Computer Science 4 Marks Each

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 (a) to (d) below.

Block to Block distances (in Mtrs.)

FROM	To	Distance
Human resource	Conference	110
Human resource	Finance	40
Conference	Finance	80

Number of computers in each of the blocks/Center is as follows:

Human resource	25
Finance	120
Conference	90

(a) What will be the most appropriate block, where TTC should plan to install the server?

(b) Draw a block to block cable layout to connect all the buildings in the most appropriate manner for efficient communication.

(c) 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?

Satellite Link, Infrared, Ethernet cable

(d) Which of the following devices will be suggested by you to connect each computer in each of the buildings.

Switch, modem, Gateway

Expertia Professional Global (EPG) is an online corporate training provider company for IT related courses. The company is setting up their new campus in Mumbai. You as a network expert have to study the physical locations of various buildings and the number of computers to be installed. In the planning phase, provide the best possible answers for the queries (a) to (d) raised by them.

Building to Building distances (in Mtrs.)

FROM	To	Distance
Administrative Building	Finance Building	60
Administrative Building	Faculty Studio building	120
Finance Building	Faculty Studio building	70

Number of computers in each of the blocks/Center is as follows:

Administrative Building	20
Finance Building	40
Faculty Studio building	120

(a) Suggest the most appropriate building, where EPG should plan to install the server.

(b) Suggest the most appropriate building to building cable layout to connect all three buildings for efficient communication.

(c) Which type of network out of the following is formed by connecting the computers of these three buildings?

LAN, MAN, WAN

(d) Which wireless channel out of the following should be opted by EPG to connect to students of all over the world?

Infrared, Microwave, Satellite

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 buildings and the head office situated in Kolkata. Answer the questions (a) to (d) after going through the building positions in the campus and other details, which are given below:

Distances between various buildings:

Building “RAVI” to Building “JAMUNA”	120m
Building “RAVI” to Building “GANGA”	50m
Building “GANGA” to Building “JAMUNA”	65m
Faridabad Campus to Head Office	1460km

Number of computers:

Building “RAVI”	25
Building “JAMUNA”	150
Building “GANGA”	51
Head Office	10

(a) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. block) to house the server of this organization. Also give a reason to justify your suggested location.

(b) Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings inside the campus.

(c) Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:

(i) Switch

(ii) Repeater

(d) The organization is planning to provide a high speed link with its head office situated in KOLKATA using a wired connection. Which of the following cable will be most suitable for this job?

(i) Optical Fiber

(ii) Co-axial cable

(iii) Ethernet cable

Quick Learn University is setting up its academic blocks at Prayag nagar 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:

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

Law Block to business Block	40m
Law block to Technology Block	80m
Law Block to HR center	105m
Business Block to technology Block	30m
Business Block to HR Center	35m
Technology block to HR center	15m

Number of computers in each of the blocks/Center is as follows:

Law Block	15
Technology Block	40
HR center	115
Business Block	25

(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.

(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) The university is planning to connect its admission office in the closest big city, which is more than 250km from university. Which type of network out of LAN, MAN, or WAN will be formed? Justify your answer.