COMP 4 - BSOA 3E/3H 2nd Quiz

Which of the following best defines Hypermedia?

• A set of text-only documents

• A multimedia system constrained to linear formats

• Non-textual, interactive media linked in nonlinear ways

• Media composed exclusively of video and audio

What is the main difference between TCP and IP in networking?

• TCP sends emails; IP handles images

• IP guarantees delivery; TCP does not

• TCP handles reliable transmission; IP handles addressing

• 
  TCP formats HTML; IP formats CSS

A non-linear multimedia presentation is typically characterized by:

• Fixed sequence with no user control

• User-driven interaction and navigation

• Printed manual slideshows

• Film reels shown in theaters

Which element of multimedia creates the illusion of motion by flipping through a series of still images?

• Video

• Animation

• 
  Audio

• 
  Graphics

Which of the following is not an example of server-side scripting?

• PHP

• ASP

• JavaScript

• JSP

A client browser first does which of the following when a URL is entered?

• Directly fetches the HTML from the disk

• Converts hostname to IP address using DNS

• Sends data using SMTP

• Executes the file on the server

One major disadvantage of multimedia is:

• Too little information delivery

• Cheap production

• User fatigue from interactivity

• 
  Information overload and large file sizes

A checksum in IP is used to:

• Verify digital signatures

• Ensure correct data transmission

• Encrypt multimedia files

• 
  Open streaming content

Which storage medium offers highest capacity for multimedia files?

• CD

• DVD

• Blu-ray

• 
  USB Flash Drive

In web technology, what is the purpose of HTML?

• Define program logic

• Style multimedia content

• 
  Define the structure of web content

• 
  Handle server-side requests