Video Game Design Ch. 2 review

Question 1

Which of the following is being made obsolete by iPods and MP3 players?

Accepted Answer

Floppy disks.

Question 2

What describes the special features or options of a product that its competition does not have.

Accepted Answer

unique selling point

Question 3

Which of the following is the best example of an audio/visual effect?

Accepted Answer

Television show.

Question 4

A digital toy is not a video game because it lacks which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Victory condition.

Question 5

Which of the following products would be a waste of marketing effort to sell at a football game

Accepted Answer

Dog food.

Question 6

What term describes the separation process by characteristics such as age, income, or gender?

Accepted Answer

Demographic segmentation.

Question 7

What term describes the time, energy, and expense undertaken to promote a product?

Accepted Answer

Marketing effort.

Question 8

An example of a user interface is a guitar controller for the game Rock Band.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

All of the following are examples of gameplay modes, except:

Accepted Answer

visual mode.

Question 10

What term describes the segment of the population a company is trying to attract to a game?

Accepted Answer

Target market.

Question 11

Which term would be used now to describe silent movie technology?

Accepted Answer

Obsolete

Question 12

Marketing effort describes the time, energy, and expense undertaken to promote a product.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

What is the separation process by characteristics such as age, income, or gender.

Accepted Answer

demographic segmentation

Question 14

What is the term for the color, pattern, or picture placed inside of a shape?

Accepted Answer

Fill

Question 15

What is required to successfully complete or win a game?

Accepted Answer

Victory condition.

Question 16

Which of the following might have been an audio/visual technology of ancient humans?

Accepted Answer

Paint on a cave wall.

Question 17

Which of the following describes a virtual reality game?

Accepted Answer

Complex user interface.

Question 18

What type of media is characterized by being new and innovative?

Accepted Answer

Experimental

Question 19

Twenty years ago, Internet technology was considered to be

Accepted Answer

experimental media

Question 20

Which best describes Internet technology 20 years ago?

Accepted Answer

Experimental

Question 21

What is a hyperlink?

Accepted Answer

When clicked, it displays a different page or information.

Question 22

Which of the following is not a main category of software entertainment?

Accepted Answer

Virtual reality

Question 23

Which of the following describes obsolete technology?

Accepted Answer

No longer the best option to perform a task.

Question 24

What part of a video game controls the movement of the player on the screen?

Accepted Answer

User interface.

Question 25

To successfully complete or win a game, there must be a(n)

Accepted Answer

victory condition

Question 26

Which of the following features should you include if designing a character that can jump high?

Accepted Answer

Long legs.

Question 27

Demographic information collected to determine a target market includes all the following, but:

Accepted Answer

creativity

Question 28

Which storage device is considered obsolete today?

Accepted Answer

Floppy disk.

Question 29

A game must have all of the following, except:

Accepted Answer

joystick

Question 30

A pinball machine is not considered a video game because it lacks which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Video screen.

Question 31

What is used to create the challenges, goals, and victory conditions of the game?

Accepted Answer

Rules

Question 32

A virtual reality game uses a complex user interface.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

What is any device used to input information.

Accepted Answer

user interface

Question 34

Which media type would be considered “normal” for most users?

Accepted Answer

Mainstream

Question 35

A video game differs from an audio/visual effect because it has which of the following?

Accepted Answer

User interface.

Question 36

Gameplay is what the player experiences when designing the game.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

Which of the following is not an action game theme?

Accepted Answer

Dance

Question 38

Which of the following describes a use for marketing tools?

Accepted Answer

Draws attention to your product.

Question 39

What term describes the special features of a product unique to it and not its competition?

Accepted Answer

USP.

Question 40

If you make a game that is almost identical to a current game, it most likely lacks what?

Accepted Answer

USP

Question 41

Who are the group of people willing and able to purchase your product or video game.

Accepted Answer

Potential customers

Question 42

Commercials, websites, brochures, and packaging are all examples of what?

Accepted Answer

Marketing tools.

Question 43

What is focusing marketing efforts to a single group of people with similar characteristics?

Accepted Answer

Target marketing

Question 44

What is the correct meaning of a USP in game marketing?

Accepted Answer

Unique selling point.

Question 45

Which of the following best describes a user interface?

Accepted Answer

Any device used to input information.

Question 46

Commercials, websites, brochures, and packaging are all examples of

Accepted Answer

marketing tools

Question 47

What is a function found on web pages which displays a different page or information.

Accepted Answer

hyperlink

Question 48

Floppy disks are now an example of

Accepted Answer

obsolete technology

Question 49

User interface creates the challenges, goals, and victory conditions of the game.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 50

What is the name given for a major category or type of video game.

Accepted Answer

Genre

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