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Year 9 Digital Media and Sound Assessment

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This image consists of individual elements. What are they called?

(a)  

2.

There is a term for the number of individual elements in an image. What is it?

a)

revolution

b)

resolution

c)

bit depth

d)

pixels

3.

What is the bit depth of this image?

a)

7 colours

b)

8 colours

c)

3 bits

d)

24 bits

4.

If an image uses 'RGB colour', then how many bits are used to represent the colour of each pixel?

a)

3

b)

8

c)

24

d)

Over 16 million

5.

The resolution of this image is 600⨉400. This means that:

a)

it consists of 600 pixels and 400 colours

b)

it consists of 240,000 pixels

c)

It requires 5,760,000‬ bits to be represented

d)

It requires 2,400,000 bytes to be represented

6.

You check the file "Properties" (or "Get Info") of an image and see that its size is 800kB (kilobytes). Select an equivalent size from the list below:

a)

800kb (kilobits)

b)

800,000 bytes

c)

100kb (kilobits)

d)

800,000,000 bytes

e)

800 billion bytes

7.

You calculate the representation size that an image is supposed to have - 24MB. You find that the actual size is much smaller than you expected ~ 3.2MB. What one word explains this?

a)
compression
b)

countering

c)

bit depth

d)

metadata

8.

This image of a flower has a resolution of 2,000⨉2,000 and its colour depth is 10 bits. What is the resolution of the image in megapixels?

a)

4

b)

4,000

c)

4,000,000

d)

40,000,000

9.

The technical specifications of your new phone report that it has an 8-megapixel camera. What does that mean?

a)

The camera can capture images with a file size of 8 megabytes.

b)

The camera can capture images with a resolution of 8 thousand pixels.

c)
The camera can capture images with a resolution of 8 million pixels.
d)

The camera can capture images with a bit depth of 8,000,000.

10.

Select the definition that you find most appropriate for the colour depth of an image:

a)

How many different colours there are in the image

b)

How ‘sharp’ the image is

c)

How many pixels the image consists of

d)

How many binary digits are used to represent the colour of each pixel

11.

Select the definition that you find most appropriate for the resolution of an image:

a)

How many different colours there are in the image

b)

How ‘sharp’ the image is

c)

How many pixels the image consists of

d)

How many binary digits are used to represent the colour of each pixel

12.

Between two images, the one with the greater resolution:

a)

Will be ‘sharper’, i.e. more detailed

b)

Will have more colours

c)

Will be larger in size, i.e. require more bits to be represented

d)

All of these

13.

Between two images, the one with the greater colour depth:

a)

Will be ‘sharper’, i.e. more detailed

b)

Will have more colours

c)

Will be larger in size, i.e. require more bits to be represented

d)

All of these

14.

Select the scenarios below where we might choose to use images with a low resolution.

a)

Printing photographs on paper

b)

Keeping an archive of images on a limited size storage device

c)

Selecting images to be used on a website; it's important that the website be fast to load

d)

Using image editing software to manipulate images on a slow computer

e)

Using image editing software to perform professional-level image manipulation

15.

In this image, the colour of each pixel is either black or white. How many binary digits are required to represent the colour of each pixel?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

24

d)

8

16.

The BBC Micro computer (1981) was capable of displaying images at a resolution of 600⨉256, using 3 bits to represent the colour of each pixel. How many different colours was it capable of displaying?

a)

=600x256x3

b)

=8

c)

=(600x256x3)/8

d)

=16

17.

The Commodore 64 computer (1982) had a resolution of 320⨉200, using 4 bits to represent the colour of each pixel. 

How many different colours was it capable of displaying?

a)

=600x256x3

b)

=8

c)

=(600x256x3)/8

d)

=16

18.

The BBC Micro computer (1981) was capable of displaying images at a resolution of 600⨉256, using 3 bits to represent the colour of each pixel. How many bits were required to represent an image displayed on the BBC Micro?

a)

=600x256x3

b)

=8

c)

=(600x256x3)/8

d)

=16

19.

The Commodore 64 computer (1982) had a resolution of 320⨉200, using 4 bits to represent the colour of each pixel. 

How many bits were required to represent an image displayed on the
Commodore 64?

a)

=320x200x4

b)

=8

c)

=600x256x4

d)

=16

20.

Sound could be described as:

a)

Vibrations in air

b)

Samples of noise

c)

Vibrations of a speaker

d)

Analogue waves

21.

Which piece of equipment from the below would you need to use in order to generate sound from a digital device?

a)

Speaker

b)

Webcam

c)

Antenna

d)
Microphone
22.

Which piece of equipment from the below would you need to use in order to record sound into a digital device?

a)

Speaker

b)

Webcam

c)

Antenna

d)
Microphone
23.

What is the role of the microphone?

a)

To convert binary digits to sound

b)

To convert sound to denary numbers

c)

To convert sound to binary digits

d)

To convert denary numbers to sound

24.

What is the role of the speakers?

a)

To convert binary digits to sound

b)

To convert sound to denary numbers

c)

To convert sound to binary digits

d)

To convert denary numbers to sound

25.

Select the definition that you find most appropriate for the sampling rate of digitised sound:

a)

How good the ‘quality’ of the sound is

b)

How many samples the sound consists of

c)

How many samples per second the sound consists of

d)

How many binary digits are used to represent the sound

26.

Select the definition that you find most appropriate for the sample size of digitised sound:

a)

How good the ‘quality’ of the sound is

b)

How many samples the sound consists of

c)

How many samples per second the sound consists of

d)

How many binary digits are used to represent the sample

27.

Between two pieces of digitised sound, all other things being equal, the one with the greater sampling rate:

a)

Will be perceived as having better ‘quality’

b)

Will be able to capture more ‘levels’ of sound

c)

Will be larger in size, i.e. require more bits to be represented

28.

Between two pieces of digitised sound, all other things being equal, the one with the greater sample size:

a)

Will be perceived as having better ‘quality’

b)

Will be able to capture more ‘levels’ of sound

c)

Will be larger in size, i.e. require more bits to be represented

d)

All of these

29.

You go out into the woods to record sounds of birds. You set the sampling rate on your digital recorder to 40,000 samples per second and the sample size to 16 bits per sample. You are lucky enough to come across a nightingale, and you capture a stereo recording of its singing for 90 seconds. How many binary digits are required to represent that sound? (use a calculator if you need to)

a)

115,200,000 bits

b)

57,600,000 bits

c)

640,000 bits

d)

3,600,000

30.

What is 80,000,000 bits in bytes?

a)
800,000 bytes
b)
80 bytes
c)
100,000,000 bytes
d)
10,000,000 bytes
31.

What is 80,000,000 bytes in kilobytes?

a)

800,000 kB

b)

80 kB

c)

80,000 kB

d)

10,000,000 bB

32.

A friend tells you that an audio CD can store up to 80 minutes of sound. You are reluctant to believe this, as you know that you can copy hundreds of your MP3 files onto a CD, and that would definitely be more than 80 minutes of sound. You are both right. Use one single word to explain this.

a)
Compression
b)

Digitalisation

c)
Amplification
d)

Sample Rate