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Bmit 426: Client-Server Multimedia Technology Question Paper

Bmit 426: Client-Server Multimedia Technology

Course:Bachelor Of Business Management And Information Technology

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010

COURSE CODE: BMIT 426
COURSE TITLE: CLIENT-SERVER AND MULTIMEDIA
TECHNOLOGY

INSTRUCTIONS:
SECTION A : Answer Question 1 (COMPULSORY)
SECTION B: Answer any THREE questions.

SECTION A
QUESTION ONE (40 MARKS)
(a) Using examples, differentiate between the following terms:
(i) Network communication and client/server computing. (2 marks)
(ii) Internet and Intranet (2 marks)
(iii)Hypertext and hyperlink (2 marks)

(b) Explain five applications of multimedia systems (10 marks)
(c) Briefly describe the dynamic Huffman algorithms. (5 marks)
(d) Describe six challenges of multimedia systems and how developments in information
and communications technology addresses the challenges (12 marks)
(e) Briefly describe how the following multimedia elements are represented in
computers.
(i) Text (4 marks)
(ii) Images and graphics
(f) What is a firewall as used in client Server computing? (3 marks)

QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)
(a) Using examples describe the following terms: (6 marks)
(i) Client Server
(ii) Client paradgm

(iii) Client process
(b) Explain the advantages of networking in multimedia development (5 marks)
(c) Briefly describe the term “Virtual Reality”. (2 marks)
(d) Explain any four multimedia video formats (7 marks)

QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)
(a) Briefly describe the following terms:
(i) Multimedia Authoring
(ii) Authoring Paradigm
(iii) Multimedia information system (3 marks)
(b) Briefly describe three multimedia authoring metaphors (6 marks)

(c) Discuss four functions of multimedia authoring tools (6 marks)
(d) Briefly describe 5 technical and content design considerations in multimedia
information systems. (5 marks)

QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)
(a) Discuss why text compression algorithms have to be lossless (2 marks)
(b) Briefly describe the following terms as used in client/Server computing (4marks)
(i) A two-tier architecture
(ii) Internet

(c) Describe the multimedia systems development lifecycle (10 marks)
(d) Briefly describe how video is represented. (4 marks)

QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)
(a) Briefly explain the characteristics of Client/Server softwares (6 marks)
(b) Describe four hardware devices used in virtual environments, clearly explaining the
function of each. (12 marks)
(c) Using examples, describe 2 types of virtual environments. (2 marks)

QUESTION SIX (20 MARKS)
(a) Discuss the minimum requirements for internet connectively to be achieved
(10 marks)
(b) Discuss any five security issues while using the web (5 marks)
(c) What are the countermeasures to the web security issues raised in (b) above (5 mks)

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