GLS UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Computer Application & Information Technology

iMSCIT
Semester-V
1601501 DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING
Assignment
Unit 1
Q-1 Define the following terms
1. Throughput
2. Bandwidth
3. Protocols
4. Signal Propogation
5. Analog Signal
6. Digital Signal
7. Baud Rate
8. Bit Rate
9. Parallel Communcation
10. Serial Commnunication
11. Multiplexing
12. Amplitude
13. Frequency
14. Phase
15. Time
Q-2 Fill in the blanks:
1. A set of rules that govern communication between the sender and the receiver is called
______
2. _______ signals are continuous in nature.
3. _______ signals are on-off in nature.
4. The strength of a signal at any point of time is called as its __________ .
5. The time required for the completion of one single cycle is its _________ .
6. The number of cycles completed by a signal in one second is its ________.
7. A ________ detects zeroes and ones and regenerates them.
8. The _______ techniques combines the features of ASK and PSK.
9. The line containing repeaters is called a ________ .
10. The measure of the number of data bits transmitted in one second is called ________.

Q-3 True or False

1. Bits per second is the number of times the signal level changes in a channel per second.
2. The term modem is derived from a single component i.e modulator.
 3. ASK , FSK , PSK are all modulation techniques.
4. A codec is required at both the ends(source and destination) to perform analog to digital
and digital to analog conversion.
5. In ASK , we do not alter the frequency and phase.
6. ASK is highly affected by noise.
7. The de-jure standards apply because of choice.
8. Protocol is the physical layer path over which data travels from the sender to the
receiver.
9. Bandwidth commonly used in data transmission.
10. The unit to measure frequency is MHz.

Q-4 Answer the following questions:

1. Explain with example simple, half-duplex and full-duplex transmission.
2. What is Data Communication? Explain its characteristics.
3. List and explain things define by protocols.
4. What is Standard? Explain with its types.
5. Differentiate Synchronous and Asynchronous transmission.
6. Explain various Modulation texhniques in detail.
7. Explain in detail Parallel communication.
8. Explain in detail Serial communication.
9. Explain Synchronous and Asynchronous transmission with example.
10. Explain Pulse Code Modulation technique.
11. Differentiate between Analog and Digital Signal.
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FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SUBJECT: INTRODUCTION TO DATA COMMUNICATION & NETWORKING
iMSCIT Sem – V
Theory Assignment – II

Q-1 Fill in the Blanks:

1. ______ is the process of combining multiple signals into one signal, over a shared
medium.
2. FDM stands for _____.
3. NAK means _____
4. The Asynchronous TDM is also known as _____
5. WDM stands for ______.
6. WDM used ____ type of wire.
7. _________ & _________ are an analog multiplexing technique.
8. _________ is a digital multiplexing technique.
9. _________ is caused because the signals at different frequencies travel at different
speeds along the medium.
10. The receiver sends a _________ back to sender if every thing was ok.
11. In _________, the sender sends one frame and waits for an acknowledgment from the
receiver before sending the next frame.
12. As a signal travels through any medium, its strength decreases due to ___________.
13. Some electromagnetic energy can get inserted somewhere during transmission, which
is normally called __________.
14. In ___________, a sequence of overhead bits are added to data to be transmitted.
15. In __________ error, a bit value of 0 changes to 1 or vice-versa.

Q-2 True or False

1. Multiplexing divides the physical line or medium into logical segments called
channels.
2. The mux is responsible for both multiplexing and demultiplexing.
3. In half duplex communication, both parties can transmit data at the same time.
4. Multiplexing is same as modulating.
5. CRC calculation is based on specific portion of data.
6. The receiver sends in negative acknowledgement if there is any error in the received
data.
7. Attenuation is very small at short distances.
8. In the sliding window method, only when the first byte is acknowledge by the
receiver that the sender would send the next byte.
 9. In a burst error, multiple bits of binary value are changed.
Q-3 Answer the following questions:
1. What is multiplexing? Explain the types of multiplexing.
2. Explain types of Errors in detail.
3. What is FDM? What are the advantages of disadvantages of FDM.
4. Write a note on TDM and STDM.
5. FDM vs TDM
6. What is checksum? How does it work?
7. Describe the Go-back-n technique with example.
8. How does the sliding window technique work?
9. Explain stop-and-wait method with diagram.
10 Explain how Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) works?
11. Explain LRC Error Detection Technique.
12. Explain VRC Error Detection Technique.
13. Explain Synchronous and Statistical TDM in detail.

Note: All the students have to attempt Q-1, Q-2 complusory. Attemt Q-3 in following
sequence:

Roll No. [Div-A,Div-B] Question No.

1 (Roll no--1->20) 1,3,6,12,13
2(Roll no--21->40) 2,5,8,11,13
3(Roll no--41->60) 1,3,7,11,13
4 Roll no-->60 Onwards 3,7,10,12,13
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iMSCIT Sem – V
SUBJECT: iIntroduction To Data Communication and Networking
Unit-3
Q-1 Multiple Choice Questions
1. Communication between a computer and a keyboard involves ______________
transmission.
A. Simplex
B. Half-Duplex
C. Full-Duplex
D. None of them
2. Which of the following cable or wires uses electrical current to carry signal?
A. Twisted Pair Cable
B. Coaxial Cables
C. Optical Fibres
D. None of them
3. Transmission media are usually categorized as _____
A. fixed or unfixed
B. guided or unguided
C. metallic or nonmetallic
D. determinate or indeterminate
4. In fiber optics, the signal is _______ waves.
A. light
B. radio
C. infrared
D. very low frequency
5. The inner core of an optical fiber is _______ in composition.
A. glass or plastic
B. copper
C. metal
D. liquid
6. ______________ are used which move at the same RPM as the earth in the same direction
exactly like earth.
A. Microwave Satellite
B. Terrestrial Microwave
C. Geosynchronous satellites
D. All of them
7. ____________ controls various cell offices and coordinates the communication.
A. MTSO
B. TCO
C. Telephone Exchange
D. AMPS
8. In ______________ topology each node is connected to every other node by direct links.
A. Star
B. Mesh
C. Ring
D. Bus
 9. In _________ topology every node is connected to some hub and few nodes are directly
connected to the central hub.

A. Mesh
B. Tree
C. Ring
D. Bus
10. ____________ topology requires multipoint connection.
A. Mesh
B. Tree
C. Ring
D. Bus
Q-2 Fill in the blanks:
1 Mesh Topology is also called ____________
2 __________ defines how various computers or nodes are connected to one another.
3 In Star Topology there is a central node called a ________.
4 In _____ topology, if a computer’s network cable is broken, whole network goes down.
5 The ________is a circuit-switched network, while the ______is a packet-switched
network.
6 _________ and __________ cables carry signals in form of electric current.
7 ___________ topology can be considered as an extension to BUS topology.
8 RPM stands for ___________________________________
9 ____________ wirelesss band is for terrestrial and satellite microwave and radar
communication.
10 Coaxial cable is also known as ____________ .

Q-3 True or False

1 A switch is a device that connects multiple computers into a network in which multiple
communications links can be in operation simultaneously.
2 A satellite is a type of wired communications media.
3 Coaxial cable (coax) has one central wire surrounded by insulation, a metallic shield, and
a final case of insulating material.
4 Coaxial wire uses a very thin glass or plastic fiber through which pulses of light travel.
5 Router acts as a smart hub connecting computers into a network, and separates your
network from all other network.
6 Light emitting diode and injection laser diode are same types of lightr sources.
7 Mesh topology is also called complete topology
8 In microwave communication, repeaters are used along with antennas to enhance the
signal.
9 A packet does not contain any other information than the data.
10 In case of message switching, the computer stores the packet to be forwarded on its route
in its main memory until it can be forwarded.
Q-4 Answer the following questions:
1 Discuss merits and demerits of ring and bus topology.
2 Explain hybrid topology in detail.
3 Explain the working of cellular/mobile telephones.
4 Explain guided media in detail with its types.
5 Explain Star and Bus topology in detail.
6 What is the difference between message switching and packet switching?
7 Explain Microwave communication in detail.
9 Explain Circuit Switching in detail with block diagram.
10 Explain Mesh topology in detail with diagram.
11 Discuss how Tree Topology works with diagram.
12 Write short note on Coaxial Cable.
13 What is Message Switching? Explain how it works.
14 Discuss how Satellite Communication differs from microwave communication.
15 Explain Ring topology in detail with diagram.