S.R.M.

Institute of Science & Technology

Department of computer Science and Engineering

CS309 Computer Networks

Question Bank
Unit 1
2-Marks
1. What is a network?
2. What is a distributed system?
3. List the uses of computer networks?
4. What is resource sharing?
5. Explain client-server model?
6. What are the uses of Internet
7. Write the difference between client-server model and peer-to-peer model?
8. Explain the types of Transmission technology?
9. What are broadcast networks?
10. What is point-to-point connection?
11. What is unicasting?
12. What is subnet?
13. What is packet switched or store and forward transmission?
14. What is protocol & protocol stack?
15. What is WWW?
16. What is a carrier hotel?
17. What is ATM?
18. Write short notes on x.25?
19. What is ATM VC?
20. What is Multipath fading?
21. What are the 2 categories of standards?
22. Give the format of an ATM cell?
23. Give two differences between connection oriented & connection-less Services?
24. What is a frame & give an example?
25. What is flow control?
26. . What are 2 reasons for using layered protocols?
27. Why does ATM use small, fixed length cells?
10-Marks
1. Explain the protocol architecture of ATM?
2. Differentiate unicasting, multicasting & broadcasting?
3. Explain the functions of the layers in the OSI reference model?

4. Explain the functions of the layers in the TCP/IP model?

5. Draw the ATM cell format & explain the various fields
6. Explain the various usages of computer networks?
7. Differentiate OSI & TCP Reference models?
8. Explain different network hardware?
9. Explain the architecture of Internet?
10. Explain network standardization?
11. Explain Wireless LANs?
II UNIT
PHYSICAL LAYER
PART A 2 marks
1. Compare analog and digital data transmission?
2. Give some example of guided transmission media and explain?
3. Give some example of unguided transmission media and explain?
4. Define bandwidth.
5. Define signal to noise ratio.
6. Give the max data rate of channel with noise and without noise?
7. Define sampling
8. Why do we go for modulation?
9. Compare fiber optics and copper wires used for transmission?
10. Define multimode fiber
11. Define single mode fiber
12. Define direct sequence spread spectrum?
13. Define frequency hopping spread spectrum?
14. Mention any two uses of infrared transmission?
15. List the advantages of fiber optics?
16.what is the necessity of character stuffing.
17. what are the four framing methods?
18. Different types of satellites?
19. List the differences between satellite transmission and fiber transmission?
20. Define local loop?
21.what is meant by piggybacking?
22. What are three major problem in analog transmission lines?
23. What is a modem?
24. Explain AM with diagram?
25. Explain FM with diagram?
26. Explain PM with diagram?
27. Define band rate?

28. Distinguish between half duplex and full duplex transmission?

29. write the two approaches to implement flow control.
30. What are the principles involved in data transmission through optical fiber?
31. Explain the structure of fiber cable with neat diagram?
32. What is PUSH TO TALK system?
33. What are the two ways by which HAND OFFs can be done ?
34. Explain Cyclic Redundancy check.
35. What is MAHO?
36. Compare ADSL and cable modem?
37.A bit string is 01111011111101111110 needs to be transmitted. What will be the string after bit stuffing?

PART B 10marks
1. Explain any two guided transmission media?
2. Explain any two unguided transmission media?
3. How fiber optics can be used for LAN? Explain
4. Explain ADSL with example?
5. Explain AMPS and its call management?
6. Explain CDMA?
7. Discuss in detail the transmission media coaxial cable with respect to physical
Description, transmission characteristic and use?
8.If the frame is 1101011011 and generator is x4+x+1 what would be the transmitted frame.
9.Write a protocol if there is only one buffer available at the sender and receiver.
10.W.R.T to sliding window protocol explain
1.selective repeat
2.goback n
11.Discuss how petri net models used for protocol verification.
12.Discuss finite state Machine model for protocol specification.
13.write a stop and wait protocol.
14.If the frame is 1101011011 and generator is x4+x+1 what would be the transmitted frame. Suppose the
third bit from left is inverted during transmission show that this error is detected at the recievers end.
15.16 bit messages are transmitted using a hamming code .How many check bits are needed to ensure that
the reciever can detect and correct single bit errors.
Show the bit pattern transmitted for the message 10101111 using an even parity hamming code.
16. A 12-bit Hamming code whose hexadecimal 0x E4F arrives at the reciever. What was the original value in
hexadecimal . Assume that there is only one errror.
UNIT III
PART - A
1. What are Multi access channels / random access channels?

2. What is the purpose of MAC sublayer?

3. What is Station Model?
4. Define Collision
5. Define Contention Systems
6. Define Aloha Systems
7. Define Slotted Aloha
8. What are Carrier Sense protocols?
9. What are Non persistent CSMA?
10. What is I- persistent CSMA?
11. What is p- persistent CSMA?
12. What is CSMA/CD?
13. Define Basic bitmap method
14. Give 2 examples for CSA protocols
15. Give 2 examples for Collision free protocols
16. What are Reservation protocols?
17. What is Binary Countdown?
18. What are Limited contention protocols?
19. Define Dense wavelength Division multiplexing
20. What is Hidden station problem?
21. What is Exposed station problem?
22. What is the Basic idea behind Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (MACA)?
23. Compare thin and thick Ethernet.
24. What is Time domain reflectometry?
25. What are the 3 kinds of Ethernet cabling?
26. What are the Different cable topologies?
27. Differentiate Manchester encoding and differential Manchester encoding
28. What are the 3 kinds of Ethernet cabling with diagram?
29. What are the 3 traffic classes supported by WDMAP?
30. Differentiate hidden station problem & exposed station problem
31. What is a Repeater?
32. Short notes on binary exponential back of algorithm.
33. What is Frame bursting
34. Give the position of LLC in the protocol stack & also give its protocol format.
35. What is Fragment burst?
36. What are the 2 modes of operation supported by 802-11
37. Sketch the Manchester encoding for the bit stream 0001110101
38. Define :
a) hub
b) bridge
c) switch
d) router
e) gateway

39. Use of remote bridges

40. Write the congestion / prevention policies in transport / network & DLL layer.
41. What is load shedding
42. Differentiate token bucket & leaky bucket algorithm.
43. What is Multiprotocol router
44. What is tunneling
45. What is Segmentation
46. Give 5 types of OSPF messages
47. List the different BGP messages
48. Identify the class and default subnet mask of the IP Address 217.65.10.7
49. What does flooding mean?
PART - B
1. Explain Static channel allocation in LAN & MAN.
2. Discuss in detail Dynamic channel allocation in LAN & MAN
3. Discuss CSMA/CD algorithm of Ethernet
4. Explain Manchester encoding & differential Manchester encoding
5. Explain MAC sublayer protocol in wireless LAN (802.11)
6. Explain the distribution services provided by the base station in 802.11 wireless LAN
7. Discuss any 2 multiple access protocols
8. Discuss the design issues of network layer.
9. General principles of congestion control & any one congestion control algorithm
10. Explain binary exponential backoff algorithm of Ethernet.
11. Explain the concept of MAC with respect to various network media
12. Design issues of network layer.
13. Any 2 routing algorithms
14. Explain the distance vector routing algorithm. Mention the limitation of the same.
15. Explain the building & distribution of link state packets in a link state routing algorithm. Mention the
limitations of link state routing algorithms.
16. Explain congestion control algorithm.
17. What are the general principles of congestion control. Explain the congestion control in virtual circuit
subnets.
18. Discuss the Techniques for achieving good Quality of Service
19. Explain resource reservation protocol
20. Explain tunneling in detail
21. Explain IP protocol with its header format
30 Write short notes on ICMP, ARP, RARP
31.Comparison of Virtual-circuit and Datagram Subnet
32. Explain the frame structure and the features of Bluetooth Network.

Unit iv
Part A
1. List any two services provided by transport layer to its layer above.
2. Represent the logical relationship of transport layer and its neighboring layers using a diagram.
3. Explain the state diagram for simple connection management.
4. What is a socket?
5. Compare the environment of DL layer with transport layer.
6. How will you restrict packet life time
7. What is upward Multiplexing?
8. What is downward Multiplexing?
9. What do you mean by crash Recovery?
10. What are the advantages in representing the protocol states as a finite state machine?
11. Explain UDP header.
12. What is called Marshalling?
13. Write short notes on the little sibling protocol of RTP
14. What are the purposes of TCP?
15. What is MTU?
16. Define Port.
17. Explain silly window syndrome
18. Explain the three way handshake.
19. What are the parameters required to measure the network performance.
20. Give some examples of applicaation where UDP is prefered over TCP.
Part B
1. Explain addressing in transport layer
2. Briefly explain the connection Establishment in transport layer
3. Briefly explain the connection Release in transport layer
4. Explain the flow control and buffering in Transport layer
5. Explain Remote Procedure Call in detail.
6. Explain TCP service model
7. Explain TCP protocol giving its header
8. How congestion is controlled in TCP? Explain.
9. Explain the rules of system desing for better performance
Unit V
Part A
1. Define Cryptography
2. What is a Cipher?

3. Give the basic symmetric encryption model.

4. What is plain text?
5. What is Cipher text?
6. Define Cryptology
7. What is called cryptanalysis.
8. Explain substitution Cipher with example
9. Discuss one-time pad, encryption techniques in detail
10. What are the two fundamental cryptographic principles?
11.what is masking,frequency masking and temporal masking?
12.what are the different ways by which audio compression is done?
Part B
1. Explain the symmetric encryption model in detail
2. Explain Firewall
3. What do you understand by VPN?
4. Explain HMAC
5. Explain DNS and structure of records
6. Explain the message transfer using SMTP.
7. Explain the final delivery of email to the enduser using POP3
8. Draw and explain the architecture of World Wide Web
9. Write short notes on Video Demand
10. Explain about Audio streaming.
11. Explain Voice Over IP in detail