Chapter 1 - Nature of Technology

1
Transfers data packets between computers and networks by finding the most effective
route

a) Hub
b) Switch
c) Router
2
Connects multiple computers together in a network. Only sends data to
the specific computer address

a) Fibre optics cable

b) Switch
c) Hub
3
The Router may split data into smaller pieces

a) True
b) False
4
Which cable sends data as electricity?

a) Fibre optics cable

b) Ethernet cable
c) Copper wire cable

5
Define the term 'wireless access point' or WAP.

a) Allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using radio waves.

They convert data received through cables into a wireless signal and vice versa.
b) Devices that decide where data packets go. They are used all over the world.
c) Built into a pc usually on the motherboard. It allows you to plug an ethernet
cable into the computer and helps create a wired network.
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What is the purpose of a router?

a) Allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using radio waves.

b) Takes information that arrives through your broadband signal and delivers it to
your computer by directing packets.
c) It is something built inside your computer.
7
Identify this picture.

a) Copper wired cable

b) Fibre optics cable
c) Ethernet cable
8
Identify this picture

a) A server room
b) A hub room
c) A switch room

9
How can you connect to your school network?

a) Login with network name and security key

b) Login with username and password
c) Login with wireless access point
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If you are having problems connecting to your home network, you must check: (Tick as
many correction options)

a) Whether other people at home have the connection

b) You are entering your password correctly
c) Your wireless is turned off
d) Is the router plugged into the electric socket

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The three types of Network connections are :

a) Hotspot, WAP, LAN

b) Wired, wireless and Mobile phone
c) Router, switch, Hub
12
What is a cloud storage?

a) Saving the file to the internet.

b) Saving the file into your computer hard disk
c) Saving the file into the laptop

13
Your company is about to launch a new cloud storage service. Select all its advantages.
(TICK any 2)

a) It can be expensive.
b) You work is safe as cloud storage provides back up to your files. So your data
is will not be lost or stolen.
c) The owner of the services can change how it works.
d) Collaborating and sharing data is easy.

14
This device connects a network to the internet.

a) A printer
b) A CPU
c) A Router
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What is this usually the sign for?

a) Wired Connection
b) BlueTooth Connection
c) Wi-Fi Connection
16
Name the two pieces of information that are included in a packet when it is sent over a
network ?
a) Home address of the sender and receiver
b) MAC address of the sender and receiver
c) IP address of the sender and receiver
17
A smaller and split amount of computer data sent over a network.
a) Packet
b) Parcel
c) Protocol
18
What is www short for?
a) World Weighed Website
b) World Wide Web
c) World Wide Wed
19
The largest cloud storage software providers are:
a) Google and Microsoft
b) Dropbox and onedrive
c) Viva and Zain
20
A computer network is:
a) A number of computers in the same room.
b) A number of computers in the different room.
c) A number of computers linked together to allow them to share resources.
 REVISION QUESTION
Please answer the following questions.
You WILL find all the answers in the PPT file attached in the class material
- TERM 2 – UNIT 1 – WEEK 1. Just go through the PPT file well.

1. What does a server do in a network ?

2. What piece of network hardware is used to give a wireless
connection?
3. What is the difference between a router and modem?
4. Explain why you would use a switch in a network instead
of a hub?
5. Write 2 advantages and disadvantages of hubs and
switches?
6. List four network components that are contained in a
home router?
7. What are the two types of cable used in LAN? Explain
them.
8. Which LAN cable is better, Copper cable or Fiber-optic
cable and why?
9. Why is the server room must be airconditioned?
10. Explain why hub rooms are used in LANs?
You WILL find all the answers in the PPT file attached in the class material -
TERM 2 – UNIT 1 – WEEK 4. Just go through the PPT file well.

1. Where is a data stored if it is ‘in the cloud’?

2. Why can it be better to store data files in the cloud rather than
on your computer? Give three examples.
3. List three disadvantages of using cloud services.
4. Define the term ‘data center’
5. What you mean by streaming a music?
6. What you understand by multi-player game?
7. Name two software companies that provide cloud storage.
8. Microsoft storage is also called what?
9. Describe three services that can be assessed in the cloud?
10. Your company is about to launch a new cloud storage
service. Highlight some of its advantages.
 Please answer the following questions.

You WILL find all the answers in the PPT file attached in the class material -
TERM 2 – UNIT 1 – WEEK 3. Just go through the PPT file well.

1. Write the list of instructions called ‘How to connect to a home

network’?
2. List 3 ways to connect to a network?
3. What is a hotspot?
4. You are unable to connect to your home network. List four
problems that could be preventing you from connecting?
5. You want to connect a laptop to your school network. Why is a
wireless connection better than a wired connection?
6. Name the two things you need to know to log in into your home
network?
7. What you mean by a WI-FI connection?
8. What is a wired connection?
 Please answer the following questions.

1. What is a router used for?

2. How does a packet travel across the internet?
3. Explain why packets sent over the internet have to be
numbered?
4. What happens if a packet get lost when being sent across a
network?
5. Name the two pieces of information that are included in a
packet when it is sent over a network ?
6. Why do packets arrive at their destination in wrong order?
7. Describe the term ‘packet switching’?
8. The packet can be sent across the world through …………………..or
by ………………
9. The whole process of sending a request and receiving the
packets usually takes ……………….
10. Packets are sent over the internet by the most ………………route.