During a professional baseball game, a long fly ball is hit down the first base line toward the foul ...

During a professional baseball game, a long fly ball is hit down the first base line toward the foul ball pole. If it goes to the right of the pole it will be a foul ball, and if it goes to the left it will be a home run. The umpire making this call will have the most difficulty making the judgment because
 
  a. the umpire will be looking right at the foul pole instead of viewing it from an angle.
  b. the human visual perceptual system is simply inefficient at making judgments in cases where the visual stimuli are more than a few feet away.
  c. it can be very difficult to distinguish one item from another when it there is overlap between the two.
  d. the ball will probably disappear from view whether it goes in front of or behind the foul pole.

Question 2

The task of determining the object responsible for a particular image on one's retina is called the
 
  a. radiated wavelength paradox.
  b. inverse projection problem.
  c. serial location task.
  d. fusiform face role.

Question 3

Computer programs have been designed that can recognize matching human faces with the same accuracy as a human being, but the computer loses its efficiency at this process when
 
  a. animal faces are substituted for human faces.
  b. the faces are of children.
  c. the faces are viewed from an angle.
  d. the faces are of people with scars or deformities.

Question 4

To demonstrate the complexity of human perception, a challenge took place in California where entrants had to design a motorized vehicle that could drive through a 55-mile course without human assistance. The winning vehicle was only able to stay on the course and avoid various obstacles while traveling at a rate of ____ miles per hour.
 
  a. 3
  b. 7
  c. 10
  d. 14