UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2014/2015
ORDINARY EXAMINATION FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIT 3204A DISTRIBUTED MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS
BCT 1204 MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY
BBIT 302 MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
DATE: APRIL, 2015 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question ONE and any other TWO
QUESTION ONE [30 marks]
a) A monitor has a pixel addressability of 800 × 600 and a color depth of 24 bits.
Calculate the minimum amount of display memory required on its adapter card to
display an image on the screen? (4 marks)
b) Calculate the file size for 1 minute, 44.1 KHz, 16-bits, stereo sound file? (3 marks)
c) On what criteria you would emphasize while selecting a multimedia computer
system? (5 marks)
d) Differentiate between the BMP, JPG, GIF and TIFF image file formats mentioning
where each is used? (8 marks)
e) What are the various modes of JPEG encoding schemes? Explain JPEG image
compression standard? (3 marks)
f) What is dictionary based compression? Show all the steps of LZ compression
including dictionary formation for the text string AB$ABA$ABA$ABAAC$AB
(7 marks)
QUESTION TWO [20 marks]
a) A GIF image occupies a rectangular area of A inch by B inch on a monitor screen.
The resolution of the monitor is C dpi. What is the file size of the image in KB? The
dimensions of the image is A inch × B inch? (4 marks)
b) Explain the main aspects of the MIDI specifications? (4 marks)
c) Explain the Huffman algorithm and also determine the Huffman code for following
variables whose frequencies given below: (12 marks)
d)
A B C D E F G
20 30 50 35 70 10 05
QUESTION THREE [20 marks]
a) Consider an image of dimensions 640 × 480 and color depth of 16 bits. If this image
is to be transmitted along a 56 kbps line from a Web server, calculate how long it
would take before the entire image is visible on the screen? (5 marks)
b) Describe with the aid of a diagram, the relationship between compression and
decompression. (6 marks)
c) Mention five image file formats widely used. (5 marks)
d) Explain the popular standards for analogue and digital videos. (4 marks)
QUESTION FOUR [20 marks]
a) An audio clip has a duration of 8 minutes. The highest frequency in the soud wave is
15 kHz. This is to be sampled using 8 bits per sample and in stereo mode. Calculate
the file size. Mention any assumptions made? (4 marks)
b) Explain the terms spatial redundancy and spectral redundancy. (6 marks)
c) Identify and list the parameters that determine the quality of pictures. (5 marks)
d) What are the issues of multimedia synchronization. (5 marks)
QUESTION FIVE [20 marks]
a) A monitor can display 4 shades of red, 8 shades of blue and 16 shades of green. Find
out the color depth supported by the monitor? ( 3marks)
b) With the raging debate of Digital TV migration, what are the underlying issues that
attribute to the current stalemate in its implementation in Kenya. (7 marks)
c) Discuss the following multimedia applications
i) Telemedicine (5 marks)
ii) Video conferencing (5 marks)
