GLS UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT: 0301404 DATA COMMUNICATION & NETWORKING
BCA Sem – IV
Theory Assignment – III
Q-1 Fill in the Blanks
1. Mesh Topology is also called ____________
2. __________ defines how various computers or nodes are connected to one another.
3. In Star Topology there is a central node called a ________.
4. In _____ topology, if a computer’s network cable is broken, whole network goes down.
5. The ________is a circuit-switched network, while the ______is a packet-switched
network.
6. _________ and __________ cables carry signals in form of electric current.
7. ___________ topology can be considered as an extension to BUS topology.
8. RPM stands for ___________________________________
9. ____________ wirelesss band is for terrestrial and satellite microwave and radar
communication.
10. Coaxial cable is also known as ____________ .
11. In __________ switching, the whole message is treated as a data unit and is transferred
entirely.
12. In _________ topology every device is connected to a single cable.
13. _________ cables are used for long distance telephone lines for both voice and data
transmission.
14. In ___________ Switching, the sender divides the message into fixed size packets.
15. _______ cable has hair-thin threads of glass or plastic that can transmit light signals.
16. Microwave uses the ____________ method of propogation.
17. In __________ satellite minimum three satellites are needed to cover the earth’s surface.
18. IMTS stands for __________.
19. MTSO stands for ____________.
20. The process of handling the signal off from the old channel to the new one is called
______________.
21. SDN stands for ___________.
22. Name the three layers of SDN Architecture: _________, ___________, __________
23. ________ cloud can only accessed by an authorized user through a secure VPN
connection.
24. __________ protocol automatically assign IP address to network devices from a
configuration server.
25. CSMA/CD stands for _________________.

Q-2 True or False

1. A switch is a device that connects multiple computers into a network in which multiple
communications links can be in operation simultaneously.
2. A satellite is a type of wired communications media.
3. Coaxial cable (coax) has one central wire surrounded by insulation, a metallic shield,
and a final case of insulating material.
4. Coaxial wire uses a very thin glass or plastic fiber through which pulses of light travel.
5. Router acts as a smart hub connecting computers into a network, and separates your
network from all other network.
6. Light emitting diode and injection laser diode are same types of lightr sources.
7. Mesh topology is also called complete topology
8. Wired communication medium use physical wires.
9. In Satellite Communication signals travel in a straight line and cannot bend to pass over
obstacles like tall buildings.
10. In Ring Topology exactly there are two neighbours for each device.
11. There are three commonly used switching techniques.
12. In microwave communication, repeaters are used along with antennas to enhance the
signal.
13. A packet does not contain any other information than the data.
14. In case of message switching, the computer stores the packet to be forwarded on its route
in its main memory until it can be forwarded.
15. In SDN an administrator can change any network switch's rules when necessary.
16. FDDI uses glass fibers for data transmission.
17. CSMA/CD regulates traffic and manage collision.
18. In SDN northbound flows upward.

Q-3 Answer the following questions:

1. Discuss merits and demerits of ring and bus topology.
2. Explain hybrid topology in detail.
3. Explain the working of cellular/mobile telephones.
4. Explain guided media in detail with its types.
5. What are wired and wireless transmission systems? Explain the mechanisms of
propagation of radio communication.
6. What is the difference between message switching and packet switching?
7. Explain unguided media in detail with its types.
8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of packet switching over circuit switching?
9. Explain circuit switching in detail with block diagram.
10. What is shielded twisted pair wire and unshielded twisted pair wire.
11. Discuss how tree topology works with diagram.
12. Write short note on coaxial cable.
13. What is message switching? Explain how it works.
14. Discuss how satellite communication differs from microwave communication.
15. Explain different types of toplogies in detail.
 16. Explain 3 methods of communication using satellite.
17. Write a short note on Cloud Networking.
18. Explain the concept of Software Defined Networking with its architecture.
19. Write a short note on 4D Networking.
20. Explain the concept of BOOTP with its configuration(figure & example)
21. Explain Binary Exponential back-off Policy with example.
22. Write a short note on Self-healing mechanism in FDDI.

Note: All the students have to attempt Q-1, Q-2, compulsory. Attempt Q-3 in following
sequence:

Roll No. Question No.

A001 to A010, B001 to B010, C001 to C010 2,10,20
A011 to A020, B011 to B020, C011 to C020 5,15,21
A021 to A030, B021 to B030, C021 to C030 6,12,22
A031 to A040, B031 to B040, C031 to C040 7,11,6
A041 to A050, B041 to B050, C041 to C050 9,18,13
A051 to A060, B051 to B060, C051 to C060 8,17,19
A061 to A070, B061 to B070, C061 to C070 4,19,1
A071 to A080, B071 to B080, C071 to C080 1,14,21
A081 onwards, B081 onwards, C081 onwards 3,16,22