Computer Graphics Quiz 1 Flashcard – 20 Q&A

The CAD system DAC-1(by IBM) falls under _______ phase of computer graphics.

Sylvan Chasen (Lockheed, 1981) proposed ____________ phases of evolution in computer graphics:

What does the video memory do?

Computer graphics are used in mobile phones, information kiosks at popular spots such as airports, ATMS, large displays at open air music concerts, air traffic control panels, and so on.
a. True
b. False

The term “Computer Graphics” was coined in
a. 1860
b. 1869
c. 1960
d. 1965

The process of removing objects that lie outside view volume is called __________.

How many stages are there in 3D graphics pipeline?
a. 1
b. 4
c. 0
d. 5

First stage of the 3D graphics pipeline is “object representation”.
a. True
b. False

Computer graphics is the process of _______ static images or animation (sequence of images) on computer screens in an efficient way.

Which among the following is correct?
a) We can use a raster scan method to render a vector graphics and vice versa.
b) We can use only raster scan method to render a raster graphics and only vector screen method to render vector graphics.

Natural cubic splines do not have local controllability.
a. True
b. False

Hermite cubic spline supports
a. C1 continuity
b. C2 continuity
c. C3 continuity

Natural cubic spline are made up of pieces of ________ degree polynomial.

Select the two types of continuity conditions.
a. Geometric continuity
b. Curved continuity
c. Parametric continuity

Spline refers to ___________________ of several polynomials.

We can represent a curve using a single parameter ‘u’.
a. True
b. False

________________ can be used to represent blobby object.

Mesh is most basic form of representation of any objects of a rendered scene.
a. True
b. False

Bezier cubics
a. support local controllability
b. do not support local controllability

A cube can be represented as collection of interlinked rectangles. This is an example of