Elance Lightwave Test Answers
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What does Fracture do?
It causes an item to break into a million pieces.
It uses dynamics to break an item down.
It causes an item to become more dynamic.
It
breaks an item down into parts for use with dynamics.
What is maximum render resolution for 32-bit versions of LightWave?
50,000 x 50,000
16,000
x 16,000
4,000 x 4,000
800 x 600
What items are included in bullet's properties?
Speed, Rotation, and Velocity.
Bullet
Group, Dynamic Body, Collision Body.
Group, Bullet Body, Speed
Collision Body, Reflection, and Color.
What kind of imagery would Fracture be good at creating?
Shattering
glass.
Playful dolphins.
Bread dough.
Fluffy kittens.
Because ServerRecord is constructed at the top level of the environment, what else is it considered?
A
“global” variable.
Nothing.
A “local” variable.
A “relative” variable.
What key toggles between selection modes?
h key
b key
Space
bar
c key
v key
What does “Mass Method” do?
It calculates the 'brightness' of an item.
It calculates the 'dullness' of an item.
Calculates
the 'heaviness' of an item.
It calculates the 'darkness' of an item.
What does Edge Padding do?
It emphasizes user padding.
It creates seams to make note of the user padding.
It makes edges stand out and be more difficult to manage.
It
creates a user-defined padding so that there are no seams when the size of the
map is reduced.
What does Autodesk's Maya do?
It inverts colors.
It
reverses diffuse and ambient, making it necessary to back up your project
before using it.
It adds the framework for creating figures.
It changes shapes automatically.
Lightwave instancing clones one object to as many as you want/need. What is the benefit for using instancing versus actually cloning?
Saves system memory
Saves render time
All
of the above
Allows smoother layout navigation
How do you access a node through your Texture Editor?
Choose Text Editor as the procedural Node.
Choose Procedural Editor as the Node.
Choose Shape Editor as the procedural Panel.
Choose
Node Editor as the procedural texture.
What Workflow Enhancement can you use to align your model after working off the axis?
Align
to Plane
Assign to Plane.
Arrange with Plane.
Engage with Plane.
Where are lightmaps assigned?
In the settings menu.
On the lumination panel.
Your
surface's Luminosity channel.
In the Luminary menu.
What is the Control Booth for?
Printing.
Setting
up scripts to handle the commands that configure your device.
Setting up user preferences.
Configuring the controls to work for a new user.
The new VPR setting in Lightwave allows fast editing of surfaces and lighting. What does VPR stand for?
Varied Pixel Relations
Viewport
Preview Rendering
Vermont Public Radio
Viper
What does the Device Manager in Lightwave do?
Assigns programs to devices.
Assigns
your connected device to be used with the Virtual Studio.
There is no Device Manager in Lightwave.
Assigns your devices to an animation.
What is Lightwave's flocking system based off of?
Robotic motion of drones.
The swaying of trees in the wind.
3D
computer models of coordinated animal motion.
Animals running in chaotic patterns.
Which is the move tool key?
v
k
l
x
m
The Exploded Parts toggle is used for what?
Creating an imploded morph map of the parts.
Creating
an exploded morph map of the parts.
Creating imploded parts views.
Creating exploded parts views.
How many ServerTagInfo instances can be defined?
Only 10.
Less than 50.
An
infinite amount.
Only 50.
IK is a function that allows bones to automatically bend at joints based on a goal objects position in the IK chain. What does IK stand for?
Inverse Kinetin
International Kinesics
Inverse
Kinematics
Intentional Kinetics
To make your plug-in live, what must be defined?
Nothing.
Only ServerRecord structures.
Only ServerTagInfo structures.
The
ServerTagInfo and ServerRecord structures.
To set the frames per second, what field do you adjust?
The PFS field.
The
FPS field.
The audio field.
The Frame menu.
What is a ServerRecord?
A Java library.
A runtime library.
A
Python dictionary.
A book depository.
What animated scene would Lightwave's flocking algorithm be useful in displaying?
Bears hibernating.
Elephants eating grass.
Dogs catching frisbees.
Groups
of mackerel escaping seals.
True or False? You can have multiple Instance Generators attached to an object.
True
False
Why should there be only one ServerRecord instance in your script?
To
be sure the Pcore system can locate it.
To keep it away from Pcore.
To keep it running.
To keep Pcore in check.
What does the value, “Minimum Samples” do?
It determines the cameras per pixel.
It determines the X-rays per pixel.
It determines the camera angles per pixel.
It
determines the camera rays per pixel.
If when loading a scene, Lightwave prompts you for object and image location, what wasn't set correctly?
Coordinate system
Content
directory
Lightwave global settings
Master plugins
In Layout, what camera will give you a completely flat, straight on image?
Perspective camera
Orthographic
camera
Shift camera
Real lens camera
When surfacing an object and test rendering the look, sometimes it can take a long time to render just to need to adjust and rerender. What function allows you to render only where you are making changes?
Field of View
Limited
region
Pixel Aspect
Frame Size
What bullet dynamic causes the item to slow down when it comes in contact with other items?
Fraction.
Fracking.
Friction.
Fracture.
Can you edit Morph Maps with Zbrush?
Yes.
You can only edit Morph Maps with Morph Maps.
You can edit Zbrush with MorphMaps.
No.
Lightwaves built in tabs allow fast access to its various tools and settings. You will find the plugins, python scripting, and Lscripting in which tab?
Utilities
tab
Display tab
Setup tab
Scene tab
If you have too many transparent objects in the scene, the render may not look as it should. What setting do you need to adjust if the transparency isn't rendering correctly?
Ray
Recursion Limit
Clip Map
Ray Precision
Transparency Amount
If you wanted to save your configuration settings, where would you save them?
%USERPROFILE%\.NewTek\LightWave\11.0\configs
%USERPROFILE%\.NewTek\LightWav\extensions
%USERPROFILE%\.NewTek\LightWave\Windows\configs
%USERPROFILE%\.NewTek\LightWave\11.0\system
True or False? There are three ways to surface an object; nodes, layers, and a combination of the two.
False
True
What is Python Scripting useful for in Lightwave?
Creating Lightwave apps.
Writing scripts to automatically draw for you.
Creating code that makes Lightwave run smoother.
Creating
custom plug-ins.
What is new about sampling in Lightwave 11?
It has been discontinued.
Nothing is new.
It has been converted to be less comprehensive.
It
has been unified.
What are three primitives that have been added to the Geometry Group in Layout's Modeler Tools tab?
Cube,
Sphere, and Ground Plane
Circle, Square, and Taurus.
Rhombus, Triangle, and Oval.
Triangle, Square, and Oval.
In Modeler, the hotkey "N" will bring up this dialogue box with useful information about the tools that you use.
New object box
Numeric
box
Node information box
Notice box
In order to use the Heat Shrink tool, what does your object need?
A weight map
A point selection set
An
object in the background layer
A morph map
The new releases of Lightwave allows compatibility with which game engine?
C4
Unity
XBox Two Alpha
Lua 3D
How can you make your lighting more subtle in Unity?
Delete them.
Increase their brightness.
Use
lightmaps.
Use the lightdampening panel.
Layout has three different coordinate systems for rotational and transformational purposes; world, parent, and what?
Generic
Standard
Universal
Local
Which of the following is an Instanced Object?
Visibility.
Blur.
Motion blur.
Opacity.
Is the Global Playback button overridden by individual Play settings?
Yes.
No.
It can be with the right plug-in.
Only if you specify that it should be.
This view shows you each object and the tree of connections it has under it. What is that view called?
Schematic
view
Scene editor
Information view
Object connection view
After being used to create the digital sets on Avatar, Lightwave added the ability to use hand held devices to move the digital camera in real time. What is that feature called?
Virtual
Studio
Real camera motion
Inside the studio
Virtual green screen
Boolean operations modify two pieces of existing geometry based on where they intersect. There are four types of booleans; intersect, add, subtract, and?
Multiply
Planar
Inverse
Union
Modeler allows you to build a skeleton before bringing it into Layout. What is the tool called?
Create
skelegons
Create bones
Create skeleton
T-bone
True or False? In order to render faster, Lightwave only renders what is in the cameras view.
True
False
Endomorphs is a trait offered by which Interchange Tool?
GoZ.
ZGo.
ZoG
GooZ
In Layout, shift clicking on an object in VPR will do what?
Select the object
Render only selected
Select
the surface in the surface editor
Nothing
Lightwave now provides a tool for almost instant animation rig set up. What is it called?
Genoma
Skelegon
Bone Manager
Insta-rig
Where can the Device Manager be found?
The
Top Menu.
The Side Menu.
The Lunch Menu.
The Bottom Menu.
What is the Lightwaves built in hair and fur tool called?
Yeti
Barber Shop
Shave and Haircut
FiberFX
Radiosity causes Lightwave to calculate light bounce and reflection off of objects in the scene. There are three types of radiosity algorithms you can choose from; backdrop, final gather, and?
Monaco
Textured environment
Image world
Monte
Carlo
In Lightwave, there are 4 different types of UV textures. They are planar, cylindrical, spherical, and?
Polygon
Texture
Depth
Atlas
This checkbox in the display preferences shows you what will could be cut off after broadcasting the show. What is the check box called?
Show field chart
Show
safe areas
Golden sections
Show cut off lines
What does Ngon light do?
Creates light effects.
Create
n-sided lights.
Creates disco balls.
Creates light elements.
What panel would you find the “Instancer” tab?
The Instancing panel.
Object’s Layout Properties panel.
The Instancer panel.
Layout’s
Object Properties panel.
Lightwave allows 3 and 4 sided polygons to become subpatched in its standard mode. Which SubD type allows more than 4 sides to be subpatched?
Super Subpatch
Catmull-Clark
Lewis & Clark
Multi-patch
In the node editor, the Carpaint node is considered a?
Shader node
Gradient node
Ray Trace node
Material
node
What three principles is the flocking algorithm based off of?
Separation, Arithmetic, and Cohesion.
Singularity, Arrangement, and Cohesion.
Separation,
Alignment, and Cohesion.
Separation, Alignment, and Conjunction.
True or False? Saving your scene in Layout will save texture information on your model.
False
True
In the lower right of Modelers interface are the letters W, T, M, C, and S. They stand for subpatch weight map, UV texture map, morph map, color vertex map, and?
Point
Selection Sets
Polygon space map
Size map
Stereo map
Which key opens the "Surface Name" panel – to rename the selected polygons?
l
p
x
v
q
This tool allows for fluid motion with particles which constantly chase a goal object.
Fluid Tool
Follow Me Tool
Go To Tool
Flocking
Tool
In Modeler, you can quickly center your selection to 0,0,0 by pressing this hotkey.
F1
F2
F5
F0
When building a skeleton out of bones, and after activating the bones the geometry becomes twisted and deformed, what did you forget to do?
Set weight maps
Record
bone rest position
Record bone pivot rotation
Set bone rest length
When creating a primitive in Modeler, what does the left and right arrows do?
Adds
and removes geometry segments
Increases or decreases primitive size
Moves the primitive left or right
Rotates the primitive
In Modeler, what tool allows you to move a point or selection of points and connect it to another point, without changing the shape of the selected points?
Set point value
Point connect
Weld
Snap
drag tool
Subdividing a poly adds more geometry to existing object. What is the default hotkey?
Shift S
Ctrl D
Ctrl A
Shift
D
Instances can be displayed in OpenGL as what?
Extended objects.
Object elements.
Advanced objects.
Normal
objects.
Which of the following is a Generic_ExportFBXCommand argument?
<FBXMedia>
<ExportMedia>
<EmbedMedia>
<GenericMedia>
True or False? In order to use manually drawn bones, you have to have a weight map assigned to the object.
True
False
When moving, scaling, or rotating a selection in Modeler, it will rotate around the "action center". There are four centers you can choose from, mouse, pivot, selection, and origin. What is the hotkey for Action Center: Origin?
Shift F5
Shift F7
Shift F8
Shift
F6
True or False? When plugging a texture node into the base surface node, it disables the ability to change the layer input of the same attribute.
True
False
In Layout, moving an object over another object and holding down a key will snap it to the pivot point of the object you currently do not have selected. What is that key?
Alt
Space
Shift
Ctrl
Which of these tools allow you to add more geometry on an edge than a single polygon in an automatic manner?
Chamfer
Bevel
Magic Bevel
Rounder
Once you have created a subclass of a valid plug-in interface, what must be provided to manage its instances?
A panel.
A tray.
An instance.
A
factory.
Where can Nodes be found?
Shading
Samples > Render Globals > Render
Render Globals > Shading Samples > Render
Node Samples > Render Globals > Render
Shading Samples > Render Nodes > Render
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