Prime Video Sports: Behind the Streams Tour

Question 1

Product managers write ____ from the perspective of a customer to identify what features to build in the future.

Accepted Answer

user stories

Question 2

Hardware and software ______ video and audio data so it can be sent to devices over the Internet.

Accepted Answer

encode

Question 3

What was the first U.S. sport to broadcast a regular season game over the Internet, instead of traditional TV/radio?

Accepted Answer

baseball

Question 4

Engineers work to reduce ____, the delay between the action at the stadium and what viewers see on their devices.

Accepted Answer

latency

Question 5

When viewers report streaming issues, the tech team begins _______ to identify and fix the problem quickly.

Accepted Answer

troubleshooting

Question 6

Software on your device _______ the audio and video data into a format that you can watch and/or hear.

Accepted Answer

decodes

Question 7

Examples of ____ used in producing sports streams include high-definition cameras and microphones.

Accepted Answer

hardware

Question 8

Software pre-loads bits of data to ensure your video-watching experience is smooth. This is called _______.

Accepted Answer

buffering

Question 9

The ____ behind sports streaming includes hardware, software, and teams of people working together.

Accepted Answer

infrastructure

Question 10

Thanks to ____, there is always backup equipment so the game stream can continue, even if one component fails.

Accepted Answer

redundancy

Question 11

A type of Artificial Intelligence called _______ tags exciting moments from games to create a custom recap for fans.

Accepted Answer

computer vision

Question 12

T or F: Streaming allows you to watch sports from anywhere in the world, as long as you have an Internet connection.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

When there is a lot of network traffic, engineers can open up more _____ so data can get to fans without delays.

Accepted Answer

Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)

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