Which of these are recognised types of file compression? (select all that apply)

• lossless

• lossy

• superchannel

• standard

• redundant

What are the main reasons to compress data? (select all that apply)

• To reduce secondary storage space

• To maximise the available RAM memory

• To speed up network transmission times

• To optimise the data

• To reduce packet congestion on networks

Which of these are recognised lossless compression algorithms? (select all that apply)

• RLE

• LZ-77 (dictionary coder)

• Caesar cipher

• Merges sort

What is the correct Run-length encoding for the data: cccmmmmmsssssdcccccc

• 3c5m5s1d6c

• c3m5s5d1c6

• cmsdc35516

• cccmmmmmsssssdcccccc

Which of these image file formats support lossless compression techniques? (select all that apply)

• JPG

• PNG

• GIF

• BMP

• SVG

Which of these audio file formats support lossy compression?

• FLAC

• MP3

• WAV

• OggPCM

• WMA

What is the correct order of memory storage units from smallest to largest?

• KiB MB MiB GB TiB

• KiB MiB MB TiB GB

• MB MiB KB GB TiB

• KB GB MB MiB TiB

What is the name of the lossy compression algorithm used in JPG image compression?

• Discrete Cosine Transform

• Abstract Sinusoidal Mutation

• Run-length encoding

• LZ-77

On which of these data strings would you expect a dictionary-based lossless compression algorithm like LZ-77 to achieve the highest compression ratio?

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