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MCA-REGULAR

MCA2020-22-S2 : 20MCA104- Advanced Computer

Networks –Question Bank

MODULE : 1

Part A (3 Marks)

1. Describe computer network and characteristics.

2. Explain different types of Network device.
3. Explain some hardware components required to setup computer network.
4. Explain different types of network cables?
5. Explain two types of WANs.
6. Explain the components of computer network.
7. Explain the Basic Communication Model with neat diagram.
8. Explain Transmission media.
9. Explain Transmission Modes.
10.What is a protocol or protocol stack.
11.Explain the importance of layering in data communication
12.Explain Packet Switching with diagram.
13.Differentiate IP address and MAC address.
14.Explain DNS server and Port.
15.Explain different ways to access the Internet.
16.What is a Queue in computer network.
17.Explain the queuing disciplines.
18.Describe different types of queue?
19.Describe network delay
20.Describe Throughput.
21.What is QOS.
22.What is Jitter.
23.Explain the layers of TCP/IP protocol suite.
24. Explain the layers of ISO/OSI Model
25.Compare and contrast OSI and TCP/IP network reference models
26.Explain encapsulation and decapsulation in TCP/IP protocol suite.
27.Difference between multiplexing and demultiplexing.
28.What are application layer protocols.
29.Describe standard client server applications.
30.Explain different Application Layer Paradigms.
31.Explain Socket, Socket interface and Socket address.
32.Difference between UDP protocol and TCP protocol?
33.What is URL.
34.Explain different web documents.
35.Differentiate HTTP persistent and non-persistent communication.
36.Explain FTP with a neat diagram.
37.Explain the architecture of E-Mail.
38.Explain the role of SMTP, IMAP4 and POP3 in E-Mail communication.
39.Explain domain name and its types.
40.Explain DNS messages.
41.Demonstrate DNS records and resolution
42.List out and explain the functionalities of different DNS records.
43.Explain P2P file sharing.

Part B (6 Marks)

1. Explain Computer Network and different types of networks.

2. Explain connecting devices or network devices.
3. Illustrate Switching techniques.
4. Illustrate Packet Switching with neat diagram.
5. Compare Datagram approach and Virtual Circuit approach with neat
diagram
6. Explain QOS and its service models
7. Explain TCP/IP Protocol Suite and its layers.
8. List and explain ISO/OSI layers and their functions.
9. Compare and contrast OSI and TCP/IP network reference models.
10.Illustrate Network Application Architecture?
11.Explain WWW and its architecture.
12.Explain HTTP and its request-response behaviour with a neat diagram.
13.Name the protocol used to transfer a file from one host to another. Outline
its data connection and control connection with neat diagram.
14.Summarize and visualize various protocols involved in Electronic Mail.
15.Explain DNS in the Internet.
MODULE : 2

Part A (3 Marks)
1. Explain the different services of transport layer.
2. Compare Multiplexing and De-multiplexing process in transport layer.
3. Explain encapsulation and decapsulation in transport layer.
4. Explain flow control at transport layer.
5. Explain the error control in transport layer
6. Explain the congestion control in transport layer.
7. Explain the communication in transport layer.
8. Compare connection oriented and connection less services.
9. Explain piggybacking with a diagram?
10.List and explain transport layer protocols.
11.Explain Selective Repeat Protocol.
12.Demonstrate how stop-and wait protocol is used for reliable data transfer.
13.Explain Bidirectional protocol.
14.Explain TCP and UDP services.
15.What is SYN Flooding Attack
16.What is Half close.
17.Explain How TCP is controlling congestion during data transmission.
18.What are the features and application of UDP.
19.Explain Windows in TCP.
20.Explain phases of TCP connection
21.Explain flow control in TCP
22.What is Silly Window Syndrome
23.Explain Nagle’s algorithm.
24.Write on congestion detection using TCP
25.Write on congestion avoidance using TCP
26.Define TCP Timers and with neat diagram.

Part B (6 Marks )

1. Explain the different transport layer protocols.

2. Explain unidirectional protocols in transport layer.
3. Write a short note on:
a. Stop-and-wait
b. Go-Back-N
c. Selective Repeat
4. Explain TCP and UDP at transport layer with neat diagram
5. Explain the process of three-way handshaking in TCP.
6. Write a short note on Error control in TCP
7. Explain Silly Window Syndrome
 8. Explain the principles of congestion control with its fairness and
efficiency.
9. Explain congestion control in TCP.
10.Explain TCP Timers

MODULE : 3

Part A (3 Marks)
1. Describe services of Network-Layer
2. Explain Packet Switching
3. Explain datagram approach
4. Explain virtual-circuit approach
5. Differentiate virtual circuits and datagrams
6. Explain the phases to create a connection-oriented service
7. How to measure the performance of network.
8. Which are types of delays in a network.
9. What is Network layer Congestion? Explain the broad categories of
Congestion control mechanisms.
10.What is back pressure
11.What is choke packet.
12.Compare and contrast IPV4 and IPV6.
13.What is IPV4 address
14.Explain fragmentation in IPV4
15.Compare classful and classless addressing
16.Explain subnetting.
17.Explain how IPv6 solve the problem of IPv4 exhaustion?
18.Explain IPV4 datagram format.
19.List and explain threats affect on IPV4 datagrams.
20.Explain ICMPv4
21.Explain ICMPv4 messages
22.What is source quench.
23.What is Unicast routing.
24.Explain least-cost tree.
25.Explain least cost routing
26.Explain distance vector routing
27.Differentiate Distance vector and link state routing.
28.What is Bellman-Ford equation.
29.Explain autonomous systems.
30.What is count to infinity
31.Explain Two-Node Loop Problems and also mention its solutions.
32.Explain link state routing
33.Distinguish between link state routing and distance vector routing
 34.What is path vector routing.
35.What is spanning tree.
36.Explain any unicast routing protocol.
37.Describe Routing information Protocol (RIP).
38.Explain RIP timers
39.Explain OSPF.
40.Which are the types of BGP Messages.
41.Explain BGP4
42.Which are the types of BGP Messages.
43.Explain how multicast routing is used in routing protocols.
44.Briefly explain Multicast Addresses
45.Explain IGMP
46.What is DVMRP
47.What is MOSPF
48.What is PIM
49.Differentiate intra and inter domain routing protocols
50.What is MBGP
51.Describe ipv6 protocol.
52.What are the main difference between ipv6 and ipv4
53.List the features of ipv6.
54.Explain three types of ipv6 addresses.
55.Summarize software defined networks
56.Define SDN.
57.Explain Open Flow
58.State open flow protocol.
Part B (6 Marks)
1. Differentiate virtual circuits and datagram networks.
2. What is Virtual Circuit? Explain the connection management in Virtual
circuit with suitable Diagrams. What are the different classifications of
VCs?
3. What is Packet Switching? Explain the various Packet Switch Techniques
4. What is Network layer Congestion? Discuss on Network-Layer
Congestion Control Mechanism.
5. Explain different network layer protocols.
6. Explain Internet Protocol, IPV4 and its datagram format.
7. Illustrate the Internet Control Message Protocol version 4.
8. Explain ICMPv4 and its messages.
9. Explain with example
a. Least cost routing
b. Distance vector routing
10.Explain Distance vector routing table.
 11.Define Routing. Explain Distance vector routing algorithm with an
example.
12.Explain Link state routing and path vector routing.
13.What is unicast routing. Explain any unicast routing protocol.
14.Explain RIP and its Timers
15.Define routing? Explain the process of link state routing with OSPF
protocol.
16.Differentiate between RIP protocol and BGP protocol
17. Explain BGP4 and its messages.
18.Explain OSPF protocol in detail.
19.Briefly explain OSPF and LSDB
20.What is Multicasting? Explain the various applications of multicasting.
21.Explain
a. Multicasting and its approaches
b. IGMP
22.Explain any Intra-domain routing protocol in detail
23.Explain DVMRP, MOSPF and PIM
24.Compare IPV4 and IPV6
25.Explain IPV6
26.Explain SDN architecture in detail.
27.Describe open flow protocol and how is it related to SDN.

MODULE : 4

Part A (3 Marks)
1. Explain Nodes and Links.
2. What is Point-to-point link.
3. What is Broadcast link.
4. Explain different Types of links.
5. Explain sub layers of Data link layer
6. What is Data link control.
7. What is MAC
8. What is Framing.
9. Explain types of errors
10.What is difference between single bit error and burst error.
11.What is redundancy.
12.What is byte Stuffing.
13.What is block coding
14.What is hamming distance.
15.Explain parity error detection technique in detail.
16.Explain how parity is used to achieve error detection in data
communication
17.What is CRC
18.What is checksum
19.Explain approaches of checksum.
20.Explain HDLC protocol
21.Explain any two DLC protocol
22.What are the service provided by PPP.
23.Briefly explain slotted ALOHA protocol.
24.What is ALOHA
25.What is CSMA
26.Explain reservation
27.Explain Polling
28.Explain Token passing
29.What is FDMA
30.What is TDMA
31.What is CDMA
32.Illustrate IEEE 802.3 frame structure.
33.What is IEEE 802.3
34.What is switching
35.Explain different switching techniques
36.Explain different switching modes
37.What is bridging.
38.What is signal strength
39.What is interference
40.Explain about Ethernet switches
41.What are transparent switches
42.What is ARP
43.What is data encoding
44.Write a short note on routers, switches, bridges
45.Explain how ARP is working in data link layer
46.Explain about unguided media and guided media
47.Explain about bridging techniques
48.Explain about FIB
49.Explain routers
50.Explain about different transmission media's
51.A series of 8-bit message blocks to be transmitted across a data link using
CRC for error detection. A generator polynomial of x3+ x2+1.is to be
used. Message transmitted as 110010. Explain how CRC check is
implemented.
52.Classify various wired media used in short and long distance
communication.
Part B (6 Marks)
1. What are the important services provided by link layer protocols?
Explain.
2. Explain parity error detection technique in detail with example.
3. Explain CRC with example.
4. Explain checksum with example .What is Fletcher checksum and Adler
checksum
5. Explain DLC protocols in detail
6. Explain multiple access protocols in detail.
7. Explain random access protocols
8. Explain controlled access protocols
9. Explain channelization protocols
10.Explain CSMA, CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA
11.Explain reservation, Polling , Token passing
12.Write on FDMA, TDMA, CDMA
13.Write a short note on:
a. Collision based multiple access protocol
b. Token based multiple access protocol
14.Explain IEEE 802.3 Ethernet frame format with its access protocol
15.Explain different switching techniques.
16.Write on transmission media and its types.
17.Write on Data encoding techniques in detail.

MODULE : 5

Part A (3 Marks)
1. Compare wired and wireless LANs
2. Explain IEE802.11
3. Explain WIFI
4. Explain IEEE 802.11 Architecture
5. Explain different types of stations in a wireless LAN
6. Explain DCF and PCF in IEEE 802.11
7. Explain frame format of IEEE 802.11
8. Explain IEEE 802.15
9. Explain the architecture of Bluetooth in personal area networks.
10.What is the role of the radio layer in Bluetooth.
11.What is the role of the L2CAP layer in Bluetooth.
12. Compare a piconet and a scatternet in the Bluetooth architecture
13.Explain the frame format of Bluetooth.
 14.Explain piconet topology of Bluetooth?
15.Evaluate Handoff?
16.Define Roaming?
17.Explain any six network attacks and their counter measures
18.Explain 3 goals of security.
19.Explain Network Address Translation (NAT).
20.What is Firewall? Explain with the help of a diagram.
21.Explain software and hardware firewall with example.
22.Explain packet-filter firewall
23.Explain proxy-based firewall
24.What is VPN? Explain with the help of a diagram.(3)
25.How does a VPN work?
26. What is network management.
27.What is Configuration management.
28.What is SNMP?
29.Write on 8 PDUs of SNMP
30.What is troubleshooting
31.Explain steps for troubleshooting.
32.What is NTA.

Part B (6 Marks)

1. Explain Wi-Fi Architecture.

2. Explain IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi
3. List out and explain the various IEEE 802.11 WLAN Components.
4. What is Bluetooth? Explain the various layers of Bluetooth with a neat
diagram.
5. Explain Piconet and Scatternet of Bluetooth with neat diagram.
6. Explain Cellular Telephony Concepts and its evolution?
7. Explain various threats and attacks threatening the goals of security.
8. Explain NAT and its working.
9. Write about firewall and its types.
10.Explain VPN and its working.
11.How the Network Management is done and explain any one network
management protocol?
12.Explain five areas of network management.
13.Explain Configuration Management.
14.Explain
a. Fault management
b. Configuration management
15.What is SNMP? Explain management components and PDUs of SNMP.
16.What do you mean by troubleshooting? Give any 5 Network
Troubleshooting Tools
17.Explain steps for network troubleshooting.
18.Write a short note on:
a. Traffic analysis tools
b. Troubleshooting
19.What is NTA. Write on different Traffic analysis tools.