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CHAPTER 01 “INTRODUCTION TO DATA COMMUNICATION”
EXERCISE:
Question no. 16. Assume six devices are connected in a mesh topology. How many cables are
needed? How many ports are needed for each device?
Answer:
D2
D1 D3
D4
D6
D5
Cables:
Links = n(n-1)/2
= 6(6-1)/2
= 30/2
= 15 cables
Ports:
Ports = n – 1
=6–1
= 5 ports
Six devices connected in mesh topology will need 15 cables and 5 ports.
Question no. 17: For each of the following four networks, discuss the consequence if a
connection fails.
Question no. 18: You have two computers connected by an Ethernet at home. Is this a LAN,
a MAN or a WAN? Explain your reason.
Ans: This network is a local area network i.e. LAN because the LAN is usually privately
owned and we have two computers are connected by an Ethernet and single house, office or
building.
LAN are designed to allow resources to be shared between personal computers or work
stations.
Question no. 19: In the ring topology in Fig 1.8, what happens if one of the station is
unplugged ?
Ans: There are two types of unplugging in ring topology. If one station is unplugged
without bypassing the link then the whole system would be disabled. Secondly if we bypass
the link to the unplugged station the system will work but the number of devices will become
five.
Question no. 20: In the bus topology in Fig 1.7, what happens if one of the station is
unplugged ?
Ans: If a connection of the station is unplugged then the connection two only that station
will be affected. It won’t affect the whole system.
Question no. 21: Draw a hybrid topology with a star backbone and three ring networks.
Statio Statio
n n
Statio Statio
n n
Statio
n
Question no. 22 : Draw a hybrid topology with a ring backbone and two bus network.
end end
station station
Repeater Repeater
station station
end end
Question no. 23 : Performance is inversely related to delay. When you use the internet which
of the following applications are most sensitive to delay?
a) Sending an E-mail.
Ans. Sending an E-mail is not highly sensitive to delay, once a message is sent, it
remains in the inbox for a while.
b) Copying a file.
Ans. Copying a file is not very sensitive to delay and it is less sensitive to delay then
surfing the web and sending an email.
Question no. 24: When a party makes a local telephone call to another party, is this a point-
to-point or multipoint connection? Explain your answer.
Ans. This is a point-to-point connection because it provides a dedicated link between two
devices. In our condition a party makes a local call to another party, so this is point-to-point
connection and there is no other connection between these two calls so it is point-to-point
connection.
Ans. Following are the differences and the similarities of telephone network and the
internet.
Differences:
1. Telephone has only voice sharing, it can only enables voice communication while
internet has file sharing system, voice and video chat.
2. Telephone –circuit switched network, while internet-packet switched network.
Similarities:
1. Both are the source of communication.
2. Both are the two-way communication.
3. Both has wired/wireless capabilities.