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Question 2 - 2002 HSC
Identification of transmission cable
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Question 2 - 2001 HSC
File extension to identify a saved file for later retrieval
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Question 3 - 2010 HSC
Type of subscription-based web-feed provided for users
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Question 5 - 2002 HSC
Description of network operating system
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Question 6 - 2001 HSC
Appropriate transmission media
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Question 8 - 2002 HSC
Description of network diagram
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Question 11 - 2010 HSC
Example of a virtual community
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Question 12 - 2002 HSC
Method to ensure that an email is re-sent correctly
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Question 15 - 2010 HSC
Explanation of 'smtp'
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Question 16 - 2002 HSC
How Token Ring and Ethernet protocol manage data collisions
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Question 17 - 2010 HSC
Name given to a network of many interlinked LANs in an organisation
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Question 20 - 2010 HSC
Characteristics of a Network Operating System
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Question 20 - 2002 HSC
Parity bit error checking
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Section II
Question 21 - 2002 HSC
Describe the role of a file server on a network. Identify data redundancy in a database and outline the problems it may cause as the size of the database increases. Normalise the database, identifying primary and foreign keys.
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Section II
Question 22 - 2010 HSC
Describe the difference between thin and fat clients. Design a data dictionary for a school payment system. Explain how the message is organised into packets of data to be transmitted and reassembled. Explain an error detection technique.
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Section II
Question 22 - 2002 HSC
Identify and outline an appropriate transmission medium for segments in the public telephone network. Outline the advantages of using mobile technology for work. Describe how a data dictionary can be useful in writing SQL queries.
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Question 23 - 2002 HSC
Identifying information technology within an information system. Propose and outline two different types of information systems that could be used to analysing purchasing trends.
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Section II
Question 24 - 2010 HSC
Describe one social and one ethical issue arising from downloading digital books. Discuss the feasibility issues relating to the success of Digibook. Explain the communication protocols used during transmission for this scenario.
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Section II
Question 24 - 2001 HSC
Describe methods of error detection. Outline new trends in processing, organising, storing and retrieving data and how these trends might be applied to an information system. Analyse issues associated with an e-mail message.
