AMIT1703 Tutorial 4 Answers

1. Differentiate between Intranet and Extranet.
(4 marks)
Intranet Internet
 An Internet network of computers  Formed by connecting an
belonging to the same organisation. organisation’s Intranet directly
 Provide authorised employees with business partners, customers
restricted access to an and suppliers.
organisation’s private data such as  Able to conduct e-commerce such
telephone directories. as making payment, invoicing and
order placement.
2. Domomo pizza is a new pizza restaurant in your hometown. The supervisor

wants to implement a networking system to link all the computers and point-of-
sales terminals in the restaurant. The supervisor would also like to implement a
self-ordering terminal to be placed on every table so that customers can take
order by themselves.
a. Suggest ONE (1) type of network that is suitable for the restaurant. Justify
your answer. (3 marks)
 Local Area Network (LAN) (1m)
 LAN is a network (wire or wireless) that connects computer systems within a
small area such as an office, home or several floors in a building. (1m)
 In Domomo pizza, LAN used to connect all the computers and point-of-sales
terminal in order to record daily sales transactions in the restaurant. (1m)
 OR
 In Domomo pizza, LAN used to connect all the computers, printers, server and
point-of-sales terminal to manage daily business activities such as inventory
control, sales and payroll. (1m)
b. The management wants to implement a networking system to the link all

outlets in Malaysia with the branch in Singapore so that they can submit
monthly sales reports and share files. Suggest ONE (1) type of computer
network for this task. (3 marks)
 WAN Area Network (WAN) (1m)
 WAN is a network that connects large geographical area such as states or
countries.
 In Domomo pizza, WAN is used to connect the Malaysia outlets with the
Singapore branch to submit online orders/payments, checking inventory records
or conducting video conference. (1m)
c. Assess THREE (3) benefits of setting up a networking system in the
restaurant. (6 marks)
 Facilitating communication
- A network allows people in organisation to communicate more easily and
efficiently with each other.
- Using the network, Domomo pizza’s staff can communicate with each other
via e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, blogs etc.
 Sharing hardware
- In a networked environment, each computer on the network has access to
hardware on the network.
- Domomo pizza can save cost through sharing modems, hard disk drive,
scanners and printers.
 Sharing data and information
- In a LAN environment, employees in Domomo pizza are allowed to access
the data and information stored on the server.
- In order to generate sales invoice, sales rep is able to retrieve the customer
data and sales data from the company database.
 Sharing software
- Users connected to a network can share a single copy of software such as
Point-of-Sales programme. Therefore, Domomo pizza does not need to buy
many copies of software.
d. Suggest THREE (3) communication services of the Internet that Domomo

pizza can use in order to send new information to its customers and receive
feedbacks from them. (3 marks)
Email, Social Network, Media Sharing and Blogs.
3. Differentiate between Web server and Web browser. (4 marks)
Web Server Web Browser

- A computer that - A software that
delivers requested enables users with an
web pages to your Internet connection to
computer or mobile access and view web
device pages on a computer
- For example, google or mobile device.
server - For example, Internet
explorer and Google
Chrome.
4. List FIVE (5) things you can do on the Web. (5 marks)

- Search for Information via searching tools such as Google or Baidu.
- Conduct research via wikepedia.com.
- Communicate with and meet other people using chat room apps such as
Messenger of Skype.
- Share information, photos, and videos with others via social media apps such
as Instagram or Facebook.
- Access news, weather and sports via NTV7 live stream.
- Download or listen to music via KK music.

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1. Differentiate between Intranet and Extranet.

2. Domomo pizza is a new pizza restaurant in your hometown. The supervisor

b. The management wants to implement a networking system to the link all

d. Suggest THREE (3) communication services of the Internet that Domomo

Email, Social Network, Media Sharing and Blogs.

3. Differentiate between Web server and Web browser. (4 marks)

Web Server Web Browser

4. List FIVE (5) things you can do on the Web. (5 marks)

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