| RESTRICTED USE La Trobe University Semester One Examination Period 2007 | mr student: |] ] JJ IC]I ] Seat Number: |] ] Unit Code: ELESNDE Unit Name: Network Design Exercise Paper No: | Paper Name: Network Design Exercise Reading Time: 15 minutes Writing Time: 1 hour Examination Date: 20/06/2007 Examination Start Time: 09:00 | No. of pages (including cover sheet): 4 ALLOWABLE MATERIALS A INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES + all eight (8) questions, 2) All questions are of equal \ grammable calculator permitted. This paper MUST NOT BE REMOVED from the examination venueAnswer all eight (8) questions. All questions are of equal weight (12.5 marks), Question 1 2) What is utilization? For a 20kbps link with 10kbps data how much is expected utilization? b) Can you convert packet/sec 10 bits/sec? ©) What is data rate for TI and EI link? d) What does “WAY stand for? ¢) Draw a block diagram to show how two computers can communicate with each other via the public telephone network, Question 2 2) What are PVC (permanent virtual circuits) and switched virtual circuits (svc)? b) What is CIR (committed information rate)? ©) What is DE? How does it relate to CIR? 4) What is physical medium for Frame relay, analog or digital? ©) What is the effect of Queue size on traffic shaping? Question 3 a) How many channels can be employed in PRI (USA and European standard)? 5) What is the basic difference between Frame Relay and ATM in packet size? ©) What is the function of the DNS? ¢) What is the normal Media Transmission Unit (MTU) value in a LAN simulator? ©) What is the function of the ARP protocol? Over!Question 4 a) What is the function of a NPA (Network Protocol Analyzer)? b)_ What is the use of LEN attribute in TCP? ©) Is TCP or UDP (or both) connection oriented? 4) What ports are used for telnet and http services? ©) What is the IP address format in IPv6? Question 5 a) How many packets are generated in a single run of the ping command? Can we change it? If so, how? b) What are the DNS query types? ©) What is role of sequence number in ICMP? 4) What are the sizes of MAC address and IP address in bits? ©) What does “non-authoritative answer” mean when using nslookup? Question 6 a) Draw a simple diagram of a network having a daisy chain structure. b) Draw a simple diagram of a network having a collapsed backbone architecture, ©) Which one is the best network architecture among Mesh, Daisy chain and collapsed backbone? 4) What topology has been used in Room 420? Question 7 4) What digital coding is used in T1 and El ISDN link? b) What is dialer interface in an ISDN router? 5) Draw a simple diagram showing how a computer can get to Intemet through an ISDN line. Over!Question 8 a) What is RIP? b) What is CDP protocol? ©) What is reftesh rate for CDP protocol? d) What is download time for a 64Kbytes file using an ISDN link END)