RNSIT – Department of CSE Subject Code: Question Bank

SUBJECT TITLE DATA COMMUNICATION

SUBJECT TYPE CORE

SUBJECT CODE 18CS46

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 (EVEN SEMESTER) BATCH 2018-2022

SCHEME CBCS scheme (Effective from the academic year 2018 -2022 )

SEMESTER 4
FACULTY NAME and
Mrs. VIDYA Y, Assistant Professor
DESIGNATION
QUESTION BANK

Module -1
Q. Bloom’s
Questions COs
No. LL
What is data communication? Explain fundamental characteristics on
1 L1 CO1
which effectiveness of data communication depends.
List out the causes of transmission impairment.Explain the characteristics
2 L1 CO1
of analog and digital signals
Define line coding and list out its characteristics.Represent the following
3 L1 CO2
sequence 1011001011 using polar and bipolar scheme
4 Explain TCP/IP protocol suite of computer networks with a diagram L2 CO1
A network with a bandwidth of 10 Mbps can pass only an average of
5 1800 frames per minute with each frame carrying an average of 10000 L2 CO1
bits.What is the throughput of this network?
6 Explain digital signal transmission methods L2 CO2
What is noiseless channel?find out the maximum bit rate in noiseless
7 channel with bandwidth of 3000Hz transmitting a signal with two signal L3 CO2
level.
Assume five devices are connected in mesh topology.How many duplex
8 L3 CO2
links are needed?how many ports are needed for each?
9 Explain the different characteristics of periodic analog signal L2 CO2
10 Compare telephone network and the Internet.What are the similarities? L5&L6 CO2

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what are the differences

Module -2
Q. Bloom’s
Questions COs
No. LL
1 Expalin PCM and quantization process with steps and example L1 CO2
2 Explain amplitude shift keying modulation process L1 CO2
3 What is multiplexing?Define synchronous TDM with data rate L1 CO2
management strategies
4 What is speed spectrum?Explain FHSS and bandwidth sharing. L2 CO2
5 Explain the steps of pulse code modulation process with an example. L2 CO2
6 List out three phases of circuit network.Explain Data gram switched L2 CO3
network
7 Find out bit rate if available bandwidth is 100kHz which spans from 200 L3 CO3
to 300kHz.consider ASk with d=1,r=1.
8 List four major components of a packet switch and their functions. L3 CO3
9 Aavelling through a fiber.What is the delay in the signal if the lenght of L4 CO3
the fiber -optic cable is 5m,500m and 1Km(assume a propogation speed
of 2 x 108)
10 The minimum number of columns in a datagram network is 2;the L5&L6 CO3
minimum number of columns in a virtual-circuit network is 4.can you
explain the reason/I the difference related to the type of addresses carried
in packets of each network?

Module -3
Q. Bloom’s
Questions COs
No. LL
1 Define FHSS and DSSS and explain how it achieves bandwidth spreading L1 CO3
2 Which of the three multiplexing techniques are used for fiber-optic L1 CO3
links.Distinguish between TDM, multiple-slot TDM and pulse stuffed
TDM
3 Compare and contrast circuit switched network and packet switched L1 CO3
network
4 In a codeword, we add two redundant bits to each 8-bit data word. Find L2 CO4
the number of valid codewords and invalid codewords

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5 Given the dataword 101001111 and the divisor 10111, show the L2 CO4
generation of the CRC codeword at the sender site.
6 What is the role of the address field in a packet travelling through a L2 CO4
virtual-circuit network and datagram network
7 The minimum number of columns in a datagram network is two, the L3 CO3
minimum number of columns in a virtual-circuit network is four.Explain
the reason
8 Define the analog hierarchy used by telephone companies and list L3 CO4
different levels of hierarchy.
9 Distinguish between statistical and synchronous TDM L4 CO4
10 If we want to be able to detect two-bit errors,what should be the minimum L5&L6 CO4
hamming distance

Module -4
Q. Bloom’s
Questions COs
No. LL
1 Compare and contrast byte stuffing and bit stuffing L1 CO5
2 Explain why flags are needed when we use variable size frames. L1 CO5
3 Explain why there is no need for CRC in the simple protocol L1 CO5
4 Explain why collision is a issue in random access protocols but not in L2 CO5
controlled access protocols
5 List and explain some strategies in CSMA/CA that are used to avoid L2 CO5
collision
6 A packet has arrived in which the offset value is 300 and the payload size L3 CO5
is 100 bytes. What are the number of first byte and last byte
7 In an IPv4 datagram, the value of header length field is(6)16.How many L3 CO5
bytes of options have been added to the packet?
8 An IP fragment has arrived with an offset value of 100. How many bytes L3 CO5
of data were originally sent by the source before data in this fragment.
9 Explain the three auxiliary protocols at the network layer of the TCP/IP L4 CO5
suite that are designed to help the IPv4 protocol.
10 Stations in a pure ALOHA network send frames of size 1000 bits at the L5&L6 CO5
rate of 1Mbps. What is the vulnerable time for this network

Module -5
Q. Bloom’s
Questions COs
No. LL
1 What are the common Gigabit implementations L1 CO6

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2 What are the advantages of dividing an ethernet LAN with a bridge L1 CO6
3 Compare the data rates for Standard Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit L1 CO6
Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
4 Compare a piconet and a scatternet in the bluetooth architecture L2 CO6
5 Can a piconet have more than eight stations?Explain L2 CO6
6 Explain the relationship between a base station and a mobile switching L2 CO6
center.
7 List the differences between soft handoff and soft handoff L2 CO6
8 Briefly explain the operation of Cellular Telephony L2 CO6
9 Draw a cell pattern with a frequency-reuse factor of 3. L2 CO6
10 Which is better, a low reuse factor or a high reuse factor?Explain your L5&L6 CO6
answer

Note:
1. Questions shall be framed by consolidating comprehensively from the
following sources
 Exercise problems of text books/ references
 Previous year question VTU exam Question paper. (Mark the year/exam
beside the question)
 Questions by Experts during Interview/Academic Audit
 Internet sources/ other Universities examination question papers.
 Own / experience.
2. Questions shall follow all the Bloom’s learning levels with appropriate
action verbs
3. There shall be a total of 50 questions considering10 questions from each
module, of which, 3 questions each at L1 and L2, 2 questions at L3, 1
question each at L4 and L5/L6.
4. Ensure the coverage of all COs

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