Computer Science 1033 Final Exam Questions With
Complete Answers
Multimedia - ANSWER Combination of media's such as texts, books, pictures, music,
sounds, CDs,
videos, DVDs, MP3 players, iPods, records films etc
Technical Definition of Multimedia - ANSWER - Content that uses a combination of
different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, video and interactive
content
- Describes any application or technology that can be used to do this^
Software Applications - ANSWER ??? - database programs, word processors, web
browsers and spreadsheets.
Internet - ANSWER - Is a massive network of networks (a networking infrastructure)
- It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any
computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected
to the Internet
Internet Facts - ANSWER - Fast, cheap, and accessible (reaches people all over the world)
,- Asia 389M
- Europe 313M
- North America 232M
- More users in Asia but a greater percentage of population in North America (70% vs
12%)
World Wide Web - ANSWER - Is the primary system we use to access the Internet. (The
Web isn't the only system out there)
- We typically access the Web through browsers, like Internet Explorer and Mozilla
Firefox.
Earliest drawings/paintings by humans were discovered in... - ANSWER France
The first permanent photograph was taken between... - ANSWER 1820 - 1830
First motion picture was recorded between... - ANSWER 1880 - 1890
The first full length movie with synchronized dialogue was... - ANSWER The Jazz Singer
,The Jazz Singer (facts) - ANSWER - First feature-length motion picture with not only a
synchronized recorded music score, but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in
several isolated sequences
- Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and the decline of the
silent film era
One of the first full-length movies to use color was... - ANSWER Wizard of Oz
Predecessor of the internet was... - ANSWER Arpanet
Who invented the World Wide Web? - ANSWER Tim Berners-Lee
What was the name of the first graphical browser for the World Wide Web? - ANSWER
Mosaic
Mosaic (Facts) - ANSWER - Discontinued early web browser
- First browser to display images inline with text instead of displaying images in a
separate window
What band was first to perform over the internet? - ANSWER The Rolling Stones
, What was the first full-length feature film that was completely computer generated? -
ANSWER Toy Story
The application that revolutionized/irritated the music industry in 1999... - ANSWER
Napster
When did digital cameras become fairly accessible and affordable to the public? -
ANSWER 1996
1500 - 1300 BC (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Prehistoric humans paint images on the
walls of their caves (Grotte de Lascaux, France)
1914 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Silent movies incorporated multiple media be
using film and text captions together
1928 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Steamboat Willie by Walt Disney was the first
cartoon to use synchronized sound
1928 - 1931 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Movies with sound replace silent movies
1930s (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Technicolor is introduced in film + most movies
are filmed in color after 1940
1937 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Bell laboratories had a breakthrough in creating
Complete Answers
Multimedia - ANSWER Combination of media's such as texts, books, pictures, music,
sounds, CDs,
videos, DVDs, MP3 players, iPods, records films etc
Technical Definition of Multimedia - ANSWER - Content that uses a combination of
different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, video and interactive
content
- Describes any application or technology that can be used to do this^
Software Applications - ANSWER ??? - database programs, word processors, web
browsers and spreadsheets.
Internet - ANSWER - Is a massive network of networks (a networking infrastructure)
- It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any
computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected
to the Internet
Internet Facts - ANSWER - Fast, cheap, and accessible (reaches people all over the world)
,- Asia 389M
- Europe 313M
- North America 232M
- More users in Asia but a greater percentage of population in North America (70% vs
12%)
World Wide Web - ANSWER - Is the primary system we use to access the Internet. (The
Web isn't the only system out there)
- We typically access the Web through browsers, like Internet Explorer and Mozilla
Firefox.
Earliest drawings/paintings by humans were discovered in... - ANSWER France
The first permanent photograph was taken between... - ANSWER 1820 - 1830
First motion picture was recorded between... - ANSWER 1880 - 1890
The first full length movie with synchronized dialogue was... - ANSWER The Jazz Singer
,The Jazz Singer (facts) - ANSWER - First feature-length motion picture with not only a
synchronized recorded music score, but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in
several isolated sequences
- Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and the decline of the
silent film era
One of the first full-length movies to use color was... - ANSWER Wizard of Oz
Predecessor of the internet was... - ANSWER Arpanet
Who invented the World Wide Web? - ANSWER Tim Berners-Lee
What was the name of the first graphical browser for the World Wide Web? - ANSWER
Mosaic
Mosaic (Facts) - ANSWER - Discontinued early web browser
- First browser to display images inline with text instead of displaying images in a
separate window
What band was first to perform over the internet? - ANSWER The Rolling Stones
, What was the first full-length feature film that was completely computer generated? -
ANSWER Toy Story
The application that revolutionized/irritated the music industry in 1999... - ANSWER
Napster
When did digital cameras become fairly accessible and affordable to the public? -
ANSWER 1996
1500 - 1300 BC (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Prehistoric humans paint images on the
walls of their caves (Grotte de Lascaux, France)
1914 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Silent movies incorporated multiple media be
using film and text captions together
1928 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Steamboat Willie by Walt Disney was the first
cartoon to use synchronized sound
1928 - 1931 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Movies with sound replace silent movies
1930s (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Technicolor is introduced in film + most movies
are filmed in color after 1940
1937 (Multimedia History) - ANSWER Bell laboratories had a breakthrough in creating
