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The document outlines the examination details for the Advanced Networking Concepts course at The East African University, including instructions, question structure, and specific topics covered in each question. It includes questions on the OSI model, subnetting, network troubleshooting, data transmission, network architectures, and data encoding methods. Students are required to demonstrate their understanding through sketches, calculations, and explanations of networking concepts.

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Advanced Networking Concepts 2023

The document outlines the examination details for the Advanced Networking Concepts course at The East African University, including instructions, question structure, and specific topics covered in each question. It includes questions on the OSI model, subnetting, network troubleshooting, data transmission, network architectures, and data encoding methods. Students are required to demonstrate their understanding through sketches, calculations, and explanations of networking concepts.

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THE EAST AFRICAN UNIVERSITY (TEAU)

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND IT


DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
SEPTEMBER- DECEMBER 2023, MAIN EXAMINATION

COURSE : Advanced Networking Concepts


CODE : CIT 4104
TIME : 2 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS
1. The Paper is made up of FIVE (5) Questions, question ONE is compulsory plus any other
THREE questions.
2. Credit is given for legibility, clarity of expressions and use of relevant illustrations.
3. Clearly write your registration number on each answer sheet used.

DO NOT WRITE ANYWHERE ON THIS QUESTION PAPER

QUESTION ONE (24 MARKS)


a) Identify and briefly explain the devices used in layer one and two of the OSI reference
model. [6 marks]
b) What is the difference between Frequency Division Multiple Access(FDMA) and Time
Division Multiple Access(TDMA) [4 marks]
c) A network has the following requirements:
Department No of Hosts per subnet
A 71
B 49
C 55
D 27
E 12

Assume that you are the administrator, and you have chosen the 192.168.1.0 for network
addressing:
i. Write an addressing table to depict the above scenario [6 marks]
ii. Sketch a basic topology showing how your departments would appear: use one
router for the whole network then, one switch and one PC for each subnet. Show
the assigned IPs on your sketch. [6 marks]
d) Explain any two benefits of IPv6 over IPv4. [2 marks]

QUESTION Two (12 MARKS)

a) Sketch the diagram above on your answer sheet and circle all the subnets [4 marks]
b) Calculate the usable host addresses suitable for sales [2 marks]
c) From your answer in (ii) above what would be the custom subnet mask, given the
default subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 [2 marks]
d) Write the prefix notation for your answer in (iii) above [2 marks]
e) Explain the function of the following network troubleshooting commands [2 marks]
i) Ping
ii) Ipconfig

QUESTION Three (12 MARKS)


a) With respect to how data travels across a network, differentiate between the following
terms: [6 marks]
i) ARP Cache and MAC address Table
ii) Layer 2 Header and Layer 3 header
iii) Unicast Frame and Broadcast Frame
b) Describe the three actions performed by a switch in its role of transmitting data within a
network [6 marks]
QUESTION Four (12 MARKS)
a) Differentiate between peer-to-peer and client/server architectures. Include sketches to
support your answers [2 marks]
b) Consider the class-less IP network 130.45.130.0/20
i) How many bits are in the net id? [2 marks]
ii) How many bits are in the host id [2 marks]
iii) How many possible hosts are there [2 marks]
iv) What is the subnet mask in binary and dotted decimal [4 marks]

QUESTION Five (12 MARKS)


a) Consider the diagram below that shows an IP network with four hosts and a switch. The
IP address the shortened MAC address for each host are indicated alongside each host.

Map out the sequence of event for a frame to move from Host A to Host D and the response.
Show the MAC address Table mapping for by the end of this communication [8 marks]

b) In your own words, how would you define a computer crime? Briefly describe one real
life example that you have witnessed/experienced [4 marks]

QUESTION Six (12 MARKS)


a) In context of data communication differentiate between the following terms:
i) Bipolar signal and polar signal. Include simple diagrams of to help you
illustrate your answer. [4 marks]
b) A source system has the following data to relay:101010000. Show how this data will be
encoded using: [ 8 marks]
i) Return to Zero (RZ)
ii) NRZ-L
iii) AMI
iv) High Density Bipolar-3 Zeros (HDB3)

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