Second Examiner Question

Noakhali Science and Technology University

Department of Information and Communication Engineering
Year 2, Term 2, Session: 2015-16, B.Sc. (Engg.), Final Examination- 2017
Course Code: ICE 2203, Course Title: Data Communication
Time: 4 hours Total Marks: 70
[Answer any seven of the following questions. Figures in the right margin indicate full marks]

1. a) Describe the difference between data and information. 3

b) Mention some applications of data communication network. 3
c) What are the data communications standards, and why are they needed? 4
2. a) What do you mean by protocol? Explain syntax, semantics, and timing with example. 6
b) What are the differences between half-duplex and duplex transmission modes? 2
c) Assume six devices are arranged in a mesh topology. How many cables are needed? How 2
many ports are needed for each device?
3 a) Briefly describe the seven layers of the OSI protocol hierarchy? 6
b) Why IP is called unreliable and connection less protocol? 2
c) What are the differences between physical address and logical address? 2
4 a) What is composite signal? Illustrate how distortion can affect composite signal. 2+2
b) What are three important characteristics of a periodic signal? 3
c) If there is a single path between the source host and the destination host, do we need a router 3
between the two hosts?
5 a) Differentiate between guided media and unguided media 4
b) What are some major advantages and disadvantages of microwave transmission? 3
c) Describe the components of optical fiber cable. 3
6 a) Define modulation. Which characteristics of an analog signal are changed to represent the 1+4
digital signal in each of the following digital-to-analog conversion?
i. ASK ii. FSK iii. PSK iv. QAM
b) Categorize multiplexing. Describe the goals of multiplexing. 1+2
c) Define synchronous and asynchronous transmission. 2
7 a) Describe what is meant by error control? 2
b) How are Selective Repeat and Go-Back-N different? 3
c) Briefly describe the stop-and-wait ARQ method. 5
8 a) Describe the process of error detection & error correction in Block coding method. 4
b) Why data compression is necessary? 2
c) Discuss Huffman data compression technique. 4
9 Write short note on the following (any four) 2.54 =10
i) Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
ii) Shielded Twisted Pair (STP)
iii) NIC
iv) ALOHA
v) WLAN
vi) IEEE 802 reference model
vii) ATM LAN