IGCSE Computer Science 0478, topic 3.4
Network hardware: past paper questions
6 Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science 0478 questions on Network hardware (3.4) from 5 papers, 2023 to 2024. Open the paper or try a question free.
Practising builds a set from this topic, free with an account. One question opens straight away, with no account.
- Questions
- 6
- Papers
- 5
- Years
- 2023 to 2024
- Total marks
- 36
- Average per question
- 6 marks
- Largest question
- 9 marks
By type: Structured 6
How hard the questions are
- Recall0
- Apply5
- Analyse1
- Not banded0
Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.
Command words
- describeApply4 questions
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
- identifyRecall2 questions
name/select/recognise
- completeApply1 question
- drawApply1 question
- explainAnalyse1 question
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- giveRecall1 question
produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory
- showApply1 question
- stateRecall1 question
express in clear terms
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20241
- 20235
By session
- May/June5
- Oct/Nov1
By paper
- Paper 16
Questions on this topic
Showing 5 of 6, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 4May/June 2024, paper 11Structured7 marks
Data packets are transmitted across a network from one computer to another computer. Describe the structure of a data packet.
- Try this questionQuestion 8Oct/Nov 2023, paper 13Structured4 marks
Draw and annotate a diagram to represent the role of a router.
- Try this questionQuestion 6May/June 2023, paper 11Structured6 marks
A user wants to connect their computer to a network. Identify the component in the computer that is needed to access a network.
- Try this questionQuestion 4May/June 2023, paper 12Structured9 marks
A student uses a mobile phone to take photographs for a school project. The student needs to transmit the photographs to their computer. They could use serial data transmission or parallel data transmission to transmit the photographs.
- Try this questionQuestion 3May/June 2023, paper 13Structured5 marks
Five network terms or definitions are given in the table. Complete the table by giving the missing term or definition.