IGCSE Cambridge (CIE) Computer Science 17 mins 6 questions
Exam Questions
Network Hardware
Network Interface Card (NIC) / MAC Addresses & IP Addresses / Router
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Easy (3 questions) /7
Medium (3 questions) /10
Total Marks /17
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Easy Questions
1 A web server has an internet protocol (IP) address.
Identify the network component that uses the IP address to send data only to its correct
destination.
(1 mark)
2 Many devices have a Media Access Control (MAC) address.
Give three features of a MAC address.
(3 marks)
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3 (a) A user wants to connect their computer to a network.
Identify the component in the computer that is needed to access a network
(1 mark)
(b) Identify the type of address that is allocated to the component by the manufacturer,
which is used to uniquely identify the device.
(1 mark)
(c) A dynamic internet protocol (IP) address is allocated to the computer when it is
connected to the network.
Identify the device on the network that can connect multiple devices and automatically
assign them an IP address.
(1 mark)
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Medium Questions
1 A school network has several computers.
Each computer in the network has a media access control (MAC) address.
Hexadecimal is used for MAC addresses. Part of a MAC address is given.
97–5C–E1
Each pair of digits is stored as binary in an 8-bit register.
Describe what is meant by a MAC address.
(4 marks)
2 A web server has an internet protocol (IP) address.
Give three characteristics of an IP address.
(3 marks)
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3 A user wants to connect their computer to a network.
A dynamic internet protocol (IP) address is allocated to the computer when it is
connected to the network.
Describe what is meant by a dynamic IP address.
(3 marks)
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