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    NATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

    BSc. In Management Information Systems (Special) – 20.3


    BSc. (Honours) in software Engineering – 20.3
    BSc. (Honours) in Computer Science – 20.3
    BSc. (Honours) in Computer Networks – 20.3
    Bachelor of Information Technology (VU) – 20.3

    Year 01 Semester 02 Examination


    4th of October 2021
    CN101.3- Data Communications and Network

    Instructions to Candidates
    1) Section A compulsory to answer and answer TWO questions from Section B.
    2) Please keep proper formatting in your answer sheets
    3) Mention your Index number and the name that appear on the student ID
    4) Time allocated for the examination is three (03) hours and 30 minutes (Including
    downloading and uploading time)
    5) Download the paper, provide answers to the selected questions in a word
    document.
    6) Please upload the document with answers (Answer Script) to the submission link
    before the submission link expires
    7) Answer script should be uploaded in PDF Format
    8) Under any circumstances, E-mail submissions would not be taken into consideration
    for marking. An incomplete attempt would be counted as a MISSED ATTEMPT.
    9) The Naming convention of the answer script – Module Code_Subject name_Index
    No
    10) You must adhere to the online examination guidelines when submitting the answer
    script to N-Learn.
    11) Your answers will be subjected to a Turnitin similarity check. Hence, direct copying
    and pasting from internet sources, friend’s answers etc., will be penalized.

    Page 1 of 2
    Section A
    Compulsory to answer.

    Question 01 (25 Marks)


    Nalinda is chatting with Darshana through a web application (using a chrome browser )with a 4.4
    Mbps 4G internet connection. The connection between Nalinda’s computer and Darshan’s is full of
    disturbances (errors) due to various technical reasons.
    a) Identify the reasons to have many errors in the connection and explain (11 Marks)
    b) Explain the above communication between Saman’s computer and Suraj’s Computer by using
    OSI Model (11 Marks)
    c) Covert 4.4 Mbps connection speed into bps and kbps (03 Marks)

    Question 02 (25 Marks)


    a) What is TCP/IP model & make a comparison between the old version and the new version
    (IPv4,IPv6) with proper explanation with examples (10 Marks)
    b) Explain the purpose of the TCP/IP layers with proper diagrams (08 Marks)
    c) Compare and contrast OSI model and TCP/IP Model with proper diagram (07 Marks)

    Section B
    Answer two questions out of three questions.

    Question 03 (25 Marks)


    a) Explain the purpose of the data link layer with justifications (08 Marks)
    b) Explain how does the Selective-Reject ARQ works (07 Marks)
    c) What is the functionality of the network layer explin with appropriate example. (10 Marks)

    Question 04 (25 Marks)


    Imagine you are building a small network for your home to full fill the below requirements
    • To connect 2 Desktop computers, 2 Laptops and 2 Smart Mobiles
    • 2 Desktop computers are for gaming purpose and will play game over the internet
    • Should have an internet connection

    a) What is the basic hardware that you would recommend and justify your selection?
    (06 Marks)
    b) If you need to select a Switch or Hub, which device will you choose and why?
    (07 Marks)
    c) What are the transmission mediums that you recommend to connect these devices and briefly
    explain the reason
    (05 Marks)
    d) Which type of internet connection that you recommend to connect this network to the
    internet and briefly explain the reason (07 Marks)

    Page 2 of 2
    Question 05 (25 Marks)
    a) Explain the advantages of having multiplexing? (06 Marks)
    b) Find an internet checksum for the following binary packet sequences
    I. 10011111 10101101
    II. 10011110 11110110
    III. 11111010 11010101
    IV. 10110111 10110101
    V. 11111101 10110111
    VI. 10011010 10101010 (06 Marks)
    c) Explain what WDM (Wavelength-division Multiplexing) is with example (06 Marks)
    d) Compare and contrast circuit switching and packet switching with examples (07 Marks)

    - END OF THE PAPER-

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