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NVQ Level 05 - Semester II
Information and Communication Technology
Local Area Network (Theory) K72C001M08 Three Hours
* Answer any five (05) questions
Question 01
(a) State four advantages of LAN system rather than use of stand along computers.
(Marks -04)
(b ) Currently ABC college is using two separate LAN network for their day to day works.
One is used for administrationof the college and other one for LMS system. Assume
Both LAN systems are used Bus topology. Administrator LAN consist 15
workstationsand dedicated file server. One of the workstation actsas a printer server
too.
Draw a diagram to explain the above scenarios and describe file server and printer
server (Marks -08)
(c ) Describe Ring and Star topologies using diagram (Marks -04)
(d) Compare and contrast Bus Topologies vs Star Topologies (Marks -04 )
Question 02
You are requested to implement network system for a private company which is inside two
store building. This company hopes to install 20 computers first floor and 15 computers
for second floor according to available staffs. First floor has a small room which can be used
for servers. Company needs two server called DNS and Proxy system to manage these two
floors separately.
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(a) List all the steps that you are going to follow to implement this network steps
according to the customer requirements (Marks-04)
(b) List all the equipment’s and material require to implement this network system
(Marks-06)
(c) Draw a simple block diagram to illustrate this network system (Marks-04)
(d) Name two software applications which can be used to draw network diagram.
(Marks-02)
(e) Describe briefly DNS server and Proxy Server (Marks-04)
Question 03
(1)Name the following devices use in network (Marks -04)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(ii)Write four (4) differences between Network HUB and Network Switch (Marks -04)
(iii) Write four (4) differences between Twisted pair cables and Fiber optic Cables
(Marks -04)
(iv) Name two (2) network standards use for network medias (Marks -02)
(v) Write short notes on following in respect with transmission and signals
(a) Signal Noises (b) Attenuations (c) signal interferences (Marks -06)
Question 04
One of network diagram include this 192.168.10.65/28 IP address style. Answer
the following question base on this IP style
(i) Write a meaning of 192.168.10.65/28 (Marks -02)
(ii) What is a subnet Mask IP belong to this IP style (Marks -04)
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(iii) Write a Net ID of 192.168.10.65/28 IP style (Marks -04)
(iv) What is Number of host support for this IP style (Marks -04)
(v) Write support IP address range for this IP style (Marks -06)
Question 05
OSI and TCT/IP is the basic layer models have been introduced to network data
communication.
a. Draw a diagram to showOSI and TCT/IP layer models (05 marks )
b. Write four (4) advantages of OSI layers. (04 marks )
c. Describe 2nd and 4th layers of OSI Models (05 marks )
d. Write short note on
i. Flow control
ii. Data encapsulation (06 marks)
Question 06
(A) (i) Ping is a network command use for network trouble shooting. Write a purpose
of Command (04 marks )
(ii) The following picture show the result of ping command use in command
prompt screen
What is meaning by time mention in above picture (04 marks )
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iii) Explain what actually ping command does regarding the above picture
(04 marks)
(iv) Write differences between Ipconfig and Ipconfig /all commands
(04 marks)
(B) (i)Write two example for network operating system (02 marks )
(ii) Describe network OS compare with stand along OS (02marks )