Client-Server Multimedia Technology Question Paper
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 (COMPULSORY)
QUESTION 1 (40 marks)
a) Discuss the client sever concept and indicate the contrast with the peer-to-peer model.
(6 Marks)
b) Describe the multimedia development process. (6 Marks)
c) Explain any six applications of multimedia. (6Marks)
d) You have been offered a chance to create a website for ABC Company. Discuss the
principles of web design that you would evaluate. (6 Marks)
e) Explain types of applets available. Show the difference between them. (4 Marks)
f) Briefly explain the characteristics that distinguish the client/server programs.
(6 Marks)
g) Discuss the power of sound between MIDI vs Digital Audio. (4 Marks)
h) What is anti-aliasing (2 marks)
SECTION B (40MARKS)
Answer any three questions.
QUESTION 2 (20marks)
a) Explain input/output devices used in multimedia. (6 Marks)
b) What are the advantages of servlets over the Common Gateway Interface? (6 Marks)
c) With the help of appropriate examples explain about the multimedia authoring software.
(4Marks)
d) Outline drawbacks of cookies . (4 Marks)
QUESTION 3 (20marks)
a) Illustrate the difference between 2-tier and 3-tier architecture. What are the advantages of
deploying 3-tier architecture in place of 2-tier architecture? (6 Marks)
b) Server programs exhibit a high level of concurrency. Ideally, a separate task will be assigned
to each of the clients the server is designed to concurrently support. Task management is best
done by multitasking operating system.
Required:
List and explain the base services provided by the operating system to the server to achieve the
above. (6 Marks)
c) What is redundancy as used in digital video? (2Marks)
d) Explain any three digital and audio compression techniques used in multimedia?
QUESTION 4 (20marks)
a) Using appropriate syntax explain the applet life cycle. (8 Marks)
b) Highlight and explain any four drawing and painting software. (4 Marks)
c) Explain the difference between Client-side code and Server-side code. (4Marks)
d) What are the operations/functions which the following capable of?
(i) OCR software (1Mark)
(ii) Text editing tool (1Mark)
(iii) Modeling and animation tool (1 Mark)
(iv) Video editing tool (1Mark)
QUESTION 5 (20marks)
a) Describe the types of servers and show the nature of service they offer to their clients. Use well
illustrated diagrams. (8 Marks)
b) For applications such as banking, it may be argued that security is a major concern when
implementing database systems. As a database administrator, you are expected to explain five
security features expected to be included with the design of the database systems.
(5 Marks)
c) State and explain briefly the role of IIS in web applications. (5 Marks)
d) List two benefits of consistently placing navigation tools on web pages? (2 Marks)
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