GMU IT 213 Final Exam Jeopardy Review

What is multimedia and whis is a downside of adding it to your site in regards to loading time?

Text, audio, video ,images. It can increase loading or downloading times for your user. Remember-- having videos autoplay is annoying!

What can you modify to optimize a video file? List 3 things

Length, Fame rate, Frame size

what would you include in an accessibility statement?

You would discuss font sizing, standards compliance, define abbreviations, acronyms

You can use copyrighted material under the fair use guidelines for educational multimedia without asking for permission from the author or crediting the source T or F?

False

What is an avatar? What can it be used for?

An avatar is a virtual person, and can be used for e commerce sites, education sites, or games

What is PHP and what does it stand for?

Php stands for hypertext preprocessor and is an open source, server size scripting language for dynamic sites

What would you use to register your website with search engines?

Submission services

Breaking a form into multiple form tags can decrease web accessibility. T or F?

True

It makes it harder for screen readers to read the form content

Provide an example of a relative path to the video file video.mov in your website, in a media folder

"/media/video.mov"

Name an accessibility validation program

WAVE

Name an example of a Javascript web development framework covered in class

Jquery, Bootstrap, Angular.JS

Meta tags are used in your HTML website code to increase the chances of your site being shown by search engines. T or F?

True.

Meta tags help your SEO for your site (search engine optimization)

What is the difference between frame-by-frame animation and animation with tweening?

Frame by frame animation has the movements drawn out on individual frames, whereas the software creates the necessary frame between the start and end of the animation for tweening

What is FTP?

File transfer protocol; the most common way to upload website files to a serve

What are the 4 limitations for fair use?

Time limitation

Copying limitations

Portion limitation

Distribution limitation

What are spanned rows or columns? Are they good or bad for accessibility?

Columns or rows that take up more than 1 column or row. They consist of merged cells in a table. They should be avoided because they make it harder for screen readers to read table data.

Dynamically generated content is an example of animation. T or F?

False

HTML pages can be dynamically generated, but that doesn't mean they contain animation. Images (except JPEGs can be animated)

Who created the WAI and what is it for?

The World Wide Web consortium (WC3) created the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) to advance use for those with special needs.

Name two markup languages that we covered in class.

HTML and XML. AJAX and JavaScript are not markup languages

A file that contains multiple animated grams is called a ....?

An animated GIF or PNG

List 3 popular video formats?

AVI, FLV, WMV, MP4 and MOV

What are web analytics?

Data that is collected about visitors to a website to see how they interact with it

What is the folder on a server that contains all the webpages of a site called

The root directory

List the 4 rights reserved for copyright holders.

Reproduction rights, Modification rights, Distribution rights, Performance rights

What do forms typically contain? List 3 items.

Test boxes, Check boxed, Radio buttons, Dropdown menus, Submit buttons

It is good practice, when including a video on your site, to have it play automatically. T or F?

False

Having the video play automatically does not help with site performance. All it does is annoy visitors.

What would users with visual disabilities use to access web pages?

Screen readers, screen magnifiers.

What is beta testing?

Testing that occurs before publishing a site or a staging server

Creative commons symbol is a single C. showing that all rights are reserved? T or F?

False

Creative commons is CC, and its goal is to provide guidelines for artists and others to protect and license creative content. Not all rights are reserved.

HTML5 is proprietary code and needs specific software for you to develop with it. T or F?

False

HTML is free to use and needs no special tools or software.

What is click rate?

The percentage of people visiting a web page who access a hypertext link to a particular advertisement. Not the number of clicks that result in people who buy things on your site (conversion rate).

What format does sound need to be in to be used online and how do we get it converted into that format?

Digital. Analog is how sound is found in the real world, and it needs to be converted to digital. Also known as sound sampling.

What is FPS? And what does it affect?

Frames per second. The higher the fps, the faster the video goes.

What is a deep link?

A link that bypasses a site's homepage.

Javascript is client side. However, there is a javascript server side framework. What is it called?

Node.JS

What does asynchronous mean?

It means the code sends a request to the server, but does not wait for response. The user can continue to interact with the page until the server responds. AJAX!

Incoming links to your site increase interactivity and can be included in SEO. T or F?

True

Incoming links are part of SEO (search engine optimization). The whole point of SEO is to drive traffic to your site.

What are the steps in publication process of a website?

Beta testing

Acquiring domain name

Acquiring server space

Uploading your files

Testing again.

where do files that have been progressively downloaded reside?

It stays on the computer and can be played without interacting with the host server that it was downloaded from.

XML, like HTML, has specified tags you need to use. T or F?

False.

You can create your own tags in XML, using elements

What colors do colorblind people typically have trouble seeing?

Red and green.

Colorblind does not mean the user sees content in black and white.

What is PII? List 3 examples.

Personally identifiable info. Such as SSN, phone numbers, credit card info, address

What is measured in kHz?

Sampling rates

To download media from a website, do you (as a website visitor) need specialized media server to access the content?

No, you would use whatever server the file is hosted on.

If a copyright message doesnt exist on a site, the content is not copyrighted?

False. No explicit copyright message is needed to retain copyrights rights

What can trigger seizures in visitors?

Animation that flicker or flash too quickly, more than 5 times per second

What is ColdFusion and what company does it belong to?

It is a server side programming language and it belongs to Adobe

List 3 online promotional techniques?

Social media

search tools

online advertising

mobile and in-app advertising

advertising networks

affiliate programs

Opt-in advertising (not word of mouth, flyers, QR codes).

What is a tabindex and where is it placed?

A tabindex allows a user to go to the next field in a form. It is usually placed in the input tag of a form element.

What does the number of bits used in a audio or video file affect (AKA bit depth)?

The size and quality. The more bits used in a video, the better the quality, the bigger the file.

What statement includes information about how cookies and personal information is used?

A privacy statement

Do government employees have the right to copyright their work? Explain.

Only if it's their private work, done off hours. If it is work they have done for the government, the cannot copyright it.

Name the 3 different types of CSS.

Inline, internal, external.

What are the two types of links that we covered in class? Do you need to test both on your website before publishing your site?

Internal (relative) links and External (absolute) links. Yes, either one could break.