Test Papers / Previous Question Papers of IGNOU CC09 (S) Internet Awareness December 2005

BACHELOR IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Term-End Examination

December, 2005

CC09 (S) : INTERNET AWARENESS

Time: 2 hours
Maximum Marks: 75

1. (a) What is an Address book in the context of E mail ? What are its advantages ? Also explain the procedure to give reply to an arrived E-mail. List any four URLs that provide free E-mail accounts. Make necessary assumptions. (12)

(b) Write the sequence of steps for downloading software from the Internet and install the same on your system. (10)

Write a step by step procedure-to send a file stored in your system to another system by using E-mail. (8)

2. (a) List any five search engines available on the Internet. Write the steps to search for specific information on the Internet using any one of the search engines. (10)

(b) What is FTP ? Also mention any two applications of this tool. (5)

3. (a) What is a browser ? List any three browsers. (5)

(b) Enumerate live task that can be performed through access to the Internet. (5)

(c) Briefly, explain any two formats of an image that can be embedded in a web-page. (5)

4. (a) Explain briefly any two methods of connecting to the Internet. (5)

(b) Write full-forms for the following : (5)
(i) HTTPS
(ii) www
(iii) HTTP
(iv) TCP
(v) IP

(c) What are Mailing Lists ? How are they useful to the Internet users ? (5)

5. (a) What is DNS ? Explain the mechanism of providing the addresses using DNS. (5)

(b) List any three non-geographic domains and two geographic domains. (5)

(c) What are Usenet and Newsgroups ? Explain their significance and role. (5)