Factors Affecting File Size

COMPUTING SCIENCE NATIONAL 5

INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Factors Affecting File Size Home Learning Questions

In your Homework Jotter write the heading Factors Affecting File Size Home Learning Questions.

Read pages 52 and 53, then answer the following questions on Factors Affecting File Size.

1. What factors can determine the quality of graphics, video and sound files?

2. What does a computer have a limited amount of?

3. What balance is there between improving quality and file size?

4. Why does improving the quality increase file size?

5. What is resolution?

6. What are high resolution graphics and low resolution graphics?

7. How is the resolution of a graphic usually measured?

8. What is colour depth?

9. What is the effect of increasing the colour depth of a graphic?

10. What data type is sampling rate associated with?

11. What is sampling rate?

12. What is the effect of increasing the sample rate of a sound file?

13. What is the frame rate of a video file?

14. How much storage does each pixel in a graphic require?

15. How many bits are required to store a black and white graphic 600 pixels by 400 pixels?

16. How many bits are required to store a coloured graphic 200 pixels by 200 pixels with a
colour depth of 8 bits?

17. What are the two main advantages of compressing large files on a computer system?

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18. The photo gallery features a wide range of holiday images. A photograph is going to be
added to the photo gallery. Explain why Beach v2 is being added to the photo gallery instead
of Beach v1.

19. Explain why the file size of a photograph is reduced when the resolution is reduced.

20. Calculate the backing storage required for an 8 bit colour image 400 pixels by 600
pixels. Express your answer in Kilobytes.

21. A program has produced a drawing on screen, the user can save a drawing as a
bitmap with a resolution of 600x600 pixels in 8 bit colour. Calculate the storage
requirements of one of these saved bitmapped graphics. Give your answer in
appropriate units. Show your working.

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