NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
University Village, Plot 91, Cadastral Zone,
Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway, Jabi, Abuja
FACULTY OF SCIENCES 1234
2021 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: CIT322
COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Internet Programming
CREDIT: 3 Units
TIME ALLOWED: 2½ Hours
INSTRUCTION: Answer Question 1 and any other Four (4)
Question 1
a) Define the Internet (3 marks)
b) Explain the following terms (i) HTML (ii) Web Browser (4 marks)
c) Consider the OSI model, from layer 1 to layer 7, mention the names
of the layers and state their functions respectively (7 marks)
d) What do you understand about multimedia? Mention three (3)
common examples of multimedia formats (4 marks)
e) Describe API and Widgets (4 marks)
Question 2
a) Explain the concept of Cloud computing (4 marks)
b) Discuss the following image file formats (i) JPEG (ii) PNG (4 marks)
c) Distinguish between the features of Javascript and Java programming
language (4 marks)
Question 3
a) Expatiate the features of Web 2.0 as an enhancement of Web 1.0 (4 marks)
b) Describe the following the networks (i) CAN and, (ii) MAN (4marks)
c) Explain the main functions of SMTP and POP (4 marks)
Question 4
a) Discuss the following terms (i) FTP and (ii) WWW (4 marks)
b) Describe the following terms (i) application server (iii) Name server (4 marks)
c) Explain the principle of Client Server Model (4 marks)
Question 5
a) Explicitly, distinguish between the features of Web Client and Web Servers (4 marks)
b) Compare and contrast the functions of UDP and TCP (4 marks)
c) Explain the main function of Domain Name Service (4 marks)
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Question 6
a) Briefly differentiate between (i) LAN and (ii) WAN (4 marks)
b) Define the cascading style sheets and mention the two (2) types (4 marks)
c) Distinguish between Intranet and Extranet (4 marks)
