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CCIT3008 Introduction to Information Technology and Al

2024-2025 Semester 2

Written Assignment 1 (Section D Question Paper) (60 Marks)

Question 1 (12 Marks)

Identify and name the following SIX electronic devices. (2 Marks each x6)

Question 2 (8 Marks)

The following picture indicates a typical type of network.

Fig. 1. A type of network

a) Name (in Full Name) and define the type of the network of Fig. 1. (6 marks)

b) Where will this type of network be used? (Suggest ONE Example) (2 marks)

Question 3 (12 Marks)

a) Name TWO portable electronic devices for entertainment purposes and suggest an application example for each type (Remark: the application example of each type cannot be identical). (8 Marks)

b) Suggest TWO types of networks in the market that can be employed for portable electronic devices. (4 Marks)

Question 4 (14 Marks)

John is a software developer working on a new web application system project. His supervisor has asked him to choose one software for data retrieval. The company's technical support team has proposed two options: 1) MS Access and2) SQLite. However, John has some concerns about choosing the software. Firstly, he has no budget to buy a software license for the project. Secondly, he needs to modify the software without restrictions to integrate it into the web application system.

a) What type of application software does MS Access and SQLite belong to? Describe the function based on the type of application software. (4 Marks)

b) Which software (Access or SQLite) is most suitable for John? Explain his decision with TWO characteristics as the reasons of the selected software according to his concerns in the scenario. (6 Marks)

c) Based on John's concerns in the scenario from Question b), we can further classify MS Access and SQLite into TWO different categories in distribution. Name the corresponding types of software for MS Access and SQLite. (4 marks)

Question 5 (14 Marks)

Peter is a network administrator tasked with setting up a new network for hiscompany. He needs to assign IP addresses to all devices in the network. He isaware that there are two types of IP addressing systems: IPv4 and IPv6.

a) Given the following IP addresses, identify which one is IPv4 and which one isIPv6. (4 marks)

1) 192.168.1.1

2) 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334

b) Describe the main difference between IPv4 and IPv6 in terms of address format.(Describe each type of address format in the answer) (6 marks)

c) Discuss ONE major advantage of using addressing format IPv6 over IPv4 in modern networks. (4 marks)