Daffodil International University

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Faculty of Science & Information Technology
Final Exam Examination, Summer 2020 @ DIU Blended Learning Center
Course Code:CSE225/233 (Day/Evening), Course Title: Data Communication
Level: 2 Term: 2 Section: O-6, O-7
Instructor: ZNT Modality: Open Book Exam
Date: Tuesday 25 August, 2020 Time: 02:00-06:00pm
Four hours (4:00) to support online open/case study based assessment Marks: 40
Directions:
 Students need to go through the CASE STUDY shown in this exam paper.
 Analyze and answer specific section based on your own thinking and work.
 Do not share as this will be treated as plagiarism by Blended Learning Center.

1. Find the minimum Hamming distance of the coding scheme (00000, 01011) ,d(01011, 10101) ,d(00000,
10101),d(01011, 11110) ,d(00000, 11110) , d(10101, 11110) [5]
2. Given the dataword 1010011110 and the divisor 10111,
a. Show the generation of the codeword at the sender site (using binary division).
b. Show the checking of the codeword at the receiver site (assume no error)
[5]
3. A sender needs to send the four data items Ox3456, OxABEE, Ox02BC, and OxEAEE. Answer the following: a.
Find the checksum at the sender site. b. Find the checksum at the receiver site if there is no error. c. Find the
checksum at the receiver site if the second data item is changed to OxABCE. d. Find the checksum at the
receiver site if the second data item is changed to OxABCE and the third data item is changed to Ox02BA. [5]
4. Why wrapped sum used in Checksum. [5]
5. Show the contents of the five output frames for a synchronous TDM multiplexer that combines 8 sources
sending the following characters. Note that the characters are sent in the same order that they are typed.
[10]
a. Source 1 message: Data
b. Source 2 message: Communication
c. Source 3 message: Exam
d. Source 4 message: is
e. Source 5 message:
f: Source 6 message: v
g: Source 7 message: eas
h: Source 8 message: Y

6. Design a topology for a small book shop to provide internet facility to the users to read e book .Justify your
answer comparing to the other topology which you are not prefer to use in the book shop. Use proper
diagram and please don’t copy from your friend. [10]