NCBA&E

Bahawalpur Campus
MSCS/ Advanced Computer Networking
Marks:-25
Name:________________

Term:- Mid
Time:- 90 Minutes
Roll No: _________

Q No. 1. (i) Dial-up modems, HFC, DSL and FTTH are all used for residential access.
For each of these access technologies, provide a range of transmission rates
and comment on whether the transmission rate is shared or dedicated.
(ii)Why are standards important for protocols?
6 Marks

Q No. 2. (i) What advantage does a circuit-switched network have over a packet-switched
network? What advantages does TDM have over FDM in a circuit-switched Network?
(ii) Describe the most popular wireless Internet access technologies today. Compare and
contrast them?
7 Marks
Q No. 3. (i) Differentiate between loss and delay. How do loss and delay occur? Write Four sources of
packet delay.
(ii) How can a computer network be diagnosed for displaying the route (path) and measuring
transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol (IP) network? ,describe with and
7 Marks

example
Q No. 4. Answer the following.
(i)

Which layers in the Internet protocol stack does a router process?

(ii)

Which layers does a link-layer switch process?

(iii)

Which layers does a host process?

(iv)

What is the difference between a virus and a worm?

(v)

When circuit switching is used, how many users can be supported?

5 Marks
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