Skill competition City Level Hardwar and Networking Services 2016 E.

Sector: Economic Infrastructure Development

Sub Sector: Information and Communication Technology

Occupation: Hardware and Network Servicing II-V

Project package for City level skill competition

The skill competition covers the following units of Competencies

EIS HNS1 08 1221: Identify and Use Network Hand Tools

EIS HNS2 03 1221: Administrate Network and Hardware Peripherals

EIS HNS2 07 1221: Apply Problem Solving Techniques to Routine Malfunction

EIS HNS2 10 1221: Record Client Support Requirements

EIS HNS3 01 1221: Determine Best-Fit Topology

EIS HNS3 02 1221: Install and Manage Network Protocols

EIS HNS3 03 1221: Configure and Administer Server

EIS HNS3 04 1221: Monitor and Administer System and Network Security

EIS HNS3 05 1221: Identify and Resolve Network Problems

EIS HNS3 06 1221: Provide First Level Remote Help Desk Support

EIS HNS3 07 1221: Create Technical Documentation

EIS HNS4 01 1221Provide Network System Administration

EIS HNS4 03 1221 Build Internet Infrastructure

EIS HNS4 04 1221: Build a small wireless LAN

EIS HNS4 06 1221 Determine Maintenance Strategy

EIS HNS4 07 1221 Conduct / Facilitate User Training

EIS HNS5 06 1221 Install, Configure and Test Router

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Project package

General direction for candidate

1. Before start the project please take at least 15 minutes to read all content of the project.
2. Make sure that you have been given all the necessary tools, equipment and information;
you need to perform the project.
3. There are 4 project contains different tasks and further each task is dividing in to sub
activities. The combination of all the activities will form the total percent of your result
(100%).
4. For the purpose of your time management for each task maximum time is suggested,
there for manage your time accordingly.

Project Information

Given the necessary tools, equipment and information, the candidate is expected to
perform the following projects.

The assessor should ask oral questions on which she/he is not satisfied by the candidate’s
performance.

Assessment Venue: Well Equipped Assessment Centre or real work place

Project title: Design and Develop Secured Network

Total time for all projects 7Hrs

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Scenario: Designing a Network Infrastructure for Large-Sized Business

Background: You are tasked with designing a network infrastructure for two building each has
G+7 and G+5 respectively including the ground with approximately 30 employees in each floor.
The company operates in the financial services sector and requires a robust and secure network
to handle its day-to-day operations, including client transactions, data storage, and
communication between departments. The network infrastructure needs to support both wired
and wireless connections, and ensure high availability, scalability, and strong security measures
to protect sensitive financial data.

Scope and Requirements:

 Network Architecture: Design a scalable and resilient network architecture that can
accommodate the company's current needs and future growth.
 Wired and Wireless Connectivity: Provide both wired and wireless connectivity
throughout the office space to accommodate various devices such as desktop computers,
laptops, smartphones, and tablets.
 Security: Implement robust security measures to protect against unauthorized access, data
breaches, and cyber threats.

Design Considerations:
Core Network Infrastructure: Deploy a redundant core network infrastructure consisting of
switches and routers to provide connectivity between different network segments and ensure
high availability.

 Access Layer: Implement access layer switches to connect end-user devices such as
computers, printers, and IP phones to the network.
 Wireless Access Points (WAPs):
 VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks)
 Firewall and Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS
 Virtual Private Network (VPN
 Backup and Disaster Recovery
 Database server and web server
 Internet service up to 10 Gbps

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Project 1: Gather Business Requirements and Conduct Training

Instruction: Under this task, you are expected to propose the specifications of
equipment based on the above scenario for each customer based on the requirements
on the provided worksheet.

Task 1: Design Network Infrastructure

Total time for this task: 2 hour

Activity 1: Based on the scenario provided, you are expected to work out the following tasks

1) Hardware Requirement

No Items Description Quantity Unit price Price

2) Software Requirement
No Items Description Unit price Price

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3) Phase of the project

No Phase Activities performed Duration Responsible body

4) Total manpower including labor

No Manpower/ Name Quantity Salary in birr

5) write the type of broadband internet, Bandwidth, and costs

No broadband internet Bandwidth Costs

6) Maintenance and backup Strategy

Activity 2: based on the listed equipment and materials design the physical topology/ diagram of
the network diagrammatically on Microsoft Visio

 Show the appropriate type of cable to be used.

 Show appropriate network devices in the appropriate place.
 Show the internet connectivity needed to build the infrastructure.
 Show (put) the server in appropriate places.
 Show user-client arrangement.

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Project2. Prepare Service Level Agreement

Horizon PLC Company invites interested bidders to submit proposals for providing annual
maintenance service for all PCs within our organization. The selected bidder will be responsible
for ensuring the smooth operation and optimal performance of our computer systems throughout
the coming year.

Instruction: - Under this project, you are expected to perform the following two tasks based on
the information provided:-

Task1. Prepare SLA of Horizon PLC Company using Microsoft Word.

Time Allotted: - 30 min.

Instruction: - Under this task, you assume as an ICT Solution provider PLC who wins the bid
and is expected to prepare the SLA of Horizon PLC Company using Microsoft Word.
(Hint: - Use the following points to prepare the SLA)

 Objective of the Service

 Service provider’s responsibilities:
 Customer responsibilities:
 Service Measurement
 Modification and review of the agreement:

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Task2: Provide Help Desk Support and Resolve Network Problems

Time Allotted: - 30 min.

Instruction: Under this project, you are expected to analyze the following cases and justify the
Solution on the provided worksheet.

1. Mr. Thomas is a user within the domain. He's encountering difficulty installing MS
Office 2007 on his PC. Could you please suggest a solution?
2. Put yourself in the shoes of a network technician. One of your clients, Mr. Gemechu, a
domain member, is struggling to log in with the correct username and password on his
PC. Can you recommend potential solutions?
3. Ms. Foziya, acting as a domain administrator, aims to have a client PC automatically join
the domain. Unfortunately, the client PC is unable to do so. What solution would you
recommend?
Please document the identified problems and their recommended solutions for each case in the
table provided, using Microsoft Word
No Customer Identified Problem Recommended Solution(s)
Name

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Project 3 Install and configuring Small Wireless Local Area

Network

Time Allotted: - 30 min.

Activity 1: Configuring wireless router based on the following information

 SSID – lsb
 Security Mode -WAP2Porsonal
 Passphrase- Pass@w0rd17
 Change admin password
 Change default IP address of WAP

Project 4: Configure and Administer Server, and

Network Security
Instruction: Under this task, you are expected to perform the following
activities based on the information provided.

Task 1: Installing Server Operating System

Time Allotted: - 30min.

Activity 1: format and create a partition on the server computer. Local C and D with
40% and 60% respectively

Activity 2: Install Windows Server 2012 R2 on local disk D

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Task 2: Server configuration

Total time for this task: 30min

Activity 1: Assign the IP Address for the Server computer
IP Address - 192.168.0.2
Activity 2: Configure the server as a DNS and Active Directory for the server computer
using the www.lsb.com FQDN

Task 3: Creating and Managing Active Directory Objects

Total time for this task: 30min

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Activity 1: Depending on the above diagram create Active Directory Objects

Activity 1: Make the user a member of the respective group

Task 4: Install and configure DHCP role

Total time for this task: 30min

Activity 1: scope name lsb001, the range should be 192.168.0.10 to 192.168.0.30
Activity 2: Exclude 192.168.0.10– 192.168.0.15 IP Address
Activity 3: Create a reserve IP Address (192.168.0.16) for on client Machine.
Activity 4: Join the client computers to the domain using automatic IP
Task 5: Install and configure DHCP role

Total time for this task: 40min

Activity 1: Install the File server role on the server computer
o FTP Site Name – FTP-site
o Physical path - C:\inetpub\ftproot\
o IP address – 192.168.0.2
o Port - 21
o Allow Access to Casher-Group
Activity 2: Create a folder on Desktop by the name Python-Data, and share the folder
for the ICT dep group, with Read and Write permission.
Activity 3: Install printer server role and add local printer on server computer using the
provided printer
Activity 4: Share the printer only for the supervisor Group and print the test page from
the client machine
Activity 5: Set a limit of 300MB Disk Quotas on Local Disk C for ICT service

Task 6: Working on organizational Unit

Total time for this task: 30min

Activity 1: Give Delegation control for Casher Group to create, delete, and manage all
objects on Finance Management and demonstrate the result on the client machine

Task 7: Applying Group policy

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Total time for this task: 40min

Activity 1: Restrict the access of the control panel for the HR Department to show the
result on the client machine
Activity 2: Prevent access to the command prompt for Yared
Activity 3: using group policy and appropriate commands shutdown all remote
computers
Activity 4: ICT service members could not log in on Saturday and Sunday
Activity 5: ICT service members could log on to only one client machine
Activity 6: Apply group policy on Supervisor that prevents using the Backup and Restore
utility
Activity 7change desktop background wallpaper using group policy

Task 8: Configure a Router to assign IP to client pc dynamically

Total time for this task: 30min

Give IP: - 192.168.0.2
Subnet mask: - 255.255.255.0/24
Default-router: 192.168.0.1

Total time for this task: 20min

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