Chapter – 2 Communication and internet technologies

Name: __________________ School: ___________ Time: __________

Grade: ________ Mark: /25

1. Ahmed uses the Internet for some time and is puzzled by the terminology.

(a) Draw a line to match each description to the appropriate technical term. [5]

(b) Ahmed sees the message “Set your browser to accept cookies”.

Explain why some websites make this request.

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2. Geography students have access to course materials on their college website. A web browser is used to

access these materials. Describe three features of a web browser which would be suitable for this application.
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3. (a) State what is meant by the terms?

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(b) Give one benefit of each type of data transmission.

Parallel data transmission

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(c) Give one application of each type of data transmission. Each application must be different.

Parallel data transmission

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4. (a) State what is meant by the term USB?

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(b) Describe two benefits of using USB connections between a computer and a device.

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5. Choose six correct terms from the following list to complete the spaces in the paragraphs below:

• encryption

• file name

• firewall

• HTML tags/text

• IP address

• protocol

• proxy server

• SSL certificate

• web server name

A user enters a URL. The web browser breaks up the URL into three components:

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2....................................................

3....................................................
The web server returns the selected web page.

The web browser reads the ................................................... from the selected page and shows correctly

formatted page on the user’s screen.

A ...................................................is used between the user’s computer and the network to examine the data

traffic to make sure it meets certain criteria.

To speed up the access to the web pages next time, a ................................................... is used between the

computer and web server, this device uses a cache to store the website home page after it has been accessed

for the first time. [6]