File Management and Transmission Flashcards
Who assigns the Visual Information Record Identification Number (VIRIN)?
The originator
You are preparing a VIRIN for the third photograph shot on April 4, 2011. What is the proper format?
110404-N-SM577-0003
How many data fields does a VIRIN consist of?
Four
In which field of the VIRIN does the year, month, and day of acquisition or origination belong?
First
In which field of the VIRIN does the originator’s Vision ID code belong?
Third
In which field of the VIRIN does the image or unit of media number in sequential order belong?
Fourth
In which field of the VIRIN does the service affiliation or status of the camera operator or originator belong?
Second
What information should be included on a VIRIN slate for a video?
Videographer name and rank
Which form is used for writing captions for motion imagery?
DD Form 2537
What are the two types of captions for video?
Sequence and Shot
Which video caption type describes the contents of the entire video sequence?
Sequence
If system software does not support long file names, what information should the file name include?
Date in VIRIN format and last two characters of sequence number
Which file format is organized into alternating (“interleaved”) chunks of audio and video data use for storing and playing back movie clips?
AVI
Which software takes a raw data file and turns it into a compressed file?
CODEC
Which file format is optimized for photographers and similar continuous tone images that contain many, many colors?
JPEG
What describes the average amount of data required to store one second of music, expressed in kilobits per second, or Kbps, with audio compression?
Bitrate
Which file format is a flexible MPEG container format used for both streaming and downloadable web content?
MPEG4
Which file format is a flexible container format for digital still images, commonly used in desktop publishing?
TIFF
Which file format is a standard audio format for Windows operating systems, often used for strong, high-quality, uncompressed sound?
AIFF
Which file format employs a glossy compression system and is the most popular codec for storing and transferring music?
MP3
What is metadata?
Pertinent information about the image embedded into the image’s file information
What information is contained in metadata?
Contact information, caption, and keywords about the photograph
Which of the following is a preferred method to transfer image and video files to DIMOC?
FTP
Which client-server based transmission application allows users to routinely transmit large files using IP-based networks?
FFT
