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2015 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

Information and Digital TechnologyDigital animation

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General Instructions

•Readingtime–5minutes

•Workingtime–2hours

•Writeusingblackpen

•Board-approvedcalculatorsmaybeused

•WriteyourCentreNumberandStudentNumberatthetopofpages13,15,17and19

Total marks – 80

Section I Pages 2–9

20 marks

•AttemptQuestions1–20

•Allowabout20minutesforthissection

Section II Pages13–20

30 marks

•AttemptQuestions21–26


Section III Page21

15 marks

•AttemptQuestion27


Section IV Page 22

15 marks

•AttemptQuestion28


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Section I

20 marksAttempt Questions 1–20Allow about 20 minutes for this section

Usethemultiple-choiceanswersheetforQuestions1–20.

1 Whichofthefollowingispermittedunderthelicenceofanopen-sourceoperatingsystemsoftware?

(A) Sellthesoftware

(B) Downloadthesoftwareforfree

(C) Changethenameofthesoftware

(D) Placeacopyrightonthesoftware

2 TheminimumwagesandconditionsanemployeeisentitledtoinAustraliaaresetoutin

(A) agreements.

(B) arrangements.

(C) awards.

(D) contracts.

3 The diagram represents the results of running a diagnostic utility before and afterperformingaprocessonaharddrive.

B = Bad block B = Bad block

B B B B B B B B B B B

B B B

B B

Before the process After the process

Whichofthefollowingprocesseshasbeenperformedontheharddrive?

(A) Filesharing

(B) Optimisation

(C) Systembackup

(D) Filecompression

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4 Whattypeofdocumentwouldbemostlikelytocontainthefollowingstatement?

‘An employee must not share the personal information of another employee withco-workersorthepublic.’

(A) Codeofconduct

(B) Employeerolestatement

(C) Workhealthandsafetypolicy

(D) Equalemploymentopportunitypolicy

5 Acompanycarriesout a full backuponTuesdayandFridaynights andadifferentialbackup on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights. On Mondaymorning,thefileserverfailedandcausedallfilestobedestroyed.

Whichofthefollowingisthebestwaytorecoverthefiles?

(A) RestorethefullbackupfromFriday

(B) RestoreFriday’sfullbackupandSunday’sdifferentialbackup

(C) RestoreFriday’sfullbackupandMonday’sdifferentialbackup

(D) RestoreFriday’sfullbackupandbothSaturday’sandSunday’sdifferentialbackups

6 Oneexampleofahumancostofaworkplaceinjuryislossof

(A) staff.

(B) profit.

(C) output.

(D) morale.

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7 Theimageshowsafloorchannelcablecoverplacedoverapowercable.

Whatisthemainpurposeofthefloorchannelcablecover?

(A) Tohidethecable

(B) Tocreateafootrest

(C) Topreventapowersurge

(D) Toreducetheriskoftripping

8 Kimreceivesanemail claiming thathercredit cardaccount isabout tobe suspendedunless she emails her credit card details and personal identification number (PIN)immediately.

Whatisthisanexampleof?

(A) Phishing

(B) Scanning

(C) Debugging

(D) Virussigning

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9 Theimageshowsatestingtagattachedtoapowercable.

AccordingtotheAustralianstandard,whatothercriticalinformationmustbeincludedonthetag?

(A) Datetested,retestingdate,technicianID,testingcompanyname

(B) Locationoftest,retestingdate,technicianID,testingcompanyname

(C) Datetested,technicianID,typeofcable,testingcompanylicencenumber

(D) Locationoftest,retestingdate,typeofcable,testingcompanylicencenumber

10 Accesstoadocumentneedstoberestrictedtoasmallgroupofusers.

Whichofthefollowingwouldbemodifiedtoachievethis?

(A) Creations

(B) Extensions

(C) Permissions

(D) Fileattributes

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11 Thisimageisextractedfromadigitalanimationsequence.

Whichprincipleofvisualdesignisrepresentedintheimage?

(A) Balance

(B) Movement

(C) Perspective

(D) Scale

12 Thediagramshowstheimagebeforeandafteraprincipleofanimationisapplied.

Before After

Whichprincipleofdigitalanimationisapplied?

(A) Appeal

(B) Timing

(C) Exaggeration

(D) Squashandstretch

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13 Which principle of animation would be used to create the movement of arms in ananimationofapersonwalking?

(A) Staging

(B) Secondaryaction

(C) Posetopose

(D) Slowinslowout

14 Thexandycoordinatefieldsinananimationimageare

(A) motionpaths.

(B) loopingpoints.

(C) keyframepoints.

(D) registrationpoints.

15 Whatisrequiredtoproduceasmoothchangefromonescenetothenextinananimationsequence?

(A) Framing

(B) Montage

(C) Staging

(D) Transition

16 Which visual design principle determines the amount of perspective provided for theviewerofananimationimage?

(A) Proportion

(B) Focalpoint

(C) Composition

(D) Pointofview

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17 Whichmemberofananimationproductionteamisusuallyresponsibleforensuringthequalityandconsistentaestheticsofananimatedproduction?

(A) Animator

(B) Artdirector

(C) Graphicartist

(D) Instructionaldesigner

18 Specificationsoftwocomputersareshown.

Computer 1 Computer 2

Processor: 3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor

Operating System: Windows® 8.1 (64Bit) English

Memory: 16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (4GBx4)

Hard Drive: 2TB 7800 rpm SATA

Video info: Integrated Graphics

Processor: 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor

Operating System: OS X

Memory: 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3L

Hard Drive: 1TB Flash storage

Video info: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB of GDDR5 memory

Which rowof the following tablecorrectly identifies thebetter computer for creatinganimationsandthereasonforchoosingthatcomputer?

Computer Reason

(A) Computer1 Ithasafasterprocessorandalarge,fastharddrive.

(B) Computer1 Itcontainsthemostup-to-dateoperatingsystemand fasterprocessor.

(C) Computer2 IthasflashstorageandusesOSX.

(D) Computer2 Ithasaseparategraphicscardwithin-builtmemory.

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19 Theimageshowsthedesignviewforananimationwhichshowsabirdflyingacrossacloudysky.

File

Timeline 16 fps

1 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32

P

36 44 48 52 56Layers

Bird

Cloud

Tools

Edit Tools Window Help

Q

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WhichrowofthefollowingtablecorrectlyidentifiestheanimationtechniqueappliedatpointPandtheanimationtechniqueappliedatpointQ?

PointP PointQ

(A) Rotation Looping

(B) Rotation Scale

(C) Motionpath Looping

(D) Motionpath Scale

20 Whichofthefollowingtypesofsoftwareisusedtodevelopamathematicalrepresentationofatwoorthree-dimensionalsurfaceofanobject?

(A) Animation

(B) Authoring

(C) Modelling

(D) Morphing

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Student Number

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Section II

30 marksAttempt Questions 21–26Allow about 50 minutes for this section

Answerthequestionsinthespacesprovided.Thesespacesprovideguidancefortheexpectedlengthofresponse.

Question 21 (6marks)

(a) What is meant by recommended requirements in reference to an operatingsystem?

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(b) Howdothepowermanagementsettingsofhibernateandsuspenddiffer?

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(c) Whatisthedifferencebetweenbatchandreal-timesystems?

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Centre Number

Student Number

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Section II (continued)


(a) IdentifyTWOdiagnosticfunctionsthatareperformedbyantivirussoftware.

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(b) OutlineTWOtasksthatshouldbeincludedinaroutinemaintenanceschedule. 3

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Centre Number

Student Number

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Question 24 (8 marks)

(a) Identify and justify a type of software for creating an internet pop-up advertisement.

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(b) A safety company wishes to develop an animation to inform motorbike riders why they should wear helmets.

How can the addition of text within the animation help communicate the message?

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(c) Using an example, describe how key frames could be used in an animation.

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Centre Number

Student Number

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Question 25 (3 marks)

Outline the techniques used to transform Image 1 into Image 2.

Image 1 Image 2

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Aproductionteamconsistsofonlyagraphicartistandaprojectmanager.

Contrasttherolesofthegraphicartistandtheprojectmanager.

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Section III

15 marksAttempt Question 27Allow about 25 minutes for this section

Answerthequestioninawritingbooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.


Thisimageistobeusedtocreateananimatedsequencetoadvertiseadogfood.

(a) Inyouranswerbooklet,useadiagramtoidentifythelocationsforhingesandpivotsanddescribethemovementsthatcouldoccurattheselocations.

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(b) Usingthefollowingdesignspecifications,developaFOUR(4)framestoryboardtoadvertise thedogfood.Inyourstoryboard includenotesfordirectingeachscene.

Minimumdesignspecifications:

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Introduction Body Conclusion

•1frame •2frames •1frame

•Headshotofdog •Productishighlighted •1childwithdog,dogfood

•Dogbarks andlidshines highlighted

•Camerazoomstolabel •Textdisplaysinbackgroundtoshowoffthename

Please turn over

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Section IV

15 marksAttempt Question 28Allow about 25 minutes for this section

AnswerthequestioninaSEPARATEwritingbooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.

Youranswerwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:

n demonstrateknowledgeandunderstandingrelevanttothequestion

n communicateideasandinformationusingrelevantworkplaceexamplesandindustryterminology

n presentalogicalandcohesiveresponse


Atechnologycompanyisreviewingitsriskmanagementafterseveralworkplaceinjuries.Atechnicianwasstruckbyaboxfallingfromashelfwhilerepairingaprinter.Aclientslippedandfellonawetfloorwhenthefloorwasbeingcleaned.Mostrecently,atraineesufferedanelectricshockwhileattemptingtorepairacomputer.

Explainhowriskmanagementcouldbeappliedinthisworkplacetoidentifyhazards,andtoassess,control,monitorandreviewrisks.

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