Tutorial 7: Questions 1 through 50

1. _____ are programs that enable the browser to work with an embedded object.
1. Applets
2. Plug-ins - correct answer
3. Browslets
4. Either A or C
2. _____ can be used in Internet Explorer to run different code for different versions of Internet Explorer.
1. Comment parameters
2. Conditional parameters
3. Conditional tags
4. Conditional comments - correct answer
3. _____ files is the standard audio format for Windows PCs.
1. WAV - correct answer
2. SND
3. MPEG
4. AU
4. _____ is a proprietary audio format developed by Microsoft to compete with MP3s.
1. WAV
2. MIDI
3. Windows Media Audio - correct answer
4. AIFF
5. _____ is a video format developed by Apple Computer for Windows and Apple computers.
1. MPEG
2. AVI
3. RealVideo
4. QuickTime - correct answer
6. _____ is designed only for Windows and should not be solely relied upon for Web multimedia.
1. QuickTime
2. ActiveX - correct answer
3. Realtime
4. Flash
7. _____ runs a Java applet's code and returns the results to your computer.
1. JVM - correct answer
2. DVM
3. JDK 
4. SND
8. A conditional comment uses _____ to specify the condition for Internet Explorer.
1. <!-- [if condition IE version}><!--> - correct answer
2. <!-- [condition IE ]><!-->
3. <!--[version ]><!-->
4. none of the above
9. A Java applet is an external file that is downloaded and executed by your browser.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
10. A MIDI composition lasting several minutes is less that 20 kilobytes in size, while a similar file in WAV format would be several megabytes in size.
1. true - correct answer
2. false


11. A(n) _____ composition is smaller than WAV and MP3 files, but can not include speech.
1. MP3
2. MIDI - correct answer
3. AIFF
4. WAV
12. A(n) embedded media clip works like an inline image and can be played within the Web page itself.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
13. According to the HTML code in the figure above, the sound clip on this Web page will play automatically.
1. true
2. false - correct answer
14. ActiveX controls are identified using the _____ attribute.
1. src
2. classelem
3. classid - correct answer
4. data
15. An advantage of using an embedded file is that users don't have to retrieve a multimedia clipl they do so only if they want to.
1. true
2. false - correct answer
16. An applet is displayed as an embedded object on your Web page in an applet _____.
1. frame
2. manager
3. window - correct answer
4. index
17. AVI files have good support across operating systems and browsers.
1. true
2. false - correct answer
18. Case 7-1:  Mark Kennedy runs a Web site for amateur skateboarders.  He likes to post videos and music related to skating on his site as well as interviews with different skating professionals.  Which would be the best format for Mark to use for his videos so that they are compatible with the most browsers and can be displayed in YouTube?
1. AVI
2. RealVideo
3. Flash Video - correct answer
4. QuickTime
19. Case 7-2:  Laser Cats is a techno band that has created a Web site to provide people with information about them as well as tour dates, brand pictures and concert clips.  Each band member has a picture and a video.  To set it up so that either the video or the picture displays, they could use a(n) _____ if they knew their audience uses Internet Explorer.
1. conditional comment
2. optional source
3. dynamic resource - correct answer
4. flash source
20. Case 7-2:  Laser Cats is a techno band that has created a Web site to provide people with information about them as well as tour dates, brand pictures and concert clips.  The band wants a marquee for its page to display the tour dates.  They should probably use a(n) _____ to be compatible with the most browsers.
1. sdk
2. marquee tag
3. jvm
4. applet - correct answer


21. Case 7-3:  Sue maintains a site that shows animations, movies and sound clips made by the comedians that are part of her comedy club, Sue's Laughter.  For audio recordings of her comedians, the format to use to maintain high sound quality in the smallest file size would be _____.
1. swf
2. flv
3. mp3 - correct answer
4. wav
22. Case 7-3:  Sue maintains a site that shows animations, movies and sound clips made by the comedians that are part of her comedy club, Sue's Laughter.  If a comedian wants to make an interactive animation, Sue should have them create it in a(n) _____ file.
1. swf - correct answer
2. fls
3. flv
4.  swc
23. Case 7-3:  Sue maintains a site that shows animations, movies and sound clips made by the comedians that are part of her comedy club, Sue's Laughter.  Sue designs her pages for Internet Explorer, so when she embeds videos in a Flash Player, she will need to use the attribute _____.
1. classid
2. codebase
3. data
4. all of the above - correct answer
24. Developed by Microsoft, _____ is a popular streaming video format offering good compression and video quality.
1. RealVideo
2. MPEG
3. QuickTime
4. Windows Media - correct answer
25. Each measurement of a sound wave is called a(n) _____.
1. index
2. sample - correct answer
3. metric
4. cycle
26. For most applications, saving sound files at the _____ bit resolution provides a good balance of sound quality and file size.
1. 1
2. 4
3. 8
4. 16 - correct answer
27. If a plug-in encounters a parameter it doesn't recognize, it will _____.
1. ignore it - correct answer
2. adjust it
3. substitute it
4. load another
28. In the <object> tag, the _____ attribute is used to indicate the source of the data for the embedded object.
1. data - correct answer
2. classid
3. source
4. codebase
29. Increasing the sample resolution creates a digital sound file that represents the analog sound more accurately and results in a smaller file size.
1. true
2. false - correct answer
30. Large sound and video files cause the most trouble for users with low-_____ connections.
1. bandwidth - correct answer
2. resolution
3. frequency
4. intensity
31. Most browsers support two elements for embedding objects such as sound clips within a Web page: the embed element and the inset element.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
32. Most frames are sized to have width-to-height ratios or aspect ratios of 4:3.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
33. One of the most popular sites on the Web is YouTube, which is almost solely dedicated to the creation and dissemination of user-created videos.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
34. One of the primary goals when using multimedia is to create media clips that are compacy in size without sacrificing quality.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
35. QuickTime format was developed by Apple Computer.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
36. RealVideo is the preferred file format for online video sites such as YouTube and Google Video.
1. true
2. false - correct answer
37. Some Java applets might require several .application files to run properly.
1. true
2. false - correct answer
38. Some sound clips have copyright restrictions.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
39. The _____ element for embedding objects is not part of the W3C specifications.
1. include
2. embed - correct answer
3. object
4. stream
40. The _____ format is limited to music and cannot be used for general sounds, such as speech.
1. MIDI - correct answer
2. AIFF
3. WAV
4. MP3
41. The _____ format is not widely supported on the Web.
1. WAV
2. MP3
3. RealAudio
4. SND - correct answer
42. The _____ format represents sound by recording each note's pitch, length, and volume.
1. ReadAudio
2. MIDI - Correct answer
3. WAV
4. SND
43. The _____ parameter can be used to make a Flash window transparent.
1. bgcolor
2. wmode - correct answer
3. quality
4. scale
44. The <bgsound> tag is only supported by _____.
1. Opera
2. Safari
3. Internet Explorer - correct answer
4. Firefox
45. The item marked 1 in the figure above is the wave's _____.
1. amplitude
2. sample rate
3. frequency - correct answer
4. resolution
46. The item marked 2 in the figure above is an embedded video clip.
1. true
2. false - correct answer
47. The item marked 2 in the figure above is the wave's _____.
1. amplitude - correct answer
2. frequency
3. resolution
4. sample rate
48. The item marked 2 in the figure above is an example of external media.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
49. The items marked 1 in the figure above are the width and height of the clip controls.
1. true - correct answer
2. false
50. The most common file compression format is the MP3 format used throughout the Web as well as on portable music players and cell phones.
1. true - correct answer
2. false