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Sit 113 Networking 2

This document is an examination paper for the Bachelor of Information Technology program at Machakos University, focusing on Networking. It contains five questions covering various topics such as networking definitions, OSI model, network devices, security protocols, and network topologies. Students are required to answer question one and any two additional questions from the paper.

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Sit 113 Networking 2

This document is an examination paper for the Bachelor of Information Technology program at Machakos University, focusing on Networking. It contains five questions covering various topics such as networking definitions, OSI model, network devices, security protocols, and network topologies. Students are required to answer question one and any two additional questions from the paper.

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Machakos University

University Examinations for 2017/2018 Academic Year

SUPPLEMENTARY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

First Year Second Semester Examination for Bachelor of Information Technology.

SIT 113: NETWORKING

Date: AUGUST 2018 Time:

Instructions

This paper consists of FIVE questions.

Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions in this paper.

Question One (30 Marks)

a) Define the following terms as used in networking. (4 marks)


i) Attenuation
ii) Port
iii) Socket
iv) Node

b) Draw the OSI model and state precisely the role of each layer (8 marks).

c) Discuss three types of network cabling media. (3 marks)

d) Describe the link protocols that link layer uses to transfer a datagram. (3 marks)

e) Describe the three broad classes of the multiple access protocol. (6 marks)
f) Briefly describe the following items and give examples of each. (6 marks)
(i) Local Area Network(LAN)

(ii) Wide Area Network(WAN)

(iii) Metropolitan Area Network(MAN)

Question Two (20 Marks)

a) Discuss the following network devices. (10 marks)


i) Repeaters
ii) Hubs
iii) Bridges
iv) Switches
v) Routers

b) Explain four network security objectives in a network. (4 marks)

c) Describe two network security protocols in each layer of the following network protocol
stack. (6 marks)
i) Application Layer
ii) Transport Layer
iii) Network Layer

Question Three (20 Marks)

a) Differentiate between the following


i) Logical and physical topology (2 marks)
ii) Physical bus topology and physical star topology (4 marks)
b) What are the three factors one would consider in deciding whether to implement a peer-
to-peer network or a client server network. (3 marks)

c) Describe briefly two main classifications of networks. (4 marks)

d) Explain any two types of collision Domains in Ethernets (6marks)

Question Four (20 Marks)

a) i) Explain the roles of the layers of the TCP/IP reference model (8 marks)
ii)At each of the layers describe two protocols each of the TCP/IP layers. (8 marks)
b) With the aid of diagrams describe the Data Encapsulation and Data Decapsulation
processes. (4 marks)

Question Five (20 marks)

a) With the aid of a diagram briefly explain the contents of an Ethernet frame.(5 marks)
b) Describe the Ethernet CSMA/CD algorithm. (5 marks)
c) Differentiate between the following (6 marks)
i)Circuit switching vs Packet switching
ii)Virtual Circuits vs datagrams
iii)TDMA vs FDMA
d) Explain how virtual circuit switched communications works. (4 marks)

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