KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,

HANGU CAMPUS
INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING
CS371 – Data Communication & Computer Networks
Course Instructor: Mr. Munir Hussain
Program: BSCS 5th FINAL EXAM (OPEN BOOK) Semester: Fall-2020
Section: A Max Marks: 50 Max Time Allowed: 24 hrs.

INSTRUCTIONS:
 This is an open book exam. The students can get help/guidance from books, tools, online media, and class
notes if any.
 Ensure to write the complete information, i.e. Reg No., Name, Subject, etc, on each and every answer
sheet.
 The solution must be purely handwritten, no printed pages will be accepted.
 Use appropriate size papers as answer sheets.
 The exam will start at 9:00 AM sharp and the soft copy of the answer sheets must be submitted within 24
hours.
 In the first phase, the students must take scans/pictures of their answer sheets and prepare a PDF file.
This file must be submitted through the KCMS. However, in case of any justified technical issue, the
students are allowed to send their solved papers on the official email of their instructor.
 In the second phase, the students must requie to handover answer sheets to their instructot in-person
within 24 hours:
Mr.Munir Hussain
House No: 19, Village & Post Office: Chikarkot Bala Hangu Road
District & Tehsil: Kohat
 The students can also submit their answer sheets by hand to the office of their instructor.
 Any late submission of both soft and/or hard copies, will not be accepted and the course instructor will
award an ‘I’ grade to such students.
 After receiving the the orginional hand written answer sheets, the instructor will verify as to whether the
hard copy is the same as the submitted soft copy. In case of any variation, the paper will be considered
null and void.
 In case of any query, the students can contact their course instructor on 0334-5223355 or
munir.hussain@kust.edu.pk. However, only text/WhatsApp messages will be allowed. To ensure
transparency, no voice calls are permissible.

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Question 1:

a. If KUST has installed new computer network at Hangu Campus then first which factors must be
able to meet a certain number of criteria for smoothing running and security. Write note of each
factor. (5 Marks)

b. Suppose you have planned to build a computer network with more than 100 computers for a
business then what network model will be the best option and why? (either it can be peer to peer
network or client-server based network) (5 Marks)

Question 2:

a. Which layer of OSI model is responsible for delivery of the entire message from the source host
to destination host? Also write short on each of the protocol used at this layer. (5 Marks)

b. Which layers of OSI model are responsible for attaching IP address of the network to data packet
and MAC address of the host to data packet? Does it possible that sending data packet can be
reached to the destination host without the MAC address of that host? If your answer is ‘Yes’ then
explain how and if your answer is ‘No’ then why? (5 Marks)

Question 3:
a. Differentiate between multiple bit error and burst error. Explain you answer with the help of example
for each error type. (03 Marks)

b. The checksum is calculated at which layer of OSI model and why it is used? Also show the checksum
calculation process at the sender end and the verification process at the receiver end for given data
“11001010111100111000111000111010111” by dividing this data into 5 segments of 7 bits. (07
Marks)

Question 4:

a. Suppose we have Marketing, Accounts and HR departments and all these departments are
connected locally that is they are in one local area network. Now we want that HR department users
can not directly access data of Accounts and Marketing departments and similary Marketing
department user can not directly access HR and Accounts departments data. So in this case what will
be the simple and feasible solution and also write the names and role of the hardware devices use in
the solution.
( 5Marks
)

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b. Why Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) technique is used in the world of networking? Also
show the CRC calculation process at the sender end and the verification process at the receiver end
for the given data “10111010” by using Generator Ploynomial X4+X3+1. (5 Marks)

Question 5:
a. Differentiate between Hamminng code and Cyclic Redundancy Check techniques. ( 1 Mark)

b. Write the econding and decoding processes by Hamming code of data or message 110110101.
(6 Marks)

c. How Does Ethernet Work? ( 3 Marks )

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