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Network hardware past paper questions

O Level Computer Science 2210 · Hardware. 1 Understand that a computer needs a network interface card (NIC) to access a network 2 Understand what is meant by, and the purpose of, a media access control (MAC) address, including its structure 3 (a) Understand what is meant by, and the purpose of, an internet protocol (IP) address (b) Understand that there are different types of IP address 4 Describe the role of a router in a network A network interface card is given a MAC address at the point of manufacture MAC addresses are usually written as hexadecimal MAC addresses are created using the manufacturer code and the serial code An IP address is allocated by the network and it can be static or dynamic Including the characteristics of, and differences between, IPv4 and IPv6 A router sends data to a specific destination on a network A router can assign IP addresses A router can connect a local network to the internet 4 Software

It came up in 8 of 34 papers, for about 4 marks a paper when it does. It last came up in May/June 2024.

Often set with Data storage.

9 questions, newest first

1. 2210/12/M/J/24 Question 7 · 4 marks
2. 2210/13/O/N/23 Question 8 · 4 marks
3. 2210/11/M/J/23 Question 6 · 6 marks
4. 2210/12/M/J/23 Question 4 part (b(i)) · 1 mark
5. 2210/12/M/J/23 Question 8 · 5 marks
6. 2210/13/O/N/22 Question 8 · 4 marks
7. 2210/11/M/J/22 Question 10 · 3 marks
8. 2210/11/M/J/21 Question 1 parts (b(i)) (b(ii)) · 3 marks
9. 2210/11/M/J/20 Question 1 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) · 4 marks

More in Hardware: Computer architecture, Input and output devices, Data storage.

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