Board: Cambridge International Grade: AS Term: II Subject: IT (9626)

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Grade: AS Unit 6 and 7: Networks, expert systems Subject: IT Marks: 30

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1. Many mobile phone companies, in the past, persuaded customers to move from 3G to 4G.
Compare and contrast 3G and 4G technologies. [6]

2. Gurjeet told his classmate Sunil “I’m going to search the internet to help me with my
homework”. Sunil said “Surely you mean you are going to search the world wide web!”
Explain, in detail, the differences between the internet and the world wide web. [8]

3. Bruce works from home but is able to access company data using a virtual private
network (VPN). Describe the benefits and drawbacks for Bruce of using a VPN.
[6]

4. Identify the four statements that are true of expert systems. [4]

A knowledge base is a key component of an expert system.

Experts do not need to make a judgement; they just accept the results of the expert
system.

The user interface is used for both input and output.

The rules base can contain IF… THEN statements.

The inference engine searches the user interface to find possible solutions.

An expert system is often used in car driving simulators.

An expert system is not as accurate as a single expert would be.

A knowledge engineer is employed to create an expert system.

An expert system never needs updating.

Expert systems always come up with exact solutions.

5. Many organisations use expert systems as a diagnostic tool.

Describe, in detail, the components of an expert system. [6]

[Total: 30]