital files in the cloud.

d)

want to recover from identity theft.

23.

JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, and BMP are which kind of media?

a)

audio

b)

video

c)

text

d)

visual

24.

MP3, WAV, WMA, and AAC are which kind of media?

a)

audio

b)

video

c)

text

d)

visual

25.

MPEG-4, AVI, and MOV are which kind of media?

a)

audio

b)

video

c)

text

d)

visual

26.

You are in charge of distributing digital media for your chess club. Which of these would be one of your responsibilities?

a)

social media

b)

flyers for students

c)

a poster in the hallway

d)

an announcement before school

27.

Why do digital media professionals create portfolios of their work?

a)

So they can organize projects for past clients.

b)

So they can show their skills to future employers.

c)

So they can link back-end and front-end web development.

d)

So they can learn new skills.

28.

A friend asks you about a button you have on your backpack that reads FBLA-PBL and asks what kind of group it is. Which of these is the best explanation to give your friend?

a)

FBLA-PBL establishes digital privacy ethics.

b)

FBLA-PBL ensures cross-platform compatibility.

c)

FBLA-PBL prepares students for careers.

d)

FBLA-PBL certifies digital media professionals.

29.

Zoe wants to develop her soft skills, such as communication and collaboration. Which of these would be MOST helpful?

a)

participating in FBLA-PBL

b)

creating a portfolio

c)

investigating digital piracy

d)

learning to code

30.

Which of these would you LEAST expect to find at an FBLA-PBL meeting?

a)

planning a community service project

b)

role-playing to develop leadership skills

c)

students working on ISTE certification

d)

working with local business leaders

31.

Moore’s Law states that:

a)

information wants to be shared.

b)

about every two years, processing speed will double.

c)

decompression requires compression.

d)

digital media requires creativity.

32.

You watch a movie on your tablet, and you didn’t have to download it first. This is an example of:

a)

streaming media.

b)

piracy.

c)

phishing.

d)

compression.

33.

What is the difference between legacy media and social media?

a)

Legacy media is always digital; social media is always analog.

b)

Legacy media is always subscription-based; social media is always free.

c)

Legacy media permits everyone to create content.

d)

Social media allows everyone to create content.

34.

Dylan paints a picture on canvas. Why might he want to encode it?

a)

so that it could be shared on social media

b)

to prevent identity theft

c)

to protect it from light

d)

to stop people from phishing it

35.

Which statement about cell phones was NOT true in 1999?

a)

About a third of people in the United States and Canada had them.

b)

You could use them to check Facebook.

c)

They were used mostly for phone calls.

d)

You could play simple games on them.

36.

When did Apple introduce the iPhone?

a)

1987

b)

1997

c)

2007

d)

2017

37.

Lucas is creating an app that will allow people to download and read library books. Which feature would make it interactive?

a)

highlighting your favorite sentences

b)

checking books out of the library

c)

sharing your favorite quotes

d)

reserving books on a waitlist

38.

Which feature would make an image interactive?

a)

digitizing it

b)

making it available on several platforms

c)

being taken to different pages depending on where you click on it

d)

labeling its features

39.

Which of these is NOT an example of an interactive feature on a website?

a)

quizzes

b)

product descriptions

c)

online chat help

d)

comments

40.

Which of these was a new technology in the early 2000s?

a)

cloud computing

b)

cell phones

c)

binary encoding

d)

high-level programming languages

41.

Which of these describes a shift from legacy media to new media?

a)

reading a magazine instead of a book

b)

watching TV instead of a DVD

c)

streaming a movie instead of going to the theater

d)

borrowing a library book instead of buying a book

42.

Which of these technologies has been most used by terrorist organizations?

a)

phishing

b)

social media

c)

cloud computing

d)

encoding

43.

Jose realizes that several of his friends all believe the same false information because they saw posts about it on social media. Which two items are MOST likely to have been involved in generating and spreading these beliefs?

a)

phishing expeditions and identity theft

b)

bots and click farms

c)

click farms and the cloud

d)

bots and identity theft

44.

Within minutes of a person announcing that she is going to run for senator, thousands of Twitter accounts are posting the same tweet with false information about the candidate. This is most likely the work of:

a)

identity theft.

b)

bots.

c)

the cloud.

d)

digital transformation.

45.

A social media site violates its terms of service by selling information about its users to another company. This is an example of a violation of:

a)

digital privacy.

b)

digital encoding.

c)

digital domain.

d)

digital computation.

46.

The expansion of digital media has made _____ issues worse than they used to be since content is more easily sharable than it used to be.

a)

cost

b)

performance

c)

copyright

d)

marketing

47.

You can limit how companies use your data by carefully monitoring your:

a)

privacy settings.

b)

encoding practices.

c)

digital conversion.

d)

file formats.

48.

Felix wants a career in digital media. He minored in art in college and is always the person who gets asked to make digital flyers because they are so eye-catching. Which of these positions is MOST likely to be the best fit for him?

a)

project manager

b)

software engineer

c)

graphic designer

d)

media analytics

49.

Vanessa has taken several courses in digital graphic design and now has an interview for an internship with a company that creates a magazine, which has recently begun to sell digital editions as well as print editions. Which of these would be MOST helpful for her to show the company her work?

a)

an example of cloud analytics

b)

a portfolio

c)

a sample of a password manager

d)

a cybersecurity brief

50.

Ethan is reading the digital version of his biology textbook. After he reads two pages, there is a question that he needs to answer correctly before he can continue. This is an example of:

a)

phishing.

b)

an interactive text.

c)

social media.

d)

digital marketing.

51.

Chloe is particularly interested in coding; which digital media career is likely to be the BEST fit for her?

a)

social media coordinator

b)

software engineer

c)

art director

d)

web analytics