PAPER 1 - Exam Practice Questionnaires

1- A business is creating a local area network (LAN) in its office.

(a) The business is deciding which topology to use.
Tick (✓) one or more boxes in each row to identify the topology, or
topologies, each statement describes.

Statement Bus Star Mesh

all devices connect to one central device

all devices connect to a central cable

multiple paths for the packets to travel along

robust against damage because if any line fails,

the rest of the network retains full functionality
most likely to lose data through collisions

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(b) The LAN will connect to the internet through a router. The router has a public
IPv6 address.
(i) State why the router has a public IP address.
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(ii) One difference between an IPv4 and IPv6 address is that the numbers in an IPv4
address are separated by full stops and in an IPv6 address they are separated by
colons.
Identify two other differences between an IPv4 and IPv6 address.

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2- Yvette runs a company that books walking holidays for groups of people. She
has a website that customers use to book the holidays.

(a) The website has a URL and an IPv6 address.

Describe, using an example, the format of an IPv6 address.

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(b) An IP address can be static or dynamic. Describe static and dynamic IP

addresses.

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(c) Yvette’s company has a LAN (Local Area Network) that has hybrid topology.

(i) Describe the characteristics of a LAN.

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(ii) The LAN has a range of different topologies. One subnetwork connects four
computers and one server set up as a star topology.

Describe how packets are transmitted between two of the computers in this
subnetwork.
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(d) The LAN has both wired and wireless connections.

(i) Ethernet cables connect the computers to the server.

Identify three other hardware components that might be used to set up the LAN.

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(ii) Describe how Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)
manages collisions during data transmission.

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3- (a) The following incomplete table contains four network devices and their
descriptions.

Complete the table by writing the missing devices and missing descriptions.

Device Description
Receives and sends data between two networks operating on
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Restores the digital signal so it can be transmitted over greater

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(b) Describe three differences between fibre-optic cables and copper cables.

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(c) Ethernet uses Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection (CSMA/CD).

Describe CSMA/CD.

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4- Melinda and her friends set up a peer-to-peer network between their computers
to share data.

(a) Describe the key features of a peer-to-peer network.

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(b) Describe two drawbacks to Melinda and her friends of using a peer-to-peer
network.

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(c) Melinda connects her laptop to the internet through her router.
(i) Tick () one box in each row to identify whether the task is performed
by the router or not.
Performed Not
Task by router performed
by router
Receives packets from devices
Finds the IP address of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Directs each packet to all devices attached to it
Stores the IP and/or MAC address of all devices attached to it

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 (ii) Melinda mainly uses the internet to watch films and play computer
games.

Tick () one box to identify whether Melinda should connect to the
router using a wired or wireless network and justify your choice.

Wired

Wireless

Justification
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(d) Melinda sends emails from her webmail account (email account accessed
through a website).

Explain whether Melinda is using the internet, or the World Wide Web
(WWW), or both.
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(e) Draw one line from each term to its most appropriate description.

Term Description
It is only visible to devices within the
Local Area Network (LAN)
Public IP address

It increments by 1 each time the

device
connects to the internet
Private IP address
A new one is reallocated each time a
device
connects to the internet
Dynamic IP address It can only be allocated to a router

It is visible to any device on the

Static IP address internet

It does not change each time a device

connects to the internet

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5- A school is setting up a network within one of its buildings.

(a) State whether the network will be a LAN (local area network) or a WAN
(wide area network).

Justify your choice.

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(b) One classroom in the building has 30 computers. The computers need to be
connected to the network. Each computer has a network interface card (NIC).

Identify two possible devices that can be used to physically connect the 30
computers to the rest of the network.

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(c) The school has several laptops. Each laptop has a Wireless Network Interface
Card (WNIC).

Describe the functions of a Wireless Network Interface Card.

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