Deck 21: Streaming Media

Question 1

Broadband Internet is a high-speed Internet service that comes in four different forms: DSL, fiber-optic, dial up, and satellite.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Spotify has impacted the world of audio streaming by making an ethical appeal to young people to abandon piracy and pay for their music.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Media streams can either be live or on demand.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Unfortunately, content deliverers are unable to collect data on what visitors are watching and how long they are watching a stream.

Question 5

Streaming allows uncompressed media files to be delivered in real time to the user.

Question 6

Television services are delivered or streamed over broadband IP networks to

A) DTV
B) IEEE
C) IPTV
D) WEBTV

Question 7

In 1920, an Army General perfected technology for streaming continuous music to commercial customers using wires instead of radio. This led to what

A) music on demand
B) payola
C) music cues
D) elevator music

Question 8

was the first streaming service that learned the listener's preferences and then filtered the music catalog lists toward those preferences.

A) Pandora
B) iTunes
C) Napster
D) Spotify

Question 9

As of October, 2014, has been accepted by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as the core language of the Internet because it provides a consistent user experience across any device.

A) C++
B) HTML5
C) Flash
D) Silverlight

Question 10

In July, 2000, a court order forced this free music sharing company to cease operations because of copyright infringement.

A) Real Audio
B) iTunes
C) Rhapsody
D) Napster