ECE Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

CE-5 | August 2015


1. (a) False.

(b) True.

(c) False. Switch does not change MAC address.

(d) False.

(e) True.


2. (a) B1,B2,B3

(b) X,S,Z,W

(c) B2

(d) -

(e) B1, B2

(f) S

(g) B1,B2,B3

(h) W


3. (a) 16KB

(b) (i) 1KB (ii) 64KB

(c) (i) 64KB (ii) 68KB


4. (Part A) a.root-servers.net -> H.COM-SERVERS.NET -> a.ns.facebook.com (Part B) (1) a.root-servers.net (2) H.COM-SERVERS.NET (3) A.GTLD-SEVERS.NET (4) ns.berkeley.edu (5) Nothing

(c) (1,2) T and (1,3) T and (2,3) T


5. (a) (i) E(M, Jill-Pub) (ii) Yes, E(M, Jill-Pub) is the best Jack can do without exposing M.

(b) M || E(H(M), Jack-Private)

(c) No, not a strong hash function.


Back to ECE Qualifying Exams (QE) page

Alumni Liaison

Basic linear algebra uncovers and clarifies very important geometry and algebra.

Dr. Paul Garrett