Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions on “Video Streaming”.
1. Google Talk is a Windows only VoIP service on the desktop that uses the ________ protocol.
a) Jabber
b) Jingle
c) SIP
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: It supports communication with mobile XMPP clients such as the Nokia N900 Smartphone, Blackberry, iPhone, and Android phones.
2. Point out the correct statement.
a) Video streaming over the Internet has become one of the major broadcast transmission media
b) The Internet’s “Wayback Machine” stores past versions of the Internet and includes some interesting and significant out-of-copyright video content
c) Kyte is a video platform for live and on-demand content streamed to online, mobile, and social media platforms
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: Video streaming is one of these technologies that benefits greatly from deployment in the cloud.
3. Which of the following is the most widespread video streaming service?
a) Flickr
b) Dailymotion
c) Metacafe
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: Metacafe is an entertainment site with movie trailers, TV shows, video games, and more.
4. Which of the following is the largest video sharing site?
a) YouTube
b) YuMe
c) Yahoo Video
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: YuMe is a video advertising company.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) Veoh serves TV and movie content from major studios, along with uploaded user content
b) UStream.tv is a live video event streaming service
c) RuTube is a popular Japanese video-sharing site
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: RuTube is a popular Russian video-sharing site.
6. Which of the following application is an example of TV over the Internet?
a) Hulu.com
b) MySpace
c) Comcast
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Hulu was launched in 2007 as a joint venture by ABC, Fox, and NBC to offer content to viewers.
7. Which of the following movie subscription service has moved to the cloud?
a) AOL
b) Netflix
c) XBox
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: Netflix also is expected to use the cloud deployment to expand the support of other devices.
8. Which of the following can be best be described as a digital media receiver?
a) Apple TV
b) Google TV
c) Windows Live
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Google TV is a media center software platform that will appear in some HDTVs.
9. Which of the following media players can view HTML5 content?
a) XBMC
b) Media Player Classic
c) Moovida Core
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player software developed by the XBMC Foundation.
10. Which of the following is the most widely used streaming video file container format?
a) H.261
b) H.262
c) H.264
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: H.264 is used as the streaming format for most large video sites, such as YouTube and iTunes.