Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya (Engineering College)

(An Autonomous Institution)

Second Year, B.Tech (Computer Engineering)
End Semester Examination (Online), Summer – 2021 (AY 2020-21)

Course Code: 2CP07 Course Title: Computer Networks

Date: 21.05.2021 Time: 12.05 pm to 01:20 pm Maximum Marks: 30
Instructions:
 Exam will be conducted by ‘Online’ Mode through MS Teams only.
 Each section must be attempted in a separate answer books. The format of answer sheet is
available on website ‘notice board’.
 Write ID No., Name, Course Code, Course Title, Date of Exam, Signature and Page Nos. on
each answer page in the ‘title block’ provided in format.
 Students have to upload answer sheet through “pdf file” for both the sections separately in MS
Teams within the stipulated time. Students will get additional 20 minutes to upload answer
sheet pdf file for each section. Refer the detailed instructions on website ‘notice board’.
 Give the name to each pdf file as: “ID No._Course Code_Section No._Summer 2021_Date”
(For example, 12AB001_3CD01_Section2_Summer21_03.5.21)
 Numbers in the square brackets to the right indicate maximum marks.
 The text just below marks indicates the CO(s) followed by the Bloom’s level of the question,
i.e., R: Remember, U: Understand, A: Apply, N: Analyze, E: Evaluate, C: Create

Section – II

Q.4 (A) Answer the following questions. [06]

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1. What is the purpose of address resolution protocol (ARP) ?
2. If a class B network on the Internet has a subnet mask of 255.255.248.0, what
is the maximum number of hosts per subnet?
3. You have been allocated a class B network address of 135.1.0.0 and and need
to create 4 subnets each with around 200 hosts what is the easiest mask to use
to satisfy the criteria?
4. Write the IP address 222.1.1.20 mask 255.255.255.192 in CIDR notation.
5. How are congestion control and quality of service related?
6. What is the difference between open-loop congestion control and closed-loop
congestion control?
(B) Subnet the Class C IP Address 195.1.1.0 So that you have 10 subnets each [04]
with a maximum 12 hosts on each subnet. List the Address on host 1 on 5 ,6 A
subnet 0,1,2,3,10

Q5 (A) Answer the following transport layer issues. [05]

1) In cases where reliability is not of primary importance, UDP would make a 5 ,6 A
good transport protocol. Give examples of specific cases.
2) Are both UDP and IP unreliable to the same degree? Why or why not?
3) Do port addresses need to be unique? Why or why not? Why are port
addresses shorter than IP addresses?
4) What is the maximum size of the TCP header? What is the minimum size of

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 the TCP header?
5) Compare the TCP header and the UDP header. List the fields in the TCP
header that are missing from UDP header. Give the reason for their absence.
(B) [05]
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User u1 and User u2 is connected to the internet. u1 is located in India and u2 is

located in UK. The Web Server is located in Canada and the DNS Server in
USA.
Answer the following:
1. u2 pings bvm.org Is the DNS Server required for the ping to be successful?
2. What has to be established before HTTP data can be sent or received from u1
to the Web Server.
3. u1 and u2 simultaneously types on the browser of the respective computers.
How does the server differentiate between the connections?
4. Will the communication be disrupted between the Web Server and the users if
the DNS Server goes down during the data transfer between the web server and
the user?
5.u1 opens two instances of the website bvm.org on his computer. How does the
Web Server differentiate between the communication?
Q6 (A) Answer the following questions for DNS. [05]
1) What is the purpose of the inverse domain? 6U
2) How does recursive resolution differ from iterative resolution?
3) What is a zone?
4) How does caching increase the efficiency of name resolution?
5) What is an FQDN and PQDN?
(B) Answer the following questions for e-mail. [05]
1) Describe the addressing system used by SMTP. 6U
2) In electronic mail, what are the tasks of a user agent?
3) In electronic mail, what is MIME?
4) Why do we need POP3 or IMAP4 for electronic mail?
5) How are control and data characters distinguished in NVT?

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