THE INSTITUTE OF FINANCE MANAGEMENT

FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICS (FCM)

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND DEPARTMENT OF

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ITU-CSU 08101: NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

COMPREHENSIVE TEST FOR SEMESTER ONE EXAMINATIONS

ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024

DATE: 20th December 2023 TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. There are Four (4) questions in this paper, attempt ALL questions.
2. Marks are allocated for each question, plan wisely.
3. Your answer should be relevant and to the point.
4. You are free to leave with this Question Paper.
5. You are reminded to adhere to ALL Institute’s Examination Regulations.

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Question 1 (25 Marks)

Figure 1 shows the output of show ip protocols that was executed on RouterE. Analyse this
output and respond to the follow up questions below.

Figure 1: Show ip Protocols output for question 1

1.1 From Figure 1, describe the meaning of:@4 Marks

a. Routing for Networks

b. Routing information sources

c. Router ID 192.168.10.30

1.2 From Figure 1, give a rough network topology (10 Marks).

1.3 What type of OSPF network is RouterE belongs to? (3 Marks)

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Question 2 (15 Marks)
Give short answers to questions on following Questions@ 1 Mark

2.1 True/False: To reach a remote host, you must know the MAC address of the remote

host.

2.2 At the appropriate command prompt, display a routing table with only OSPF routes.

2.3 Give a reason for getting APIPA address?

2.4 When a PC sends a packet to another PC in a remote network, what destination addresses

will be in the frame that it sends to its default gateway?

2.5 At the appropriate command prompt, create a default route to 192.168.200.1.

2.6 On which type of network is a default route most beneficial?

2.7 DHCP uses which protocol and Port Numbers for Client & Server?

2.8 True/ False is 224.0.0.9 for RIPv1

2.9 At the appropriate command prompt, display the routing table on your router.

2.10 True/False: To reach a remote host, you must know the IP address of the remote host.

2.11 At the appropriate command prompt(s), prevent a router from propagating RIP

information outserial 6/0.

2.12 True/False:RIPv2 is considered classless. And give the multicast address for RIPv2

2.13 At the appropriate command prompt, display the neighbor table in any OSPF configured

router.

2.14 What is the range of APIPA address?

2.15 True/ False is 255.255.255.255 for RIPv1

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Question 3 (30 Marks)

3.1 As a student of ITU/CSU08101, give a brief explanation of the following terms

related to RIP, a dynamic routing protocol:@ 3 Marks

a. Administrative distance (AD)

b. Passive interface
c. Route Poisoning
d. Split horizon
3.2 Analyze the network topology in Figure 2. If all routers in Figure 2 are configured

with RIP version 2, what would be the routing table for RouterD? (10 Marks)

Figure 2: Network topology for Question 3

3.3 Without prompt, give RIP version 2 configuration on RouterC (8 Marks)

3.4 With an example, describe how you would validate connectivity between PC1 and

PC3. (4 Marks)

3.5 How would you configure ServerB? (6 Marks)

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Questions 4 (30 Marks)

4.1 Briefly, describe DHCP Server (5 Marks)

4.2 With illustration, explain how a DHCP Server works(5 Marks)

4.3 Describe the significance of using a DHCP Server in Figure 3 instead of DHCP server

configuration on routers RouterQ and RouterP (5 Marks)

4.4 How would you configure DHCP Server in Figure 3(10 Marks)

4.5 If RouterQ and RouterP are DHCP agents for hosts in Networks192.168.100.0/27,

192.168.100.32/27, 192.168.100.64/27, and 192.168.100.96/27, then, how should

RouterQ and RouterP be configured? (5 Marks)

Figure 3: network topology for Question 4

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