Quiz: Digital Media – Representing the Real World in Digital Form
Total Marks: 30
Time Allowed: 35 minutes
Choose the correct answer.
1. What does a digital system use to represent information?
A) Electrical waves B) Continuous values C) Binary numbers D) Sound signals
2. Which of the following is an example of analogue data?
A) A digital clock B) A photograph on a smartphone C) A vinyl record D) A barcode
scanner
3. A discrete value is:
A) A changing, continuous signal B) A randomly selected number C) A clearly defined
separate value D) A decimal point
4. What is the term for the smallest unit of a digital image?
A) Bit B) Byte C) Pixel D) Dot
5. JPEG files are typically:
A) Vector graphics B) Audio formats C) Lossy compressed bitmap images D)
Uncompressed
6. What is one advantage of vector graphics over bitmap images?
A) Higher color depth B) Better photo quality C) Smaller file size when scaled D) Pixel-
based editing
7. A bitmap image with 16-bit color depth means:
A) It uses 8 bits per pixel B) It can display 16 colors C) Each pixel is represented using
16 bits D) It uses 16 bytes per image
8. What type of file is best suited for storing logos and diagrams?
A) JPEG B) Bitmap C) GIF D) SVG
9. Which one of the following represents a screen resolution?
A) 256 colors B) 1024 × 768 C) 16 bits D) RGB
10. What is the size (in bits) of an image of 640 × 960 pixels with 16-bit color depth?
A) 983,040 bits B) 1,228,800 bits C) 614,400 bits D) 2,457,600 bits
Section B: Short Answer Questions (2 marks each × 5 = 10 marks)
11. Explain the difference between analogue and digital data using a real-life example.
12. Define what a "pixel" is and explain its role in a digital image.
13. What is color depth and how does it affect image quality and file size?
14. Give two differences between bitmap and vector graphics.
15. Why do JPEG images usually have smaller file sizes than bitmap images?
Section C: Calculation Questions (5 marks each × 2 = 10 marks)
16. A smartphone screen has a resolution of 640 × 960 pixels.
If each pixel uses 16 bits, calculate:
- a) Total number of pixels
- b) Total number of bits
- c) Total bytes
- d) Total MB (1 MB = 1,048,576 bytes)
17. A bitmap file is 3 MB in size.
- a) Convert it to megabits
- b) If your internet download speed is 14.1 Mbps, how many seconds will it take to
download?