STUDENT ID NO MULTIMEDIA (OW UNIVERSITY MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY FINAL EXAMINATION "TRIMESTER 2, 2016/2017 SESSION TDC1231 - DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING (All Sections / Groups) 2" Rebary 2017 9.00a.m.~11 00am, (Hours) INSTRUCTIONS TU STUDENTS 1. This Question paper consists of 4 printed pages including cover page with $ questions only. Attempt ALL questions. All questions carry equal marks and the distribution of ‘marks foreach question is given, 3, Please write all your answer inthe Answer Booklet provided,esi DATA CONS & NETWORKING 2st FEBRUARY 2017 Question 1 4) There are four categories of physical topology in data communications 4) State ONE (1) advantage and ONE (1) disadvantage of each type respectively [4 masks) ii) What is the consequence ifa connection fails ina mesh topology? (1 mark} ii) Draw a hybrid topology with a star backbone and three ring networks, [2 marks] 1b) TCPAP isa five-layer hierarchical protocol suite developed for the ommunication between hosts. 2) ‘State the diference between transport layer delivery and network layer delivery [2 marks} i) List TWO (2) responsibilities ofthe data lnk layer (1 mark) ii) Identify FOUR (4) services provided by the application layer. marks} Question 2 1) Describe the diffeence between low-pass channel and band-pass channe! [2 marks) ©) 1) What is the bitsate for a sigual in which | bi ists 2 ms? [2 mans) ji) A device is sending out data atte rate of 1000 bps. How long doesit ake to send outa single character (8 bits)? (2maris} ©) A signal travels ffom point A to point B. At point A the signal power is 100W. At point B the power is 90W. What isthe atenuation in decibels? [marks] A signal with 200 milliwatts power passes through 10 devices, each with an average noise of 2 microwats 4) What is the SNR? mars} i) What is the SNRig? marks} Continued .. WR arQuestion 3 8) Communication between two devices can be simplex, half-duplex and fullduplex. [Briefly explain these THREE (3) data flow and prepare ONE (1) example for each, [marks] 1h) Discover TWO (2) advantages oF optical her over tisted.ptir and conxil cable. (marks) ©) Demonstrate the difference between sky propagation and light-of-sight propagation marks) ) Given data stream 00110011, assuming thatthe las signal level has been positive Prepare the graph forte following schemes i) NRZ~Tscheme (i mack) if Diffeential Manchester scheme [1 mark ©) Find the data stream for following AMI bipolar scheme. [1 mark] 1) Produce the result of BSZS scrambling coding scheme for the sequence 1110000000000 using the scrambling techniques. Assume that the last non-zero rignal level has boon negative, mers] Question 4 2) Represent an augmented dataword of 1110000 and a divisor of 1011 in polynomial representation, Then, estimate the codeword in polynomial representation, [2 marks] )_ Explain the goals of multiplexing and lst THREE (3) main multiplexing techniques. [marks] ©) Briefly explain the anslog hierarchy used by telephone companies and list different levels ofthe hierarchy. [ marks} 4) We need to transmit 100 digitized voice channels using a passband channel of 20 KHz Estimate the ratio of bits/Hz if we use no guard band, [2 marks) Continued -. Beere131 DATA COMMS & NETWORKING 259 FEBRUARY 2017, Question 28) Datagram and virtual-cireuit need a routing table to find the output pot from which ‘the information belonging to destination shouldbe sent out, but a creit-switched network has no need for such table. Explain the reason for this difference, [4 marks] 1b) D) Estimate the minimum data size in the Standard Ethernet. (1 mark] ii) Iran Etheret MAC sul layer receives 43 bytes of data from the upper layer, how many bytes of padding must be added tothe data? (mark) ©) Explain the THREE (3) types of mobility ina wireless LAN. [3 marks) ©) Explain the basis for membership in a VLAN and explain how @ VLAN reduces network traffic. [3 marks) End of Page i cr