The internet and its uses: past paper questions

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• Question 6May/June 2026, paper 11Structured10 marks

  Web pages need to be located and retrieved to be displayed on a device. Complete the paragraph about locating and retrieving web pages.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured16 marks

  A computer game development company are reviewing their current security solutions. The company wants employees to be aware of how they can identify phishing.

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• Question 8Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured4 marks

  Draw and annotate a diagram to show how a payment transaction is made using digital currency and blockchain.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured4 marks

  Draw and annotate a diagram to demonstrate how a firewall works.

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• Question 5May/June 2026, paper 12Structured10 marks

  Cyber security threats are a problem when using the internet. Complete the table by writing the missing terms and descriptions about cyber security threats.

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• Question 5Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured11 marksHas a diagram

  A supermarket wants to start delivering groceries to local elderly people, using robots. Describe the characteristics of a robot.

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• Question 7Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured14 marks

  A student enters the uniform resource locator (URL) for a web page into their tablet computer. State what is meant by a URL.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured3 marks

  Malware can be used to corrupt data stored on a computer. Tick (✓) one box to show which cyber security threat is not a type of malware.

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• Question 5May/June 2026, paper 13Structured9 marks

  A student develops a program for their computer science project using a high-level language. Identify two translators that the student could use when developing the program.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured14 marks

  An online clothing company has a homepage at the uniform resource locator (URL) https://www.cieclothes.com/index.html Write down the three different parts of…

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2024, paper 13Structured6 marks

  Complete the table to give the missing term or description for the internet terms.

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• Question 8Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured6 marks

  Draw and annotate a diagram that demonstrates the cyber security threat of data interception.

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• Question 7May/June 2026, paper 13Structured5 marks

  Cyber security threats are a concern for any company that stores data using a network. Complete the statements about cyber security threats.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2025, paper 13Structured12 marks

  A cyber security company specialises in security solutions that help prevent hackers being successful. Identify two security solutions that can be provided to help prevent hackers being successful.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2024, paper 13Structured10 marks

  Complete the statements about cookies.

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• Question 9Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured6 marks

  The table contains terms and descriptions about the internet. Complete the table with the missing terms and descriptions.

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• Question 9May/June 2025, paper 11Structured10 marks

  Each employee in a finance company has a computer and an electronic account. Each computer has an operating system. One function of the operating system is to manage memory.

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• Question 9May/June 2024, paper 11Structured20 marks

  A company owner has installed a new network. Data is correct before it is transmitted across the network. The company owner is concerned that data might have errors after transmission.

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• Question 12Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured3 marks

  Digital currency can be used to pay for products and services. Digital currencies are often tracked using digital ledgers. Give two other features of digital currency.

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• Question 5May/June 2025, paper 12Structured23 marks

  A hospital has computers and technology that it uses when caring for its patients. One computer is an expert system that is used to help diagnose a patient’s illness. The doctor inputs the patient’s symptoms into an interface and a diagnosis is output.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2023, paper 13Structured5 marks

  An employee uses a web browser on their computer. Describe the main purpose of a web browser.

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• Question 5May/June 2025, paper 13Structured16 marks

  An online company has a website that allows a user to buy products. The user types in the uniform resource locator (URL) for the website and this is sent to a domain name server (DNS).

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• Question 8May/June 2024, paper 12Structured6 marks

  A company has a website that is suffering a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Draw and annotate a diagram to show the process of the DDoS.

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• Question 8May/June 2023, paper 11Structured10 marks

  A manager at a company is concerned about a brute-force attack on its employee user accounts. Describe how a brute-force attack can be used to gain access to the employee user accounts.

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• Question 11May/June 2024, paper 12Structured8 marks

  A company has a website. Users use the internet and the world wide web to access the website. Describe the difference between the internet and the world wide web.

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• Question 10May/June 2023, paper 11Structured14 marks

  A student uses the internet for their schoolwork to research what is meant by pharming. State the aim of pharming.

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• Question 7May/June 2024, paper 13Structured18 marks

  A company has a network that includes a web server. Data is transmitted across the network using serial half-duplex data transmission. Draw and annotate a diagram to show how the data is transmitted using serial half-duplex data transmission.

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• Question 7May/June 2023, paper 12Structured10 marks

  A distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) is a cyber security threat. Draw and annotate a diagram to represent the process of a DDoS.

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• Question 6May/June 2023, paper 13Structured9 marks

  A student is writing a help guide about how to recognise and avoid the cyber-security threat of pharming. Give three appropriate solutions he could include.

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• Question 8May/June 2023, paper 13Structured5 marks

  Complete the statements about a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

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