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Section A: Long Answer Questions

Attempt any TWO questions.

3 questions·10 marks each
1long10 marks

Explain the MPEG video compression standard. Discuss I-frames, P-frames and B-frames, motion estimation and compensation, and the group of pictures (GOP) structure.

compressionmpeg
2long10 marks

Explain entropy and source coding for multimedia. Discuss Huffman coding, run-length encoding and arithmetic coding, and construct a Huffman code for a given set of symbol frequencies.

codinghuffman
3long10 marks

Explain digital audio representation. Discuss sampling, quantization, PCM, and audio compression techniques including MPEG audio (MP3) with the role of psychoacoustic models.

audio
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Section B: Short Answer Questions

Attempt any EIGHT questions.

9 questions·5 marks each
4short5 marks

Define entropy in the context of coding. How is it related to compression?

entropy
5short5 marks

Explain arithmetic coding and how it differs from Huffman coding.

arithmetic-coding
6short5 marks

Explain motion estimation and motion compensation in video compression.

video
7short5 marks

Write short notes on MP3 audio compression and psychoacoustic models.

mp3
8short5 marks

What is computer animation? Differentiate between frame-based and key-frame animation.

animation
9short5 marks

What is hypermedia? Differentiate between hypertext and hypermedia.

hypermedia
10short5 marks

Write short notes on multimedia streaming and the issues involved.

streaming
11short5 marks

Explain the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and its importance in image compression.

dct
12short5 marks

Write short notes on common multimedia file formats (JPEG, GIF, PNG, MPEG).

file-format