Network Administration Question Paper

Network Administration

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2011

FACULTY : COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS

DEPARTMENT : CIS AND BIT

TIME : 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS Answer Question ONE and any Other TWO Questions

Question 1

a) Describe the functions of the following services which can be configured in server 2003. (10marks)

i) Domain controller

ii) DNS

iii) Terminal services

iv) Application server

v) DHCP

vi) RAS

b) What is a network operating system? (1mark)

c) What is the function of active directory in windows server ? (2marks)

d) The typical network administration workload can be categorized Changing the network infrastructure, maintaining the infrastructure and supporting network operations. Explain the three categories. (3marks)

e) Describe step by step process that will takes place to resolve the domain name www.sports.cnn.com by the DNS servers. (6marks)

f) Clearly distinguish between dynamic and static routing. (4marks)

g) Describe the DHCP IP address assignment process. (4marks)

Question 2

a) What are function of the following NIC configuration options (6marks)

i) IRQ

ii) Base I/O port

iii) Base memory address

b) Describe how the following tools can be used for troubleshooting network. (6marks)

i) ipconfig

ii) ping

iv) tracert

c) Given the network address 192.168.10.0 using the subnet mask 255.255.255.192. (4marks)

i) How many subnets?

ii) What are the valid subnets?

d) Mention four benefits gained by integrating DNS with Active Directory (4marks)

Question 3

a) Highlight three advantages and three disadvantages using DHCP in an enterprise network. (6marks)

b) Explain how you promote and demote a computer running server 2003 to domain controller. (2marks)

c) What are the differences between workgroup and a domain. (2marks)

d) Explain Authentication process in windows server 2003.Highlight how user gains access to resources on windows network (4marks)

e) i) Explain fault tolerance as applicable in server 2003 disk storage. (2marks)

ii) Explain the two RAID systems that are fault tolerance. (4marks)

Question 4

a) Describe each of the FOUR stages of the DHCP lease process. (12marks)

b) Why would a system administrator set a roaming profile? Describe how you set up roaming user profile. (4marks)

c) Describe any four ntfs effective permission that may apply to files or folders on a network. (4marks)

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