Consider the following characteristics of digital audio when answering the following question: Digital representations of voice audio have some redundancy, and Listeners can often use context to guess what a speaker is saying even if some of the speaker’s message is not heard.   For example, upon hearing “H___, Alice, this is Bob,” Alice is likely to guess that the first word was “Hi” or “Hello.” Would lossy compression be an acceptable technique to use given these characteristics of digital audio?  If so, how would its performance compare to that of lossless compression?

Suppose Google wanted to create a version of the YouTube website that would have special functions only available to people using the company’s line of Pixel phones. Which of the following strategies would most effectively ensure that only Pixel users are able to access the special features?  That is, which would be hardest for another device to fake?

Which of the following statements about the Facebook’s use of cookies is false?

Describe one way that a blackhat hacker might gain access to one of the business’s computers. Provide sufficient detail that a novice computer user could understand the threat. (Save your discussion of solutions for the next question.)

Proteins that undergo posttranslational modifications can be expressed in bacteria, insect cells, and mammalian cells.

Would this (not streamed) transmission be bitrate or propagation-delay limited?

Network neutrality is the principle that companies responsible for Internet infrastructure are not allowed to ____________ certain types of data (e.g., data from particular domains) being transferred across the Internet.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION: Suppose you work for a small business and the owner is worried about malicious software but doesn’t know much about it.

The FCC regulates spectrum for over-the-airways broadcasts, but not for cable-based transmission. This is because…

When preparing to transmit a image file, _________ compression is/are both acceptable and useful because images typically have lots of redundancy and they often contain details that can be omitted without the user noticing.