CS4984 Quiz for Unit 4 Version A

Instructions

You should take this quiz now, and send in your answers to the instructor (4984i@fox.cs.vt.edu) by email as soon as you are done. That should take less than an hour and so you are required to not spend more time than 90 minutes. You can refer to your notes and the readings (textbook, articles) and Internet items that are part of or referenced by the courseware. Be sure to have "4984" and the quiz ID (e.g., 1A, 2B) in the "Subject:" part of your message.

The Honor Code is in effect. All work on this quiz should be your own. Be sure to put your name and student ID at the top of your set of answers. Do NOT send a copy of your answers to anyone else, or look at anyone else's answers, anytime during this course.

Questions

  1. What is a part in OpenDoc? Discuss at least 2 ways that it can be viewed or understood.
  2. Does ScriptX make use of object-oriented technology? Please explain briefly, giving key points in this regard.
  3. What are the main parts of the Hyper-G data model? Which helps provide hierarchical structuring? Which might be used to present together the several media forms of some information item? Explain briefly.
  4. Would it be better to extend X to support multimedia or to instead have another server for multimedia that works separately from the X Window System? Briefly explain.
  5. Athena Muse supports multiple dimensions including time. Briefly explain why and how this capability might be of use.