The Internet - Answers

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1. The large global network of interconnected networks is more
(The) Internet
commonly known as what? ____________________________

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2. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the World

Wide Web? Fill in one circle.
It is the same as the Internet
It is web pages linked by hyperlinks and accessed via the Internet

It is the system that delivers packets of data through the Internet

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It is a system on the Internet that uses the FTP protocol
3. Match the data rate being experienced on the left to the type of
Modem technology most likely to be delivering it on the right.
28kb/s

ISDN

100kb/s

ADSL

2.8Mb/s

Dial-up

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7. Encoding digital data onto an analogue wave is known as what?

_____________________________
modulation

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9. A fast internet connection can refer to two different details of the

connection. What are they? Tick two boxes.
the data rate

the ISP
the latency
wireless or wired

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10. A user wishes to download an mp3 file that is 4.7MB. They have a
connection to the Internet at 3Mb/s.
4.7*8 = 37.6
a) How much data is the mp3 file in bits? _________________
Megabits
b) How long will it take to download in seconds? ____________
12.53
seconds
37.6/3
11. A user goes abroad and is charged 1.20/MB of data that they use.
They send and receive
ive 10 images in emails, each image is 500KB.
10*500/1024= 4.88 MB
a) How much data do they send? __________________
86 p
b) How much will it cost? ____5 . ___
4.88*1.20=5.86
12. A user requests a web page from the USA. It takes over a second
Latency / USA is far away
before it starts downloading. Why is this? _________________________

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4. The word modem comes from two different words. What are they?
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_____________________________
Modulate - Demodulate

13. Copper cables, fibre optics and wireless are all types of what?
___________________________________
Transmission
_____________________________
media / Network Media

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5. ADSL is named because it is asymmetric.. What does this mean? Fill in

one circle.
There is a higher latency to send than receive data
Two cables are required and they are different sizes
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The download rate is greater than the upload rate

14. A user uses the internet mainly to read webpages online. They
upgrade their internet connection from 2Mb/s to 8Mb/s because they
were told that it would be faster, however, they dont notice any
difference. What is the most likely reason for this?
The latency on the new connection is the same

The cable is not of a high quality

They are using wireless has a maximum data rate of 2Mb/s
Their computer cannot cope with the faster data rate

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(Assuming
Assuming a webpage is 100KB which is 800Kbits; it will take 0.4s to download on the old connection
and 0.1s on the new. However, the latency could be 2s for a round trip.
trip So the difference would be
between 2.4s on the old connection and 2.1s
.1s on the new one. This is hardly noticeable.)
noticeable

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6. For each of the following acronyms, write what they stand for.
a) ISDN ________________________________
Integrated Services Digital Network
b) ADSL ________________________________
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
c) Kb/s ________________________________
Kilobits per second (not bytes)

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