Question Bank For Computer Networks

Part A
1. Discuss the use of computer networks.
2. Describe the features of LAN.
3. What is meant by piggybacking? What are its adantages and disadantages?
!. "ow are errors caused in transmission #ines?
$. %&p#ain the 'inary and (anchester encoding techni)ues with an e&amp#e.
*. What is meant by congestion? List the ways of aoiding congestion.
+. Discuss the issues in network security.
,. %&p#ain mu#tip#e&ing techni)ue.
-. Discuss the prob#ems associated with 'ackward Learning.
1.. What is transport address? Who wi## assign it?
11. Why is #ayered architecture of network preferred?
12. What is the principa# difference between circuit switching and packet switching?
13. %&p#ain how errors are detected using /0/.
1!. What is meant by 1ipe#ining? Discuss the merits and demerits of using this
techni)ue.
1$. Discuss about any two methods of framing.
1*. /ompare irtua# circuits and datagrams.
1+. List the features of internetworking.
1,. What is modern and codec?
1-. What is f#ooding? What are its disadantages?
2.. What are the primary serices offered by a computer network?
21. (ention the adantages of fiber optics.
22. What is meant by narrow band 23DN?
23. What is the significance of f#ow contro#?
2!. List the drawbacks of simp#e& protoco#.
2$. %&p#ain the use of bridges.
2*. What is meant by inter networking?
2+. List any four serices of transport #ayer.
2,. (ention the need for domain name system.
2-. What are the components of mu#timedia?
3.. What are the goa#s for setting up networks?
31. List the components of data communications.
32. (ention the adantages of co4a&ia# cab#es.
33. What are sate##ite networks?
3!. 'rief#y #ist the prob#ems with sing#e channe#.
3$. What is the need for routing a#gorithm?
3*. List the features of token bus protoco#.
3+. /ompare 5/1 and 21 serices.
3,. Write a note on e4mai#.
Part B
1. With a neat diagram6 e&p#ain 732 reference mode#.
2. Describe the re#atie adantages and disadantages of
a. 5errestria# #inks b. 3ate##ite #inks and c. 7ptica# fiber transmission.
3. Describe the error detecting and correcting techni)ues emp#oyed in data
communication.
!. Discuss about co##ision free protoco#s.
$. Discuss the function and structure of e4mai# protoco#.
*. Write short notes on
a. 1acket 3witching
b. (essage 3witching
c. /ircuit 3witching
+. %&p#ain the transport #ayer connection management.
,. %&p#ain the bus type topo#ogy and ring type topo#ogy networks. /ompare their
performance.
-. What are the ob8ecties of computer communication networks? What are the
network components? %&p#ain.
1.. %&p#ain the function of 5/1921 protoco#.
11. %&p#ain 23DN architecture and its serices.
12. Describe the s#iding window protoco# for data #ink #ayer.
13. Describe the congestion contro# a#gorithms.
1!. %&p#ain 2%%%:s #ogica# #ink contro# protoco# used for LAN.
1$. %&p#ain the traditiona# cryptography used for network security and priacy.
1*. Describe the structure and functions of %4mai# protoco#.
1+. %&p#ain wire#ess communications and their suitabi#ity to computer networks.
1,. %&p#ain the design issues of data#ink #ayers.
1-. Discuss the method of performing protoco# specification and erification.
2.. Describe the structure of network #ayer in the internet.
21. Discuss the serices offered by the app#ication #ayer.
22. Describe the A5( AAL #ayer protoco#s.
23. Write short notes on the fo##owing
a. Wor#d wide web
b. "igh speed LANs.
2!. %&p#ain the app#ications of computer networks.
2$. Discuss the methods used for contro##ing errors in data#ink #ayer.
2*. %&p#ain the arious media used for data transmission in computer networks.
2+. %&p#ain any two protoco#s used by the data#ink #ayer.
2,. %&p#ain the mu#ti path routing a#gorithm.
2-. Discuss the features of A5( networks.
3.. %&p#ain the design issues of transport #ayer.
31. Write short notes on
a. /hanne# a##ocation prob#ems
b. 3imp#e network management protoco#.