ADAMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGG. AND COMPUTING

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAM (CSE 3rd YEAR)

FINAL EXAMINATION
II- SEMESTER
(Common for all groups/Sections)
Course: Data communication and Computer Networks Marks : 45
Course Code : CSE3222 Time Allowed: 2.30Hrs.
Date and time of Exam: 15- JULY – 2019, 8.30 AM.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Make sure that Mobile Phone is Switched Off.
2. Make sure the Question Paper contains 11 pages excluding answer sheet papers.
3. Write your answers in attached answer sheet and white papers.
4. The question number must be clearly mentioned while answering each Question.
5. Cheating is strictly forbidden, if found you will obtain Grade ‘F’

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Good luck!!!
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Part I: Matching
1. Match terms in the left to appropriate OSI layer in the right (0.5 pt. each blanks).
Terms Layers
i. Congestion Network Transport
ii. UDP __________ ___________
iii. IP addresses __________ ___________
iv. Segments __________ ___________
v. Routing
vi. ICMP
2. Match terms in column “A” with their description in column B. (0.5 pt. each)
Terms Description
i. Cost A. the number of point to point links in the transmission
path
ii. Load B. the data capacity of a link

iii. Bandwidth C. the amount of time required to move a packet from

source to destination
iv. Hop count D. the amount of activity on a network resource

v. Reliability E. the bit error rate of each network link

vi. Delay F. configurable value based by default on the bandwidth of

the interface
3. Select an appropriate path for the following packets based on the following static
configuration on the local router. (0.5 pt. for correct path)
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1
ip route 10.1.101.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.2
ip route 10.1. 0.0 255.255.0.0 192.168.3.3.
Destination ip addresses Appropriate path

192.168.1.1 192.168.2.2 192.168.3.3

10.1.1.10 10.1.101.14 10.1.101.33

10.2.1.3 10.1.4.6 172.23.18.55

10.5.8.4 10.1.101.123

Part II. Multiple choice questions. (0.5 pt. for each)

1. Which of the following correctly describe steps in the OSI data encapsulation process?
A. The transport layer divides a data stream into segments and may add reliability
and flow control information.
B. The data link layer adds physical source and destination addresses and an FCS to
the segment.
C. Packets are created when the network layer encapsulates a frame with source and
destination host addresses and protocol-related control information.
D. Packets are created when the network layer adds Layer 3 addresses and control
information to a segment.
E. B and C
F. A and D
2. What are the benefits of implementing subnets?
A. Network becomes easy and simple for access
B. Network performance become optimized
C. Network management become simple
D. Network security and configuration becomes simple and easy
E. All of the above
F. None of the above
3. Which IPv6 address is the equivalent of the following IPv6 address 0:0:: /64?
A. ::1/64 C. 0::0::0/64
B. 0:0::0::0/64 D. ::/64
4. You have been asked to come up with a subnet mask that will allow all three web servers
to be on the same network while providing the maximum number of subnets. Which
network address and subnet mask meet this requirement?
 A. 192.168.252.0 255.255.255.252
B. 192.168.252.0 255.255.255.224
C. 192.168.252.0 255.255.255.248
D. 192.168.252.0 255.255.255.240
E. 192.168.252.0 255.255.255.192
5. You are working in a data center environment and are assigned the address range
10.188.31.0/18. You are asked to develop an IP addressing plan to allow the maximum
number of subnets with as many as 1000 hosts each. Which IP address range meets these
requirements?
A. 10.188.31.0/24 D. 10.188.31.0/20
B. 10.188.31.0/23 E. 10.188.31.0/19
C. 10.188.31.0/22
6. What is known as "one-to-nearest" addressing in IPv6?
A. Global unicast D. Anycast
B. Multicast E. All of the above
C. Broadcast

7. Refer to the above picture. A new subnet with 60 hosts has been added to the network.
Which subnet address should this network use to provide enough usable addresses while
wasting the fewest addresses?
A. 192.168.1.56/26 D. 192.168.1.56/27
B. 192.168.1.64/26 E. 192.168.1.64/27
C. 192.168.1.64/28
8. What is the alternative notation for the IPv6 address
B514:82C3:0000:0000:0029:EC7A:0000:EC72?
 A. B514 : 82C3 : 29 : EC7A : EC72
B. B514 : 82C3 :: 29 : EC7A : EC72
C. B514 : 82C3 : 29 :: EC7A : 0000 : EC72
D. B514 : 82C3 :: 29 : EC7A : 0 : EC72
E. None of the above

9. Refer to the above diagram. All of the routers in the network are configured with the ip
subnet-zero command. Which network addresses should be used for Link A and Network
A (select two correct answers)?
A. Network A - 172.16.3.48/26 D. Link A - 172.16.3.40/30
B. Network A - 172.16.3.128/26 E. Network A - 172.16.3.128/25
C. Link A - 172.16.3.0/30 F. Link A – 172.16.3.128/25
10. An administrator must assign static IP addresses to the servers in a network. For network
192.168.20.24/29, the router is assigned the first usable host address while the sales
server is given the last usable host address. Which of the following should be entered into
the IP properties box for the sales server?
A. IP address: 192.168.20.14 D. IP address: 192.168.20.30
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.248 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
Default Gateway: 192.168.20.9 Default Gateway: 192.168.20.17
B. IP address: 192.168.20.254 E. IP address: 192.168.20.30
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
Default Gateway: 192.168.20.1 Default Gateway: 192.168.20.25
C. IP address: 192.168.20.30
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.248
 Default Gateway: 192.168.20.25
11. How many bits are contained in each field (group) of an IPv6 address?
A. 24 D. 32
B. 4 E. 16
C. 8
12. What will happen if a private IP address is assigned to a public interface connected to an
ISP?
A. Addresses in a private range will be not be routed on the Internet backbone.
B. Only the ISP router will have the capability to access the public network.
C. The NAT process will be used to translate this address to a valid IP address.
D. A conflict of IP addresses happens, because other public routers can use the same
range.
13. One of the following is advantage of static routing when compared to dynamic routing?
A. Configuration complexity decreases as network size increases.
B. Security increases because only the network administrator may change the routing
table.
C. Routing tables adapt automatically to topology changes.
D. An efficient algorithm is used to build routing tables, using automatic updates.
E. Routing updates are automatically sent to neighbors.
14. One of the following is true about TCP.
A. It supports connection oriented service
B. It support connectionless service
C. It is suitable for broadcast communication
D. It is suitable for non-reliable connection
E. None of the above
15. Suppose devices in the network want transmit a broadcast message. What kind of routing
algorithm is suitable for this service?
A. Flooding D. Distance vector
B. State link E. Shortest path
C. Hierarchical
16. One of the following is not a technique to implement a switching fabric in router.
 A. Switching via bus D. All of the above
B. Switching via memory E. None of the above
C. Switching via interconnection network

17. ______________ provides a means to send a feedback about problems in the

communication environment.
A. IGMP D. IP
B. ICMP E. SMTP
C. SNMP
18. Which application areas suitable for connectionless transport service?
A. In order to send an email message to your colleagues.
B. In order to disseminate a broadcast message to users.
C. Real-time audio or video streaming.
D. In order to perform a bank transaction from your Bank.
E. B and D
F. B and C
19. Which of the following are not a reserved IP address in IPv4 addressing scheme?
A. 224.20.20.0 D. 169.254.10.0
B. 172.20.1.1 E. 241.1.1.0
C. 169.0.0.0 F. None of the above
20. Which of the following are disadvantages of using NAT?
A. Translations introduces burdens to the routers.
B. Causes loss of end-to-end IP transparency
C. Reduces address overlap occurrence
D. Increase flexibility when connecting to the Internet
E. A and C
F. A and B
21. _________and ________ are the protocol data units for ATM and TCP respectively.
A. Frame, Packet D. Segment, Cell
B. Packet, Segment E. Cell, Segment
 C. Cell, Packet
22. One of the following is not found in the ATM header.
A. Destination MAC address D. Virtual path identifier
B. Virtual channel identifier E. Payload type
C. Header error control F. None of the above
23. The optimality principal stated that:
A. If router "Y" is found in the optimal path between two routers "X" and "Z" then
the path between routers "Y" and "Z" also optimal.
B. If router "Y" is found in the optimal path between two routers "X" and "Z" then
the path between routers "Y" and "Z" OR routers "Y" and "X" also be optimal.
C. If router "Y" is found in the optimal path between two routers "X" and "Z" then
the path between routers "Y" and "Z" AND routers "Y" and "X" also be optimal.
D. If router "Y" is found in the optimal path between two routers "X" and "Z" then
the path between routers "Z" and "X" also optimal.
E. None of the above
24. Suppose an internet service provider (ISP) have large number of routers to provide an
internet service to their clients. In order to provide this service to the clients’ routers can
share a routing tables among them. Therefore, what kind of routing algorithm is suitable
for this company?
A. Flooding D. Hierarchical
B. Shortest Path First E. Link-state
C. Distance-vector F. None of the above

Part III. Short answer questions

1. Discuss the different TCP congestion control techniques which are to be used to
improve the congestion in a network. (2
pts.)
2. How does the Address mapping relate the both Logical and physical addresses
of networks and hosts respectively? Mention and discuss the protocol that
supports the address mapping to deliver to the specified destination host.
(3 pts.)
 3. Explain the detailed concept of Link state routing to find the feasible or shortest
path from source to destination router. How it is different from distance vector
routing algorithm? List out the points. (3
pts.)

Part IV. Laboratory questions

1. By considering the above network diagram, fill the following table correctly (Note: router
interfaces IP address cab be the last valid IP address in the network and assign any valid
IP addresses for hosts). (4 pts.)

Device IP-Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway

Laptop-PT Laptop0
Laptop-PT Laptop1
PC-PT PC0
PC-PT PC1

2. By considering the above network topology diagram

 a. Configure the Final Exam router to establish a communication between hosts in
two subnets. (3 pts.)

3. Suppose all the router configuration is done successfully in three routers except different
routing protocols in the above diagram. By considering this, answer the questions given
below: (2 pts. Each)
a. Configure an EIGRP dynamic routing protocol in Router2 with an autonomous
number 2018.
b. Configure a BGP dynamic routing protocol in Router1. The autonomous number
for each router is 2018, 2019 and 2020 for Router0, Router1 and Router2
respectively.
c. Configure an OSPF dynamic routing protocol in Router1 on area number one.
The autonomous number for each router is 2018, 2019 and 2020 for Router0,
Router1 and Router2 respectively.
 d. Configure a static routing in Router0 to allow user in order to forward their packet
to other routers.

Bonus (this marks will be considered if your result is less than 45) (5 pts.)

1. Refer to the exhibit. A network engineer is troubleshooting an internet connectivity

problem on the computer. What caused the problem? How can you fix the is