Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology B.Sc. Degree in Information Technology Mid-Term Examination Year 1, Semester 2 (2014) Data Communications and Computer Networks (N105) Duration: 01 Hour Instructions to Candidates: This is a closed book examination. This paper contains 4 questions on 03 pages without the cover page. @ Answer all questions in the WORKBOOK provided. Read all questions before answering. Total marks obtainable for this examination is 100.Question 01 - (25 Marks) You, a freelance Network Enginner, are called to setup a small network in an educational institute called XYZ computing (Pvt) Ltd. Shown below are the components of XYZ computing (Pvt) Ltd: © There are 04 floors in the building (Ground, First, Second, and the Third); The server room is located in the 02 Floor; © The Internet connection will be terminated directly to the Server Room; * The Administrative division is located on the Ground Floor; There are 03 Lecture Halls on the 01% Floor (Hall 01, Hall 02, and Hall 03), 03 Labs on the 02 Floor (Lab 01, Lab 02, and Lab 03) and on the 03" Floor there is the staff room; © There are 10 machines in the Administrative division, 01 machine each in the Lecture halls and 44 each in Lab 01 and 02. There are 10 machines in Lab 03; © There are 10 staff members are there in the 03" Floor. Resources supplied are as shown below; © Cable boxes; * Criming Tools; ‘© Jacks for the cables; © Anumber of 03, 48 port switches, a number of 04, 12 port switches, a number of 02, 08 port switches; © 02 routers. Assumptions © The organization is not looking forward to implement redundancy; ‘+ Would need to use a minimum number of switches and routers in this location and save up some switches and routers for future implementation. You need to do the following: 1.1 Draw the network diagram using the information indicated above. (15 marks) 1.2 Indicate the cable types to be used between the devices (05 marks) 1.3 How many switches and routers will not be used? (05 marks) Question 02 — (25 Marks) Use the network address below for your answers to questions 2.1 — 2.5, Address — 192.168.0.0/26 2.1 What is the network address of the address indicated above? (05 Marks) 2.2 Illustrate the Network and the host portion of the address indicated above. (05 Marks) 2.3 Indicate that first usable IP address range. (05 Marks) 2.4 What is the broadcast IP address of the 02™ usable IP address range? (05 Marks) 2.5 Give a step by step overview of how many hosts there will be there in the above address. (05 Marks) Page 2 of 3Question 03 — (25 Marks) 3.1 Do a comparison between the OSI and the TCP/IP stack? (05 Marks) 3.2 Illustrate the differences between Centralization, Decentralization and Distribution Networks (05 Marks) 3.3 Explain with a diagram how Analog and Digital signals are affected by interference? (05 Marls) 3.4 How does PCM work? Indicate all the steps with diagrams. (05 Marks) 3.5 What do Modulation and Multiplexing mean? Illustrate with diagrams, (05 Marks) Question 04 — (25 Marks) 4.1 Compare and Contrast the differences between PDH and SDH? (05 Marks) (NOTE — Detail explanation about PDH and SDH are required before the comparison.) 4.2 Using the diagram indicated below answer question 4.2.1 — 4.2.3 indicated below; sams00/> 4.2.1 Assume that there is no Routing Protocol running. Will PCO be able to communicate with Server0? Justify your answer in detail 4.2.2 With a tree view indicate the routing protocols that could be used to ‘communicate between the routers? 4.2.3 If been configured properly PCO will be communicating with Laptop01. How will the packets be flowing? Explain in flow of packets, step by step. (15 Marks) 4.3 Explain the topics given below in detail; 4.3.1 Resistance: 4.3.3 Capacitance: 4.3.2 Inductance; 4.3.4 Conductance (05 Marks) .. End of Paper . Page 3 of 3