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Q1 2016-Nov, P12

3 (a) Explain what is meant by:

(i) Serial data transmission

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(ii) Parallel data transmission

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(b) A computer in a factory is connected to a printer. The printer is located in an office 1 km away
from the factory.

Identify which data transmission method would be most suitable for this connection.

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Give two reasons for your choice.

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Q2 2016-Nov, P12

10 (a) Describe what is meant by HTML.

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(b) The following URL is typed in:

http://www.cie.org.uk/ComputerSciencePapers

This URL is composed of three parts. State the part of this URL that is the:

File name ........................................................................................................................................

Protocol ....................................................................................................................................

Web server name .......................................................................................................................[3]

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Q3 2016-Nov, P13 Q3

3 Five computer terms and seven descriptions are shown below.

Draw a line to connect each computer term to its correct description.

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Q4 2016-June, P12

6 (a) Three descriptions of data transmission are given below.

Tick (✓) the appropriate box in each table to show the:

 type of transmission
 method of transmission

Description 1: Tick Tick

Type Method
() ()
Data is transmitted several bits at simplex serial
a fine time down several wires in
both directions simultaneously. half-duplex parallel

full-duplex

Description 2: Tick Tick

Type Method
() ()
Data is transmitted in one simplex serial
direction only, one bit at a time,
down a single wire. half-duplex parallel

full-duplex

Description 3: Tick Tick

Type Method
() ()
Data is transmitted one bit at a simplex serial
time down a single wire; the data
is transmitted in both directions half-duplex parallel
but not at the same time.
full-duplex
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(b) Give two reasons why serial transmission, rather than parallel transmission, is used to connect
devices to a computer.

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Q5 2016-June, P12

11 Describe the use of structure and presentation in a HTML document.

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Q6 2015-June, P12

5 Parity checks are often used to check for errors that may occur during data transmission.

(a) A system uses even parity. Tick (✓) to show whether the following three bytes have been
transmitted correctly or incorrectly

(b) A parity byte is used to identify which bit has been transmitted incorrectly in a block of data. The
word “F L O W C H A R T” was transmitted using nine bytes of data (one byte per character). A
tenth byte, the parity byte, was also transmitted. The following block of data shows all ten bytes
received after transmission. The system uses even parity and column 1 is the parity bit.

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(i) One of the bits has been transmitted incorrectly. Write the byte number and column
number of this bit:

Byte number …......................................................................................................................

Column number ................................................................................................................[2]

(ii) Explain how you arrived at your answer for part (b)(i).

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(c) Give the denary (base 10) value of the byte: 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0

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(d) A parity check may not identify that a bit has been transmitted incorrectly.
Describe one situation in which this could occur.

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Q7 2015-Nov, P12

4 (b) (i) The following code shows HTML ‘tag’ pairs on either side of the text stating the colour that
each creates.

<font color “ # F F 0 0 0 0 “ > RED </font>

<font color “ # 0 0 F F 0 0 “ > GREEN </font>
<font color “ # 0 0 0 0 F F “ > BLUE </font>

<font color “ # X “ > YELLOW </font>

<font color “ # Y “ > MAGENTA </font>
<font color “ # Z “ > CYAN </font>

Yellow is a combination of red and green, magenta a combination of red and blue and
cyan a combination of green and blue.

State what 6-digit hexadecimal values should replace X, Y and Z in the above code.

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(ii) Describe how other colours, such as a darker shade of blue, are created.

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(c) 1A – 16 – C5 – 22 – FF – FF is an example of a MAC address.

(i) Identify what the first six and last six hexadecimal digits represent.

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Q8 2015-June, P11

1 (a) State what is meant by the terms:

Parallel data transmission …...........................................................................................................

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(b) Give one benefit of each type of data transmission.

Parallel data transmission Benefit

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Serial data transmission Benefit

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