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IT Job Preparation Aid, Regular Batch 01

Previous Years Questions of Computer Networks and security
1. Briefly discuss what a computer network means. [Ministry of Fianance, Programmer-13]
2. What is computer Network? [BKKB AP-17] Explain different types of computer networks.
[Combined 2 Banks- O(IT)-19, BPSC ANE-20, SPARRSO AE(CSE)-20]
3. To set up a network among the computers of your office which type of network and network
features will you prefer? Justify your choice. [BPSC AP-19]
4. Differentiate between client server network and peer-to-peer network. [Engg. clg under PSC
Lecturer-17]
5. Differentiate between intranet and extranet. [BB AME-16]
6. Differentiate between Public and private network. [NTRCA Lecturer-19]
7. What is the main difference between Domain and workgroup? [BB AP-16, Multiple Ministry
AP-16]
8. Describe about Hub, switch and Router. [BPDB AE(CSE)-18]
9. Discuss about Repeater Bridge, Hub and Switch. [JB SEO(IT)-15]
10. Briefly discuss about Hub, Switch, Router, Gateway and Bridge [BCSCL (NE)-17]
11. Write short note on Node, Hub, Backbone, Router and Gateway. [BB AME-19, BUET]
12. Describe the function of router in computer network. Draw the operational block diagram of
router. [40 BCS]
13. Difference between HUB, Switch, Router. [DESCO AE(CSE)-19, BREB ASE-19, BPSC
AP-19, Ministry of Edu. Instructor (Computer)-06]
14. Differentiate between Router and switch. [WZPDCL AE(CSE)-19, , JUST AP-17]
15. Differentiate between Modem and Router. [SPARRSO AE(CSE)-20]
16. Differentiate between layer 2 and layer 3 network switch. [ICT Dept. AME-14]
17. What is piggy backing in networking? Differentiate between Hub, Switch and Router.
[BREB ASE-19]
18. What is Hub and Switch? Which one is better to use? Justify your answer. [16 th NTRCA -
19]
19. What is computer network? Explain the functionalities of various hardware of a computer
network. [MHFP SCO-14]
20. What is IP address? What is MAC address? [BREB ANE-19, BCPCL J. Instructor-19,
Multiple ministry AP-16 ]
21. What is IP? Write the range of various class of IPv4. [ICT Ministry AP-14, Ministry of
Religious A. AP-12]
22. What do you mean by dotted decimal sign in IPv4 addressing? Briefly explain dotted decimal
format and 2 base format in IPv4. [BPSC AP-12]
23. What is private IP? List the class b private IP. [BTV AP-19, ICT Dept. AME-14]
24. Write 3 private IP address range. [DBB, ANE-19, BUET]
25. What is a static IP? [37th BCS]
26. Why do we need a static private IP address and what are the advantages? [37th BCS]
27. What is statefull and stateless IP addressing? [DBBL Probationary Off.(N)-17]
28. What is the loopback address of the computer? [BPSC AP-19]
29. What is CIDR notation. [Election Comission AP-12]
30. What is networking? What is sub-netting? When and why sub-netting used? [ICT Ministry
AP-14, Ministry of Religious A. AP-12]
31. What does a network address, broadcast address and subnet mask mean? Explain. [Ministry
of HPW SCO-13]
32. Explain why subnet mask is used? [Multiple Ministry AP-17]
33. How many bits for IPv6? Write an example of IPv6. [AE(CSE)-19, WZPDCL]
34. Differentiate between IPv4 and IPv6. What are the default subnet mask for A, B and C in
IPv4. [Ministry of HPW SCO-13]
35. Write down the difference between IPv4 & IPv6. [BREB AJE(IT)-19, BCPCL J. Instructor-
19, National Parliament Secretariat Programmer-14, Ministry of HPW SCO13]
36. Find the subnet and host number of 255.255.240.0. [DBB ANE-19, BUET]
37. Show the subnet mask and first usable ip for 64th subnet. [SAE(CSE)-19, PGCB-BUET]
38. IP address: 192.168.0.165/8, find the NA, BA, SM and valid host from the given IP address.
[AP-19, DTCA]
39. Find subnet of 172.16.2.1/22 which will be applicable for your office room having 50 and
23 pcs. Also find the first and last usable IP addresses along with broad cast address. [BPSC
AP-19]
40. A IP address is : 172.16.128.120/25. Find NA, SM, BA and number of possible connection
in this network. [DPDC JAM(ICT)-20, BUET, NACTAR A. Instructor(ICT)-20]
41. An IP address is 172.20.0.0/27. How many subnets and hosts per subnet? [NU AP-20_DU]
42. Given IP address is 172.168.10.0/24. Administrator wants to create 32 subnets, then find out
Subnet mask, number of address of each subnet, first & last address of subnet 1, first & last
address of subnet 2. [JB SO(ANE)-20]
43. Find subnet mask and number of host on each subnet mask at a class B IP address is
172.16.2.1/23 (Palli Sanchay Bank AP-18)
44. What is the subnet address is ip is 200.45.34.56 and subnet mask is 255.255.240.0? [Dept.
of Immigration & Passport AP-12]
45. Find NA, BA, net mask, valid host of the IP address 192.16.13.0/30. [NESCO AM(MIS &
ICT)-18]
46. Find the first address, last address and network mask from below reference
213.211.210.10/25. [BLPA AMP-18]
47. Calculate SM & NA from the given IP address: 192.168.5.44/26. [Jiabn Bima AP-18]
48. Given a host IP address in a network is written as both 192.68.25.16/28 and
3FFE:85B:IFIF::A9:1234. [38th BCS]
i. Which one is IPv6 address? How many bits are used for IPv6 address? How does
the above IPv6 address completely with the addressing scheme?
ii. How many subnets and hosts are to be supported by the above mentioned IPv4
address?
iii. Classify IPv4 and IPv6 address.
49. Given an IP address 240.133.10.20/8. Find out network addre3ss, no. of host and subnet
mask. [BWDB AP-18]
50. Given network address 192.18.10.0/23. Divide the network address into four equal subnet.
Write down each subnet address, start address, subnet mask and broadcast address. [BCSCL
(NE)-17]
51. Given an IP address 10.2.3.20/22. Find out the number of host and subnet mask. [BTCL
AM(Tech)-17]
52. How many subnets and host per subnet can you get from the network 172.20.0.0/27. [BB
AME-17]
53. What is the first and last address of 182.44.82.16/26? [JB SEO(IT)-15]
54. Given IP address is 211.17.180.0/24, administrator wants to create 32 subnets, then find out
sub netmask, no. of address of each subnet, first and last address of subnet 1, first and last
address of subnet 32. [JB SEO(IT)-15]
55. A block address is granted to a small organization. If one of the address is 205.16.37.39/28,
what is the first and last address of the block? [Multiple Ministry AP-17]
56. You have one academic, one administrative and two hall buildings. Each of the building
contains 100 computers. Now design a network, having internet connection from the BTCL
(with proper class and IP address). [JUST AP-17]
57. Suppose your office needs to setup which can uses for internet purpose only. What will be
your steps to set up the networks in terms of:
i. IP addressing
ii. Device needed
iii. Cabling
58. Explain IEEE 802.3 frame format. [Multiple Ministry AP-17]
59. Draw the frame format of PPP and describe each field. [BPSC AP-12]
60. Short note: CSMA/CD, DNS. [Ministry of Religious Affairs AP-11]
61. What is CDMA? Explain briefly. [BREB AJE(IT)-19 ]
62. What is MAC? Explain it with appropriate figure. [BPSC AP-12]
63. What is MAC flood in switch? How attacker gets benefitted from it? [BTCL AM(Tech)-17,
DBBL Probationary Off.-17]
64. What is TCP protocol? How does it work? [BPSC AP-19]
65. What is TCP? Distinguish between TCP and UDP. [37th BCS, National Parliament
Secretariat AP-17, Dept. of Immigration & Passport AP-12]
66. Write down the difference between TCP and UDP? Write down two TCP and UDP protocol.
[DBB, ANE-19, BUET]
67. What is NAT? [BREB ANE-19]
68. Explain the importance of NAT. [BPSC AP-12]
69. Briefly explain what is meant by NAT. How can NAT help in IP address depletion? [SO(IT),
Uttara Bank-19]
70. What is firewall?[SPARRSO-20] Explain its function. Draw a LAN network and a firewall
where firewall will be suited. [BB AP-19, IBA]
71. What are the functionalities of firewall in a network? [Engg. clg under PSC Lecturer-17]
72. “https://www.bb.org.bd” – discuss different parts of this web address. [BB Data Entry
Operator (IT)-20]
73. How does HTTPs protect a website? Answer with the help of block diagram. [40 BCS]
74. Write short note on DNS, CSMA/CD, Modem, ICT, Full Duplex. [ICT Ministry AP-14]
75. How to find domain name in server? What are the advantages and disadvantages? [DBBL
Probationary Off.(N)-17]
76. What is the importance of DNS Cache in World Wide Web? [BWDB AP-18]
77. Differentiate between DNS server and caches. [BPSC AP-19, BWDB AP-18]
78. What is FTP? [Multiple Ministry AP-16]
79. What is an anonymous FTP site? Why it is used? [Multiple Ministry AP-16]
80. What is SMTP? How SMTP works? [BPSC AP-19]
81. Write the disadvantage of manual IP. Name the protocol of dynamic IP assigning. How that
protocol works? [BTCL AM(Tech)-17]
82. What is DHCP starvation? Explain briefly. [BPSC AP-19]
83. What is SSL? [BREB ANE-19]
84. Describe the function of Proxy server. [PGCB SAE(CSE)-19, BREB AJE(IT)-19]
85. What is an internet cookie? Why it is used? [BCPSC (AMP)-18]
86. What is computer virus? Write the name of 6-computer antivirus used in computer. [BKKB
AP-17]
87. What is a computer virus? Name of the two software that are used to prevent the virus.
[Ministry of Fianance, Programmer-13]
88. What is hacking, cracking and cyber security? [JB SEO(IT)-15]
89. Differentiate among risk, threat and vulnerability. What are SSL and TSL? [BB AME-19,
BUET]
90. Write down list of some cyber-attack. [Hi-Tech Park AP-19] What are the ways to protech
cyber-aatacks. [JB SEO(IT)-15]
91. Write down the ten names of different attacks through internet. [Combined 2 Banks- O(IT)-
19, Com. 2 Banks AP-18]
92. Write down the possible threats to a computer systems and how to provide security? [BTRC
AD(Tech)-19]
93. Describe five types of malware threats and mention five known countermeasures. [Com. 3
Banks AP-18]
94. What protection do you provide for your computer from malware? [BB AP-19, IBA]
95. How you can ensure IT Security in the computer system. [SPARRSO AE(CSE)-20]
96. Define software security. Challenges of software security. [BLPA AMP-18]
97. What is antivirus? Write down the name of some popular antivirus. [Dept. of Immigration &
Passport SAE(Computer)-14]
98. Differentiate between authentication and authorization. [40 BCS]
99. Write short note: i. Non-repudiation, ii. Digital Signature, iii. Two factor Authentication
100. What is non-repudiation in network security? Give a proper example. [BWDB AP-18]
101. Define worms and Trojan horse? [ICT Dept. AME-14]
102. Define ransomeware attack. Where it affects? [NESCO Manager(Soft.)-18, DBBL
Probationary Off.-17]
103. Briefly describe about DoS, IP address spoofing and Man-in-the middle attacks. [BPDB
AE(CSE)-18]
104. Explain the principle of man in the middle and session hijacking attack with appropriate
diagrams. [BPSC AP-19]
105. What is session hijacking and how to encrypt username and password in PHP? [BB AME-
17]
106. Explain Sniffing and spoofing. [SB & BDB SO(IT)-20]
107. Differentiate between spoofing and sniffing. [Com. 4 Banks AP-20(DU)]
108. What is DoS and DDoS attack? [DBBL Probationary Off.-17]
109. What is cryptography and why public key infrastructure are important to e-commerce?
[37th BCS]
110. Differentiate between symmetric and asymmetric cryptography. [Hi-Tech Park AP-19,
BUET]
111. What is public key encryption? Explain digital signature with example. [ICT Division, AP-
17]
112. What is a digital signature? And why is that important? [Ministry of Fianance,
Programmer-13]
113. Define Digital signature, digital divider, NAT. [BLPA AMP-18]
114. What do you mean by two factor authentication? Explain with example. [BTRC AD(Tech)-
19]
115. Real example of two factor authentication. [Hi-Tech Park AP-19, BUET]
116. What do you mean by DMZ networking? [BREB AJE(IT)-19 ]
117. What is DMZ? Explain with appropriate figure. [NESCO Manager(Soft.)-18]
118. What is web portal and web hosting? Describe the importance of web hosting. [16th
NTRCA Lecturer-19]
119. What is website? Describe linear sequel web structure and Tree web structure with
appropriate figure. [16th NTRCA Lecturer-19]
120. What are the important steps to secure a web server? [BB AME-17]
121. Differentiate between web server and application server. [BKKB AP-17]
122. Define system software and application software with three examples of each. [BB AME-
16]
123. What is e-mail? What precautions can be taken to prevent unnecessary and unwanted e-
mails? [Ministry of Fianance, Programmer-13]
124. What protocol used in mail server? Also describe the sending process of mail. [DBBL
Probationary Off.(N)-17]
125. What does Blade server mean? [DBBL Probationary Off.-17]
126. Differentiate between web 2.0 and web 3.0. [JB SEO(IT)-15]
127. What are the properties of weak password? [ICT Dept. AME-14]
128. What is meant by the term link in case of network? [MHFP SCO-14]
129. Write 5 popular names of web browser and also 5 popular search engines. [BTEB
Instructor-14]
130. What is a social network? [Ministry of HPW SCO-13]
131. What do you mean by BCC? [Election Comission AP-12]
132. Explain the terms: Domain, Bandwidth, Broadcast, and Multicast. [Multiple Ministry AP-
17]
133. What are the advantages of using ‘Web Cache’ in a network? [Ministry of Edu. Instructor
(Computer)-06]
134. Explain CAD, CAL, Cookies and Trojan horse. [BB Data Entry Operator (IT)-20]
135. Function of various layers of Hybrid network model. [DPDC JAM(ICT)-20, BUET]
136. Make a list of LTE network elements. [SB & JB O(IT)-20_DU]
137. What is an access network? Briefly describe the available access network. [BTRC
AD(Tech)-19]
138. Suppose you are entering data into computer but facing some problem with your monitor.
You need to buy a new monitor. What factor should you consider in case of monitor? [BB
AME-16]
139. Let your computer is connected to internet through Ethernet. At some point you have found
that there is no internet available in your computer. How will you identify where the problem
occurs? [BB Data Entry Operator (IT)-20]
140. Write full form: VGA, OCR, VLAN, SMTP, URL, VoIP, VSAT, TCP/IP and DHCP.
[BKKB AP-17]
141. Write short note on: Active directory, DHCP, Scope and super scope, DNS, forward and
reverse lookup in DNS, A record and MX record, IPCONFIG command, domain, operating
system, RAS server, VPN server, Difference between RAS and VPN server, IAS server,
PING Command, Child domain, Default Gateway, trusting domain and trusted domain, BUS
speed, Fix boot command, B Router, SMTP server, RJ45 and RJ11 Connectors, Windows
server, Server OS vs Desktop OS

NB:
DTCA- Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority JB-Janata Bank
WZPDCL-West Zone power Distribution Company Ltd SEO-Senior Executive Officer
DBB-=Dutch Bangla Bank
BCPCL-Bangladesh China Power Company Limited
BLPA - Bangladesh Land Port Authority
BWDB- Bangladesh Water Development Board
BKKB-Bangladesh Karmachari Kallayan Board
AMP-Assistant Manager Programmer
MHFP-Ministry of health & Family planning
SCO-Senior Computer operator