5 Marks Questions

1. How does Manchester encoding differ from differential Manchester encoding?

2. draw the following encoding scheme for the bit pattern 0001110101
a. i) RZ ii) AMI iii) Differential Manchester encoding

3. Differentiate between circuit switching and packet switching.

4. Write the difference between bit stuffing and character stuffing.

5. Derive the expression of the efficiency of pure ALOHA. Compare it with the
slotted ALOHA.
6. Generate the CRC code for the data word of 1011011001. Divisor is 1011.

7. Briefly describe the guided media in computer networks and state the
comparison among them.
8. Enumerate the mechanism of three-way handshake protocol for TCP.
9. Explain the working of Electronic mail. How SMTP used in Email applications

10. Discuss about the techniques to improve QoS in internetworking.

11. Explain CSMA and protocols with Collision detection and Avoidance

12. Show mathematically that if noise is too high of a noisy channel, the channel
capacity will be zero. (Hint: consider SNR of signal)

13. Discuss application areas, merits and demerits of FDM and TDM techniques in
detail.

14. Explain the utility of layered architecture. Explain different layers of ISO/OSI
models.

15. How many bits are there in physical address? In terms of addressing, what are
the types of addressing? Mention their purpose of uses.

16. What TELNET stands for? Explain working principle of TELNET.

17. Discuss different persistent methods in CSMA technique with flowchart. Why
CSMA/CD is not implemented in WLAN?

18. State the difference between IPV4 and IPV6?

19. Define socket address along with its parameters.

20. What are the common services provided by both the layers TCP and Data-link?

21. Explain 3-way handshaking mechanisms in TCP for both connection

establishment and termination with suitable diagrams.

22. Distinguish TCP and UDP.

23. Define Domain Name System (DNS). Give example of three generic domain
levels.

24. What FTP stands for? Explain working principle of FTP.

25. Write short notes on the followings: HTTP and WWW.

26. What is the network address? What is the purpose of subnetting?

27. What is a default mask?

28. Define the following terminologies: switch, bridge, router and gateway

i) Differentiate error detection and error correction and set

appropriate examples.
ii) Define piggybacking with suitable example.

29. With suitable diagram, explain the working principles of signal propagation
through fiber optic cable.
30. Discuss about different topologies available with a network.

31. Briefly describe the components of a network?

32. Describe the functions of the layers in OSI model.

33. Why the divisor in CRC is expressed as an algebraic polynomial? How to derive
the divisor from the polynomial?

34. With suitable diagram, explain stop and wait protocol considering all possible
cases.

35. State the ALOHA protocol with a suitable flow diagram.

36. Define burst error. What is the limitation of simple parity checker?
10 Marks Questions
1. i) Define burst error.
ii) What is the limitation of simple parity checker?
iii) Why the divisor in CRC is expressed as an algebraic polynomial? How to derive
the divisor from the polynomial?

b) In Go Back-N ARQ, sender window size>2m-1”. Is it correct? Justify. How lost data
packet and lost acknowledgement is handled in Go-Back-N ARQ with example
diagram.

2. a)What is circuit switching? Explain with proper example how multistage switch is
better than crossbar switch.
b) Draw a sine wave and write the equation of the wave. Define each of the parameters
in the equation.

3 a) What is distance vector routing protocol? What is the difference between RIP and
BGP?
b) Distinguish ARP and RARP. What NAT stands for? Describe purpose of using of
NAT.

4. a) What is QoS? Explain different techniques to improve QoS?

b) Describe token bucket algorithm for congestion control.

5. a) What is the network address in a class A subnet with the IP address of one of the
hosts as 25.34.12.56 and mask 255.255.0.0?
b) A company is granted the site address 181.56.0.0 (class B). The company needs 1000
subnets. Design the subnets.

6. The following character encoding is used in a data link protocol:

A: 01000111; B: 11100011; FLAG: 01111110; ESC: 11100000
Show the bit sequence transmitted (in binary) for the four-character frame: AB ESC
FLAG when each of the following framing methods are used:
i. Character Count
ii. Flag bytes with byte stuffing
iii. Starting and ending flag bytes, with bit stuffing.

7. Describe the characteristics and applications of the following network devices:

(a) Repeaters (b) Routers (c) Bridge (d) Switches (e) Gateway

8. Write a brief note on a)ARP . b) Compare IPv4 and IPv6.

9. a. Discuss stop and wait protocol

b. Explain about the Carrier Sense Multiple Access Protocols?

10. a) A block of addresses is granted to a small organization. We know that one of the
Addresses are 205.16.37.39/28.
a. What is the first address in the block?
b. Find the last address for the block
c. Find the number of addresses

b) Find the sub network address and the host-ID for the following
a. IP Address – 120.14.22.16 & Mask- 255.255.128.0
b. IP Address – 140.11.36.22 & Mask- 255.255.255.0
c. IP Address – 141.181.14.16 & Mask- 255.255.224.0
d. IP Address – 200.34.22.156 & Mask- 255.255.255.240

11. i)What HTML stands for?

ii)Write down the structure of a web page.
iii)Name some common tags used with HTML.
iv)Write a short HTML program to understand the structure of HTML.

12. (i) Use given data to derive the data to be transmitted using CRC.
Data: 100100; polynomial: x3+x2+1
ii) .With suitable diagram, explain stop and wait protocol considering all possible cases.

13. Describe the IPv4 header format with a suitable diagram.

14. Mention and describe in brief about the system calls using UDP for client and server
processes in client-server paradigm.

15. Describe the leaky bucket mechanism toward traffic shaping with a suitable
diagram.

16. (i)How many bits are there with IPv4 addressing? How to represent an IPv4 address
in dotted decimal format? Mention the highest valued and lowest valued IPv4 address
in dotted decimal format.
iii) Explain, what type of addresses are used in a LAN without having a internet
connection?
iv)How a router works in a network?

17. Write about different transmission modes of communicating devices with suitable
diagrams and examples.
 ii) Draw a sine wave and write the equation of the wave. Define each of the parameters
in the equation.

18. .i) Define Network.

ii)What are the components of a network?
iii)Mention the criteria of a network.
iv)Discuss about different topologies available with a network.

19. i) Describe the functions of the layers in OSI model.

ii) With suitable diagram, explain the working principles of signal propagation
through fiber optic cable.

20.a. Show mathematically that if noise is too high of a noisy channel, the channel
capacity will be zero. (Hint: consider SNR of signal)

b. Show the line coding for the given string following Manchester and Differential
Manchester encoding. 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0