Computer Science 1033: Final Exam
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions 2025-2026 Updated.
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 dual
soundtracks on film.
- Fantasia was the first commercial movie with a complete surround soundtrack in 1940
1969 (Multimedia History) - Answer NETWORK TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCED!
Arpanet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
- First packet switching network and predecessor to the internet
- Objective: a network technology to allow researchers at various locations across the country to
share information
- 4 locations in 1969: UCLA, Standford, UC Santa Barbara, University of Utah
Arpanet - Answer Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
Arpanet, 1970's (Multimedia History) - Answer Expansion to East Coast
1977 (Multimedia History) - Answer Apple starts to dominate PC market
, 1981 (Multimedia History) - Answer IBM PC (original personal computer) announced and
captures market share in 18 months
1991 (Multimedia History) - Answer World Wide Web debuts
1992 (Multimedia History)
*Two things happen - Answer MS Windows 3.1 Released
- Was an evolution to Windows 3.0
- Multimedia support was now fully integrated along with the expandable Control Panel + true
font
HTML debuts (basis for website development)
1993 (Multimedia History) - Answer Mosaic - first graphical browser (web pages with
images)
Mosiac was created by... - Answer Marc Andreesen, Erin Brina, and Tim Clark
- Transformed internet from research to household
1994 (Multimedia History) - Answer The Rolling Stones become the first major band to
broadcast a live performance over the internet
1995 (Multimedia History) - Answer Disney Toy Story (first feature length computer
generated movie)
- 77 minutes long
- 4 years to make
- 800,000 machine hours to render
1996 (Multimedia History) - Answer Affordable digital cameras widely available
1998 (Multimedia History) - Answer Google search engine launched
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions 2025-2026 Updated.
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 dual
soundtracks on film.
- Fantasia was the first commercial movie with a complete surround soundtrack in 1940
1969 (Multimedia History) - Answer NETWORK TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCED!
Arpanet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
- First packet switching network and predecessor to the internet
- Objective: a network technology to allow researchers at various locations across the country to
share information
- 4 locations in 1969: UCLA, Standford, UC Santa Barbara, University of Utah
Arpanet - Answer Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
Arpanet, 1970's (Multimedia History) - Answer Expansion to East Coast
1977 (Multimedia History) - Answer Apple starts to dominate PC market
, 1981 (Multimedia History) - Answer IBM PC (original personal computer) announced and
captures market share in 18 months
1991 (Multimedia History) - Answer World Wide Web debuts
1992 (Multimedia History)
*Two things happen - Answer MS Windows 3.1 Released
- Was an evolution to Windows 3.0
- Multimedia support was now fully integrated along with the expandable Control Panel + true
font
HTML debuts (basis for website development)
1993 (Multimedia History) - Answer Mosaic - first graphical browser (web pages with
images)
Mosiac was created by... - Answer Marc Andreesen, Erin Brina, and Tim Clark
- Transformed internet from research to household
1994 (Multimedia History) - Answer The Rolling Stones become the first major band to
broadcast a live performance over the internet
1995 (Multimedia History) - Answer Disney Toy Story (first feature length computer
generated movie)
- 77 minutes long
- 4 years to make
- 800,000 machine hours to render
1996 (Multimedia History) - Answer Affordable digital cameras widely available
1998 (Multimedia History) - Answer Google search engine launched
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin
