Remote Tools & Web Page Construction

CAPE IT · UNIT 2 · MODULE 2 · OBJ. 9, 10 & 11
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END-OF-MODULE PRACTICAL
Sweet Escape Goes Live (WAMP) →
Put Objective 10 into practice: build form-enabled pages with CSS and client-side validation that read from and save to a MySQL database.
EXPLORE IN 3D

How a web page reaches you, in 3D

Follow a request from the browser through DNS to the web server and database and back.

REVISION · PAST-PAPER PRACTICE

Test yourself

Multiple-choice items in Paper 1 style and structured questions in Paper 2 style, adapted from CAPE Information Technology Unit 2 past papers. Your score and answers are saved on this device. When you have finished, submit them to your teacher at the end of this section.

MCQ best –Structured –

Paper 1 practice · 10 multiple-choice items

Choose one answer for each item, then check. Aim for 80% or better.

Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2019 Item 17
1. Which tool allows people to hold live, real-time text conversations in online channels?
Answer: A. IRC is live chat. Email, mailing lists and bulletin boards are asynchronous: replies come later.
Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2019 Item 18; 2020 Item 27
2. On a site, a student clicks words and buttons that take him straight to other pages and services. The mechanism being activated is a
Answer: B. A hyperlink (an <a href> anchor) jumps to another location. The site itself, which gathers many services, is a portal.
Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2019 Item 21; 2022 Item 20
3. Which HTML tag draws a horizontal line across a web page?
Answer: C. <hr> is a horizontal rule. <br> is a line break.
Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2019 Item 22; 2020 Item 26; 2024 Item 28
4. A shop owner wants to design a web page but does not know HTML. What should he use?
Answer: D. Web authoring tools (e.g. Dreamweaver, Wix, WordPress editors) generate the HTML from a visual design.
Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2022 Item 30; 2024 Item 20
5. Which line of HTML places “My Shop” on the browser’s title bar or tab?
Answer: A. <title>, placed inside <head>, sets the title bar/tab text. <h1> shows a heading on the page itself.
Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2019 Item 30; 2020 Item 32; 2022 Item 29
6. Tags that make visible page content bold, italic or coloured must be placed between
Answer: B. Everything the visitor sees belongs in the body. The head holds information about the page.
Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2022 Item 23; 2024 Item 23
7. The two primary structures that make up JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) are
Answer: C. JSON is built from objects {"key": value} and arrays [ ... ]. Objects are made of key–value pairs.
Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2022 Item 28
8. The web development framework Flask is written in, and used with,
Answer: D. Flask is a lightweight Python framework for building web applications.
Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2022 Item 25; 2024 Item 25
9. An organisation wants a live meeting where remote staff can see and hear each other and share slides. Which tool is MOST appropriate?
Answer: A. Web conferencing (e.g. Zoom, Teams) provides video, audio and screen sharing. VoIP alone is voice only.
Adapted from CAPE U2 P1 2019 Item 27; 2020 Item 24
10. Which features describe the content of a wiki?
I. Written and edited by many authors
II. Typically reflects one person’s opinion
III. Articles are continuously updated
Answer: B. Wikis are collaborative and constantly revised. A single author’s opinions describe a blog.

Paper 2 practice · structured questions (23 marks)

Write a full answer to each part, then show the mark scheme and tick every point you earned. Marks for a part are capped at its maximum. Mark schemes are EduTech’s own; CXC does not publish them.

Based on CAPE U2 P2 May/June 2021, Question 4(a),(c)

Question 1 [12 marks]

A web developer uses remote tools to maintain a college’s servers and website.

(a) Describe the function of EACH of the following tools: (i) Telnet; (ii) FTP. [4]

MARK SCHEME (a) · max 4

(b) Outline TWO differences between Telnet and FTP. [4]

MARK SCHEME (b) · max 4

(c) Describe EACH of the following types of web page: (i) portal; (ii) blog. [4]

MARK SCHEME (c) · max 4
Based on CAPE U2 P2 May/June 2024, Question 4(c)–(d) and 2021, Question 4(b)

Question 2 [11 marks]

An auto club’s website has a form where owners register vintage cars (over 20 years old) for a show.

(a) Identify TWO different HTML form elements the programmer could use, and state how EACH could be validated. [4]

MARK SCHEME (a) · max 4

(b) Using TWO examples, explain how Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) can be used in an HTML document. [2]

MARK SCHEME (b) · max 2

(c) Write the HTML for a form with a text box labelled “Model of car:”, a text box labelled “Age of car:” and a Submit button. [5]

MARK SCHEME (c) · max 5

Submit to your teacher

Send your multiple-choice choices and written answers to your teacher for marking. Your teacher will also see whether you opened the mark scheme or checked your answers before submitting. You can submit again if you improve your answers.

Items are adapted from CAPE® Information Technology Unit 2 Papers 01 and 02 (2019–2026) for practice. © Caribbean Examinations Council for the original papers.