G063 - Intranets, the Internet and Extranets questions

1. / (a) / A company installs an intranet throughout its business.
(i) / Define the term ‘intranet’ / [1]
(ii) / Managers are able to access the intranet from home. Discuss the effects this has on the working patterns of a manager in this company. / [3]
(b) / The company provides video-conferencing facilities through its intranet. Discuss the effects this has on the effectiveness of meetings within the company. / [3]

2515 Specimen paper Q6

2. / A university has a learning resource centre. This centre has 100 computer terminals for student use. Access to the Internet and e-mail services is via a proxy server which acts as a firewall. The university also maintains its own intranet which is accessible from the terminals without going through the firewall.
Describe what is meant by the term 'intranet'. / [2]

2515 January 2002 Q5

3. / The Government intends that all information published to schools should be made available via the Internet. Currently schools can receive documents from a web site or in printed paper form. In the near future, the provision of paper-based documents will be ended and schools will have to download all information.
(a) / Discuss the limitations of providing documents online, for the schools and for the Government. / [6]
As part of the plan to connect citizens to local government via the Information Super Highway (ISH), town councils are being encouraged to make information available online.
(b) / Describe the information that a town council could provide online. / [4]
(c) / Discuss the use of the ISH as a method of consulting residents of the town. / [6]

2515 June 2002 Q6

4. / A school is having a new ICT centre built. The school will use an intranet to support the teaching of courses.
(a) / Describe the characteristics of an intranet. / [4]
(b) / Describe how the intranet could be used to help
(i) / teach these courses; / [4]
(ii) / improve communications between teachers and students. / [4]
2515 January 2005 Q2
5. / Intranets are examples of common network environments.
Describe the characteristics and purpose of an intranet. / [4]
2515 January 2006 Q5
6. / Find-A-Home is a national chain of estate agents with offices spread throughout the country. The estate agents operate local area networks (LANs) in their local branch offices, and a wide area network (WAN) to enable branches to communicate with each other. All workstations also have Internet access.
Describe the facilities of the Internet which would be useful to the estate agency. / [4]
2515 June 2006 Q2
7. / An insurance company allows some of its employees to work from home.
The company has an intranet which is used by its employees.
Describe the characteristics and purpose of the company intranet. / [6]
2515 June 2007 Q2
8. / Compare an intranet to an extranet. / [3]
G063 June 2010 Q2
9. / An insurance company allows some of its employees to work from home.
The company has an intranet which is used by its employees.
(a) / Describe two characteristics of an intranet. / [4]
(b) / Describe one purpose of an intranet. / [2]
G063 - January 2012 Q7
10. / A school has an intranet and an extranet that its students can use.
(a) / Describe the purpose of a extranet. / [2]
(b) / Compare the school’s intranet to its extranet. / [4]
G063 - June 2013 Q8
11. / 24-News operates a news broadcasting service. Its headquarters are in London.
24-News provides an extranet
Explain two advantages of an extranet to 24-News. / [4]
G063 - June 2013 Q8