August 2000
WW221 : WORLD WIDE WEB FUNDAMENTALS

QUESTION 1 (Compulsory)

Total Marks: 30 Marks

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SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
for Question 1

(a) Expand the acronym TCP/IP. Name two applications that use it. [3]

(b) Identify three errors in the following code, and rewrite it. [3]
<HEAD>
<TITLE>WW221<TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
This is an example!
</BODY>

(c) Define “The Internet” [3]

(d) Expand the acronym for any one of the following organisations, and describe its role in the development of the Internet: [3]
IAB,
IETF, or
ISOC

(e) What is a Web application? [1]

(f) (i) What is demography? [2]
(ii) Apart from user surveys, name any two methods of collecting
information on the web. [2]

(g) What is the role of a Webmaster? [2]

(h) (i) Explain what happens when a WWW client sends a request to a HTTP
server through a URL that points to a CGI application. [3]
(ii) Name any one popular programming language that can be used in
developing a CGI application. [1]

(i) What are the two main obstacles limiting the general public’s access to the
Information Highway, despite the growth of the Internet? [4]

(j) Define the following terms in the context of object technology: [3]
(i) encapsulation
(ii) inheritance
(iii) polymorphism