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i) Suggest a cable layout of connections between the Departments and specify topology.
ii) Suggest the most suitable building to place the server with a suitable reason.
iii) Suggest the placement of i) modem ii) Hub /Switch in the network.
iv) The organization is planning to link its sale counter situated in various part of the same city/
which type of network out of LAN,WAN, MAN will be formed? Justify.

2. Perfect Edu Services Ltd. is an educational organization. It is planning to setup its

India campus at Chennai with its head
office at Delhi. The Chennai campus has 4
main buildings – ADMIN, ENGINEERING,
BUSINESS and MEDIA.
You as a network expert have to suggest
the best network related solutions for
their problems raised in (i) to (iv), keeping
in mind the distances between the
buildings and other given parameters

(i) Suggest the most appropriate location of the server inside the CHENNAI campus (Justify
your answer. 1
 (ii) Suggest and draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various buildings within the
CHENNAI campus for connecting the computers. 1
(iii) Which hardware device will you suggest to be procured by the company to be installed to
protect and control the internet uses within the campus? 1
(iv) Which of the following will you suggest to establish the online face-to-face communication?
between the people in the Admin Office of CHENNAI campus and DELHI Head Office ? 1
(a) Cable TV
(b) Email
(c) Video Conferencing
(d) Text Chat
v) where will you place Hub and Repeater
vi) Which wire will be used to connect Delhi Head office to CHENNAI office
vii) What type of Network is built between DELHI and CHENNAI office
viii) Which will be economical way to Connect DELHI TO CHENNAI Office

3. 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:
distances between various blocks
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
Number of computers Technology block to HR center 15m
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.

4. 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 Number of computers:
Building “RAVI” 25
Building “JAMUNA” 150
Building “GANGA” 51
Head Office 10
 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

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

5 “Bhartiya Connectivity Association” is planning to spread their offices in four major cities in
India to provide regional IT infrastructure support in the field of Education & Culture. The
company has planned to setup their head office in New Delhi in three locations and have
named their New Delhi offices as “Front Office”, “Back Office” and “Work Office”. The
company has three more regional offices as “South Office”, “East Office” and “West Office”
located in other three major cities of India. A rough layout of the same is as follows :
Place From Place To Distance
BackOffice Front Office 10 KM
Back Office Work Office 70 Meter
Back Office East Office 1291
BackOffice West Office 790
KM KM
Back Office South Office 1952
No of Computers KM
Back Office 100
Front Office 20
Work Office 50
East Office 50
West Office 50
South Office 50
(a) Suggest network type (out of LAN, MAN, WAN)
for connecting each of the following set of their offices :
• Back Office and Work Office • Back Office and South Office
(b) Which device you will suggest to be procured by the company for connecting all the computers with in
each of their offices out of the following devices?
• Switch/Hub • Modem • Telephone
(c) Which of the following communication medium, you will suggest to be procured by the
company for connecting their local offices in New Delhi for very effective and fast communication?
• Telephone Cable • Optical Fiber • Ethernet Cable
(d) Suggest a cable/wiring layout for connecting the company's local offices located in New Delhi.
Also, suggest an effective method/technology for connecting the company's regional offices-"East
Office", "West Office" and "South Office" with offices located in New Delhi.
6 Knowledge supplement Organization has set up its new center at Mangalore for its office and web-
based activities. It has 4 Blocks of buildings as shown in the diagram below:

Center to center distance between various blocks Number of Computers

(a) Suggest an ideal layout for connecting these Blocks for a wired connectivity.
(b) Suggest the most suitable places (i.e. Block) to install the server of this organization with a suitable reason.
(c) Which device will you suggest to be placed / installed in each of the Blocks to efficiently connect
all computers within these blocks?
(d) The organization is planning to link its head office situated in City in a hilly region where cable connection
is not feasible, suggest an economic way to connect it with reasonably high speed?