NETWORKS LAB VIVA QUESTIONS

Exercise 1
Viva Questions:
1. What is the use of tcpdump command?
Tcpdump is a command line utility that allows you to capture and analyze network traffic going
through your system. It is often used to help troubleshoot network issues, as well as
a security tool
2. State the syntax of nslookup command?
nslookup [option]

3. State the applications of traceroute

NetFlow.
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
Packet Capture.
Synthetic APM.
Network Troubleshooting.

4. What is the result of netstat command?

The netstat command generates displays that show network status and protocol statistics. You
can display the status of TCP and UDP endpoints in table format, routing table information, and
interface information. The most frequently used options for determining network status are: s ,
r , and i .
5. Define computer network.
A computer network is a group of computers that use a set of common communication
protocols over digital interconnections for the purpose of sharing resources located on or
provided by the network nodes.

Exercise 2

Viva Questions:
1. In what way HTTPs differ from HTTP?
HTTP is unsecured while HTTPS is secured. HTTP sends data over port 80 while HTTPS uses
port 443.
2. Define webpage.
A web page (or webpage) is a specific collection of information provided by a website 
3. Define hypertext
Hypertext is text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references
(hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access.

4. What is URL?
A Uniform Resource Locator, colloquially termed a web address, is a reference to a web resource
that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
5. Define client-server architecture
Client-server architecture, architecture of a computer network in which many clients (remote
processors) request and receive service from a centralized server (host
computer). Client computers provide an interface to allow a computer user to request
services of the server and to display the results the server returns.

6. What are the application protocols in TCP/IP architecture?

NFS, NIS+, DNS,HTTP,SMTP
Exercise 3
Viva Questions:
1. Define socket address
socket address is the combination of an IP address and a port number, much like one end of
a telephone connection is the combination of a phone number and a particular extension.
2. What is the use of Port number?
A port number is a way to identify a specific process to which an Internet or other network
message is to be forwarded when it arrives at a server

3. State the procedure for connection oriented approach

 It requires a logical connection to be established between the two processes before
data is exchanged. The connection must be maintained during the entire time that
communication is taking place, then released afterwards. The process is much like a
telephone call, where a virtual circuit is established--the caller must know the person's
telephone number and the phone must be answered--before the message can be
delivered.
4. List the function calls in connection less approach

5. What is meant by process?

Exercise 4
Viva Questions:
1.What is DNS?
The Domain Name System is a hierarchical and decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other
resources connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names
assigned to each of the participating entities
2.list some domain names

3.State the applications of UDP

4.How DNS server resolve mapping?

5.What is the need for DNS?

Exercise 5

Viva Questions:
1.Name the protocols in Transport layer
2.What is the need for ARP?
3.What is RARP?
4.What is the length of IPV4 and Ipv6?
5.Draw the format of Class C address.
Exercise 6
Viva Questions:

1.What is congestion?
2.What is congestion control?
3.List the techniques of congestion control
4.State any two congestion avoidance
methods
5.List the network simulation tools

Exercise 7

Viva Questions :

1. Why TCP is called as Connection oriented protocol?

2. List the Applications of UDP
3. What is meant by Bandwidth?
4. Define Throughput
5. What are the metrics used to measure the performance?

Exercise 8

VIVA QUESTIONS:
1. Compare connection oriented and connection less protocols.
2.What is MTU?
3.Explain the working of Distance vector routing.
4.Differentiate Proactive and Reactive routing Protocols.
5.What are the different attributes for calculating the cost of a path?
6.What do you meant by flooding?.
7.Which one is the best shortest path algorithm?

Exercise 9
VIVA QUESTIONS:

1.What is Unicast?
2.Differentiate Unicast and Multicast
3.How will you differentiate stop and end statement ?
4.What is router?
5.What is switch?
Exercise 10

VIVA QUESTIONS:

1. What are the types of errors?

2. What is Error Detection? What are its methods?
3. What is Redundancy?
4. What is CRC?
5. What is Checksum?

EXTRA VIVA QUESTIONS:

Viva Questions:
1.Define UDP
2.What is the use of bind function call
3.Which commands are used for sending and receiving dat?
4.Differentiate TCP and UDP
5.What are the parameters needed for socket function call?
6.Define Remote method Invocation
7.List any two network commands and their uses
8..What is IP address?
9.What is Physical address?
10.Compare Physical, IP address and Socket address.