SOLVED QUESTIONS

NETWORKING (4 MARKS QUESTIONS)

1. Multipurpose Public School, Bengaluru is setting up the
network between its different wings of school campus. There are 4
wings named as: -

SENIOR(S), JUNIOR(J), ADMIN(A) and HOSTEL(H)

(i) Suggest the best wired medium and draw the cable layout to
efficiently connect various wings of Multipurpose Public School,
Bengaluru.
(ii) Name the most suitable wing where the servers should be installed.
Justify your answer.
(iii) Suggest a device/software and its placement that would provide data
security for the entire network of the school.
(iv) Suggest a device and a protocol that shall be needed to provide
wireless internet access to all smartphone/laptop users in the campus
of Multipurpose Public School, Bengaluru.

b
(i) Best wired medium: Optical fibre/CAT5/CAT6/CAT7/CAT8/Ethernet
Cable.
Layout:

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(ii) Wing Senior (S)- Because it has maximum number of computers.
(iii) Firewall- Placed with the Server at SENIOR(S).
(iv) DEVICE NAME: WiFi Router/WiMax/Wireless modem
Protocol: WAP/TCP-IP/VoIP/MACP

2. Intelligent Hub India is a knowledge community aimed to uplift

the standard of skills and knowledge in the society. It is planning
to setup its training centres in multiple towns and villages pan
India with its head offices in the nearest cities. They have created
a model of their network with a city, a town and 3 villages as
given.
As a network consultant, you have to suggest the best network
related solution for their issues/problems raised
in (i) to (iv) keeping in mind the distance between various
locations and given parameters.

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Note:
• In Villages, there are community centres, in which one room has been
given as training center to this organiza¬tion to install computers.
• The organization has got financial support from the government and top IT
companies.

1. Suggest the most appropriate location of the SERVER in the YHUB (out
of the 4 locations), to get the best and effective connectivity. Justify
your answer.
2. Suggest the best wired medium and draw the cable layout (location to
location) to efficiently connect vari¬ous locations within the YHUB.
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 3. Which hardware device will you suggest to connect all the computers
within each location of YHUB?
4. Which server/protocol will be most helpful to conduct live interaction of
Experts from Head office and people at YHUB locations?

Answers:
(i) YTOWN
Justification

1. Since it has the maximum number of computers.

2. It is closet to all other locations.
(ii) Optical Fiber

Layout:

(iii) Switch or Hub

(iv) Video conferencing or VoIP or any other correct service/protocol

3. Indian School, in Mumbai is starting up the network between its

different wings. There are four Buildings named as SENIOR, JUNIOR,
ADMIN and HOSTEL as shown below:

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 The distance between various buildings is as follows:

Number of Computers in Each Building:

1. Suggest the cable layout of connections between the buildings.

2. Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., building) to house the server of
this school, provide a suitable reason.
3. Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification.
o Repeater
o Hub/Switch
4. The organization also has inquiry office in another city about 50-60 km
away in hilly region. Suggest the suitable transmission media to
interconnect to school and inquiry office out of the following:
o Fiber optic cable
o Microwave
o Radiowave

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Answers:
1.

2. Server can be placed in the ADMIN building as it has the maximum

number of computers.
3. Repeater can be placed between ADMIN
and SENIOR building as the distance is more than 110 m.
4. Radiowaves can be used in hilly regions as they can travel through
obstacles.

4) Vidya Senior Secondary Public School in Nainital is setting up the

network between its different wings. There are 4 wings named as
SENIOR(S), JUNIOR(J), ADMIN(A) and HOSTEL(H).
Distance between various wings are given below:

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 1. Suggest a suitable Topology for networking the computers of all wings.
2. Name the most suitable wing where the Server should be installed.
Justify your answer.
3. Suggest where all should Hub(s)/Switch(es) be placed in the network.
4. Which communication medium would you suggest to connect this
school with its main branch in Delhi?
Answers:

1.
2. Server should be in Wing S as it has the maxi-mum number of
computers. 1
3. All Wings need hub/switch as it has more than
one computer.
4. Since the distance is more, wireless transmission would be better.
Radiowaves are reliable and can travel through obstacles.

5) Trine Tech Corporation (TTC) is a professional consultancy

company. The company is planning to set up their new offices in India
with its hub at Hyderabad. As a network adviser, you have to
understand their requirement and suggest them the best available
solutions. Their queries are mentioned as (i) to (iv) below.
Physical Locations of the blocked of TTC

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1. What will be the most appropriate block, where TTC should plan to
install their server?
2. Draw a block to cable layout to connect all the buildings in the most
appropriate manner for efficient communication.
3. What will be the best possible connectivity out of the following, you will
suggest to connect the new setup of offices in Bangalore with its
London based office:
o Satellite Link
o Infrared
o Ethernet Cable
4. Which of the following device will be suggested by you to connect each
computer in each of the buildings:
o Switch
o Modem
o Gateway
o

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Answers:
1. Finance block because it has maximum
number of computers.

2. Satellite link
3. Switch

6) G.R.K International Inc. is planning to connect its Bengaluru Office

Setup with its Head Office in Delhi. The Bengaluru Office G.R.K.
international Inc. is spread across and area of approx. 1 square
kilometer, consisting of 3 blocks – Human Resources, Academics and
Administration.
You as a network expert have to suggest answers to the four queries
(i) to (iv) raised by them.
Notes: Keep the distance between blocks and number of computers in
each block in mind, while providing them the solutions.

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1. Suggest the most suitable block in the Bengaluru Office Setup, to host
the server.
Give a suitable reason with your suggestion.
2. Suggest the cable layout among the various blocks within the
Bengaluru Office Setup for
connecting the Blocks.
3. Suggest a suitable networking device to be installed in each of the
blocks essentially required for connecting computers inside the blocks
with fast and efficient connectivity.
4. Suggest the most suitable media to provide secure, fast and reliable
data connectivity between Delhi Head Office and the Bengaluru Office
Setup.

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Answers:
1. Human Resources because it has maximum number of computers.

2. Switch 1
3. Satellite link

7) Rovenza Communications International (RCI) is an online

corporate training provider company for IT related courses. The
company is setting up their new campus in Kolkata. You as a network
expert have to study the physical locations of various blocks and the
number of computers to be installed. In the planning phase, provide
the best possible answers for the queries (i) to (iv) raised by them.

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Block to Block Distances (in Mtrs.)

Expected computers to be installed in each block

1. Suggest the most appropriate block, where RCI should plan to install
the server.
2. Suggest the most appropriate block to block cable layout to connect all
three blocks for efficient communication.
3. Which type of network out of the following is formed by connecting the
computers of these three blocks?
o LAN
o MAN
o WAN
4. Which wireless channel out of the following should be opted by RCI to
connect to students from all over the world?
o Infrared
o Microwave
o Satellite

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Answers:
1. Faculty Recording Block.
2. Star topology
3. LAN
4. Satellite connection

8) To provide telemedicine faculty in a hilly state, a computer network

is to be setup to connect hospitals in 6 small villages (VI, V2, …, V6)
to the base hospital (H) in the state capital. This is shown in the
following diagram.

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No village is more than 20 km away from the state capital.
Imagine yourself as a computer consultant for this project and answer the
following questions with justification:

1. Out of the following what kind of link should be provided to setup this
network: Microwave link, Radio Link, Wired Link?
2. What kind of network will be formed; LAN, MAN, or WAN?
3. Many times, doctors at village hospital will have to consult senior
doctors at the base hospital. For this purpose, how should they contact
them: using email, SMS, telephone, or video conference?
Answers:
1. Radio Link
2. MAN
3. e-mail

9) Workalot Consultants are setting up a secured network for their

office campus at Gurgaon for their day-to-day office and web-based
activities. They are planning to have connectivity between three
buildings and the head office situated in Mumbai. Answer the
questions (i) to (iv) after going through the building positions in the
campus and other details, which are given below:

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 1. Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., building) to house the server of
this organization. Also give a reason to justify your suggested location.
2. Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings inside the
campus.
3. Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:
o Repeater.
o Switch.
4. The organization is planning to provide a high-speed link with its head
office situated in Mumbai using a wired connection. Which of the
following cables will be most suitable for this job?
o Optical Fiber
o Co-axial Cable
o Ethernet Cable
Answer:
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1. The most suitable place to install server is building “RED” because this
building has maximum computer which reduce communication delay.

2. (a) Since the cabling distance between buildings GREEN, BLUE and RED
are quite large, so a repeater each, would ideally be need along their
path to avoid loss of signals during the course of data flow in their
routes.

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(b) In the layout a switch each, would be needed in all the buildings, to
interconnect the group of cables from the different computers in each
building.

(iv) Optical fiber

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10) Granuda Consultants are setting up a secured network for their
office campus at Faridabad for their day to day office and web-based
activities. They are planning to have connectivity between 3 building
and the head office situated in Kolkata. Answer the questions (i) to
(iv) after going through the building positions in the campus and
other details, which are given below:

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 1. Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., block) to house the server of this
organization. Also give a reason to justify your suggested location.
2. Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings inside the
campus.
3. Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:
o Repeater
o Switch
4. The organization is planning to provide a high-speed link with its head
office situated in the KOLKATA using a wired connection. Which of the
following cable will be most suitable for this job?
o Optical Fibre
o Co-axial Cable
o Ethernet Cable
Answer:
1. The most suitable place to install server is building “JAMUNA” because
this building has maximum computer which reduce the communication
delay.
2. Cable layout. (Bus topology).

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 3. (a) Since the cabling distance between buildings GANGA and JAMUNA
are quite large, so a repeater each, would ideally be needed along their
path to avoid loss of signals during the course of data flow in these
routes.

(b) In the layout a switch each would be needed in all the building, to
interconnect the group of cables from the different computers in
each building.

4. Optical fiber

11) Mudra publishing is a group of companies engaged in publishing IT related

books located in the hilly area of Shimla. The companies are located in four
different, blocks whose layout is shown in the following figure. Answer the
questions (i) to (iv) with the relevant justify-cations.

Mudra publishing

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Distance between various Blocks:

1. Block A to Block C is 50 m
2. Block A to Block D is 100 m
3. Block B to Block C is 40 m
4. Block B to Block D is 70 m
5. Block C to Block D is 125 m
Number of Computers
6. Block A is 25
7. Block B is 50
8. Block C is 20
9. Block D is 120

1. Suggest a suitable network topology between the blocks.

2. Which is the most suitable block to house the server of this
organization?
3. Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification
o Repeater
o Switch

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 4. The organization is planning to link the whole blocks to its marketing
Office in Delhi. Since cable connection is not possible from Shimla,
suggest a way to connect it with high speed.

Answer:

1. Suitable topology is bus topology.

2. The most suitable block for hosting server is BLOCK-D because this
block has maximum number of computers.
Mudra Publishing

3. Switch is a device used to segment network into different sub-networks

so switch will exist in all the blocks. Since distance between BLOCK-D
and BLOCK-C is large so repeater will be install between BLOCK-D and
BLOCK-C.
4. The most economical way to connect it with a reasonable high speed
would be the use radio wave transmission, as they are easy to install,
can travel long distance and penetrate buildings easily, so they are used
for communication, both indoors and outdoors. Radio waves also have
the advantage of being Omni-directional. They can travel in all the
directions from the source, so that the transmitter and receiver do not
have to be carefully aligned physically.

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 4 Marks Unsolved Questions
[ CASE STUDY]

1) Laxmi Marketing Ltd. has four branches in its campus named

Udaipur, Kota, Jodhpur and Ajmer. Laxmi Marketing Ltd. wants
to establish the networking between all the four offices.

Approximate distances between these offices as per network survey team

are as follows:

City No. of
Computers

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In continuation of the above, the company experts have planned to install the
following number of computers in each of their offices:
i. Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., Block/Center) to install the server of
this organization with a suitable reason.
ii. Suggest an ideal layout for connecting these blocks/centers for a wired
connectivity.
iii. Which device will you suggest to be placed/installed in each of these offices
to efficiently connect all the computers within these offices?
iv. Suggest the placement of a Repeater in the network with justification.
v. The organization is planning to connect its new office in Delhi, which is more
than 1250 km current location. Which type of network out of LAN, MAN, or
WAN will be formed? Justify your answer.

2. ABC CONSULTANTS is a professional consultancy company. The

company is planning to set up new offices in India with its hub at
Gurugram. As a network adviser, you have to understand their
requirements and suggest to them the best available solutions.

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(a) What will be the most appropriate block where organization should plan to
install their server?
(b) Draw a block-to-block cable layout to connect all the buildings in the most
appropriate manner for efficient communication.
(c) Which of the following devices will you suggest to connect each computer
in each of the above buildings?
(i) Gateway
(ii) Switch
(iii) Modem
(d) Write names of any two popular web browsers.

3. MyPace University is setting up its academic blocks at Naya Raipur

and is planning to set up a network. The University has 3 academic
blocks and one Human Resource Center as shown in the diagram
below:

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Center to Center distances between various blocks/center is as follows

a) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., Block/Center) to install the server of
this University with a suitable reason.
b) Suggest an ideal layout for connecting these blocks/centers for a wired
connectivity.

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c) Which device will you suggest to be placed/installed in each of these
blocks/centers to efficiently connect all the computers within these
blocks/centers.
d) Suggest the placement of a Repeater in the network with justification.
e) The university is planning to connect its admission office in Delhi, which is
more than 1250km from university.
Which type of network out of LAN, MAN, or WAN will be formed? Justify your
answer.

4) Zigma is a knowledge and skill community which has an aim to

uplift the standard of knowledge and skills in the society. It is
planning to set-up its training centers in multiple towns and villages
in India with its head offices in the nearest cities. They have created
a model of their network with a city, a town and 3 villages as follows.
As a network consultant, you have to suggest the best network
related solutions for their issues/problems raised in (i) to (v) keeping
in mind the distances between various locations and other given
parameters.

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5)Quick Learn University is setting up its academic blocks at Prayag
Nagar and planning to set up a network. The university has 3
academic blocks and one human resource Centre as shown in the
diagram given below:

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(a) Suggest a cable layout of connection between the blocks.
(b) Suggest the most suitable place to house the server of the organization
with suitable reason.
(c) Which device should be placed/installed in each of these blocks to
efficiently connect all the computers within these blocks?

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(d) The university is planning to link its sales counters situated in various parts
of the other cities. Which type of network out of LAN, MAN or WAN will be
formed?
(e) Which network topology may be preferred in each of these blocks?

6) Rehaana Medicos Center has set up its new center in Dubai. It has
four buildings as shown in the diagram given below:

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As a network expert, provide the best possible answer for the following
queries:

i) Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings.

ii) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. buildings) to house the server
of this organization.
iii) Suggest the placement of the following device with justification: a)
Repeater b) Hub/Switch

7) “VidyaDaan” an NGO is planning to setup its new campus at

Nagpur for its web-based activities. The campus has four (04) UNITS
as shown below:

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(i) Suggest an ideal cable layout for connecting the above UNITs.
(ii) Suggest the most suitable place i.e. UNIT to install the server for the above
NGO.
(iii) Which network device is used to connect the computers in all UNITs?
(iv) Suggest the placement of Repeater in the UNITs of above network.

8) “China Middleton Fashion” is planning to expand their network in

India, starting with two cities in India to provide infrastructure for
distribution of their product. The company has planned to set up their
main office units in Chennai at three locations and have named their
offices as “Production Unit”, “Finance Unit” and “Media Unit”. The
company has its corporate unit in New Delhi. A rough layout of the
same is as follows: INDIA

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i) Suggest the kind of network required (out of LAN, MAN, WAN) for
connecting each of the following office units:
a. Production Unit and Media Unit
b. Production Unit and Finance Unit
ii) Which of the following devices will you suggest for connecting all the
computers within each of their office units?

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*Switch/Hub *Modem *Telephone
iii) Suggest a cable layout for connecting the company’s local office units in
Chennai.
iv) Suggest the most suitable place to house the server for the organization
with suitable reason.

9)Rehaana Medicos Center has set up its new center in Dubai. It has
four buildings as shown in the diagram given below:

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As a network expert, provide the best possible answer for the following
queries:
i) Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings.
ii) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. buildings) to house the server of
this organization.
iii) Suggest the placement of the Repeater device with justification.

iv) Suggest the placement of the Hub/ Switch with justification.

10) PVS Computers decided to open a new office at Ernakulum,

the office consist of Five Buildings and each contains number of
computers. The details are shown below.

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Computers in each building are networked but buildings are not networked
so far. The Company has now decided to connect building also.
(i) Suggest a cable layout for connecting the buildings
(ii) Do you think anywhere Repeaters required in the campus? Why
(iii) Where server is to be installed? Why?

11) Intelligent Hub India is a knowledge community aimed to uplift

the standard of skills and knowledge in the society. It is planning
to setup its training centres in multiple towns and villages of India
with its head offices in the nearest cities. They have created a
model of their network with a city, a town and 3 villages as given.
As a network consultant, you have to suggest the best network
related solution for their issues/problems raised in (i) to (v)
keeping in mind the distance between various locations and given
parameters.

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Note:
* In Villages, there are community centres, in which one room has been given
as training center to this organization to install computers.
* The organization has got financial support from the government and top IT
companies.
1. Suggest the most appropriate location of the SERVER in the YHUB (out of
the 4 locations), to get the best and effective connectivity. Justify your
answer.
2. Suggest the best cable layout (location to location) to efficiently connect
various locations within the YHUB.
3. Which hardware device will you suggest to connect all the computers within
each location of YHUB?

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 ABBREVIATIONS RELATED TO COMPUTER NETWORK
1 NIU Network Interface Unit

2 MAC Media Access Control

3 TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

4 PAN Personal Area Network

5 LAN Local Area Network

6 MAN Metropolitan Area Network

7 WAN Wide Area Network

8 UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair

9 STP Shielded Twisted Pair

10 Mbps Megabits per sec

11 EMI Electro Magnetic Interference

12 RJ Registered Jack

13 Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity

14 VPN Virtual Private Network

15 IAAS Infrastructure as A Service

16 PAAS Platform as A Service

17 SAAS Software as A Service

18 DAAS Desktop as A Service

19 IOT Internet Of Things

20 NIC Network Interface Card

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision
21 CSMA/CD
Detection
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision
22 CSMA/CA
Avoidance
23 DNS Domain Name System

24 DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

25 ISP Internet Service Provider

26 URL Uniform Resource Locator

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27 HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

28 FTP File Transfer Protocol

29 FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access

30 TDMA Time division Multiple Access

31 CDMA Code Division Multiple Access

32 SIM Subscriber Identity Module

33 EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

34 UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

35 LTE Long Term Evolution

36 GPRS General Packet Radio Service

37 ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol

38 OSI Open Systems Interconnection

39 SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

40 VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol

41 SIP Session Initiation Protocol

42 QoS Quality of Service

43 POP Post Office Protocol

44 IMAP Internet Mail Access Protocol

45 SCP Secure Copy Protocol

46 SSH Secure Shell

47 IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

48 NFC Near-Field Communication

49 NFS Network File System

50 NTP Network Time Protocol

51 SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol

52 PPP Point to Point Protocol

53 UDP User Datagram Protocol

54 SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

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