TM129
Technologies in practice.
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Makeup-Midterm Examination (MTA)
Fall Semester 2022/2023
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Date: 06 /Nov./2023
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Number of Exam Pages: 3 Time Allowed: 2 hour
(including this cover sheet)
Instructions:
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Total Marks: 30
Total Number of Questions:7
Marks Distribution:
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o Q1: 5 marks.
o Q2: 2 marks.
o Q3: 4 marks.
o Q4: 5 marks.
o Q5: 4 marks.
o Q6: 4 marks.
o Q7: 6 marks.
Write your answer in the answer booklets. Answers given on the exam paper will
not be marked.
The use of electronic devices that could have a memory is NOT permitted
Be sure you write your name and ID on the External Answer booklet.
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Question 1 [5 marks]
1. What is an operating system?
a) interface between the hardware and application programs
b) collection of programs that manages hardware resources
c) system service provider to the application programs
d) all of the mentioned
2. To access the services of the operating system, the interface is provided by the
a) Library
b) System calls
c) Assembly instructions
d) API
3. The ______ address is composed of 128 bits.
a) MAC
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b) IPx
c) IPv4
d) IPv6
4. Which of the following standards represents the WLAN (Wireless LAN)
a) IEEE 802.11
b) IEEE 802.15
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c) IEEE 802.16
d) IEEE 802.21
5. Refer to the exhibit. Consider the IP address configuration shown from PC1.
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What is a description of the default gateway address?
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a) It is the IP address of the Router1 interface that connects the company
to the Internet.
b) It is the IP address of the Router1 interface that connects the PC1 LAN
to Router1.
c) It is the IP address of Switch1 that connects PC1 to other devices on
the same LAN.
d) It is the IP address of the ISP network device located in the cloud.
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Question 2 [4 marks]
Identify which of the seven layers of the OSI reference model matches the functional
description in the beneath table. (4 marks)
Layers:
Application Layer Network Layer
Presentation Layer Data Link Layer
Session Layer Physical Layer
Transport Layer
OSI Layer Functional Description Layer
A Provides a data path or route
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B Segments, transfers and reassembles data
C Bit Transmission
D Exchange frame between devices
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Question 3 [4 marks]
Briefly explain what topology is (topology of a network) ? Briefly explain the two types
of topologies that exist (Physical topology and logical topology)(4 Marks)
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Question 4 [4 marks]
a) Why is there a need for a router in a network?(2 Marks)
b) Compare and contrast SSH and telnet (2 Marks)
Question 5 [5 marks]
How could a system be designed to allow a choice of operating systems from which
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to boot? What would the bootstrap program need to do?
Question 6 [4 marks]
a) How does multiprogramming increase CPU utilization? (2 Marks)
b) Provide at least two advantages of multiprocessor systems.(2 Marks)
Question 7 [4 marks]
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a) What is the difference between protection and security? (2 marks)
b) Distinguish between the client–server and peer-to-peer models of distributed
systems. (2 marks)
End of questions
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