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2.1 Types and Methods of Data Transmission

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Course CIE IGCSE Computer Science

Section 2. Data transmission
Topic 2.1 Types and Methods of Data Transmission
Difficulty Medium

Time Allowed 40
Score /26
Percentage /100

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Question 1a
A company has a website that is stored on a web server.
a) The website data is broken down into packets to be transmitted to a user.

Describe the structure of a data packet.

[4]
[4 marks]

Question 1b
b) The website hosts videos that users can stream. The company uploads new videos to the website.

The company uses parallel half-duplex data transmission to transmit the data for the new videos to the web server.

Explain why parallel half-duplex data transmission is the most appropriate method.
[4]
[4 marks]

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Question 2
Julia inputs personal data into her computer.
She stores three copies of the data using a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD) and a USB flash memory drive.
Julia uses a USB connection to transfer data onto her USB flash memory drive.

i) One benefit of using a USB connection is that it is a universal connection.

State two other benefits of using a USB connection.

Benefit 1 .................................................................
Benefit 2 .................................................................

[2]
ii) Identify the type of data transmission used in a USB connection.
[1]
[3 marks]

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Question 3
Four 7-bit binary values are transmitted from one computer to another. A parity bit is added to each binary value creating
8-bit binary values. All the binary values are transmitted and received correctly.
The data is sent using parallel half-duplex data transmission.
i) Describe how data is sent using parallel half-duplex data transmission.
[4]
ii) State two drawbacks of using parallel data transmission.

Drawback 1 ..........................................................................
Drawback 2 ..........................................................................
[2]
[6 marks]

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Question 4
A Von Neumann model for a computer system contains several integrated circuits (IC).
Parallel data transmission is used in an IC.
i) Describe how data is transmitted using parallel data transmission.
[2]
ii) Give one benefit of using parallel, rather than serial, data transmission
[1]
[3 marks]

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Question 5a
Arjun uses a scanner to create digital versions of some printed documents.

The scanner is attached to his computer using a USB connection.

a) Tick (✓) to show if the USB connection uses Parallel or Serial data transmission.
Describe your chosen method of data transmission.

Parallel

Serial

Description
[3]
[3 marks]

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Question 5b
b) Give three benefits of a USB connection.

Benefit 1 ...............................................................................

Benefit 2 ...............................................................................

Benefit 3 ................................................................................
[3]
[3 marks]

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