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File Formats Exam Questions

4 OCR Creative iMedia R093 (J834) exam-style questions on File Formats (R093 Media industry - Distribution considerations), 4 marks in all. Answer them on paper or print them, then open the mark schemes and example answers to see how each is marked.

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1Multiple choice1 mark

Which is a property of a digital static image file?

[1 mark]
  • ABit depth
  • BFrame rate
  • CPixel dimension
  • DSample rate
Mark scheme

Answer: (C) Pixel dimension (1)

Guidance

Correct answer only

Example answers and how they were marked
Full marks1/1

(C) Pixel dimension

Why: Correct option selected: pixel dimension (the number of pixels wide and high) is a property of a digital static image file.

No marks0/1

(A) Bit depth

Why: Bit depth is a property of digital audio files, not of a static image file, so no mark.

No marks0/1

(B) Frame rate

Why: Frame rate is a property of moving image files; the candidate has confused a static image with a video file, so no mark.

2Multiple choice1 mark

Which term describes the number of pixels in one inch of a screen image?

[1 mark]
  • ABit depth
  • BFrame rate
  • CPPI
  • DSample rate
Mark scheme

Answer: (C) PPI (1)

Guidance

Correct answer only

Example answers and how they were marked
Full marks1/1

(C) PPI

Why: Correct option selected: PPI (pixels per inch) is the resolution of a screen image.

No marks0/1

(A) Bit depth

Why: Bit depth relates to audio samples, not to the pixels in one inch of an image, so no mark.

No marks0/1

(D) Sample rate

Why: Sample rate is how often a sound wave is sampled each second, so no mark.

3Multiple choice1 mark

Which is a vector static image file format?

[1 mark]
  • AGIF
  • BJPEG
  • CPNG
  • DSVG
Mark scheme

Answer: (D) SVG (1)

Guidance

Correct answer only

Example answers and how they were marked
Full marks1/1

(D) SVG

Why: Correct option selected: SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) stores the image as lines and curves, so it is a vector format.

No marks0/1

(A) GIF

Why: GIF is a bitmap/raster format, not a vector format, so no mark.

No marks0/1

(C) PNG

Why: PNG is a compressed bitmap/raster format; the candidate has confused a small file size with a vector format, so no mark.

4Multiple choice1 mark

Which is an uncompressed digital audio file format?

[1 mark]
  • AAAC
  • BFLAC
  • CMP3
  • DWAV
Mark scheme

Answer: (D) WAV (1)

Guidance

Correct answer only

Example answers and how they were marked
Full marks1/1

(D) WAV

Why: Correct option selected: WAV is the uncompressed digital audio file format.

No marks0/1

(B) FLAC

Why: FLAC uses lossless compression, so it is still a compressed format and not the answer, so no mark.

No marks0/1

(C) MP3

Why: MP3 is a compressed (lossy) audio format; the candidate has confused a widely used format with an uncompressed one, so no mark.

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