BIF601 Assignment 1 Solution and Discussion
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Instructions:
Assignment No. 1 Bioinformatics Computing I (BIF601) FALL 2019
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Solution guidelines
To solve this assignment, you should have good command over lectures 1-21.
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Total Marks: 20
Due date: 10-12-2019WARNING
- Plagiarism or hiring of ghost writers for solving the assignments will debar the student from award, if found at any stage.
All questions carry equal marks.
Question# 1: (6-Marks)
(a) Discuss Data Communication and component of a Data communication System? (b) How are computer communications used?
© What are the criteria‟s a Network must be able to meet?
Question# 2: (4-Marks)
a) Discuss the characteristics of LANs, MANs and WANs?
b) What are the advantages of using network and how LANs, WANs and MANs are
different?
Question# 3: (8-Marks)
Explain the following terms:
- Topology and Star Topology - Bandwidth
- Router
- Wi-Fi
Question# 4: (2-Marks)
a) Write short note on OSI Model.
References:
- Slides and handouts posted on the LMS
- Textbook chapters as applicable
Recommended Books: - Data Communications and Networking 2nd Edition by Behrouz A. Forouzan
- Data and Computer Communication 6th Edition by William Stallings
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