Question Bank – Computer Networks [RCS-601]

Unit-V

1. What are the advantages of DNS?

2. What do you mean by following:
a) HTTP
b) SNMP
3. Write short notes on one of the following:
a) Network security and cryptography
b) Electronic mail and FTP
4. Explain the architecture of Electronic Mail (i.e., E-mail).
5. Describe the concept of domain name system in brief.
6. Explain the working of server-side in the architectural overview of World-Wide-Web
(WWW).
7. Why do we need Domain name space when we can directly use an IP address?
8. What is a domain name? Explain how resolution is done using DNS?
9. Write short notes on the following protocols:
a) File Transfer Protocol
b) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
c) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
10. Answer the following related to SMTP:
a) What are the three main components of Internet mail system?
b) Give three SMTP commands issued by client and explain it briefly.
c) How does the SMTP perform the mail transfer operation?
d) Give mail message format using multimedia mail extension
11. Answer the following related to DNS:
a) How does DNS perform name resolution?
b) What are the different types of name servers?
c) Mention the DNS message format for query and reply messages
12. File Transfer is one of the services provided by the application layer. With respect to this
service answer the following questions:
a) What protocols is used to implement service?
b) While transferring data, what different data modes can be used?
c) How do browsers connect to FTP servers?
d) What shortcomings does FTP have?
13. SNMP provides a systematic way of monitoring and managing a computer network. With
respect to this service answer the following questions:
a) Explain the SNMP Model
b) What does MIB do and what are the different kinds of objects it stores information
about?
c) What are the different messages used by SNMP protocol to implement the
network management service?
14. Electronic mail or e-mail is a store and forward method of composing, sending, storing
and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. With respect to this
service answer the following questions:
a) How does e-mail work?
b) Describe the e-mail format in detail
c) What are the different protocols used for e-mail in the Internet. Write short notes
on each of them.
d) Why was MIME invented?
15. Why is DNS required and how does it work?
16. The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents that runs over the
Internet. With respect to this service provided by the Internet answer the following
questions:
a) How does WWW work?
b) What is a URL and what is its significance?
c) Describe in detail the method used to transfer or convey information on the World
Wide Web.
d) Which language is used to create web pages?
17. How is FTP different from TFTP? What is anonymous FTP?
18. Explain how SNMP provides a framework for managing devices in an Internet.
19. Explain the addressing scheme used by SMTP.
20. What are the uses of Mail Access Protocols: POP3 and IMAP?. Describe the major
difference between them and compare on the basis of their working.
21. Explain how HTTP works? Give the formats of request and response messages in HTTP.
22. What do you mean by persistent and non-persistent connections in HTTP? What is a
proxy server?