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University Examinations 2020/2021

FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DIPLOMA IN

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CIT 2111: FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNET

DATE: JULY 2021 TIME: 11/2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question one and any other two questions

QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

a) Differentiate between the following terms as used in internet

i. Internet and network (2 marks)
ii. Domain name and a URL (2 marks)
b) Describe two services provided by the internet (4 marks)
c) Explain any three-internet security threats (6 marks)
d) Describe two categories of elements as used in HTML (4 marks)
e) Describe the three elements used in forms in HTML. Give the attributes in each
(6 marks)
f) Explain any four application areas of the internet (6 marks)

QUESTION TWO (15 MARKS)

a) Write HTML tags to do the following

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 i. Create hyperlink to www.twitter.com (2 marks)
ii. Display an image mylogo.jpg (2 marks)
b) A friend has just bought a new computer and needs an internet connection at home.
Advice on the hardware, software and other requirements for him to connect to the
internet (4 marks)
c) Explain how data is transmitted over the internet from node A to node B (3 marks)
d) Write the HTML code that outputs the following table on a webpage. The width of the
table is 400 pixels and the border is one pixel (4 marks)
Gender

Height Weight

Male 6.0 190.5

Female 5.4 167.8

QUESTION THREE (15 MARKS)

a) Explain the contents of the head section of a html document (3 marks)
b) Design a HTML program code to display the following output (8 marks)
HILTON HOTEL RATES
A. Accomodation
1. Single rooms kshs 1000
2. Double rooms kshs 2000
3. Deluxe rooms kshs 5000
B. Meals
1. Breakfast kshs 500
2. Dessert kshs 250
3. Lunch kshs 1000
c) Write a html code to output the following frames (4 marks)

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QUESTION FOUR (15 MARKS)
a) Explain the importance of a web server on the internet (5 marks)
b) Draw the output generated when the code below is run on a web browser (10 marks)
<form method=”post”action=mailto:ken@yahoo.com name=”personal”>
<table border=”0”>
<tr><th colspan=”2”>please provide details
<tr><td>first Name
<td><input type=”text” name=”1name”>
<tr><td>Email address
<td><input type=”text”name=”email”>
<tr><td>telephone no
<td>input type=”text”name=”telno”>
<tr><td>Gender
<td><input type=”radio”name=”gender”value=”Male”>Male<br>
<td><input type=”radio”name=”gender”value=”FeMale”>FeMale
<tr><td>province
<td><select name=”province”>
<option selected></option></select>
<tr><td><input type=”reset”value=”clear”>
<td><input type=”reset”value=”clear”>
</table></form>

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