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Paper ID [A0406]
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M.Sc. (IT) PGDCA (201) (New) (Sem. - 2nd)

COMPUTER NETWORKS
Time : 03 Hours

Maximum Marks : 75

Instruction to Candidates:
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Q1)

Section - A is Compulsory.
Attempt any Nine questions from Section - B.
Section - A

(15 2 = 30)
a) How can a composite signal be decomposed into individual
frequencies?
b) What are the advantages of networking.
c) What are disadvantages of bus topology?
d) Differentiate between bridge and router.
e) Which layer of OSI model is used for compression? Also state other
functions of the same layer.
f) What is bit stuffing in HDLC?
g) What is the role of LLC?
h) What do you understand by polling?
i)

What are 10BaseT and 10Base5 Ethernet LANs?

j)

What is hardware addressing?

k) What are the advantages of DHCP?

l)

What is a routing protocol?

m) What is the role of firewall in computer networks?

n) What is name resolution?
o) Explain briefly encryption.
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P.T.O.

Section - B
(9 5 = 45)
Q2) Discuss any one technique of error detection and error recovery.
Q3) Explain in detail sliding window protocol.
Q4) Discuss functions of all the layers of OSI model for networking.
Q5) Discuss differences between client-server networks with peer to peer
networks.
Q6) Explain in brief CSMA/CD. Which part of IEEE 802 project uses CSMA/
CD?
Q7) How does a Token ring LAN operate? Discuss in brief with example.
Q8) What are the options and trade-offs involved in designing a LAN?
Q9) Write short note on wireless networks.
Q10) Discuss in detail IPv4.
Q11) Explain various threats related to Internet.
Q12) Explain in detail hierarchical routing.
Q13) Compare and contrast circuit and packet switching.

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