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Digital convergence combines several industries, including the following:
A. computers and communications
B. consumer electronics
C. entertainment and mass media
D. All of these
D. All of these
An example of digital portability is a ________.
A. mobile phone.
B. living room TV with internet access.
C. refrigerator with access to email.
D. none of these.
A. Mobile phone
Telecommunications can be organized through two kinds of arrangements: the
________ model and the ________ model.
A. river-and-stream; switched-circuit
B. tree-and-branch; switched-network
C. parent-and-child; divided-road
D. None of these
B. tree-and-branch; switched-network
MP3 files are compressed, so that they are about ________ the size of
uncompressed audio files.
A. one-tenth
B. one-quarter
C. one-third
D. one-half
A. one-tenth
Digital music players utilize one or both of the following technologies: ________
and ________.
A. hard-disk drives; flash memory
B. Wi-Fi; Bluetooth
C. microwaves; infrared waves
D. None of these
A. Hard-disk drives; flash memory
The quality of a song on a digital audio player is determined by its ________, the
number of times a song is measured and converted to a digital value.
A. resolution
B. zoom rate
C. sampling rate
D. file transfer rate
C. sampling rate
. A form of radio in which broadcasters are able to squeeze two digital and one
analog station on the same frequency is called ________ radio.
, A. high-definition
B. internet
C. satellite
D. none of these
A. High-definition
The biggest competitor to regular radio is ________.
A. satellite radio
B. internet radio
C. high-definition radio
D. none of these
B. Internet radio
A camera, either film or digital, that automatically adjusts settings such as
exposure and focus is a ________ camera.
A. wide-angle
B. single-lens reflex
C. point-and-shoot
D. optical zoom
C. point-and-shoot
Another name for image sharpness is ________.
A. pixel setting
B. digital zoom
C. optical zoom
D. resolution
D. Resolution
A digital camera's images are stored on ________.
A. mini-CDs
B. digital film
C. flash memory cards
D. All of these
C. Flash memory cards
The eye-level glass device on the camera that you look through and that shows
the image to be photographed is called the ________.
A. LCD screen
B. image frame
C. optical viewfinder
D. none of these
C. optical viewfinder
A portable device that stores personal organization tools, such as schedule
planner, address book, and to-do list, along with other, more specialized
software, is called a ________.
A. palmtop
B. handheld
C. personal digital assistant
D. All of these
D. all of these