CSN4214 DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING
Topic 1: Introduction to Communications
1. Briefly explain the three different modes of communications (dataflow) and provide
one example for each.
2. In a point-to-point mesh network, what are the total number of links needed if 15
computers are connected?
3. Assume six devices are arranged in a mesh topology. How many cables are needed?
How many ports are needed for each device?
4. Draw a hybrid topology where one ring network and two-star networks are attached
separately to a bus backbone.
5. Explain what will happen when a single cable is faulty in the following topology.
i. Mesh:
ii. Star:
iii. Bus:
iv. Ring:
6. List and differentiate three categories of networks.
7. Match the following to one of the Internet layers.
a. Reliable process-to-process data transportation
b. Compression and encryption
c. Provides user services such as email and file transfer
d. Transmission of bit stream across physical medium.
8. Match the following to one of the Internet layers.
a. Login and logout procedures.
b. Interface to transmission media
c. Routing
d. Segmentation and reassembly of a message.
9. Discuss the meaning of hop-to-hop delivery (frames).
10. There are 4 levels of addressing use in TCP/IP. Name all of them and explain the
exact layer they are found in.
11. What is the encapsulation units’ name in each of the following layers?
Layer PDU
Transport
Network
Data link
Physical
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