3D space is represented by 3 axis. Which letter is not representative of one of these?
y
x
z
b
What does keyframing mean?
Recording time at a particular point in space
Recording space at a particular point in time
Recording values at a particular point in space
Recording values
at a particular point in time
For creating a single model, which of these is a more efficient way to model in polygons?
Start simple,
increase polycount as needed
Start with a medium to high polycount and reduce
polygons as needed
Start with a very high polycount and keep the count
consistent to completion
Which process is used in 3D animation to create and modify 3D geometry?
Modeling
Rendering
Lighting
Texturing
Without rigging you cannot do texture map on 3D model. True or False?
True
False
What will happen to the animation when keyframes are placed further apart?
Animation will move faster
Animation will
move slower
What process is used to combine rendered files into final images?
Modeling
Compositing
Lighting
Rigging
Which of these aspect ratios is associated with widescreen images?
16:9
1:1
4:3
Orthographic cameras show what view?
Side view
Top view
All of these
Front view
What will happen to the animation when keyframes are closer together?
Animation will move slower
Animation will
move faster
Which of these most accurately describe rigging?
A technique for simulating the way in which light
bounces from surface to surface within a scene
The process of converting the 3D data stored in a
software package into the two-dimensional image ‘seen’ by the camera within the
scene
The process of
preparing a character model for animation, including setting up an underlying
skeleton, and linking it to the mesh of the character model
Which of these are associated with transparency?
Semisurface
Blinn
Alpha
Depth
Turning on shadows would increase or decrease render time?
Increase
Decrease
What is the control point used to manipulate the shape of a NURBS curve?
Control ray
Control spot
Control vertex
Control layer
What process would you use to add coloration to a surface of a 3D model?
Rigging
Dynamics
Modeling
Texturing
Which of these are NOT viewing angles shown in quad view?
Behind
Top
Side
Front
Which of these file formats is importable into most 3D packages?
.obj
.ma
.frt
.c4d
What are Storyboards used for?
Visualizing the final look of an animation
Modeling an object from multiple views
Planning out an
animation
Which process would you use to make a model of a 3D character animatable?
Texturing
Lighting
Rendering
Rigging
A ________________ is a series of sketches that can be used as a guide for making a show.
manual
Storyboard
movie
book
_____________________ refers to using computer software to create 3D computer models of characters, props, and sets.
Modeling
tutorials
Researching
I don't know
Rigging house
What is the main advantage of recording the live action movement you intend to animate?
All of these
It will give you a better, more realistic feel for
the timing of specific actions
You will be able to spot details your eye doesn't
pay attention to
You can clearly spot interesting poses
What process is associated with mapping images onto models?
Image placing
Texture mapping
Image modeling
Rigging
Which of these passes are used for adding depth of field in post?
Depth pass or
zdepth
Field pass or ypass
Ambient occlusion
Matte
True or False? A displacement map is typically in black and white.
False
True
True or False. 12 Animation principles are only for Character Animation.
False
True
Which of the following actions gives the illusion of weight and volume to a character as it moves?
Squash and
stretch
Exaggeration
Anticipation
Timing
Which process is used to create a coordinate system to map 2D images onto 3D surfaces?
Procedural mapping
Lightmapping
UV mapping
Keyframing
Which of these are used to add more physically accurate and realistic lighting to a 3D scene?
Texture mapping
Photolighting
NURBS
Global
Illumination
What 3D data is included in the obj file format?
Keyframe data
Polygonal
geometry
Render settings
NURBS
Which of these most accurately describe rotoscoping in CGI?
Creating a blurred effect to simulate incorrect
camera speed to image size ratio
Creating a preliminary animation exercise to study
weight, timing and the basics of "Squash and Stretch"
Tracing elements
of live action images frame by frame
Adding computer generated shaking or vibration
What does NURBS stand for?
Negative Unit Rational Bounding Section
Natural UV Radiating Base Space
Non-Uniform
Rational B-Splines
Null Unit Rational B-Section
Which of these modeling processes uses spline curves as a basis for generating surfaces?
Polygons
Rigging
NURBS
Texturing
which is the technique by which movements of actual human is recorded as motion data and applied to rigs of animation models?
Mocap
Multicap
rigcap
Freedomcap
Livecap
A method of reducing or preventing rendering artifacts by using colour information to simulate a higher screen resolution is called:
Anti-aliasing
Smoothing
Beauty passing
Bitmapping
In a walk cycle, what is the passing position?
The end position
The start position
The lowest position
The halfway
position
A character quickly changes direction, but his clothes continue forward at a different timing than his body. What is think known as?
Pose animation
None of these
Squash and stretch
Overlapping
action
Which of the following is NOT one of the 12 Principle of Animation?
Slow in and slow out
Arcs
Rigging
Timing
What Animation Principle prepares the audience for a major action, such as starting to walk or run?
Exaggeration
Anticipation
Squash and stretch
Staging
Which software does not support animation?
Daz 3D
Blender
Softimage
Modo
Zbrush
The digital process required to extend 24 fps to 30 fps when converting from PAL to NTSC for US viewing is called:
Boiling
Anticipation
Clean up
3-2 pulldown
Blocking is usually the first step in which style of animation?
Straight Ahead
Pose to Pose
None of these
Back to Back
What kind of render pass measures the distances between surfaces to create soft shadows for compositing?
Beauty
Ambient
occlusion
Depth
Matte
which of the following is generally used for smoke effects?
volume
surface
halo
Which of these processes are used to simulate light passing through and bouncing out of translucent surfaces such as wax or skin?
Displacement mapping
Light blur
Subsurface
scattering
Light distribution
True or False? You can NOT switch between Forward Kinematics and Inverse Kinematics during the animation process.
True
False
The difference between keyframes is called:
Tweening or
morphing
Key averages
Keysplining
Tweaking
What is Gimbal Lock?
Scale Order Issue
Rotating Order
Issue
Create Problem in Modeling
Translate Order Issue
Which of these render settings need to be enabled to render reflections?
Ray lighting
Ray tracing
Refraction mapping
Reflection mapping
What's the process of animation that is done so that the audience will be able to understand the actions of a character as it relates to the story?
Anticipation
Staging
Overlapping
Follow-Through
Which of the following is the correct order of positions when creating a walk cycle?
Start - Middle - Finish
First - Centre - Last
Extreme -
Passing position - Extreme
Primary - Switchover - Secondary
Which texturing method alters the location of vertices on a model, usually at render time?
Normal mapping
Bump mapping
Rigging
Displacement
mapping
What kind of shaders use mathematical formulae to generate textures?
Mathematical shaders
Photolighting
Image based textures
Procedural
shaders
What is the standard NTSC framerate?
24 fps
25 fps
28 fps
30 fps
Which 3d format can export the animation?
Fbx
Obj
ztl
stl
3ds
The process of correcting a 3D model's geometry to one more suitable for animation is known as
resolution reduction
retopology
Geo-smoothing
surface smoothing
Which of these are NOT light sources in a three point lighting system?
Key
Rim
Fill
Top
When you create an object,normals are used to define which side of a face or vertex is considered the "......" side.
Bigger
face or vertex
Blue
Out
When beginning to pose a character, what body control do you typically begin posing from?
Torso
Head
Legs
Hips
Arms
What is trimming?
The process in
which NURBS surfaces are edited
A technique in which a two-dimensional profile is
duplicated in rotation around an axis, and the duplicates joined up to create a
continuous three-dimensional surface
Tracing the path of every ray of light from its
source until it either leaves the scene or becomes too weak to have an effect
A shading method in which a simple grid of lines is
used to represent the basic contours of the underlying model
In animation, which of the following terms represents deceleration?
Ease In
Speed down
Slow up
Ease Out
The ________________ is used to prevent gimbal lock during animation
set key
fixed tangent
spline tangent
euler filter
simplify curve
Which of the following actions would benefit LEAST from using Forward Kinematics?
Leaning a hand on a table
Pushing or pulling objects
Keeping a hand on the door knob
Walking or
running
Which of these passes are used for adding motion blur in post?
Motion vectors
zdepth or depth pass
Blur matte
which type of rendering produces 100% physically correct render?
unbiased
rendering
internal rendering
biased rendering
Which of these workflows provide more photorealistic rendering?
Linear workflow
Curved workflow
Photolight workflow
