Question 3
Mr. Okafor has a company that specializes in the production of beverages with headquarters in Abuja. He intends to monitor the sales and transactions in the company’s branches across Nigeria as well as interact with his customers.
(a) Through what platform can Mr. Okafor achieve his intentions?
(b) Which computer professional should Mr. Okafor hire to design the platform in 3(a)?
(c) State two software packages to create the platform for Mr. Okafor.
(d) If Mr. Okafor decides to connect all the offices within the headquarters in Abuja in a single network,
(i) what type of network is appropriate?
(ii) mention three reasons to support his decision.
(e) Mention two transmission media that can be used to implement the network in 3 (d) (i).
Observation
The expected answers were:
(a) Through the company’s website
(b) Web/Website developer (programmer) OR Web/Website designer OR Webmaster OR System analyst OR Programmer
(c) Website design packages:
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Muse
- Amaya
- Antenna Web
- Bluefish
- BlueGriffon
- Coda
- Coffee Cup
- Design Studio
- Galaxy Web
- GoDaddy
- Google Web Design
- RapidWeaver
- H5P
- HTML
- iWeb
- Microsoft Expression web 3.0 & studio
- Microsoft FrontPage
- MySQl
- Net objects fusion
- Odoo Website
- Photon fx Easy
- Sandfox
- Vb-Net
- Web plus x4
- Web.Com
- Website Pro
- Webydo
- Weebly
(d) (i) Local Area Network (LAN)/ Intranet
(ii) Importance of computer network:
- file sharing
- printer sharing
- sharing of media
- media centre server
- security
- communication
- preservation/Storage
- Sharing of Resources
- Reduced cost
- Improved customer service
- Better performance
- Ease of setup
(e)
- UTP
- STP
- Coaxial/Copper
- Fibre Optics
- Bluetooth
- Infrared
- Radio
- Wifi
- Hot-Spots
- Satellite
The question tested candidates’ ability to use analytical skills to answer questions on networking, internet, web development application and computer professional.
However, candidates demonstrated poor analytical skills and poor knowledge of the areas tested.