Network Management

31274/32528, Network Management, Autumn2012 Final exam information and Sample Exam questions Final Exam Information: The final exam is 2.0 hour duration with 10 minute reading time and will be held on 16th June 2012, Saturday (9.30 – 11.40AM). Please check the venue of your exam from UTS Exam time-table. Arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled exam time. A total of 15 short answer type questions. You must read through your lecture notes, text and any reference materials in order to answer these questions. Most answers will be limited to ½ or ¾ page of your answer book. Be concise and make your exam as neat as possible while answering the questions. We must be able to read your handwriting in order to be able to grade your exam. Remember you must score 40% in the final exam and a total of 50% to pass this subject. Good Luck !!! Sample Exam questions for 31274/32528, Network Management • • • • • • • • • • In Fault management what is discovering, isolating and fixing the fault? Briefly explain. In configuration management, briefly explain the difference between automatic and manual data collection methods. Give a suitable example to discuss what is Event Correlation technique? Briefly explain, what is Codebook Correlation model? Briefly explain how data analysis helps in performance management? List 3 popular performance management tools. How does digital signature protect against security threat? Briefly explain how does it work? Explain the difference between Intra-domain accounting and Inter-domain accounting. How does trend analysis help in capacity planning of a network? What advantages does a 3-tier model have over a 2-tier model used in SNMP organization? Briefly explain the role of an MIB in SNMP. What is an Object Type and how it is identified in a MIB tree (Give an Example)?

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Briefly explain the roles of transport mapper, message dispatcher and PDU dispatcher in SNMPv3 architecture. Briefly explain the role of a Proxy server in web based