2015 hsc vet idt networking and hardware

2015 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

2890

Information and Digital TechnologyNetworking and hardware

General Instructions

•Readingtime–5minutes

•Workingtime–2hours

•Writeusingblackpen

•Board-approvedcalculatorsmaybeused

•WriteyourCentreNumberandStudentNumberatthetopofpages9,11,13and15

Total marks – 80

Section I Pages 2–8

20 marks

•AttemptQuestions1–20

•Allowabout20minutesforthissection

Section II Pages9–15

30 marks

•AttemptQuestions21–26


Section III Page17

15 marks

•AttemptQuestion27


Section IV Page18

15 marks

•AttemptQuestion28


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Section I

20 marksAttempt Questions 1–20Allow about 20 minutes for this section

Usethemultiple-choiceanswersheetforQuestions1–20.

1 Whichofthefollowingispermittedunderthelicenceofanopen-sourceoperatingsystemsoftware?

(A) Sellthesoftware

(B) Downloadthesoftwareforfree

(C) Changethenameofthesoftware

(D) Placeacopyrightonthesoftware

2 TheminimumwagesandconditionsanemployeeisentitledtoinAustraliaaresetoutin

(A) agreements.

(B) arrangements.

(C) awards.

(D) contracts.

3 The diagram represents the results of running a diagnostic utility before and afterperformingaprocessonaharddrive.

B = Bad block B = Bad block

B B B B B B B B B B B

B B B

B B

Before the process After the process

Whichofthefollowingprocesseshasbeenperformedontheharddrive?

(A) Filesharing

(B) Optimisation

(C) Systembackup

(D) Filecompression

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4 Whattypeofdocumentwouldbemostlikelytocontainthefollowingstatement?

‘An employee must not share the personal information of another employee withco-workersorthepublic.’

(A) Codeofconduct

(B) Employeerolestatement

(C) Workhealthandsafetypolicy

(D) Equalemploymentopportunitypolicy

5 Acompanycarriesout a full backuponTuesdayandFridaynights andadifferentialbackup on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights. On Mondaymorning,thefileserverfailedandcausedallfilestobedestroyed.

Whichofthefollowingisthebestwaytorecoverthefiles?

(A) RestorethefullbackupfromFriday

(B) RestoreFriday’sfullbackupandSunday’sdifferentialbackup

(C) RestoreFriday’sfullbackupandMonday’sdifferentialbackup

(D) RestoreFriday’sfullbackupandbothSaturday’sandSunday’sdifferentialbackups

6 Oneexampleofahumancostofaworkplaceinjuryislossof

(A) staff.

(B) profit.

(C) output.

(D) morale.

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7 Theimageshowsafloorchannelcablecoverplacedoverapowercable.

Whatisthemainpurposeofthefloorchannelcablecover?

(A) Tohidethecable

(B) Tocreateafootrest

(C) Topreventapowersurge

(D) Toreducetheriskoftripping

8 Kimreceivesanemail claiming thathercredit cardaccount isabout tobe suspendedunless she emails her credit card details and personal identification number (PIN)immediately.

Whatisthisanexampleof?

(A) Phishing

(B) Scanning

(C) Debugging

(D) Virussigning

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9 Theimageshowsatestingtagattachedtoapowercable.

AccordingtotheAustralianstandard,whatothercriticalinformationmustbeincludedonthetag?

(A) Datetested,retestingdate,technicianID,testingcompanyname

(B) Locationoftest,retestingdate,technicianID,testingcompanyname

(C) Datetested,technicianID,typeofcable,testingcompanylicencenumber

(D) Locationoftest,retestingdate,typeofcable,testingcompanylicencenumber

10 Accesstoadocumentneedstoberestrictedtoasmallgroupofusers.

Whichofthefollowingwouldbemodifiedtoachievethis?

(A) Creations

(B) Extensions

(C) Permissions

(D) Fileattributes

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11 Awireless accesspoint isnot functioningcorrectly. Its indicators and their statusareseenbelow.

Indicators

Status On Off On On

Whichisthemostlikelycauseofthefaultwiththeaccesspoint?

(A) Thereisnopower.

(B) Theaccesspointisunlocked.

(C) Thereisnoconnectiontothenetwork.

(D) Theaccesspointisnottransmittingawirelesssignal.

12 Whichaddresssettingonanetworkprinterwouldbeconfiguredtoallowprintingfromallnetworkcomputers?

(A) StaticIP

(B) DynamicIP

(C) Staticproxy

(D) Automaticproxy

13 Whichofthefollowingidentifiesthepublicnameofawirelesslocalareanetwork?

(A) MAC

(B) SOHO

(C) SSID

(D) WPA

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14 When checking your account balance using internet banking, which of the followingprotocolsisused?

(A) DHCP

(B) HTTPS

(C) RTSP

(D) TCP

15 Whichdeviceminimiseserrorsthatmayoccurwhensendingamessageoveralocalareanetwork(LAN)?

(A) Hub

(B) Switch

(C) Modem

(D) Networkinterfacecard

16 Whichprotocolisusedforsendinganemail?

(A) FTP

(B) IMAP

(C) POP

(D) SMTP

17 Which of the following is the best device to connect two networks that use differentprotocols?

(A) Bridge

(B) Firewall

(C) Gateway

(D) Modem

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18 Thediagramshowstheresultsofadiagnostictest.

Whichdiagnostictestwasusedtoproducetheseresults?

(A) Ipconfig

(B) Inetconfig

(C) Inetping

(D) Ping

19 Whatisthepurposeofautomaticproxysettingsinapersonalcomputer?

(A) Toallowaconnectiontotheinternet

(B) Toallowaconnectiontoalocalareanetwork

(C) Toallownetworkrequeststoathirdpartyforaction

(D) Toallowauthenticationwithoutausernameandpassword

20 WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesdatatransferusingTCP/IP?

(A) Transmittedinbothdirectionsallthetime

(B) Transmittedinbothdirectionsafteraconnectionismade

(C) Transmittedinonedirectionafterconnectionismadebythesender

(D) Transmittedinonedirectionafterconnectionismadebythereceiver

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Student Number

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Section II

30 marksAttempt Questions 21–26Allow about 50 minutes for this section

Answerthequestionsinthespacesprovided.Thesespacesprovideguidancefortheexpectedlengthofresponse.

Question 21 (6marks)

(a) What is meant by recommended requirements in reference to an operatingsystem?

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(b) Howdothepowermanagementsettingsofhibernateandsuspenddiffer?

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(c) Whatisthedifferencebetweenbatchandreal-timesystems?

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Section II (continued)


(a) IdentifyTWOdiagnosticfunctionsthatareperformedbyantivirussoftware.

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(b) OutlineTWOtasksthatshouldbeincludedinaroutinemaintenanceschedule.

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Explainthebenefitsofeffectiveteamwork.

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Question 24 (8 marks)

(a) Using an example, outline why motherboards have expansion slots.

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(b) Why does the usable storage space on a magnetic hard drive differ from its physical size?

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(c) Explain the advantages of using a separate graphic adapter card compared to an inbuilt graphics chip on the motherboard.

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Section III

15 marksAttempt Question 27Allow about 25 minutes for this section

Answerthequestioninawritingbooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.


Abusinesswithfivestaff,oneserver,twodesktops,andthreelaptopshasmovedintoanewlocationandwillneed tosetupanewnetwork,withadditionalhardware toenableaninternetconnection.

(a) Design and draw a labelled network diagram, including the components andconnectionsforthisbusiness.Justifyyourchoiceofcomponents.

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(b) Describehowthenewnetworkcanbeprotectedagainstsecurityintrusion. 8

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Section IV

15 marksAttempt Question 28Allow about 25 minutes for this section

AnswerthequestioninaSEPARATEwritingbooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.

Youranswerwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:

n demonstrateknowledgeandunderstandingrelevanttothequestion

n communicateideasandinformationusingrelevantworkplaceexamplesandindustryterminology

n presentalogicalandcohesiveresponse


Atechnologycompanyisreviewingitsriskmanagementafterseveralworkplaceinjuries.Atechnicianwasstruckbyaboxfallingfromashelfwhilerepairingaprinter.Aclientslippedandfellonawetfloorwhenthefloorwasbeingcleaned.Mostrecently,atraineesufferedanelectricshockwhileattemptingtorepairacomputer.

Explainhowriskmanagementcouldbeappliedinthisworkplacetoidentifyhazards,andtoassess,control,monitorandreviewrisks.

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