SAPTHAGIRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK
Semester:
V A,B
Course Name: Computer Networks 1.
Course Code: 10CS55
Faculties: Poornima G J and Veena.Gadad
Unit 1-Introduction
1. What is Data Communications? What are its four important fundamental characteristics?
2. What is a protocol? What are its key elements?
3. What are Standards? Name any four standard organizations.
4. Define the following terms: Protocol and Internet
5. Give the comparison between LAN,WAN and MAN with an example.
6. Describe with a neat diagram, the functionalities of each layer in the OSI Reference Model.
7. Explain OSI reference model with the functions of the following layers: Physical, Data Link,
Network, Transport, Session, Presentation and Application Layers.
8. Describe with a neat diagram, the functionalities of each layer in TCP/IP Model.
9. Explain different Network Topologies, giving their advantages and disadvantages.
10. What is Addressing? What are the different types of addressing techniques? Explain each of
them with an example.
Unit 2- Physical Layer 1
1. Describe the following: i) Analog and Digital data ii) Analog and Digital Signals iii) Periodic
and non-periodic signals.
2. What is Transmission Impairment? Explain briefly the different causes for Transmission
Impairment with relevant diagrams.
3. what are the factors on which data rate depends?
4. What is Performance and Delay? What are components of Latency? Explain them in Brief.
5. What is Line Coding? Explain the different Characteristics of Line Coding.

6. Explain the different types of line coding schemes taking an example of your own bit stream
for each of the scheme.
7. What is PCM? Explain in detail the different processes of PCM Encoder.
8. Explain the different types of Data Transmission modes.
9. Explain in detail the three mechanisms for modulating Digital data into an analog signal.
Unit 3 Physical Layer 1
1. What is Multiplexing? What are the various categories of Multiplexing?
2. Explain in detail, FDM,WDM and TDM.
3. What is spread spectrum? Explain FHSS.
4. An analog signal has a bit rate of 10000 bps and the bandwidth of 2000 baud. How many
data elements are carried by each signal element? How many signal elements do we
need?
5. Explain phase shift keying in detail
6. An analog signal has a bit rate of 8000bps and a baud rate of 1000 baud. How many data
elements are carried by each signal element? How many signal elements do we need?
7. Explain with a neat figure, Direct sequence spread spectrum.
8. What is switching? Explain with a neat figure, switching network and taxonomy of
switched networks.
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i)Calculate channel capacity for S/N=30Dbii) Calculate S/N required to support

information transfer at 4800 bps.

10. Explain in detail, Circuit-switched Networks, Datagram Networks and Virtual Circuit
Networks with neat and relevant figures.
11. Explain the idea of delay in Circuit -switched Networks, Datagram Networks and Virtual
Circuit Networks with neat figures.
12. Define asynchronous TDM.

Unit 4 Data Link Layer 1

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Explain various design issues of DLL.

Explain the two types of errors with the relevant diagrams.
Discuss the concept of redundancy in error detection and correction.
Compare error detection and correction.
Define the following: Codeword, Hamming code, Hamming distance.
Explain the different types of Linear Block Coding techniques with neat figures.
What is CRC? Explain the CRC encoder and decoder for C(7,4) with neat figures.
Reliability of CRC is better than that of simple parity and Hamming code. Justify the
statement.
9. Given a Dataword 1010011. What codeword will be transmitted if:
a. An even parity is used ? b. an odd parity is used?
10. Given message is x5+x4+x+1 and the generator polynomial is x4+x3+1. Compute the
CRC Code.
11. The codeword is received as 1100100101011. Check whether or not there are errors in
the received codeword, if the divisor is 10101.

Unit 5 Data Link Layer 2

1. Differentiate between flow control and error control.
2. What is Framing? Discuss various framing methods
3. Explain the working of Stop-and-Wait noiseless protocol. What are the assumptions
made?
4. Explain the mechanism of Stop-and-Wait ARQ protocol. What are Sequence numbers
and Acknowledgement numbers?
5. Explain the Go-Back-N Protocol in detail with the flow diagram. Also show the working
of sliding window at the sender site.
6. Explain the mechanism Selective Repeat ARQ Protocol with the flow diagram. Also
explain the window format at the sender and receiver site.
7. What is Piggybacking? What is its usefulness?
8. Explain the frame format of HDLC Protocol with neat figure.
9. Explain the Control field of all the HDLC Frames.
10. Give a brief note on PPP Protocol, including the services, Frame format and Transition
phases of the same.

Unit 6: Multiple Access and Ethernet

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What is Random Access? Explain all the Random access protocols.

Describe the various Controlled access methods.
What is Channelization? Explain CDMA.
Describe Frame format and frame length for IEEE 802.3 MAC frame. What are the
salient features of fast Ethernet?
5. What is CSMA? Explain the behaviour different persistence methods of CSMA along
with the flow diagrams.

Unit 7: Wireless LANs and Cellular Networks

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Describe the MAC layers in IEEE 802.11 standard.

Briefly explain the architecture of IEEE 802.11.
Explain the different types of Addressing Mechanisms in IEEE 802.11.
Explain the Hidden and Exposed Station problem in IEEE 802.11.
Briefly explain the Bluetooth layers.
Bring out the differences between Repeaters, Bridges Routers and Gateways.
What are Transparent Bridges? Explain the process of bridges learning with relevant
figure.
8. Explain in detail, how spanning tree helps in solving the Loop Problem with steps.

Unit 8 Network Layer

1. What is the size of IPV4 address? What are the different types of IPV4 notations. Give
two examples for each.
2. What is Class full Addressing? With neat figures, explain the various classes and their
range.
3. What is Subnetting and Supernetting? Why is it required? Explain.
4. What is Classless addressing? Mention the restrictions imposed in handling any given
block of addresses. Explain with an example block of addresses.
5. What are the differences between classful and classless addressing in IPV4.
6. Explain the three levels of hierarchy- subnetting.
7. Write a note on Network Address Translation.
8. Give the Structure and Notation of IPV6 addresses.
9. Explain in detail, Unicast, Multicast and Anycast addresses with neat figures.

10. What is Internetworking? Explain the need for network layer.

11. Explain Internet as a Datagram network and Internet as a Connectionless network.
12. Explain with a neat figure, IPV4 datagram format and its various fields.
13. What is Fragmentation. Explain MTU in detail.
14. Explain the three fields related to Fragmentation.
15. What is IPV6. Explain the advantages of next generation IPV6 addresses over IPV4
addresses.
16. With a neat figure, explain, the header and payload of IPV6.
17. Give the comparison between IPV4 and IPV6 addresses.
18. Why transition fron IPV4 to IPV6 is required. Explain the concept of Tunneling in detail,
with a neat figure.
19. What is a mask in IPV4 addressing? What is default mask in IPV4 addressing?
20. Compare and contrast the fields in the main headers of IPV4 and IPV6. Make a table that
shows the presence or absence of each fields.