STUDENT ID NO MULTIMEDIA (OW UNIVERSITY MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY FINAL EXAMINATION ‘TRIMESTER 2, 2015/2016 SESSION ‘TDC1231 - DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING (All Sections / Groups) 9 March 2016 2.30pm. —4:30p.m, (Hours) INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENIS 1 This Question paper consists of 4 printed pages including cover page with 7 questions cal. 2, Attempt SIX out of SEVEN questions. All questions carry equal matks and the Aistibution of marks for each question is given, 3. Please write all your answer inthe Answer Booklet provided.rocras. [DATA COMMS & NETWORKING semaxcaane ‘Question 1 48) There are two possible types of conncstions and four categories of pisical topology in data communications. i) Briefly explain the TWO types of connestions. marks] i) Categorize the FOUR basic topologies in terms of type ofconnestions. (2 mks} ii) Draw a hybrid topology witha star backbone connecting ONE bus network with four nodes and TWO ring networks with four nodes cach, (B mars) 2) Differentiate local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) in terms of size or distances, structure and ownership. 1B marks} Question 2 2) A/host communicates with another hest using the TCPIP suite. |) Whats the unit of data sent and recived at each of the following layers? 4. Application layer [05 marks) bs. Network layer [05 masks) ce Dateclink layer [05 marks] 4. Physical layer [0S masks) 4) Which TWO layers are involved ina link-layer switch? {1 mark ¥) A periodic composite signal witha bandwidth of 2000 Ha is composed of two sine ‘waves. The fist one has a frequency of 100 He with maximum amplitude of 20V; the second one has maximum amplitude of SV. Draw the bandwidth. [2 marks] ©) A device is sending out data at the rte of 1000 bps. How long does it take to send a file of 100,000 characters? Nore that | character is equivalent o &bits. [2 marks) 4) Intelecommunications, transmission media canbe classified as guided and unguided. 1) How do guided media differ from unguided medi [mack ip Provide ONE example for each typeof transmission media respectively. marks} Contineedens, DATA COMMS & NETWORKING. SP MARCH 2016 ‘Question 8) List THREE possible causes of transmission impairment 115 marks} ') A signal with 200 milliwatts power passes through 10 devices, each with an average noise of? microwats. ‘& Whats the SNR? (15 marks] 1b, What isthe SNRax? {mark ©) Find the 8-bit data stream forthe following coding schemes. i) NRZ—I scheme (1 macy ' U1 mark} 4) Mlustate the result of scrambling coding scheme the sequexce 1100000000000 using the following serambling techniques. Assume that the lastnon-zero signal level has been negative. BAZS. (2 masks) HDB3 (The number of nonzero pulses i odd fer the last substitution) [2 marks] Question ¢ 8) In parallel transmission, multiple data can be transmitted at onetime between two ‘communicating devices. §)Miusrate (draw) parallel ansmission [omatks) |i) Briefly explain ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of parallel transmission. (2 marks} 9). Given abinary word 101110000, )_ What isthe polynomial representation? mars] ‘What isthe result of shifting the binary word three bitsto thet? [ mark] ©) Given the dataword 101001111 and the divisor 10111, show the generation of ‘codeword at the sender sit (using binary division) [3 ree] Continued ... apers DATA COMMS & NETWORKING MARCH 216 Question 5 18) Use a suitable diagram to discuss the concept of multiplexing in telocommunicaton system. BB marks} b) Assume that a Voie channel occupies bandwidth of 4 KHz. We need to multiplex 10 voice channels with guard bands of S00 Hz using FDM. Calelte the required bandwidth (mar) ©) Switching is topic that can be discussed at several layers, Identify the layer and {ype of switching happen in TCP/P protocol suite [6 marks} Question 6 8) List and classify TWO random access, controlled access and chennelization protocols based on txonomy of multiple-acoess protocols, [mats] ') The Ethemet address is 6 bytes (48 bits), normally writen in hexadecimal notation. ') What is the hexadecimal equivalent of the following Ethernet address? ‘01011010 00010001 01010101 00011000 10101010 9000TTII [2 marks} i) How does the Ethernet address 1A:2B:3C4D:SE:6F appear onthe line in binary? Po matks} ©) Whats the difference between unicast, multicast, and broadcast addresses? [3 marks] Question 7 4) Give THREE reasons why the CSMAICD lgorthm does not work in wireless LANs. (8 macks} ) Using suitable table differentiate FOUR wireless LAN specification including 802.11, 802.11b, 802Ilg and 802.11n in term of thei techniques, band, modulation and rte (Mbps) [4 marks} ©) What do we mean when we say that a switch can fier traffe? Why is fiteing important? {1 mak} &) Which one has more overhead, a sub ora switch? Explain your answer. [2 masks] End of Page