Reg. No.

Question Paper Code : 83228

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021.

Fifth Semester

Computer Science and Engineering

CS 044 — MULTIMEDIA

(Regulations 2001)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

Answer ALL questions.

PART A — (10  2 = 20 marks)

1. How is interactive television useful?

2. How will you evaluate a compression system? -
3. What is the difference between image file and video file?
4. What is MIDI?
5. Give the specification of a scanner.
6. What is tweening?
7. What are the advantages of using cache memory?
8. What is WORM?
9. Define hypermedia.
10. List any four characteristics of multimedia databases.

PART B — (5  16 = 80 marks)

11. (a) (i) Explain the architecture of a multimedia system. (8)

(ii) Explain any five applications of multimedia systems with suitable
examples. (8)
Or
(b) (i) Summarize the key challenges in multimedia systems. (8)
(ii) Highlight the features of multimedia databases. (8)
12. (a) Explain the functional modules of JPEG image compression standard.(16)
Or
(b) Highlight the features of MPEG video compression standards. (16)

13. (a) (i) Explain the following video standards : (6)

PAL, PAL and SECAM
(ii) Describe the following devices : (6)
Touch screens, pen input, trackballs OCR devices and flat-bed
scanners.
(iii) Write short notes on non-interlaced video display system. (4)
Or
(b) (i) Describe the generation process of an animation sequence. (6)
(ii) Describe the following devices: (6)
Mice, Infrared remotes, Magnetic card encoder and decoders, and
amplifiers.
(iii) Write short notes on interlaced video display system. (4)

14. (a) (i) Explain the features of RAID technology. (10)

(ii) What is a jukebox? (6)
Or
(b) (i) Explain the features of optical media devices. (10)
(ii) Justify the need for tape drives. (6)

15. (a) Discuss how computer-simulated environment is created using virtual

reality technologies. (16)
Or
(b) Explain the various data models for multimedia and hypermedia
information. (16)

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