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FINAL ASSESSMENT
IN REPLACEMENT OF FINAL EXAMINATION
BN202
INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES
Day/Date Monday, 21 June 2021
Reading time 2:15 PM
Writing Time 2:30 PM
End Time 6:30 PM
Duration 4 hours plus 15 minutes reading time
Venue MIT, Online
Unit Coordinator Dr Sadia Aziz
Moderator Dr Rajan Kadel
Total Marks 60 Marks (this Final Assessment is worth 45% of the unit)
No. of pages Eight (8) Pages (including this cover page)
Student ID: _________________________________________________________
Student Name: _______________________________________________________
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BN 202 – Internetworking Technologies
Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Final Assessment in Replacement of Final Examination
School School of Information Technology & Engineering
Course Name Bachelor of Networking
Unit Code BN202
Unit Title Internetworking Technologies
Trimester T1 2021
Assessment Author Dr Sadia Aziz
Assessment Type Individual
Assessment Title End-of Trimester Final Assessment in replacement of Final Examination
Purpose of the
assessment (with ULO
Mapping)
Main objective of this assessment is to enable students to understand networking
devices, gather requirements for a given business case study and plan a network
design.
After successful completion of this assessment, students should be able to:
a. Discuss the significance of internetworking for contemporary
organisations.
. Explain human factors in achieving business and technical goals through
planning and design.
c. Develop architectural internetworking design for the business and
application domains.
d. Explain the cu
ent and future state of the internetworking
infrastructure and its applications.
e. Apply a process to support the administration and management of
internetworking
Weight 45% of the total assessments
Total Marks 60
Due Date On Final Examination Date
Time On Final Examination Date
Submission Guidelines
ï‚· All work must be submitted on Moodle.
ï‚· The assessment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Cali
i (Body)
font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of the page with appropriate section
headings.
ï‚· Reference co
ectly, if applicable, using IEEE for SITE or APA for School of
Business.
Defe
al
According to the MIT Assessment Policy and Procedure Section 5.3.5, a student may
apply to a Head of School to defer an examination or an equivalent assessment in
exceptional circumstances. An Application for Special Consideration and supporting
documentation must be submitted directly to the School's Administration Officer via
your MIT AMS login: https:
online.mit.edu.au/ams. You must submit this
application no later than three working days after the due date of the specific piece
of assessment or the examination for which you are seeking Special Consideration.
Academic Misconduct
Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case,
penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course
or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full
policy and procedure available at:
https:
www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-
and-guidelines/AcademicIntegrityPolicyAndProcedure
https:
online.mit.edu.au/ams
https:
www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/AcademicIntegrityPolicyAndProcedure
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www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/AcademicIntegrityPolicyAndProcedure
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ï‚· For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in the Unit
Description.
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ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1. The Final Assessment is scheduled for the Final Examination period.
2. The questions will be released on the unit Moodle page.
3. You are not permitted to use mobile phones or other tools to chat with anyone during the
assessment.
4. You must upload your completed work to the Submission Link on the unit Moodle page.
This automatically submits the work through Turnitin. Completed work must be uploaded
efore the end of the assessment duration.
5. This is an individual assessment task. You must complete it on your own. You are not to
discuss it with any other students during the timeframe set to complete the Final
Assessment. Academic integrity rules and penalties apply.
6. You MUST write in your own words. Do not copy and paste from the Internet as you will
not receive marks for this and you will be penalised for plagiarism.
7. The Final Assessment consists of 3 Sections:
ï‚· Section 1: Knowledge Questions - 15 Marks
 Section 2: Networking Design Questions – 15 Marks
ï‚· Section 3: Case Study B - 30 Marks
8. Answer all questions from BN202 Internetworking Technologies perspective.
9. Apply the terms, concepts and ideas that have been introduced and discussed in the unit to
demonstrate your learning.
10. Type your answers in the Question and Answer Paper (MS word document).
11. Proofread and edit your work before submitting.
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SECTION 1: ANSWER FIVE QUESTIONS [Total: 3x5=15 Marks]
Application Layer
Question 1
Explain the statement "HTTP is a stateless protocol." In some cases, the state of the clients needs to
e remembered by the server. How can it be achieved using HTTP?
[3 Marks]
Question 2
Explore the options of streaming content (selected from millions of videos) to hundreds of thousands
of simultaneous users and which one is better in terms of services and scalability? [3 Marks]
Question 3
User-centered design can be involved in the success or failure of any design. Justify this statement.
Also, list two applications with good interface design and two with bad interface design.
[3 Marks]
Question 4
Draw a diagram using the congestion control mechanism of TCP Reno and Tahoe. Do not copy the
diagram from lecture slides or the Internet. You have to use your own data for this diagram. The
diagram should be very clear and properly labelled.
[3 Marks]
Question 5
Explain the following terminologies in your own words.
1. Piggybacking
2. Fast retransmission
3. MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)
4. Reliable data transfer
5. Fragmentation and reassembly
[3 Marks]
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SECTION 2: Network Design and Terms [Total: 3+6+6=15 Marks]
Question 6
Calculate the latency (total delay from first bit sent to last bit received) for the following: A sender and
eceiver are separated by two 2-Gigabit/s links and a single switch. The packet size is 10000 bits, and
each link introduces a propagation delay of 20 microseconds. Assume that the switch begins
forwarding immediately after it has received the last bit of the packet and the queues are empty.
[3 Marks]
Question 7
Write the steps involved in data transmission from source PC1 to destination PC2 given in figure 1.
Steps should include how data pass through all layers on each device from source to destination.
[6 Marks]
Figure 1: Network with two LANs
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Question 8
Figure 2: Network with VLANs
For the network given in figure 2, create VLANs according to the figure in the Cisco packet tracer and
paste your screenshots from the Cisco packet tracer.
[6 Marks]
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SECTION 3 – Research based business case studies [Total: 15+15=30 Marks]
Question 9: [5x3=15 Marks]
Case Study- MelbFinance Network Design
MelbFinance is a new small business loan located in a small subu
of Melbourne. They have three
departments which are marketing, management, and finance. The company is on a building having
four levels on it. Each floor has ten computers used by these three departments separately.
Answer the following five questions.
a. Prepare a
ief project scope that includes the project objective, deliverables, milestones,
and limits.
. List five questions you wish to