Web Audio Practice Quiz 1: History

The practice quiz below covers the history of the Internet and Web audio. Please read Brief History of the Internet and Web Audio before taking this quiz. Each time you take the quiz, your results will be sent to Dr. Estrella by e-mail. Take the quiz as many times as needed to achieve a perfect score. This practice quiz will help Duquesne students with reading comprehension and better prepare them for the real quizzes to be given via Blackboard.

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  1. Identify the correct explanation for ARPANET, the date it was launched, and the initial number of nodes.
    1. The Advanced Research Projects Agency network was launched in 1979 with 4 nodes.
    2. The Advanced Research Projects Agency network was launched in 1969 with 23 nodes.
    3. The Advanced Research Projects Agency network was launched in 1971 with 23 nodes.
    4. The Advanced Research Projects Agency network was launched in 1969 with 4 nodes.
  2. In the early 1980s, five supercomputer centers were established to give academic researchers access to powerful computers. These supercomputers were networked using the same internet protocol developed by ARPANET. Who built these five supercomputer centers?
    1. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
    2. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
    3. The National Science Foundation (NSF)
    4. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
  3. What organization created the first telnet, ftp, and gopher browsers to help people use the Internet more easily?
    1. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
    2. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
    3. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
    4. The National Science Foundation (NSF)
  4. Who created the first Web browser and the standard file format known as HTML?
    1. Tim Berners-Lee
    2. Eric Bina
    3. Bill Gates
    4. Marc Andreessen
  5. Identify the name and launch date of the first graphical Web browser.
    1. Mosaic in 1993
    2. Lynx in 1993
    3. Netscape in 1994
    4. Internet Explorer in 1995
  6. Which of the following sound formats was most prevalent on the Web in 1994?
    1. Microsoft's WAV format
    2. Sun Microsystem's 8-bit AU format
    3. AIFF
    4. MP3
  7. In what years did Netscape 1.0 overtake Mosaic as the most popular graphical Web browser and Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer 1.0?
    1. 1995 and 1996
    2. 1994 and 1995
    3. Both happened in 1995.
    4. Both happened in 1996.
  8. Identify the multimedia technologies that were introduced for the Web in 1995.
    1. QuickTime and RealAudio
    2. Shockwave and QuickTime
    3. QuickTime and Flash
    4. Shockwave and RealAudio
  9. Identify the multimedia technologies that were introduced for the Web in 1996.
    1. QuickTime, Flash, and Windows Media Player
    2. Shockwave, QuickTime, and the Netscape LiveAudio plugin
    3. Beatnik and the Netscape LiveAudio plugin
    4. QuickTime, Flash, and the Netscape LiveAudio plugin
  10. Identify two of the compression technologies included in QuickTime by Apple in 1998.
    1. MP3 compression and Qualcomm PureVoice compressor
    2. QDesign music compressor and MPEG2
    3. QDesign music compressor and Qualcomm PureVoice compressor
    4. Sorenson compression and Qualcomm PureVoice compressor
  11. Identify the correct information related to SMIL.
    1. Simple Multimedia Integration Language is a proprietary technology introduced by RealNetworks in 1998.
    2. Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language is a non-proprietary standard published by the W3C and first supported by RealNetworks in 1998.
    3. Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language is a non-proprietary standard published by the W3C and first supported by RealNetworks in 1999.
    4. Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language is a proprietary technology introduced by RealNetworks in 1998.
  12. In what year did MP3 files become supported by both QuickTime and RealPlayer software?
    1. 1999
    2. 2000
    3. 2001
    4. 2002
  13. What is RTSP?
    1. Rich Texture Streaming Protocol
    2. Real Time Streaming Protocol
    3. Random Time Synchronization Protocol
    4. Real Time Synchronization Protocol
  14. In the year 2000, which multimedia development environment had 500,000 developers and 250 million users?
    1. Shockwave
    2. Quicktime
    3. Flash
    4. RealPlayer
  15. Identify the product and launch date of the first successful legal music download service.
    1. Napster in 1999
    2. Kazaa in 2000
    3. Rhapsody in 2002
    4. iTunes in 2003

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