RIFT VALLEY UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

ASSIGNMENT OF COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION FOR 2NDyr COMPUTER SCIENCE
STUDENT

Total Mark 20%

Give a brief description for all the question bellow

1. What are the layers in OSI Reference Models? Describe each layer briefly.
2. What is the difference between Hub, Switch, and Router?
3. What are The difference between TCP and UDP 
4. What is the difference between a Domain and a Workgroup?
5. What are IP classes and how can you identify the IP class of given an IP address?
6. What is meant by 127.0.0.1 and local host?
7. What is NIC?
8. Differentiate Communication and Transmission?
9. How many types of modes are used in data transferring through networks?
10. How can a network be certified as an effective network? What are the factors
affecting them?
11. Explain the difference between baseband and broadband transmission?
12. What is Protocol and discuss the key element of network protocol?
13. Which layers are user support layers?