Elance Camtasia Test Answers

True or False? Callouts can include text.
True
False


Camtasia Studio is fully integreated with which of the following digital audio workstations (DAW)?
(None of these)
Adobe Audition
SAWStudio
Orion Platinum


How is the timeline organized?
Into vertically layered "Phases" of the video
Into horizontally layered "Tracks" of media
Into "Clusters" of media that can be manipulated vertically or horizontally
Into vertical "Layers" of effects and callouts


What is the name of the company that is responsible for making all versions of Camtasia?
Quick Left
TechSmith
Midsouth Data
Finch


To move a file from the media/clip bin to the timeline requires that you do what?
Drag the file from the media/clip bin to the timeline
Map the file to a time marker then press Enter
Highlight the file and press SHIFT + I
Copy and paste the file to the canvas


Which of the following will help the Smartfocus feature keep track of where to apply zoom effects?
Keep the cursor close when entering text
Move the mouse slower than usual as you record
Use the mouse scroll wheel instead of clicking and dragging the scroll bar
(all of these)


The easiest way to reduce or remove sounds like fans or noisy lights that are constant throughout an audio recording is to do what?
Use the noise reduction feature of the audio menu
Add a small amount of gain to the audio track
Export the audio file to digital audio workstation (DAW)
Right click the clip then select "remove audio points"


Where is the canvas (video preview) located relative to the timeline?
On the left in the space above the timeline
On the right in the space above the timeline
To the right of the timeline
To the left of the timeline


Which of the following would not appear on the timeline?
(All of these would appear on the timeline)
Audio tracks
Video tracks
Annotations/call outs


Which hotkey is used to play and pause the video on the timeline?
CTRL + P
Spacebar
F10
Enter


As soon as you end a screen recording, where will your recording appear?
In the timeline and the media/clip bin
In the timeline only
On the canvas only
In the media/clip bin only


The dimensions of your video (in pixels) will most likely be determined by what factor?
How long the video is
Whether you are working on a PC or Mac
Where your video will be seen
The quality of your audio


To start a new video project on Camtasia you must do which of the following?
Choose "Produce special" from the File menu
Choose "Scrub project" from the Edit menu
Choose "New project" from the File menu
Choose "Clear media/clip bin" from the File menu


Camtasia is best known for which of the following?
Story boarding
Facial animation
Screen capture
Tilting and visual effects


When you press the red recorder button--found on the main editor--to begin a screen capture session, what occurs?
Camtasia minimizes and a smaller, screen-recording options window appears
Camtasia prompts you to choose layering options for the screen capture
A sample of the screen capture appears on the canvas
The "Cursor effects" menu below the timeline


Which of the following will increase the quality of your audio?
Enable noise removal/reductoin
Control the environmental noise around you as you record
Use a USB microphone
(all of these)


The SmartFocus feature will only work with what kind of files?
EGT Universal Document files
Camtasia recording or .camrec files
3dmlw files
CUE image files


Which of the following video hosting services can Camtasia send videos directly to?
YouTube
CalTrop
Funshion
56.com


What is the name of the process of mixing all individual files on the timeline into one playable video file?
Delivery
Mix-down
Consolidation
Rendering


True or False? Due to its copyright terms, Camtasia will not allow a watermark to appear on videos produced by Camtasia.
True
False


True or False? Camtasia has features specifically intended to help add captions to your video.
False
True


When a piece of media is selected on the canvas, small circles appear on the outside of the image. What are these small circles used for?
To scale or resize the picture
To keep or discard the media
To link the media to clips that come before or after it
To adjust the visual properties, such as color or brightness


The option to save/export one frame of your video as a picture is found in which menu?
The File menu
The Play menu
The Tools menu
The View menu


What would be the best way to hide sensitive information--such as a screenname or email address--in a screen recording?
Click the "secure" option before enabling SmartFocus
Alter the layering on the timeline so that the screen capture clip is not visible
Change the text by imposing a text callout over the information
Use a "blur" annotation/callout


True or False? Camtasia only supports built-in cameras and its recorder cannot make use of external cameras such as those that would be plugged in with a USB.
False
True


What does the waveform that appears within a media clip on the timeline represent?
How loud the audio is
The size of the clip (in bits)
The visual quality of the clip
The degree to which zoom/pan has been affected by Smartfocus


What are the three main areas of the Camtasia Studio interface?
Timeline, Screenshot, and Editor
Media/Clip Bin, Canvas, and Timeline
Recorder, Timeline, and Library
Effects, File Drawer, and Timeline


Separating the video and audio portions of a file requires you to do what?
Select "Video and audio destinations" on the timeline menu
Right click the clip and select "Separate video and audio"
Rip the audio from the clip in the Audio tab menu
Select "Save file as" and save the clip as both a WAV and WMV


What will you find to the immediate left and right of the play button just below the canvas?
Sliders used to adjust the canvas size
A button to refresh the video and a button to stop it
The Effects menu and the Timeline menu
Arrows for moving forward or backward in the video


On the timeline, if you position your cursor at one end or another of any given clip, what will appear?
The visual properties menu of the clip
A double-sided arrow with which you can crop the clip
A tool for adjusting the clip's position on the canvas
An effects menu for the clip


True or False? If you want your final video to be a certain size you must make all of your recordings at that exact size.
True
False


What is the name of TechSmith's content-hosting service?
Archive.tv
Darkroom.com
CamtasiaGallery.com
Screencast.com


Which of the following is not a preset screen-recording dimension?
954 x 820
1024 x 768
1280 x 720
640 x 480


"Locking" a track will ensure that it cannot be changed or effected accidentally. Where is the padlock button that "locks" a track located?
on the far left side of the timeline
beneath the track
on the far right side of the timeline
above the track


How do you place a transition between two video clips?
By dragging the transition to the timeline and placing it between the two clips
By selecting "Transitions" on the playhead menu
By highlighting both clips, right clicking and selecting "Transitions"
By right clicking the first clip, choosing "Properties" and then selecting "Transitions"


In the Camtasia interface, where is the media bin located relative to the timeline?
On the right in the space above the timeline
On the left in the space above the timeline
To the right of the timeline
To the left of the timeline


You can select all of the clips on a particular track of the timeline by doing what?
Right-clicking on the track and select "Select all on track"
Double-clicking on the canvas when a media clip from the track appears
Pressing the star icon on the far-right track head
Pressing the light bulb icon on the far-left track-head


How would you rotate a picture on the canvas?
By dragging the small circle that appears to the right of the center of the canvas
By manipulating the Y axis in the clips "Position" menu
By manipulating the X axis in the clips "Position" menu
By right-clicking the picture on the timeline and choosing "Rotate image"


How might you delete one section in the middle of a media clip?
By using the playhead to highlight that section, then pressing Delete
By dragging the clip onto the canvas then selecting the section you want to delete
By right-clicking the media clip, selecting "Delineate section," then pressing Delete
By cutting the section in the media bin


You can scrub, i.e. preview your video quickly forward or backward, by doing what?
By holding down the mouse button on either side of the canvas
By grabbing the playhead and moving it up or down the timeline
By pressing CTRL/CMD + right arrow or left arrow
By pressing the F key (for forward), or the B key (for back)


What is the best way to ensure that a cursor click effect will occur at the exact time that the click was executed during screen capture?
They automatically show up whenever a click was made during the recording
Use the click tabs on the timeline above the screen record clip
Make a personal note of when each click was made during the recording
Check the "click tracker" option in the screen recording menu


If you want to change the position of a shape or textbox that appears in your video you can manipulate its position by clicking and dragging the shape or textbox in which part of the editor?
The media/clip bin
(none of these)
The timeline
The canvas


True or False? Animations can only be added to annotations/callouts without text.
True
False


If you want to record only one portion of your computer screen, where can you specify what part of the screen you want to record?
On the smaller screen-record window
In the "Parameters" menu to the left of the canvas
In the media/clip bin once the video is finished
On the timeline's "Dimensions" menu


SmartFocus serves which of the following functions?
Automatically adjusts and enhances colors and images
Generates interactive content such as quizzes and table of contents
Zooms and pans during screen capture videos
Adds subtle emphasis to "hotspots" on the screen


True or False? On the timeline, annotations/callouts must appear on the same track as the clip they go with or they will not appear.
False
True


What do you call an interactive segment of your video that can take your viewer to a website or to another part of the video itself?
A hotspot
A green zone
An access point
A charge


What determines the layering of annotations/callouts and clips on the canvas?
Items on the timeline are layered on the canvas by number
Item on the timeline are layered on the canvas according to when they were imported
Items at the on the bottom layer of the timeline will appear at the front of the video playback on the canvas
Items at the on the top layer of the timeline will appear at the front of the video playback on the canvas


When splitting one media clip into two smaller clips, what do you use to mark where the clip is split?
The "Auto-split" feature of the timeline menu
The clip's "Properties" menu
The playhead
The crop tool on the canvas


Which of the following are options for improving the quality of your audio?
ClariFy and CodiFy
Clicking reduction and clipping reduction
IE extraction and adaptive audio data
Auto-mix and sound-add


Right-clicking inside the media/clip bin will take to which of the following options?
Enable titles
Sort by... (size, type, etc.)
Import media
Resize canvas


The play pause button for the video you are editing appears below which of the following?
The timeline
The media/clip bin
The canvas
(none of these)


The playhead located just above the timeline and the vertical line that extends below it are used to mark what?
The frame that is currently displayed in the canvas
Videos that are "grouped"
The clip that is selected
Which zoom and/or pan will occur next in the video


Your video can be cropped on which of the following parts of the editor?
(none of these)
The media/clip bin
The timeline
The canvas


True or False? If you want to customize zooms and pans in your video, you must first apply Smartfocus and then manipulate the zooms and pans manually.
True
False


True or False? The sensitivity of audio improvement features such as "noise removal" can be adjusted by using a slide bar.
True
False


What is the easiest way to ensure that the quality of your video's picture is not compromised when scaling with zoom?
Input a higher pixel count in the clip's visual properties menu.
Disable SmartFocus.
Use Camtasia's auto-scaling feature.
Record at full-screen but edit at the exact size you'll share.


Annotations/callouts include all but which of the following?
Blur
Highlighter
Shapes with text
Clip art


If you wish to use one of the media clips that come with Camtasia for a project that you will eventually charge money for or make money on, you must do which of the following?
Obtain written permission from Teachsmith after paying an appropriate fee
Nothing, these clips are free to use in any capacity
Obtain written permission from Techsmith but pay no fee
These clips cannot be used for profit


The option to create a table of contents is available when publishing to which of the following video hosting websites?
Screencast
Liveleak
(all of these)
Funshion


What is the first step in exporting your video?
Clicking the drop-down "Share" menu tab
Setting the dimensions of your video in the media/clip bin
Clicking the "Export" menu just below the canvas
Mixing all your media clips on the timeline menu


The animation, zoom, and pan that effects a track is represented by what shape on that track?
An arrow
A check mark
A circle
A star


On the canvas, the gridlines that help you reposition your video into different quadrants are what color?
Green
Blue
Yellow
Red


True or False? In order to create a transition between two clips those two clips must be on the same track of the timeline.
False
True


What is the name of the Techsmith mobile device app that allows you to send videos and images from your mobile device to Camtasia?
Merge
Link
Flux
Fuse


To reposition the time that a zoom begins in a video you must do which of the following?
Drag the zoom position slider left or right in the Zoom-n-Pan menu
Change the initial and terminal zoom points on the canvas time marker
Click and drag the animation arrow on the timeline
Drag the zoom position slider left or right in the clip's Visual Properties menu


Which of the following is not an effect that can be added to the cursor in a screen capture video?
Change cursor shape
Left-click effect
Magnify the cursor
Highlight the cursor


One way to ensure that your veiwer will see the cursor on your screen capture videos is to use which of the following features of Cursor Effects?
Use cursor tracing
Make the cursor flash different colors
Enlarge the cursor's size
Enable cursor binding


For a screen-capture clip, where can you see each instance in which the mouse was left or right-clicked during that clip?
On a bar just below that clip
In the canvas
In the media/clip bin
At the top of the timeline


If you wanted to create a table of contents for the viewers of your video, which tool would you use?
Text callout
Metacaptions
Markers
SmartFocus


You can change the canvas zoom with a drop down menu or by doing what?
Going into the canvas menu and manually entering the zoom percentage.
Selecting "Zoom features" from the timeline menu.
Moving your cursor over the canvas and scrolling up or down with your mouse.
Right clicking the canvas and selecting "Canvas properties."


Effects that can be added to audio, video, cursors, etc. can be found where?
In the same space as the media/clip bin
At the far-left head of each track
In the "Effects" menu of the timeline
In the window that appears after clicking "FX drawer"


Where would you change the length of the tail of an animated arrow that you had placed in your video?
(none of these)
In the media/clip bin
On the timeline
On the canvas


A green screen (or chroma key) effect can be achieved in Camtasia using which of the following options?
Remove a Color
Clip Stacking
SuperimPosition
Visual Effects Generator


Which of the following steps might you take to remove or delete a track on the timeline?
Tracks cannot be deleted, only media on the tracks can
Right-click the far left track head and select "Remove/Delete track"
Select the track, right-click the playhead and then select "Remove/Delete track"
Click the light bulb icon on the track head then select "Remove/Delete track" in the drop-down Edit menu


What are the two different types of markers you can create?
Time markers and Position markers
Colored markers and Monochrome markers
Global markers and Media-based markers
Quick markers and Universal markers


What does the slider on the timeline control?
The height or zoom of the tracks
The color of the tracks
The number of tracks on the timeline
The timing of zooms on the track that is highlighted


Preset zooms for the canvas include all but which of the following percentages?
200%
300%
50%
10%


Sending images from your mobile device directly to Camtasia requires you to take which of the following steps?
Sync your mobile device's email account(s) and contacts to Fuse
Create a common hypertext transfer protocol
Email the images to your Camtasia account
Scan a QR code


The screen-recording pause menu allows you to do which of the following?
Alter the layering of the recording
Resize the recording
Delete the recording
(none of these)