1. Which of the following protocols are exclusively used with UDP for streaming applications ?
a) RTP
b) HTTP
c) SMTP
d) All of the mentioned

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2. Point out the correct statement:
a) A digital audio or video file is partitioned into many small pieces and played back at low speed
b) Depending upon the nature of the material, playing streamed material cannot suffer a certain amount of loss of transmitted packets
c) The difference between streamed media and transferred media is fundamental in deciding which transfer protocol to use
d) All of the mentioned

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3. Which of the following transmission protocol is used in case of transferred media scenario ?
a) TCP
b) UDP
c) HTTP
d) None of the mentioned

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4. Which of the following is application layer protocol for media streaming ?
a) RTCP
b) TCP
c) UDP
d) All of the mentioned

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a) RTP and RTCP are used exclusively with UDP
b) All the streaming protocols in use take raw files and compress them in some way
c) Cloud computing has some unique features that make it a very suitable platform for large scale audio and video streaming to customers on demand
d) None of the mentioned

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6. Which of the following is not a network control protocol to stream media ?
a) RTSP
b) RTP
c) RTCP
d) None of the mentioned

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7. Which of the following feature of cloud computing make it suitable for media streaming application ?
a) Access to scalable compute engines
b) Access to content delivery networks
c) Access to large scale storage
d) None of the mentioned

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8. Which of the following company provides an encoding/decoding solution directly from your desktop using its cloud infrastructure ?
a) Encoding.com
b) Decoding.com
c) EncodeDecode.com
d) None of the mentioned

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9. Which of the following was first ever audio streaming service in to use ?
a) Real Player
b) VLC Player
c) GOM Player
d) All of the mentioned

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10. Which of the following players play video formats as well as audio formats ?
a) Apple QuickTime
b) Adobe Audio
c) Microsoft Live
d) None of the mentioned

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ANSWERS

1. a
Explanation:RTP stands for Real-time Transfer Protocol.

2.  c
Explanation:Cloud computing has a number of advantages that aid content providers and delivery systems.

3.  a
Explanation:TCP stands for transmission control protocol.

4.  a
Explanation:TCP and UDP are Transport layer protocols.

5.  d
Explanation:If the material is to be protected, then the files also are encrypted prior to transmission and decrypted when they arrive.

6.  d
Explanation:RTCP stands for Real-time Transport Control Protocol.

7.  d
Explanation: Rackspace CloudFiles, and Eucalyptus are examples of some of the large cloud storage systems available to content providers.

8.  a
Explanation:Encoding.com supports static picture file conversions (JPEG, GIFF, TIFF, and so on), audio file conversions, and video file conversions.

9.  a
Explanation:Audio streaming makes much lower demands on network bandwidth than video streaming does.

10.  a
Explanation:It is also available as stand-alone players or as browser plug-ins.