CS16401-COMPUTER NETWORKS

COMMON TO CSE/ECE/EEE
QUESTION BANK
PART A:
Unit 1:
1. Why do we need layering and protocol?
2. List out the networks topologies and justify which topology is the reliable
one.
3. Write the parameters used to measure network performance.
4. Write the parameters used to measure network performance.
5. Define the term protocol.
6. State the issues of data link layer.
7.
Unit 2:
8. Differentiate between Bridge and Router network connecting devices.
9. Differentiate between forwarding table and routing table.
10. Define flow control.
11. What are the metrics used by routing protocol.
12. What is meant by bit stuffing? Give an example.
13. Compare Byte-oriented versus Bit-oriented protocol.
14. Show the Ethernet frame format.
15. What is Bluetooth.
16. Define hidden node problem.
17. What do you mean by error control.
18. What do you understand by CSMA protocol.
19. Give the advantages of CSMA techniques over ALOHA.
Unit 3:
20. What are the advantages of DHCP .
21. Define subnetting,routing.
22. Write the types of connecting devices in internetworking.
23. Identify the following IP addresses into which class IP�s i) 234.235.1.0
ii) 43.33.12.4
24. What is port ID and give any two example protocols with their port ID.
25. What are the metrics used by routing protocols?
26. Why is IPV4 to IPV6 transition required?
27. What is the need of ARP.
28. What is Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) ?
Unit 4:
29. List the advantages of connection oriented services over connectionless
services.
30. Write the difference between congestion control and flow control.
31. Differentiate UDP from TCP and justify which one is best when you are in the
position to send bulk data over the communication line.
32. List the different phases used in tcp.
33. List some of the QOS parameters of Transport layer.
34. What do you mean by slow start in TCP congestion?
Unit 5:
35. What is web services and give an example.
36. What are the roles of SNMP in Networks?
37. Mention the types of HTTP messages.
38. Write the use of Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
39. Mention the different levels in domain name space.

PART B:
Unit 1:

1. Explain the ISO-OSI Reference Model with neat sketch and justify whether this
model is comfortable for the Internet communication.
2. Explain briefly Manchester encoding technique in digital transmission.
3. Discuss the approaches used for error detection in networking.
4. Outline the steps involved in building a computer network. Give the detailed
description for each steP.
5. Draw the OSI network architecture and explain the functionalities of every
layer in detail.
6. Explain about Network topology and its types.
7. Explain in detail about Multiplexing with its types.
8. Explain about few transmission media in the computer network and justify and
give the advantages of wired media over wireless media.
9. Write short notes on any two multiplexing technique.
10. Explain the challenges faced in building a network.
Unit 2:
11. Explain about flow control and discuss anyone flow control technique and
justifies why should again use flow control in the transport layer.
12. What is error correction technique and discuss the following problem? Assume
that you have to send n=8 bit Data to say 11100111. Using hamming code to correct
the error at the receiver side.
13. Discuss the working of CSMA/CD protocol.
14. Explain the functions of wi-Fi and Bluetooth in detail.
15. Explain the functions of MAC layer present in IEEE 802.11 with necessary
diagrams.
16. Explain the various flow control mechanisms.
17. Explain Ethernet LAN and discuss the CSMA/CD algorithm.
18. What is error detection technique and take data bits as 111101 and divisor
bits as 110 and find the transmitting data in sender side using CRC.

Unit 3:
19. Explain the working of ARP protocol with its header format.
20. Show and explain the ARP packet format for mapping IP addresses into Ethernet
addresses.
21. A block of addresses is granted to a small organization. We know that one of
the addresses is 198.12.30.10/28. What are the first address, last address and
total number of address in the block?
22. Explain the protocol stack and working principal of BGP with suitable
example.
23. Explain Link State Routing (OSPF) concept with your own example.
24. Write a short notes on sub-netting.
25. Define and explain briefly about Distance vector routing.
26. Write a short notes on ICMP and ARP.
27. Explain the working of Protocol independent Multicast (PIM) in detail.
28. Elaborate on multicast routing protocols.
Unit 4:
29. Discuss any two congestion control algorithms (A I M D) with neat diagram and
justify which is the best algorithm.
30. Discusses briefly the UDP protocol.
31. Explain the 3 way handshake protocol to establish the transport level
connection.
32. Explain the adaptive retransmission with anyone algorithm.
33. Explain in details about DECbit and RED congestion avoidance algorithms and
analyze the advantages of RED over the DECbit algorithm.
34. Explain the various fields of the TCP header and the working of the TCP
protocol.
35. Explain in detail the various TCP congestion control mechanisms.
36. Draw a TCP state transition diagram for connection management.
37. Explain the Adaptive flow control and retransmission techniques used in tcp.
Unit 5:
38. Explain in detail about Domain Name System.
39. Write short notes on the following: i) Email ii)HTTP
40. Explain the DNS with an example.
41. Discuss the functions performed by DNS give example.
42. Discusses in details about HTTP with their versions.
43. Explain the Email with its any two supportive protocols(SMTP, MIME, IMAP).
44. Describe how SMTP transfers message from one host to another with suitable
illustrations.
45. Explain IMAP with its state transition diagram.
46. List the elements of network management and explain the operation of SNMP
protocol in detail.
47. Write short notes on multimedia application.