Zion Technology and Business College

Department of Information Technology

Multimedia Systems Group assignment (20%)
Date December 02 2022
Submission Date: after one week

1. There are two major types of sound applications for multimedia development: sampled and
synthesized sounds. Briefly explain the two types of sound applications and give examples
for each type.
2. What is authoring software? Briefly describe the purpose of authoring software using an
example.
3. Why is video compression necessary? What are the three strategies for video compression?
Briefly explain each strategy.
4. What is the distinction between film and video?
5. Explain the concept of multimedia?
6. What is the mechanism of digitized sound? How does the computer reconstruct sound wave
from a sample data?
7. What is the advantage of MIDI over digitized sound?
8. Explain the concept of video on multimedia.
9. Identify and explain the three factors that influence the quality of digital video output.
10. Identify and explain the three major components of a basic MIDI sound system.