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2. Done already. Check last week’s (week 4) solutions

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(a) To ensure that you were the one who ordered

(b) To ensure that the credit card is really yours
(c) Because you are purchasing a product electronically via the internet
(d) Credit card verification: Account department
Verifying order : Sales department
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(a) A
(b) C
(c) C
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(d) Firewall a software program which prevents unauthorised users form accessing your
network
(e) Instant messaging, email, Mobile device

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10. Done already. Check previous questions and solutions

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11 (i) half duplex communication in both directions, but not at the same time
(ii) full duplex (duplex) communication in both directions, at the same time
(iii) simplex communication in one direction only

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12. (a) The intranet is a private network, whereas the internet is public.
The intranet is owned by a company or organisation and covers a small limited
area, e.g a building. The internet is not owned by anyone is covers the globe.
(b) A web page can be considered as a single hypertext document on the World Wide Web
whereas a website is a combination of web pages. 
Web pages are accessed through a browser and HTTP protocols are used to access it.
(c) commercial transactions conducted electronically on the internet
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13. (a) A: Twisted pair

B: coaxial cable
C: Fibre optic
(b) WIFI,
Bluetooth, Infra Red
(c)

(e) A Modem is a
devices that
converts analogue
signals to digital
signals and vice
versa

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14. (i) Local Area Network
(ii) Coaxial cable
(iii) Fibre optic
(iv) Narrowband
channel which is almost obsolete can transmit data at slow speeds of between 10 and 30
characters per second (cps).
Voiceband
channel can transmit data at the rate of 1000 to 8000 cps. A telephone line is voice-band,
and is one of the most widely used methods of transferring data.
Broadband
channel can transmit large volumes of data at speeds of over 100000 cps. Uses fibre optic,
microwave, satellites and coaxial cables.
(v) IEEE802.11 / WIFI

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(a) Twisted pair, coaxial cable, fibre optic
(b) WIFI, Bluetooth, Infrared
(c) Simplex transmits data in one direction only. E.g radio, whereas halfduplex transmits
data in both directions, but not simultaneously e.g. walkie takie, CB radio
(d) Intranet is a private network, extranet is an intranet with limited access granted to
selected outside people.
(e) To give selected persons or businesses, limited access to its private network.
(f) Security of extranets can be a concern when hosting valuable or proprietary information

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16. Network: AD efficient sharing of resources, saves time and money, better communication
between devices

DISAD security of information, viruses can spread easily

Standalone: AD
DISAD
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