TUTORIAL 1.

2: MULTIMEDIA DESIGN
1.2.1 THREE-PHASE MULTIMEDIA DESIGN.
a. State pre-production, production and post-production phases. (CLO1)
b. Describe pre-production, production and post-production phases. (CLO2)

STRUCTURED QUESTIONS

Answer all the questions.

1. Multimedia design is the art of integrating different media, including text, images, audio, and video to
communicate with an audience.

TABLE 1 shows tasks involved in phases of multimedia design.

Phases Tasks
P Shooting video based on the edited scripts.
Q Flowcharts are used to outline the flow of the program.
R During this phase, multimedia products are distributed in the form of compact discs or through
websites.

TABLE 1

(a) The tasks mentioned above are involved in the phases of multimedia design. Based on the tasks
mentioned in the TABLE 1 above, name the phases represented by P, Q and R.

[3 marks]

P : ____________________________________________________________

Q : ____________________________________________________________

R : ___________________________________________________________

(b) Based on TABLE 1 arrange the phases in the correct order according to the arrangement of the
phases in the development of multimedia design.

[1 mark]

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2. A multimedia product is made up of many ingredients from existing print products or from a multitude of

software. Each product has its own set of requirements.

(a) List three (3) phases involve in Multimedia Design and Development [3 marks]

Phase 1: _____________________________________________________________

Phase 2: _____________________________________________________________

Phase 3: _____________________________________________________________
 (b) “The first question we ask is “why” you want to develop a multimedia project”. Regarding this

statement, which phase involved gaining an idea for developing a multimedia project.

[2 marks]

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3. In basic terms, multimedia production is any sort of production that uses imagery and a combination of text,

audio, and graphics to tell a story.

Based on the activities given, identify the phase multimedia designs. [4 marks]

Activities Phase multimedia designs

i. The process of distributing the multimedia project.

ii. Determine the authoring tool to be used in project

iii. The storyboards are the blueprints for a multimedia project.

iv. The edited scripts are used to plan the budget, performers, and

time schedules after which the recording session is scheduled.

PAST YEAR QUESTIONS

PSPM DC014 2022/2023

1. With the excitement and challenge of multimedia production, often people rush in the planning
process to continue/shooting and editing using authoring tools.
(a) Describe the importance of storyboard in the pre-production phase. [2 marks]
(b) Describe one (1) step in the following phase: [4 marks]
(i) Production
(ii) Post-production

Testing.
 What is authoring tools?

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1. Give two (2) importance of multimedia authoring tools.

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2. List three (3) basic categories of multimedia authoring tools and explain.

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3. Give two (2) examples of each authoring tool mentioned at (5).

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4. Explain the following multimedia navigation.

(a) Hypertext
(b) Hypermedia
(c) Tab
(d) Audio
(e) Hand Gesture
 PAST YEAR QUESTIONS

UPS SC025 (2014/2015 SESSION)

1 Multimedia is usually recorded, played, displayed, or accessed by information processing devices, such as
computerized and electronic devices.

(a) Mr. Musa creates a multimedia presentation on the topic “Keep Our Environment Clean” for his
Science class.
(i) Suggest one (1) type of multimedia authoring tools that can be used to produce the
multimedia presentation. [1 mark]

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(ii) Describe the type of multimedia authoring tool mentioned in 1(a)(i). [2 marks]

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(iii) Suggest one (1) suitable medium of distribution for the presentation. [1 mark]

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UPS SC025 (2015/2016 SESSION)

2 Multimedia has played an important role in many fields, such as business, arts, medicine and engineering.

(a) Azmi wanted to create a multimedia presentation on “Batik Creation”.

(i) Give one (1) type of authoring tool that can be used to develop the presentation. [1mark]

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(ii) Describe the type of authoring tool that you have mentioned in 1(a)(iii). [2 marks]
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PSPM SC025 (2011/2012 SESSION)

3 Multimedia authoring tools provide two basic features. They are the ability to create and edit a multimedia
product; and the ability to present and deliver a multimedia product. The selection of an authoring tool is
one of the most critical factors of multimedia product development.

(a) State two (2) types of multimedia authoring tools. [2 marks]

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PSPMSC025 (2012/2013 SESSION)

4 (a) Differentiate two (2) characteristics of the following multimedia authoring tools. [4 marks]

Page-Based Time-Based

(i) (i)

(ii) (ii)

PSPM SC025 (2013/2014 SESSION)

5 (a) Describe the following types of multimedia authoring tools.

(i) Page-based [1 mark]

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(ii) Icon-based [1 mark]

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(iii) Time-based [1 mark]

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PSPM SC025 (2014/2015 SESSION)

6 Multimedia becomes an important part in the digital world because of its ability that can describe concepts
that cannot be made by the static information.

(a) List three (3) types of multimedia authoring tools and identify one (1) example of software for each
type [6 marks]

Type of Multimedia Authoring Tool Example of Software

PSPM SC025 (2015/2016 SESSION)

7 (a) There are several multimedia authoring software in the market. Identify the types of multimedia
authoring tools for the following examples of software. [3 marks]

Example of Software Types of Multimedia Authoring Tools

Hypercard

Authorware

Flash

PSPM II SC025 (2017/2018 SESSION)

8 (a) Multimedia authoring tools provide the framework for organizing and editing elements for a
multimedia project.

(i) Describe the page-based, time-based and icon-based authoring tools.

[3 marks]

Authoring Description
Tools
Page-based
Time-based
Icon-based

(ii) Between the three types of authoring tools in 1 (b)(i), state the best type suited for
messages with a beginning and an end.
[1 mark]
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(b) Several types of multimedia editing software are shown in the table below.
State the type of the following editing software.
[3 marks]

Software Type

(i)

(ii)

(iii)