Deck 7: Designing a Multimedia Web Site

Question 1

Stereo provides a richer sound than mono, but at the expense of approximately quadrupling the size of the sound file.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The frequency is the height of the sound wave and it relates to the sound's volume.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

With hundreds of millions of videos stored online, the most popular site to view and share videos is YouTube.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

One of the most important factors in the application of multimedia on the Web is bandwidth.

Question 5

Video has become one of the most popular methods of sharing information on the Web.

Question 6

The trade-off in increasing the sampling rate is that it decreases the size of the sound file.

Question 7

The RealAudio format was one of the first formats that allowed for streaming audio over low-to-high bandwidth connections.

Question 8

Applets are embedded within Web pages just like sound and video clips.

Question 9

Java programs are stored in zip files called class files, which have the file extension .class.

Question 10

By default, audio controls are displayed in-line with text-level elements.

Question 11

The most common file compression format is the MP3 format used throughout the Web as well as on portable music players and cell phones.

Question 12

A video file format is synonymous with the codec of the clip it contains.

Question 13

The Adobe Flash Player file is often embedded within a Shockwave Flash file.

Question 14

Increasing the sample resolution creates a digital sound file that represents the analog sound more accurately and results in a smaller file size.

Question 15

Browsers only support the object element for embedded Web pages.

Question 16

The AIFF sound file format is primarily used on UNIX workstations.

Question 17

The human ear hears sounds in the range from 1 kilohertz to 5 megahertz.

Question 18

It is a mistake to assume that a higher bit rate always results in better video quality.

Question 19

Multimedia is displayed within a Web page in a fashion similar to an outline image.

Question 20

Embedded objects are limited to audio and video files.

Question 21

Each measurement of a sound wave is called a(n)____.

A) index
B) sample
C) metric
D) cycle

Question 22

The repeat parameter of the CreditRoll.class specifies the space between each line of text, in pixels._________________________

Question 23

The quickbegin parameter is used to determine whether or not the browser starts the embedded clip automatically when the Web page is loaded._________________________

Question 24

Internet Explorer supports a technology called ActiveY to play embedded media._________________________

Question 25

The item marked 1 in the accompanying figure is the wave's ____.

A) amplitude
B) sample rate
C) frequency
D) resolution

Question 26

The controls to edit a media clip are also displayed as part of the Web page._________________________

Question 27

A(n)MIDI composition lasting several minutes is less than 20 kilobytes in size, while a similar file in WAV format would be several megabytes in size._________________________

Question 28

The item marked 2 in the accompanying figure is the wave's ____.

A) amplitude
B) frequency
C) resolution
D) sample rate

Question 29

The textx parameter of the CreditRoll.class specifies whether the text in the applet window is repeated._________________________

Question 30

The frequency is the speed at which the sound wave moves and it relates to the sound's pitch._________________________

Question 31

Which of the following is a basic component of a sound wave?

A) frequency
B) amplitude
C) sample rate
D) Both a and b

Question 32

Your video editor usually allows you to choose the codec for your video file._________________________

Question 33

Many frames are sized to have width-to-height ratios or aspect ratios of 4:3._________________________

Question 34

Large sound and video files cause the most trouble for users with low-____ connections.

A) bandwidth
B) resolution
C) frequency
D) intensity

Question 35

With respect to a sound wave, the lower the amplitude, the louder the sound._________________________

Question 36

Sounds with high frequency have lower pitches._________________________

Question 37

Adobe Flash Professional software includes development tools to make the Flash player more accessible._________________________

Question 38

SND is the standard audio format for Windows PCs and is commonly used for storing uncompressed CD-quality sound files._________________________

Question 39

The number of samples taken per second is called the sampling rate._________________________

Question 40

A(n)Java program is not a stand-alone applicaiton, but instead runs in conjunction with a hosting program such as a Web browser._________________________

Question 41

Which of the following attributes displays the audio controls in the Web page?

A) controls="controls"
B) loop ="loop"
C) src ="url"
D) autoplay ="controls"

Question 42

____ sound files have 8-bit sample resolutions, use a sampling rate of 8 KHz, and are recorded in mono.

A) AU
B) AIFF
C) RealAudio
D) WAV

Question 43

Which of the following are commonly used sample resolution values?

A) 1 bit, 2 bit, and 4 bit
B) 4 bit, 8 bit, and 12 bit
C) 8 bit, 16 bit, and 32 bit
D) 8 bit, 16 bit, and 64 bit

Question 44

A(n)____ clip should provide users with important information that cannot be conveyed in any other way.

A) sidebar
B) clip art
C) audio
D) text

Question 45

The ____ sound file format is used primarily on UNIX workstations.

A) RealAudio
B) AU
C) AIFF
D) MIDI

Question 46

The ____ format synthesizes musical sounds by recording each note's pitch, length, and volume.

A) RealAudio
B) MIDI
C) WAV
D) SND

Question 47

____ objects are not limited to audio and video files.

A) Element
B) Embedded
C) Media
D) Steaming

Question 48

____ files are the original standard audio format for Windows PCs.

A) WAV
B) SND
C) MPEG
D) AU

Question 49

The file size of an audio clip is related to the ____.

A) sampling rate
B) sample resolution
C) number of channels
D) All of the above

Question 50

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Question 51

____ is a popular music format limited to instrumental music, and cannot be used for general sounds.

A) WAV
B) MP3
C) AIFF
D) MIDI

Question 52

For most applications, saving sound files at the ____ bit resolution provides a good balance of sound quality and file size.

A) 1
B) 4
C) 8
D) 16

Question 53

____ is a proprietary audio format developed by Microsoft to compete with MP3s.

A) AU
B) MIDI
C) WMA
D) MPEG

Question 54

____ is a file compression format designed for Web audio and is an open source and royalty-free format.

A) WAV
B) MP3
C) Ogg Vorbis
D) SND

Question 55

Sample resolution is sometimes referred to as ____.

A) bit length
B) bit height
C) bit width
D) bit depth

Question 56

Older browsers that do not support the ____ audio element instead rely on plug-ins to play embedded media clips.

A) HTML
B) HTML3
C) HTML5
D) HTML7

Question 57

The sampling rate is measured in ____.

A) MHz
B) MB
C) KHz
D) GB

Question 58

When determining the number of channels to use in creating a sound file, the choice is between stereo or ____ sound.

A) monaural
B) telephonic
C) DAT
D) resolved

Question 59

The most popular sound file format for downloading and storing music is ____.

A) AU
B) AIFF
C) MP3
D) MIDI

Question 60

A(n)____ composition is smaller than a WAV or an MP3 file, but cannot include speech.

A) MP3
B) MIDI
C) AIFF
D) WAV

Question 61

Each codec is stored within a file called a(n)____ file.

A) embedded
B) container
C) object
D) source

Question 62

With the embed element, the width and height of the object are measured in ____.

A) points
B) inches
C) pixels
D) picas

Question 63

To indicate the end of a conditional comment, you would use ____.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 64

The ____ attibute of the video element automatically restarts the video clip when it is finished playing.

A) audio = 'muted'
B) autoplay = "autoplay"
C) loop = "loop"
D) preload ="type"

Question 65

The ____ parameter starts YouTube video playback the indicated number of seconds into the video.

A) autoplay= 0|1
B) start = value
C) playlist = list
D) loop = 0|1

Question 66

A conditional comment uses ____ to specify the condition for Internet Explorer.

A)

Question 67

ActiveX controls are identified using the ____ attribute.

A) src
B) classelem
C) classid
D) data

Question 68

A proprietary file format developed by Adobe to deliver video over the Internet using the popular Adobe Flash Player is ____.

A) RealVideo
B) Flash Video
C) QuickTime
D) Windows Media

Question 69

To embed a Flash Player, you use the ____ parameter to identify the video file to be played.

A) src
B) object
C) movie
D) href

Question 70

Which of the following sound file formats have a MIME type of audio/basic?

A) AIFF
B) WAV
C) SND
D) MP3

Question 71

The attribute ____ of the QuickTime plug-in sets the initial volume, where value ranges from 0 to 255.

A) volume= "value"
B) loop ="value"
C) controller = "volume"
D) autoplay = "value"

Question 72

To specify that code only run in browsers other than Internet Explorer, you could specify ____ as your condition.

A)

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Question 74

____ can be used in Internet Explorer to run different code for different versions of Internet Explorer.

A) Comment parameters
B) Conditional parameters
C) Conditional tags
D) Conditional comments

Question 75

The ____ attribute can be used to identify where to download a plug-in.

A) codebase
B) code
C) srcload
D) href

Question 76

An open source format introduced by Google to provide royalty-free video and audio to be used with the HTML5 video element is ____.

A) Flash Video
B) MP4
C) Ogg Theora
D) WebM

Question 77

A(n)____ file consists of several time entries, each marked with a time stamp.

A) WebVTT
B) MIME
C) AU
D) HTML

Question 78

The number of frames shown in each unit of video is expressed as ____.

A) MHz
B) GHz
C) fz
D) fps

Question 79

____ are programs that enable the browser to work with an embedded object.

A) Applets
B) Plug-ins
C) Browslets
D) Either A or C

Question 80

____ is designed only for Windows and should not be solely relied upon for Web multimedia.

A) QuickTime
B) ActiveX
C) Realtime
D) Flash