The Exam Plan

Question 1: Application Protocols

Lectures 4, 5, 6, 7

Question 2: Network Protocols

Lectures 3, 9, 10, 11

Question 3: Network Technology

Lectures 12, 13, 14, 15

Question 4: Network Management

Lectures 16, 17, 18

Question 5: Security

Lectures 19, 20, 21

Question 6: Electronic Commerce

Lectures 22, 23, 24, 25

More Information

• All questions carry equal marks (20 marks per question), for a total of 120 marks for the examination.
• Note, however, that the exam is still worth 60% of the final assessment for the subject.
• Note, also, that each question has many parts, and in some cases, sub parts.
  • Each of the parts/subparts is small, and carries between 2 and 6 marks. As usual, it's an exam which tests breadth of knowledge more than depth� On the other hand, it's hard to really stuff it up.
  • It is in your interest to try and keep all the answers to each question together in your answer booklet. Please. If only for the sanity of the assessor...

Exam Hints

1. Questions taken from last year's exam, perhaps with some slight modifications to remove ambiguity or to change the emphasis. At a guess, these would add up to about 50 marks. This means you could almost pass the exam just by studying last year's paper.
2. Questions derived from the tutorials, often with the wording changed slightly to ensure a single correct answer. Questions in this category have not necessarily appeared on exams before. These total about 40 marks this year. This means that if you know the answers to all the tute questions, and you study old exam papers, you could do very well.
3. Brand new questions, taken from the lecture notes, and requiring deeper understanding and appreciation of the discipline to answer fully. In many cases these are developed from tute questions, or older exam papers, but are worded quite differently. These make up the remainder of the paper - about 30 marks, or 25% of the total.

If You Enjoyed It

If you enjoyed this subject, you should investigate: (delivered by Phil Scott):

BITDCO: Data Communications

1. The nature of the subject area. The Network (IP) and Transport (TCP/UDP) layers are covered in both, but in more detail in BITDCO.
2. A large proportion of students take only one of BITCNE and BITDCO, and it's important that they don't miss these important topics.

Now the REAL advertising� This probably seems like "just another subject" while you're at Uni, and it is. But the career opportunities in this area are huge. Do not underestimate the value of what you've learnt this semester--it could be worth heaps to you!