Deck 13: Digital Television and Digital Audio Broadcasting

Question 1

DAB refers to ______.

A) a digital television standard
B) a digital radio standard
C) a digital cart machine
D) Digital Audio Beaming

Answer 1

a digital radio standard

Question 2

HDTV was pioneered in ______.

A) US
B) Japan
C) Russia
D) Scranton

Answer 2

Japan

Question 3

In the early 1990s, the FCC opted for the development of a ______ HDTV system.

A) digital
B) analog
C) cable-only
D) satellite-only

Answer 3

digital

Question 4

HDTV stands for ______.

A) higher definition television
B) highly defined television
C) highly developed television
D) high definition television

Question 5

The FCC supported and approved a ______ system for HDTV terrestrial relays.

A) augmentation
B) simulcasting
C) analog-based
D) international

Question 6

The U.S. digital broadcasting standard was readily adopted without controversy among the different industries.

Question 7

Briefly describe two of the advantages of an HDTV system.

Question 8

Broadcasters are limited to only relaying a single, HDTV relay, on a channel allocation.

Question 9

DAB can deliver a CD-quality audio relay.

Question 10

In-band on-channel (IBOC) systems make it possible to use an existing allocation to relay HDTV programming.

Question 11

A ______ uses satellites to deliver its programming.

A) SARs
B) SRADS
C) SDARS
D) ACTS ground station