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    NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

    PLOT 91 CADASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKWE EXPRESSWAY, JABI, ABUJA


    FACULTY OF SCIENCES
    DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
    2023_2 EXAMINATIONS 2023SEM2

    COURSE CODE: CIT852

    COURSE TITLE: DATA COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER NETWORKS


    CREDIT: 3 UNITS
    TIME ALLOWED: 2½ HOURS
    INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND ANY OTHER FOUR (4) QUESTIONS

    Q1.

    (a) Outline four (4)basic goals that a typical computer network should satisfy.
    (4 marks)
    (b) Distinguish between broadcast and point-to-point or switched networks. (4 marks)

    (c) Define network topology and list four typical network topologies? (6 marks)
    (d) Describe the four (4) layer of the TCP/IP Protocol Suite. (8 marks)

    Q2.

    (a) Explain the difference between Client/Server and Peer-to-peer architecture? (4 marks)
    (b) Define the following terms
    I. TCP/IP (2 marks)
    II. UDP (2 marks)
    III. The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) (2 marks)
    IV. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) (2 marks)

    Q3.

    (a) Compare and contrast between Frequency Division Multiplexing vs Time Division
    Multiplexing (4 marks)
    (b) Explain how Fibre Optics is used to transmit data? (2 marks)
    (c) Mention two (2) ways by which optical fiber connector/splice loss can occur? (2 marks)
    (d) Differentiate between Circuit Switched Network and Packet Switched Networks (4 marks)

    Q4.

    (a) Describe the operation of the Slow Start Algorithm? (2 marks)


    (b) Compare Parallel and Serial transmission methods of transmitting data and mention the
    situation where Parallel transmission is a better choice as compared to serial transmission.
    (6 marks)
    (c) When data is transmitted from a transmitter to receiver, there can be transmission
    errors. List three (3) major causes of transmission problems.
    (3 marks)
    (d) What is the full meaning of CIDR (1 mark)

    Q5.

    (a) Define modulation and mention it types. (5 marks)


    (b) Distinguish between Simplex, Half Duplex and Full Duplex Communication (6 marks)
    (c) Write out the full meaning of the routing protocol OSPF (1 mark)

    Q6.

    (a) In the table below, identify the layers of the OSI model to which the data packages belong.
    (6 marks)

    Data Package Name Layer


    Application Protocol Application Layer
    Data Unit
    Bit (i)
    Frame (ii)
    Datagram, packet (iii)
    Session Protocol (iv)
    Data Unit
    Protocol Data Unit (v)
    (PDU)
    Segment (vi)

    (b) Briefly discuss two (2) factors have led to the rapid growth of Internet in recent times. (2
    marks)
    (c) What is the main difference between the analogue and digital modes of data transmission?
    (2 marks)
    (d) Explain briefly why connection-oriented services known as reliable services. (2 marks)

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