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CAPE Computer Science Unit 1 · 2008 (second paper) · Paper 2 · Question 2(a)(v)

A company's accounting department has 12 computers, where eleven can communicate with each other exclusively through the twelfth computer.

Sketch TWO other network topologies, and discuss ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of EACH.

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  1. 2(a)(i)State the type of network configuration/topology being utilized by this department.[1 mark]
  2. 2(a)(ii)State the term used to designate the twelfth central computer.[1 mark]
  3. 2(a)(iii)Sketch and label the network identified in (a)(i), clearly showing connections among the workstations or nodes.[4 marks]
  4. 2(a)(iv)Explain TWO scenarios that would cause this network to fail.[3 marks]
  5. 2(b)(i)Define the term 'networking protocol'.[2 marks]
  6. 2(b)(ii)Identify the networking protocol that can be used to retrieve the file.[1 mark]
  7. 2(b)(iii)Explain how the protocol identified in (b)(ii) functions to download/retrieve the file.[8 marks]
  8. 2(c)Explain the role of a router.[2 marks]

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