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WorksheetsHardware in Multimedia
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 19mins
___ allows direct communication and sharing of peripheral resources such as file servers, printers, scanners and network routers.
MAN
WAN
AMN
LAN
The following are examples of storage devices EXCEPT _______.
Hard Disks
FireWire
DVD
Blu-ray Discs
_________ is/are typically read by the built-in camera on a smartphone or mobile device and may contain link information to quickly access a website.
Quick Response (QR) codes
Unicode
ASCII code
Codecs
Which of the following statements is NOT true about FireWire?
It was introduced by Apple in the 1980s
It is the industry standard and provides support for high-bandwidth serial data transfer, particularly for digital video and mass storage
It can connect multiple computers and peripheral devices (peer-to-peer)
The transfer speed is 12Mbps
Choose the INCORRECT storage device for a computer
Compact disc read only memory
FireWire
Thumb drives
Blu-ray discs
Both local area networks (LANs) and wide area network (WANs) can connect the members of a workgroup, but _____ workstations are located within a short distance of one another.
LANs
MANs
WANs
WiFi
Barcode readers are probably the most famous optical character recognition device in use today which can _____.
read graphics into a computer
recognize the numeric characters of the universal product code pattern
scan voice and display in the computer
scan and save the text in the computer
If you have budget constraints, you can certainly produce a multimedia project on a slower or limited-memory computer. On the other hand, it is profoundly frustrating to face memory shortages time after time, when you are attempting to keep multiple applications and files open simultaneously. Identify the hardware that can be upgraded in order to allow a computer to run smoothly
Plug-and-play
Random access memory
Read-only memory
Small computer system interface
Which of the following is an example of input device?
Microphone
Blu-ray discs
Speaker and headphone
LED screen
Serious multimedia developers will often attach more than one monitor to their computers because ______.
it enhances data transfer between computers
they can have more windows visible at one time
it enables cross platform testing
they can compare images on different monitors
If you are working in a multimedia development environment consisting of a mixture of Macintosh and Windows computers, how do you want them to communicate with each other?
‘Clone’ Macintosh to run in Windows
Convert Windows to Macinstosh
Upgrade RAM and disk storage space
Local Ethernet system
Select the TRUE statement about Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software
OCR Software can trigger common menu events such as Save, Open, Quit, and Print
OCR Software can teach the system to recognize other commands that are more specific to your application
OCR Software can convert paper documents into a word processing document on your computer without retyping or rekeying.
OCR Software use special color-correction hardware to ensure that what they see on screen matches precisely what will be printed
_________ is a method for wiring up computers between Windows and Macintosh.
Client/server
Ethernet
ISP
Wi-Fi
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a standard for connecting devices to a computer. It recognizes the devices by ______.
ATA
IDE
Mirroring
Plug and Play
Select the TRUE statements about SCSI
i. It may connect internal devices such as hard drives
ii. It may also connect external devices
iii. It is often preferred for real time video editing, network server, and mirroring situation
iv. Its standards support hot-swapping and plug-and-play
i and ii
ii and iii
i, ii and iii
All of the above
If you are designing an e-storytelling book, you need to convert the paper document into word processing document on your computer without retyping or rekeying by using _______.
Barcoding
Optical Character Recognition Software
Voice Recognition System
Quick Response Codes
A computer output on a CRT is calibrated to display an image
smaller than the actual monitor’s capability
larger than the actual monitor’s capability
that adjusts automatically to the monitor’s capability
which can be it is larger or smaller than the monitor’s capability depending on the monitor
A barcode reader can ______.
scan graphic into a computer
read universal product code (upc) patterns
recognize spoken words when trained
provide sharp and detailed image resolution
The main difference between DVD and Blu-ray Disc is _______________.
disc diameter
data transfer rate
storage size
image compression
You have been assigned to develop a multimedia kiosk for a shopping complex that will allow users to locate specific shops. Which device is the MOST suitable for this project?
GPS Tracker
Touch Screen Monitor
Joystick
LCD Projector
Select TRUE statements about FireWire
i. Can only be attached to one computer at a time
ii. Introduced by SONY in the 1990s
iii. Becomes an industry standard and provides support for high-bandwidth serial data transfer
iv. Has replaced Parallel SCSI in many applications because it is cheaper
ii and iii
iii and iv
ii, iii and iv
All of the above
ONE (1) method to connects a computer to the internet world.
(a)
ONE (1) type of device that we always use other than output devices.
(a)
