August 2000
WW221 : WORLD WIDE WEB FUNDAMENTALS

QUESTION 2

Total Marks: 15 Marks

• Question 1
• Question 3
• Question 4
• Question 5
• Cover Page

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SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
for Question 2

(a) (i) “With the growing rate of the Internet, the already more economically
challenged families are subjected to a further financial disadvantage”.
Discuss this quotation, using examples to explain why it may be true. [3]
(ii) Privacy and Free Speech are legal issues concerning Internet use. For
each, describe two associated problems. [4]

(b) Most web users are accustomed to paying a single fee to a service provider for access to the Internet, and then paying nothing for the content that they access.
(i) How do current web content providers receive the majority of their
income? [1]
(ii) Describe the “Microcent” method of financing the provision of
information on the web. [2]
(iii) State three disadvantages of the Microcent method [3]
(iv) State two advantages of the Microcent method. [2]