Chapter 1 – Internet Basics
Sumita Arora Book Exercise Question Answer Solution
Type – B: Application Based Questions
Que 1. PJM Bank has a Head Office based in Banglore and a large number of branches nationwide. The Head Office and branches communicate using the Internet.
Give two features of the Internet.
Answer: Features of the Internet are –
- (i) Due to the Internet, People can communicate fastly, efficiently, and effectively.
- (ii) No need to keep multiple copies of the same information, due to the internet anyone can access that information by storing it in one place i.e. server.
- (iii) Sharing of resources becomes very easy.
(a) Explain how a customer who did not know the company’s website address could gain to the site.
Answer: With the help of a Search Engine.
Any customer can search the “Chirpy Toys” in Google / Bing / Yahoo Search engine. This search engine will provide the website name and other details of Chirpy Toys
(b) Describe how Chirpy Toys would benefit from the introduction of a website.
Answer: Benefits of the introduction of a Website for Chirpy Toys-
- Chirpy Toys can get more customers from different cities, states and countries.
- The sales of Chirpy Toys increased due to the Website.
- The popularity of Chirpy Toys also increased.
- The reach of Chirpy Toys also increased.
(c) Describe how the customers would benefit from the introduction of the website.
Answer: Benefits from the Introduction of the Website to the Customers
- Customers can access the Chirpy Toys from any location.
- Customers can list out all products of Chirpy Toys by sitting at their homes/offices.
- Customers can give orders online.
- No need to go to the office/stores of Chirpy toys, they can visit online. It saves time and money for Customers.
(d) Give three disadvantages of using the Internet to purchase goods.
Answer: Disadvantages of using the Internet to purchase goods are –
- Not able to check the product physically, before purchasing it online.
- Maybe a wrong product or a lower quality product will be delivered.
- Maybe face issues related to payment and delivery.
- Chances of stolen bank details/customer id and password/credit or debit card information. i.e Online Fraud.
Que 3. Simon has a villa, which he rents to holidaymakers. He creates a website to advertise the Simon chooses an ISP to host his website.
The structure of his website is shown below,
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(a) State what Simon should have on his home page to help users navigate his website.
Answer: Hyperlinks of different posts/pages/domains.
(b) Simon uploads his website files to the ISP host computer.
(i) State what ISP means.
Answer: ISP means Internet Service Provider.
(ii) Name the Internet service that Simon uses to upload his website files.
Answer: Uploading documents.
(iii) Name the type of data transmission that takes place when his website files are transferred to the host computer from Simon’s computer.
Answer: FTP or HTTP
(c) The URL for the Web page which has a map is :
http : //www. indiaisp. co. in/ simonsvilla/map.html
(i) State the domain name for this Web page.
Answer: www.indiaisp.co.in
(ii) Describe the function of the Domain Name Service.
Answer: The main function of Domain Name Service is to provide a unique character-based domain name to each web sites.
The Domain Name System is translating domain names into a specific IP address so that the initiating client can load the requested Internet resources.
(d) Simon registers details of his website with a search engine company. State one reason why this will benefit Simon.
Answer: To index your website on Google/Bing, you must have to Register details of the website with a search engine company.
This way search engine is able to show your website in their search list when anyone tries to search it.
Que 4. The Internet is a series of interconnected computers throughout the world.
(a) Name one of the services that is offered on the Internet.
Answer: Email, Blog, Newsgroup, etc.
(b) When using the World Wide Web, a user can type in the web address of a page they look at.
Suggest one other way that a user could go to a web page.
Answer: By searching websites with their details or purpose in Google search.
Que 5. Shashwat accesses a web page which gives tips on how best to play the game. The URL is :
http:// www.granalan.com/tips/faq.html
(a) What server is hosting this web page ?
Answer: HTTP
(b) What is the name of the file being accessed?
Answer: faq.html