2nd Exam EC433 Questions 20.07.2024
2nd Exam EC433 Questions 20.07.2024
July 2024
2. What does MTU stand for? What is the default size? (1 mark)
3. What is NAT? (1 mark)
4. Why is RIP known as Distance Vector? (1 mark)
5. What is the function of the MAC Layer? (2 mark)
Question2.
A (7,4) Hamming code is known to use even parity and is shown with its bits in the order
7...1, (7 on the left, 1 on the right).Decode and comment on the following codewords,
recovering the correct information if possible 1111101 (2 marks)
Question 3.
II. Consider sending a 2400-byte datagram into a link that has MTU of 700 bytes. Suppose
the original datagram is stamped with the identification number 422.
a. How many fragments are generated?
b. What are the values in the various fields in the IP datagram(s) generated related to
fragmentation? ( 2 marks)
a. Encryption of data
b. To transmit faster
c. To detect errors
d. To identify the user (0.5 mark)
5. Which algorithm is run by link- state routing protocols to calculate the shortest path to
destination network?
a. Dijkstra.
b. Bellmen-Ford
c. Diffie- Helman
d. None of the above. (0.5 mark)
6. Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is also called as _____________
a. Link state protocol
b. Distance vector protocol
c. Routing information protocol
d. Path vector protocol (0.5 mark)
7. ___________________ implies that all subnets obtained from the same subnet mask.
a. Static subnetting
b. Dynamic subnetting
c. Variable Length subnetting
d. None of the above. (0.5 mark)
8. The length of an IPv6 address is?
a. 32 bits
b. 64 bits
c. 128 bits
d. 256 bits (0.5 mark)
9. What is the standard form of CIDR?
a. Classless Inter Domain Routing
b. Class Inter Domain Routing
c. Classless Interior Domain Routing
d. None of the above. (0.5 mark)
10. DHCP uses UDP port _________ for sending data to the server
a. 66
b. 67
c. 68
d. 69 (0.5 mark)
Question 5 (choose I or II to answer) (3 marks)
I. A host has the IP address 192.168.4.0/24
a. Create 8 subnets
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