MSUIRASAIF20 me LY MASENO UNIVERS!] OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR, ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS EXAMINATION PRINTING FORM fp ean eaaeio simeruae! broetdeng Lemmn age rag mete oe ee al ae Note: Ensure the relevant diagrams(e), charts) or table(s) are clear and attached to the question paper. aseno univensrry iso ontzneecenrrco ©ala 230 MASENO UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2019/2020 FIRST YEAR EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE wiTH IT MIT 108: Web Browsing and Communication Instructions: + Attempt Question ONE and Any other TWO questions. + Show all the necessary workings. GSMASENO UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2019/2020 FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MAIN CAMPUS MIT 103: WEB BROWSING AND COMMUNICATION Date: 2° December, 2019 Time: 8.80 - 6.90 pm INSTRUCTIONS: ‘© Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions © Show all the necessary working MASENO UNIVERSITY 180 9001:2008 CERTIFIEQUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY) (90 marks) 4) Define Web pages? [mks] +b) The development of the internet was of main interes: to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) who funded {ts development in 1969. State their intent for this. [2 mks] State HTTP in full and define it. (2 mks) 4) What is the role of Hyperlinks? 4 mks} ©) Given a website, hitps://wuw-kragov-ke. Define all the web ‘address elements in the url [s mks} State RSS in full and hence define its function. [4 mks] @ Define plagiarism (2 mks) 1h) A student in his paper included proper citation from the pa: ppers he had read. He also relied very closely on the teats orig: inal wording. State whether this is considered as plagiarism, and explain why or why not. [8 mks} 4) Define a copyright. (2 mks} QUESTION TWO (20 marks) 4) In this course, you were given the ranking for different web- browsers according to top ten reviews website. Explain four criteria which were used to evaluate the best internet b-owsers ‘on the market. U6 mks}by State the type of search engine that would be useful when looking for a personal webpage (2 mks} ) State the type of search engine that would be useftl when looking for a company profile (2 mks QUESTION THREE (20 marks) 4) State in what aspects do parental control programs help with ‘computer safety (sms) ») Define a firewall, giving an example [4 mks) 6) Define a malware, stating Its four components [4 mks] 4) State four safety measures one should keep in mind when downloading fles from the internet [4.mks) QUESTION FOUR (20 marks) 4) Google uses a trademarked algorithm called PageRank, which assigns each Web page a relevancy score, State three factors that the PageRank depends on. Which of the three is the most important? [8 mks ) You have been given a universe of six web pages, A. B, C, D, E and F. You are further told that A has five links that links ‘to sections within it. In addition, it has a link to B. B links to ©. D links to C only while C links to A only. F links to C and 2F, while F links (o D. Calculate the PageRank for each of the webpages. Which webpage will be ranked first? [12 mks] QUESTION FIVE (20 marks) 1) State and explain three modern uses of the internet {5 mks] ») State and discuss seven Social impacts that are common as a result of widespread use of internet, [14 mks}