QUESTION BANK

COMPUTER SCIENCE (083)

CLASS : XII

TOPIC COVERED :

UNIT -II - COMPUTER NETWORK

1.Identify the Domain name and URL from the following:
http://www.income.in/home.aboutus.hml
2. What is web hosting?
3.Write two characteristics of Wi-Fi.
Which protocol is used to creating a connection with a remote machine?
4.Which protocol is used to create a connection to a remote machine? Give any two
advantages of using optical fibers.
5.Expand the following:

1. GSM
2. GPRS

6.What is the difference between packet and message switching?

7.Which type of network (out of LAN, PAN and MAN) is formed, when you connect two
mobiles using Bluetooth to transfer a video?
8.What is the difference between Packet switching and circuit switching techniques?
9.Write two advantages of using an optical fibre cable over an Ethernet cable to connect two
service stations, which are 200 m away from each other.
10.Write one advantage of bus topology of network. Also illustrate how four (4) computers
can be connected with each other using bus topology of network.
11.Give one suitable example of each URL and Domain Name.
12.Write one advantage of star topology network? Also, illustrate how five (5) computers can
be connected to each other using star topology of network.
13.What is the function of Modem?
14.Explain the purpose of a router.
15.Name any two components required for net-working.
16.What are repeaters?
17.Mention one advantage of star topology over bus topology in networking?
What is VoIP?
18.In networking, what is WAN? How is it different from LAN?
19.Define the term bandwidth. Give any one unit of bandwidth.
20.What is the difference between LAN and MAN?
21.What is the importance of URL in networking?
22.What was the role of ARPANET in the computer network?
23.Which of the following is not a unit for data transfer rate?

1. bps
2. abps
3. gbps
4. kbps
24.Identify the type of topology from the following:

➢ Each node is connected with the help of a single cable

➢ Each node is connected with the help of independent cable with central switching.

25.ABC International School is planning to connect all computers, each spread over a
distance of 50 metres. Suggest an economic cable type having high speed data transfer to
connect these computers.

26.Mahesh wants to transfer data within a city at very high speed. Write the wired
transmission medium and type of network.

27.Which device is used to connect all computers inside a lab?

28.Which device is used to connect all computers to the internet using telephone wire?

29.What is Wi-Fi Card?

30.Write any two differences between twisted pair and co-axial pair cable.

31.Write one advantage of Bus Topology of network, also, illustrate how 4 computers can be
connected with each other using star topology of network.

32.Indian School, in Mumbai is starting up the network between its different wings. There are
four Buildings named as SENIOR, JUNIOR, ADMIN and HOSTEL as shown below:

The distance between various buildings is as follows:

Number of Computers in Each Building :

1.Suggest the cable layout of connections between the buildings.

2.Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., building) to house the server of this school, provide a
suitable reason.

3.Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification.

o Repeater
o Hub/Switch

4.The organisation also has inquiry office in another city about 50-60 km away in hilly
region. Suggest the suitable transmission media to interconnect to school and inquiry office
out of the following :

o Fiber optic cable

o Microwave
o Radiowave
1.Server can be placed in the ADMIN building as it has the maxium number of computer.

2.Repeater can be placed between ADMIN and SENIOR building as the distance is more
than 110 m.

3.Radiowaves can be used in hilly regions as they can travel through obstacles.

33.Vidya Senior Secondary Public School in Nainital is setting up the network between its
different wings. There are 4 wings named as SENIOR(S), JUNIOR(J), ADMIN(A) and
HOSTEL(H).
Distance between various wings are given below:

1. Suggest a suitable Topology for networking the computers of all wings.

2. Name the most suitable wing where the Server should be installed. Justify your
answer.
3. Suggest where all should Hub(s)/Switch(es) be placed in the network.
4. Which communication medium would you suggest to connect this school with
its main branch in Delhi ?

Answer:

1.
2.Server should be in Wing S as it has the maxi-mum number of computers. 1

3.All Wings need hub/switch as it has more than one computer.

4.Since the distance is more, wireless transmission would be better. Radiowaves are reliable
and can travel through obstacles.

34.Trine Tech Corporation (TTC) is a professional consultancy company. The company is

planning to set up their new offices in India with its hub at Hyderabad. As a network adviser,
you have to understand their requirement and suggest them the best available solutions. Their
queries are mentioned as (i) to (iv) below.
Physical Locations of the blocked of TTC

1.What will be the most appropriate block, where TTC should plan to install their server?
2.Draw a block to cable layout to connect all the buildings in the most appropriate manner for
efficient communication.

3.What will be the best possible connectivity out of the following, you will suggest to
connect the new setup of offices in Bangalore with its London based office:

o Satellite Link
o Infrared
o Ethernet Cable

4.Which of the following device will be suggested by you to connect each computer in each
of the buildings:

o Switch
o Modem
o Gateway

Answer:

1. Finance block because it has maximum

number of computers.

2.
3. Satellite link
4. Switch

35.G.R.K International Inc. is planning to connect its Bengaluru Office Setup with its Head
Office in Delhi. The Bengaluru Office G.R.K. international Inc. is spread across and area of
approx. 1 square kilometer, consisting of 3 blocks – Human Resources, Academics and
Administration.
You as a network expert have to suggest answers to the four queries (i) to (iv) raised by them.
Notes: Keep the distance between blocks and number of computers in each block in mind,
while providing them the solutions.
 1. Suggest the most suitable block in the Bengaluru Office Setup, to host the
server.
Give a suitable reason with your suggestion.
2. Suggest the cable layout among the various blocks within the Bengaluru Office
Setup for
connecting the Blocks.
3. Suggest a suitable networking device to be installed in each of the blocks
essentially required for connecting computers inside the blocks with fast and
efficient connectivity.
4. Suggest the most suitable media to provide secure, fast and reliable data
connectivity between Delhi Head Office and the Bengaluru Office Setup.

Answer:

1. Human Resources because it has maximum number of computers.

2.

3. Switch
 4. Satellite link

36.Rovenza Communications International (RCI) is an online corporate training provider

company for IT related courses. The company is setting up their new compus in Kolkata. You
as a network expert have to study the physical locations of various blocks and the number of
computers to be installed. In the planning phase, provide the best possible answers for the
queries (i) to (iv) raised by them.

Block to Block Distances(in Mtrs.)

Expected computers to be installed in each block

1.Suggest the most appropriate block, where RCI should plan to install the server.

2.Suggest the most appropriate block to block cable layout to connect all three blocks for
efficient communication.
3.Which type of network out of the following is formed by connecting the computers of these
three blocks?

o LAN
o MAN
o WAN

4.Which wireless channel out of the following should be opted by RCI to connect to students
from all over the world?

o Infrared
o Microwave
o Satellite

5.Write two advantages of using open source software over proprietary software.

6.Which of the following crime(s) does not come under cybercrime?

o Copying some important data from a computer without taking

permission from the owner of-the data.
o Stealing keyboard and mouse from a shop.
o Getting into unknown person’s social networking account and
start messaging on his behalf.

Answer:

1. Faculty Recording Block.

2. Star topology
3. LAN
4. Satellite connection
5. Advantages of open source over proprietary software:
o Open source software’s source code is available, can be modified
copied & distributed while propritary software can’t be change.
o Open source is free while proprietary a paid.
6. (c) Stealing keyboard & mouse from a shop.4

37.Identify the type of topology on the basis of the following:

(i)Since every node is directly connected to the server, a large amount of cable is needed
which increases the installation cost of the network.

(ii)It has a single common data path connecting all the nodes.
Answer:
1. Star Topology
2. Bus Topology
(ii) Expand the following

1. VOIP
2. SMTP
Answer:

1. Voice Over Internet Protocol

2. Simple Mail Transder Protocol
(iii) Who is a hacker?
Answer:
A computer enthusiast, who uses his computer programming skill to intentionally access a
computer without authorization is known as hacker. A hacker accesses the computer without
the intention of destroying data or maliciously harming the computer.
(iv) The following is a 32 bit binary number usually represented as 4 decimal values, each
representing 8 bits, in the range 0 to 255 (known as octets) separated by decimal points.
140.179.220.200
What is it? What is its importance?
Answer:
It is an IP Address. It is used to identify the computers on a network.
(v) Daniel has to share the data among various computes of his two offices branches situated
in the same city. Name the network (out of LAN, WAN, PAN and MAN) which is being
formed in this process.
Answer:
MAN
(vi)Rehaana Medicos Center has set up its new center in Dubai. It has four buildings as
shown in the diagram given below:
As a network expert, provide the best possible answer for the following queries:

1. Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings.

2. Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. building) to house the server of this
organization.
3. Suggest the placement of the following device with justification:
4. Repeater (b) Hub/Switch
5. Suggest a system (hardware/software) to prevent unauthorized access to or from
the network.

Answer:

1.Layout 1

2.The most suitable place / building to house the server of this organization would be
building Research Lab, as this building contains the maximum number of computers.
3.Since the cabling distance between Accounts to Store is quite large, so a repeater would
ideally be needed along their path to avoid loss of signals during the course of data flow in
this route.

1. Firewall.

Question 10:

1. What is the difference between domain name

and IP address?
2. Write two advantages of using an optical fibre cable over an Ethernet cable to
connect two service stations, which are 190 m away from each other.
3. Expertfa Professsional Global (EPG) is an online, corporate training provider
company for IT related courses. The company is setting up their new campus in
Mumbai. You as a network expert have to study the physical locations of
various buildings and the number of computers to be installed. In the planning
phase, provide the best possible answer for the

Building to Building distances (in Mtrs.)

 1. Suggest the most appropriate building, where EPG should plan to install the
server.
2. Suggest the most appropriate building to building cable layout to connect all
three buildings for efficient communication.
3. Which type of network out of the following is formed by connecting the
computers of these three buildings?
o LAN
o MAN
o WAN
4. Which wireless channel out of the following should be opted by EPG to
connect to students of all over the world?
o Infrared
o Microwave
o Satellite

Answer:

1. Domain Name is alphanumeric address

of a resource over network IP address is a Numeric Address of a resource in a
Network.
Example:
Domain Name 1
www.Gabsclasses.com
 IP Address
102.112.0.153
2. Optical fibre Advantages:
o Faster Communication.
o Free from electrical & Noise interference.
3. (a) Faculty Studio Building
(b) Bus Topology
(c) LAN
(d) Satellite

38.To provide telemedicine faculty in a hilly state, a computer network is to be setup to

connect hospitals in 6 small villages (VI, V2, …, V6) to the base hospital (H) in the state
capital. This is shown in the following diagram.

No village is more than 20 km away from the state capital.

Imagine yourself as a computer consultant for this project and answer the following questions
with justification:

1. Out of the following what kind of link should be provided to setup this network:
Microwave link, Radio Link, Wired Link ?
2. What kind of network will be formed; LAN, MAN, or WAN ?
3. Many times doctors at village hospital will have to consult senior doctors at the
base hospital. For this purpose, how should they contact them: using email,
sms, telephone, or video conference ?

(b) Out of SMTP and POP3 which protocol is used to receive emails ?
(c) What are cookies in the context of computer networks?
(d) Rajeshwari is trying for on-line subscription to a magazine. For this she has filled in a
form on the magazine’s web site. When the clicks submit button she gets a message that she
has left e-mail field empty and she must fill it. For such checking which type of script is
generally executed client side script or server-side script ?
(e) Mention any one difference between free-ware and free software.
Answer:
(a) (1) Radio Link (2)MAN (3)e-mail
(b) POP3
(c) Cookies are files that store user information that is used to identify the user when he logs
into the system.
(d) Server-side script
(e) Freeware is a software that has the user to get unlimited usage for. Free software may be
free for a certain period only.
Question 12:
Workalot Consultants are setting up a secured network for their office campus at Gurgaon for
their day-to-day office and web-based activities. They are planning to have connectivity
between three buildings and the head office situated in Mumbai. Answer the questions (i) to
(iv) after going through the building positions in the campus and other details, which are
given below :
 1. Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., building) to house the server of this
organization. Also give a reason to justify your suggested location.
2. Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings inside the campus.
3. Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:
o Repeater.
o Switch.
4. The organization is planning to provide a high speed link with its head office
situated in Mumbai using a wired connection. Which of the following cables
will be most suitable for this job ?
o Optical Fiber
o Co-axial Cable
o Ethernet Cable

Answer: 1.The most suitable place to install server is building “RED” because this building
have maximum computer which reduce communication delay.

1. (a) Since the cabling distance between buildings GREEN, BLUE and RED are
quite large, so a repeater each, would ideally be need along their path to avoid
loss of signals during the course of data flow in there routes.
(b) In the layout a switch each, would be needed in all the buildings, to interconnect the
group of cables from the different computers in each building.

(iv) Optical fiber

39.Granuda Consultants are setting up a secured network for their office campus at Faridabad
for their day to day office and web based activities. They are planning to have connectivity
between 3 building and the head office situated in Kolkata. Answer the questions (i) to (iv)
after going through the building positions in the campus and other details, which are given
below:
 1. Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., block) to house the server of this
organization. Also give a reason to justify your suggested location.
2. Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings inside the campus.
3. Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:
o Repeater
o Switch
4. The organization is planning to provide a high speed link with its head office
situated in the KOLKATA using a wired connection. Which of the following
cable will be most suitable for this job?
o Optical Fibre
o Co-axial Cable
o Ethernet Cable

Answer:

1. The most suitable place to install server is building “JAMUNA” because this
building have maximum computer which reduce the communication delay.
2. Cable layout. (Bus topology).

1. Cable layout. (Bus topology).

2. (a) Since the cabling distance between buildings GANGA and JAMUNA are
quite large, so a repeater each, would ideally be needed along their path to
avoid loss of signals during the course of data flow in these routes.
 (b) In the layout a switch each would be needed in all the building, to
interco¬nnect the group of cables from the different computers in each
building.

3. Optical fiber

40.India Skills Hub is a skill development community which has an aim to promote the
standard of skills in the society. It is planning to set up its training centres in multiple towns
and villages Pan India with its head offices in the nearest cities. They have created a model of
their network with a city ABC Nagar, a town (UVW town) and 3 villages.
As a network consultant, you have to suggest the best network related solutions for their
issues/ problems raised in (i) to (iv), keeping in mind the distances between various locations
and other given parameters.
Note:
– In Villagers, there are community centers, in which one room has been given as training
entrer to this organization to install computers.
– The organization has got financial support from the government and top Multinational
Organizations.

1. Suggest the most appropriate location of the SERVER in the Cluster (out of the
4 locations), to get the best and effective connectivity. Justify your answer.
2. Suggest the best wired medium and draw the cable layout (location to location)
to efficiently connect various locations within the Cluster.
3. Which hardware device will you suggest to connect all the computers within
each location of
4. Which service/protocol will be most helpful to conduct live interactions of
Expersts from Head Office and peole at all locations of Cluster?
Answer:

1. Best location for the server is UVW-TOWN, because it is approximately

equidistant from the village P, Q and R.
2. For connectivity between UVW-TOWN to head office is optic Fiber and to
connect the villages, P, Q and R with server at UVW- TOWN is co-axial cable.
3. The villages R Q and R can be connected with server at UVW-TOWN by a
Hub and the head office is connected by a Bus topology.
4. Between head office and UVWTOWN
we recommend for Bus topology, so HTTP protocol and other terminal can be
connected by UDP or FTP protocols.

41.Mudra publishing is a group of companies engaged in publishing IT related books located

in the hilly area of Shimla. The companies are located in four different, blocks whose layout
is shown in the following figure. Answer the questions (i) to (iv) with the relevant justifi-
cations.
Mudra publishing

Distance between various Blocks :

1. Block A to Block C is 50 m
2. Block A to Block D is 100 m
3. Block B to Block C is 40 m
4. Block B to Block D is 70 m
5. Block C to Block D is 125 m
Number of Computers
6. Block A is 25
7. Block B is 50
8. Block C is 20
9. Block D is 120
1.Suggest a suitable network topology between the blocks.

2.Which is the most suitable block to house the server of this organization?

3.Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification

o Repeater
o Switch

4.The organization is planning to link the whole blocks to its marketing Office in Delhi.
Since cable connection is not possible from Shimla, suggest a way to connect it with high
speed.

Answer:

1. Suitable topology is bus topology.

2. The most suitable block for hosting server is BLOCK-D because this block has
maximum number of computers.
Mudra Publishing

3. Switch is a device used to segment network into different sub-networks so

switch will exist in all the blocks. Since distance between BLOCK-D and
BLOCK-C is large so repeater will be install between BLOCK-D and BLOCK-
C.
4. The most economic way to connect it with a reasonable high speed would be
the use radiowave transmission, as they are easy to install, can travel long
distance and penetrate buildings easily, so they are used for communication,
both indoors and outdoors. Radiowaves also have the advantage of being omni-
directional. They can travel in all the directions from the source, so that the
transmitter and receiver do not have to be carefully aligned physically.
42.Differentiate between XML and HTML.
43.What do you mean by IP address? How is it useful in computer security ?
44.When do you prefer XML over HTML and why ?
45.Give the full form of the following terms.

1. XML
2. FLOSS
3. HTTP
4. FTP
46.Expand the following: SMTP , XML
47.Out of the following, which is the fastest wired and wireless medium of transmission?
Infrared, coaxial cable, optical fibre, microwave, Ethernet cable
48. (i) Expand the following: SMTP , XML
(ii) Out of the following, which is the fastest wired and wireless medium of transmission?
Infrared, coaxial cable, optical fibre, microwave, Ethernet cable
49.Give two advantages and two disadvantages of star topology
OR
Define the following terms: www , web hosting
49. Differentiate between packet switching and message switching technique in network
communication.
50.What is the difference between HTTP and FTP?
51.Write two advantages of using an optical fibre cable over an ethernet cable to connect two
service stations, which are 190 m away from each other
52.Expand DHCP, FLOSS, CDMA, GPRS 4(2+2) Q13. i) What is difference between star
topology and bus topology of network? ii) What is the importance of URL in networking?
53.What do you mean by web browser and web server? Explain with examples.
54.What do you mean by IP address? How is it useful in Computer Security?
55.What are bridges? How do they differ from repeaters?
56. What is a communication channel? What choices do you have while choosing a
communication channel for a network?
57.Expand the following: PPP , POP3
(ii) Out of the following, which is the fastest wired and wireless medium of transmission?
Twisted Pair Cable, Coaxial cable, optical fibre, Radio wave,
Ethernet cable.
58.How are Radio Waves and Microwaves different?
Ishana Electronics Company headquaters has four blocks of buildings as shown:

B3
B1

B2 B4

Center to center distance between various blocks

B3 TO B1-50 M B1 TO B2-60 M B2 TO B4-25 M
B4 TO B3-170 M B3 TO B2-125 M B1 TO B4-90 M
Number of computers in each block :
B1-150 B2-15
B3-15 B4-25
The computers in each block are already networked, however the company now wants to
connect the
blocks.
i. Suggest the most appropriate topology for the connections between the blocks.
a. Ring topology b. Star topology
c. Mesh topology d. Bus topology
ii. The company wants internet accessibility in all the blocks. The suitable and cost-effective
technology for that would be:
a. Satellite b. Lease line
c. Telephone line d. Broadband
iii. The company is planning to link its head office situated in New Delhi with the offices in
hilly areas.
Suggest a way to connect it economically:
a. Micro waves b. Coaxial cable
c. Fibre optic d. Radio waves
iv. Suggest the most appropriate location of the server and why?
a. BLOCK B2 b. BLOCK B1
c. BLOCK B4 d. BLOCK B3
Ans.
(i)Star topology
(ii) d. Broadband
(iii) d. Radio waves
(iv) b. BLOCK B1 since it has the maximum number of computers.
58. Expand the following:
HTTP,FTP
(ii) You want to share some audio files from your friend's laptop using Bluetooth what kind
of
network is this?
Ans. (i) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol,
59.Jeevan CareGivers Company has set up its head office with 4 blocks of buildings named
Block A, Block
B, Block C and Block D.
The number of computers in each block are:
Block A-25 Block B-50
Block C-125 Block D-10
Shortest distances between various Blocks in meters:
Block A to Block B-60 m Block B to Block C-40 m
Block C to Block A-30 m Block D to Block C-50 m
(i) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. block) to house the server of this company with a
suitable
reason.
(ii) Suggest the type of network to connect all the blocks with suitable reason.
(iii) The company is planning to link all the blocks through a secure and high speed wired
medium.
Suggest a way to connect all the blocks.
(iv) Suggest the most suitable wired medium for efficiently connecting each computer
installed in
every block out of the following network cables:
• Coaxial Cable • Ethernet Cable • Single Pair Telephone Cable.
Ans. (i) Block C , It has maximum number of computer.
(ii) Since the distance between the blocks is less than 1 Km and LAN can be upto 10 Km
(iii) Star topology
(iv) Ethernet Cable
60.Expand the following:
HTML, URL
(ii) Which is the transmission medium for TV remotes?
Infrared, Coaxial cable, Optical fibre, Microwave, Ethernet cable.
Ans. (i) Hyper Text Markup Language, Uniform Resource Locator
(ii) Infrared
61.What is network Topology, explain with examples of topologies.
62.National Skill Training Academy has for wings A, B, C, D
Distance between various wings are given below:
Wing A to Wing B-100m Wing A to Wing C-200m
Wing A to Wing D-400m Wing B to Wing C-300m
Wing B to Wing D-100m Wing C to Wing D-450m
Number of Computers installed at various wings are as follows:
Wing A-20 Wing B-150
Wing C-50 Wing D-25
(i) Suggest the best wired medium and the cable layout to efficiently connect various wings
of
National Skill Training Academy.
(ii) Name the most suitable wing where the Server should be installed.Justify your answer.
(iii) Suggest a device/software and its placement that would provide data security for the
Academy.
(iv) What will be needed to provide wireless Internet access to all smartphone/laptop users in
the
Academy.
Ans.
(i) Optic Fibre and Star Topology.
(ii) Wing B as it has the maximum number of computers
(iii) Firewall with the server in Wing B.
(iv) A High bandwidth Broadband Connection and Wi-Fi Router.
63.Expand the following: (1)
FTP, TCP/IP
(ii) What is the approximate bandwidth of a typical voice signal?
(i) What are five Components of Data Communication? (4)
(ii) Differentiate between a Hub and a Switch.
64.Expand the following:
ARPANET, NSFNET
(ii) What will be units to measure the size of high quality digital photograph?
64.Write Short note on (any 8):
1. SMTP
2. POP3
3. Protocols for Chat
4. VoIP
5. Ethernet Card
6. Router,
7. Switch/HUB
8. Gateway
9. Wi-Fi card.
10. Bandwidth (Hz, KHz, MHz)
11. Data transfer rate (BPS, KBPS, MBPS, GBPS, TBPS)
12. Circuit and Packet switching
65.Define amplitude?
66.Give example for IP address?
67. List out any four network tools?
68.Which is the protocol used to handle congestion in wireless network?
69. Give example for connection oriented protocol?
70.Differentiate amplitude modulation and frequency modulation?
71.What are the different types of errors occur when date is transmitted over network? Give
example for each.
72.Differentiate IPv4 and IPv6?
73.What are the different wireless connectivity protocols?
74.What happens behind the scenes when you send an email, before it reaches the
destination?
75.Differentiate the use of POP and SMTP protocol in email?
76.What is SSL? How does it affect the communication over internet?
77.Define checksum? What are the steps to find out checksum?
78.What type of information is stored in routing table?
79.What measures do wireless networks employ to avoid collision?
80.Success Institution is an educational organisation. It is planning to set up its India campus
at Nepal with its head office at Mumbai. The Nepal campus has 4 main buildings- ADMIN,
ENGINEERING, BUSINESS and MEDIA.
You as a network expert have to suggest the best network related solutions for their problems
raised in (i) to (iv), keeping in mind the distance between the buildings and other given
parameters.

ADMIN ENGINEERING

BUSINESS MEDIA

Shortest distance between various buildings

1. ADMIN to ENGINEERING 50 M
2. ADMIN to BUSINESS 80 M
3. ADMIN to MEDIA 45 M
4. ENGINEERING to BUSINESS 60 M
5. ENGINEERING to MEDIA 145 M
6. BUSINESS to MEDIA 50 M
7. Mumbai Head Office To Nepal Campus 2175 KM

Number of Computers installed at various buildings are as follows:

• ADMIN 20
• ENGINEERING 150
• BUSINESS 35
• MUMBAI HEAD OFFICE 05

i Suggest the most appropriate location of the server inside the Nepal Campus(out of 4
buildings), to get the best connectivity for maximum number of computers. Justify your
answer.
ii Suggest and draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various buildings within the Nepal
Campus for connecting the computers.

iii Which hardware device will you suggest to be procured by the company to be installed to
protect and control the Internet uses within the campus.

iv Which of the following will you suggest to establish the online face-to-facecommunication
between the people in the ADMIN office of Nepal Campus and Mumbai Head Office?

a)Cable TV
b)E-Mail
c)Video Conferencing
d) Text Chat
81.Computer Network is
A. Collection of hardware components and computers
B. Interconnected by communication channels
C. Sharing of resources and information
D. All of the Above
82. What is a Firewall in Computer Network?
A. The physical boundary of Network
B. An operating System of Computer Network
C. A system designed to prevent unauthorized access
D. A web browsing Software
83. How many layers does OSI Reference Model has?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
84. DHCP is the abbreviation of
A. Dynamic Host Control Protocol
B. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
C. Dynamic Hyper Control Protocol
D. Dynamic Hyper Configuration Protocol
85. IPV4 Address is
A. 8 bit B. 16 bit C. 32 bit D. 64 bit
86. DNS is the abbreviation of
A. Dynamic Name System
B. Dynamic Network System
C. Domain Name System
D. Domain Network Service
87. What is the meaning of Bandwidth in Network?
A. Transmission capacity of a communication channels
B. Connected Computers in the Network
C. Class of IP used in Network
D. None of Above
88. ADSL is the abbreviation of
A. Asymmetric Dual Subscriber Line
B. Asymmetric Digital System Line
C. Asymmetric Dual System Line
D. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
89 .What is the use of Bridge in Network?
A. to connect LANs
B. to separate LANs
C. to control Network Speed
D. All of the above
90. Router operates in which layer of OSI Reference Model?
A. Layer 1 (Physical Layer)
B. Layer 3 (Network Layer)
C. Layer 4 (Transport Layer)
D. Layer 7 (Application Layer)
91. Each IP packet must contain
A. Only Source address
B. Only Destination address
C. Source and Destination address
D. Source or Destination address
92. Bridge works in which layer of the OSI model?
A. Appliation layer
B. Transport layer
C. Network layer
D. Datalink layer
93 _______ provides a connection-oriented reliable service for sending messages
A. TCP B. IP C. UDP D.
All of the above
94. Which layers of the OSI model are host-to-host layers?
A. Transport, Session, Persentation, Application
B. Network, Transport, Session, Presentation
C. Datalink, Network, Transport, Session
D. Physical, Datalink, Network, Transport
95. Which of the following IP address class is Multicast
A. Class A B. Class B C. Class C D. Class
D
96 .Which of the following is correct regarding Class B Address of IP address
A. Network bit – 14, Host bit – 16 B. Network bit – 16, Host bit – 14
C. Network bit – 18, Host bit – 16 D. Network bit – 12, Host bit – 14
97. The last address of IP address represents
A. Unicast address
B. Network address
C. Broadcast address
D. None of above
98 .How many bits are there in the Ethernet address?
A. 64 bits B. 48 bits C. 32 bits D. 16 bits
99.How many layers are in the TCP/IP model?
A. 4 layers B. 5 layers C. 6 layers D. 7
layers
100 .Which of the following layer of OSI model also called end-to-end layer?
A. Presentation layer B. Network layer
C. Session layer D. Transport layer
101.Riana Medicos Centre has set up its new centre in Dubai. It has four buildings as shown
in the diagram given below: (4)

As a network expert, provide the best possible answer for the following queries:
(I)Suggest the type of network established between the building
Ans. LAN (Local Area Network)
(ii)Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., building) to house the server of this organization.
Ans. Research Lab as it has the maximum number of computers.
(iii)Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:
(a)Repeater (b) Hub/Switch
Ans. (a) Repeater:
It should be placed between Accounts and Packaging Unit, Accounts to Research Lab, Store
to Research Lab and Accounts to Packaging Unit.
(b) Switch should be placed in each of the buildings for better traffic management.
(iv) Suggest a system (hardware/software) to prevent unauthorized access to or from the
network. Ans. Firewall.
(c) How does IP address differ from MAC address?
(2) Ans. IP address is a number assigned to the connection in a network. The basic difference
between MAC address and IP address is that a MAC address uniquely identifies a device that
wants to take part in a network. On the other hand, an IP address uniquely defines a
connection of a network with an interface of a device.
(d) Expand the following: (3)
(i) VoIP Ans. Voice over Internet Protocol
(ii) SMTP Ans. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(iii) TDMA Ans. Time Division Multiple Access
102. Write difference between IP v-4 and IPv-6.
103.What is a computer network?
104.What is the difference between Internet and World wide web?
105.What is interspace and how its different from internet?
106.Name the types of network based on the computer roles.
107.Name the device responsible for forwarding the data packets in a computer
network?
Ans: Router
108.Write the advantages and disadvantages of computer network?
109.Define the following terms (i)Client (ii)Server
110.What do you mean by client server architecture?
111.How data is transferred from one computer to another in network?
112.What is modem?
113.What is TELNET?
114.What is the purpose of repeater in networking?
115.Write two difference between hub and switch?
116.Explain the working of switch in brief.
117.What is topology? Name the types of topologies?
118.Write the advantages and disadvantages of bus topology.
119.Differentiate between URL and URI.
120.HOT QUESTIONS:1 MARKS:
121. Why is a switch called an intelligent hub?
122. What is the use of Repeater in a network?
123. State two advantages of networking computers instead of having standalone computers.
124. What is the purpose of switch in a network?
125. Expand
(i) 0DF
(ii) HTTP
126. How is a Trojan Horse harmful to a network?
127. Write one advantage each of star and bus topology used in networking.
128. Write the name of the most suitable wireless communication channels for each of the
following situations.
(i) Communication between two offices in two different countries.
(ii) To transfer the data from one mobile phone to another.
Answer:
(i) Satellite Communication
(ii) Bluetooth or infrared whichever is supported by the phone.
129. Mr. Chandervardhan is not able to identify the Domain Name in the given URL. Identify
and write it for him.
http.//www.cbsenic.in/aboutus.htm
130.Gyan Deep International School is planning to connect all computers, each spread over a
distance within 40 m. Suggest an economical cable type having high-speed data transfer,
which can be used to connect these computers.
Answer:
The economical cable with high-speed data transfer can be co-axial cable.
131. Name any two most popularly used search engines.
Answer: Two most popular search engines are google and grotel.
132. Raj Kamal International School is planning to connect all computers, each spread over
distance within 45 m. Suggest an economical cable type having high speed data transfer,
which can be used to connect these computers.
Answer:
The economical cable with high speed data transfer can be co-axial cable.
134. Which communication channel is suitable when very fast communication between two
offices in two different countries is required?
Answer:
For very fast communication between two countries, satellite communication is suitable.
135. Given below two addresses
(i) 59.177.134.72
(ii) http://www.ccc.nic.in/welcome.htm
Identify which one of the above is an IP address and which one is a URL? (Delhi 2012c,•
HOTS)
Answer:
(i) IP Address 59.177.134.72
(ii) URL http://www.ccc.nic.in/welcome.htm
136. Mr. Taufiq Ahmad wants to prevent unauthorised access to/from his company’s local
area network. Write the name of system (software/hardware), which he should install.
Answer:
He should install firewall system to prevent unauthorised access.
137. Beauty Lines Fashion Inc. is a fashion company with design unit and market unit 135 m
away from each other. The company recently connected their LANs using Ethernet cable to
share the stock related information. But after joining their LANs, they are not able to share
the information due to loss of signal in between. Which device out of the following should
you suggest to be installed for a smooth communication?
(i) UPS
(ii)Modem
(iii) Repeater
Answer:
(iii) Repeater.
138. Which of the following is not a feature of networking?
(i) Resource sharing
(ii) Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)
(iii) Reduced cost
(iv) Reliability
Answer:
(ii) Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS).
139. Mr. Kant Sen Gupta wants to prevent unauthorised access to/from his company’s local
area network. Write the name of a system (software/hardware), which he should install to do
the same.
Answer:
Mr. Kant should install firewall system to prevent unauthorised access.
140. Seven Brothers Fashion Inc. is a fashion company with design and market unit 130 m
away from each other. The company recently connected their LANs using Ethernet cable to
share stock related information. But after joining the LAN, they are not able to share the
information due to loss of signal in between. Which device out of the following should you
suggest to be installed for smooth communication?
(i) Modem
(ii) Repeater
(iii) UPS
Answer:
(ii) Repeater
141. What is the difference between star topology and bus topology of network?
142. What is a protocol? Which protocol is used to search information from Internet using an
Internet browser?
143. What is a protocol? Which protocol is used to copy a file from/to a remotely located
server?
144. What is the difference between LAN and WAN?
145. Expand the following abbreviations
(i) HTTP
(ii) ARPANET
146. How are co-axial cable different from optical fiber?
147. What is a modem?
148. Name two transmission media for networking.
Answer:
Two transmission media of networking are as follows:
(i) Co-axial cable
(ii) Optical fibre.
149. Compare optical fiber and co-axial transmission media.
150. Expand the following terminologies
(i) HTML
(ii) GSM
Answer:
(i) HyperText Markup Language.
(ii) Global System for Mobile Communication.
151. What do you understand by the terms cookies and firewall?
152. Write one difference between co-axial cable and optical fiber cable.
153. What do you understand by the term E-mail and SMS?
154. Identify the following devices:
(i) Devices that are used to connect different types of networks. It performs the necessary
translation so that the connected networks can communicate properly.
(ii) A device that converts data from digital bit stream into an analog signal and vice-versa.
Answer:
(i) Router
(ii) Modem
155. Identify the following devices:
(i) An intelligent device that connects several nodes to form a network and redirects the
received information only to intended node(s).
(ii) A device that regenerates (amplifies) the received signal and re-transmits it to its
destination.
Answer:
(i) Switch
(ii) Repeater
156. What is the name of the network topology in which each node is connected
independently using a switch?
Answer: Star topology
157. What is meant by “Denial of Service” with reference to Internet service?
158. What do you understand by Network Security? Name two common threats to it.
159. What is MAC address? What is the difference between MAC address and an IP
address?
160. Identify domain name and URL from the following:
http://www.he1 pingeachother.1n/home/aboutus.htm
Answer:
Domain Name www.helpingeachother.

In URL Name. http://www.helpingeachother.in/home/ aboutus.htm

161. Give a suitable example of URL and domain name.

Answer:
Domain Name www.cbse.nic.in

URL Name http://www.cbse.nic.in/welcome.htm

162. Mr. Kavye Shastri, General Manager of Unit Nations corporate recently discovered that
the communication between his company’s accounts office and HR office is extremely slow
and signals drop quite frequently. These offices are 120 m away from each other and
connected by an Ethernet cable.
(i) Suggest him a device which can be installed in between the offices for smooth
communication.
(ii) What type of network is formed by having this kind of connectivity out of LAN, MAN
and WAN
Answer:
(i) The device that can be installed between the office for smooth communication is repeater.
(ii) The type of network is Local Area Network (LAN).

163. Ms. Rani sen, General Manager of Global Nations corporate recently discovered that the
communication between her company’s accounts office and HR office is extremely slow and
signal drop quite frequently. These offices are 125 m away from each other and connected by
Ethernet cable.
(i) Suggest her a device, which can be installed in between the offices for smooth
communication.
(ii) What type of network is formed by having this kind of connectivity out of LAN, MAN
and WAN?
Answer:
(i) The device that can be installed between the office for smooth communication is repeater.
(ii) The type of network is Local Area Network (LAN).

164. Expand the following abbreviations

(i) GSM
(ii) CDMA
Answer:
(i) Global System for Mobile Communication
(ii) Code Division Multiple Access
165. Expand the following terms with respect to networking
(i) MODEM
(ii) WLL
(iii) FTP
(iv) TCP/IP
Answer:
(i) Modulator-Demodulator
(ii) Wireless in Local Loop
(iii) File Transfer Protocol
(iv) Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

166. Expand the following terms with respect to networking

(i) PPP
(ii) GSM
(iii) XML
(iv) HTTP
Answer:
(i) Point-to-Point Protocol
(ii) Global System for Mobile Communication
(iii) extensible Markup Language
(iv) HyperText Transfer Protocol.

167. Expand the following terms with respect to networking

(i) CDMA
(ii) FTP
(iii) WLL
(iv) HTML
Answer:
(i) Code Division Multiple Access
(ii) File Transfer Protocol
(iii) Wireless in Local Loop
(iv) HyperText Markup Language.

168. Expand the following terms with respect to networking

(i) XML
(ii)WWW
(iii) WLL
(iv) TCP/IP
Answer:
(i) extensible Markup Language
(ii) World Wide Web
(iii) Wireless in Local Loop
(iv) Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
169. Expand the following terms
(i) CDMA
(ii) URL
(iii) HTTP
(iv) WAN
Answer:
(i) Code Division Multiple Access
(ii) Uniform Resource Locator
(iii) HyperText Transfer Protocol
(iv) Wide Area Network.

170. Expand the following terms

(i) XML
(ii) GSM
(iii) SMS
(iv) MAN
Answer:
(i) extensible Markup Language
(ii) Global System for Mobile Communication
(iii) Short Message Service
(iv) Metropolitan Area Network.

171. Expand the following terminologies

(i) TCP/IP
(ii) XML
(iii) CDMA
(iv) WLL
Answer:
(i) Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(ii) extensible Markup Language
(iii) Code Division Multiple Access
(iv) Wireless in Local Loop.

172. Freshminds University of India is starting its first campus Anna Nagar of South India
with its centre admission office in Kolkata. The university has three major blocks comprising
of Office Block, Science Block and Commerce Block in the 5 km area campus.

As a network expert, you need to suggest the network plan as per (i) to (iv) to the authorities
keeping in mind the distance and other given parameters.
Expected number of computers to installed at various locations in the university are as
follows:

(i) Suggest the authorities, the cable layout amongst various blocks inside university campus
for connecting the blocks.
(ii) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. block) to house the server of this university with a
suitable reason.
(iii) Suggest an efficient device from the following to be installed in each of the blocks to
connect all the computers.
(a) Switch
(b) Modem
(c) Gateway
(iv) Suggest the most suitable (very high speed) service to provide data connectivity between
Admission Office located in Anna Nagar from the following options:
(a) Telephone lines
(b) Fixed line dial-up connection
(c) Co-axial cable network
(d) GSM
(e) Leased lines
(f) Satellite connection
.

173.What is bridge?
174.What is communication modem?Define its types in detail.
175.What is an unguided media?
176.Define protocol.
177. What are the three criteria necessary for an effective and efficient network?

178. The ____________ project has been started in 1960s to provide interconnection between
academic and research institutions for research purpose.

179. Write a short note on ARPANET.

180.What do you mean by Internet?

181.What do you mean by E-Mail? Write steps to send an E-mail.

182.What is the Domain Name System? Explain in detail.

183.Explain the concept of WWW.

184.Write any two features of WiFi.

185.Differentiate between packet switching and message switching.

186.Define the following:

 1. Bandwidth
2. Circuit Switching
3. NIC
4. Server

187.What do you mean by ISP? Explain with examples.

188.Write steps to crate an account on G-Mail.

189. The bandwidth and data transfer rates are exactly similar in networking. (True/False)

190.The____________ use some simple names rather than using a numerical complex
addresses.

191.A ___________________ is similar service like a networking message.

192.The TCP/IP protocol was used with TelNet. (True/False)

193. Which of the following is not a type of guided or wired communication channel?

1. Twisted Pair
2. Coaxial
3. Fibre Optic
4. WiMax

194. Which of the following is not a type of unguided or wireless communications channel?

1. Microwave
2. Radiowave
3. Ethernet
4. Sattelite

195. In the __________ cables, the cables are twisted together in pairs of two wires wrapped
together in helix form. (Ans. – Ethernet or Twisted Pair)

196.The twisted-pair cables provide high-speed data transmission compared to other cables.
(True/False)

197._____________ is a disturbance caused by the electric or magnetic fields of one

telecommunication signal affecting a signal in an adjacent circuit. (Ans-Crosstalk)

198. Which one of the following is one of the types of twisted pair cable?

(a)SMTP (b)UTP (c)MTP (d)SUTP

198. _____________ cables are mostly used in telephone lines , DSL lines, and LAN. (Ans. –
Ethernet or Twisted Pair)

199.The ethernet cables offer data transmission speed ranging from 10 Mbps to 1000 Mbps.
(True/False)

200. The ___________ cables are capable of carries 10,000 voice signals, digital telephone
network with 600 Mbps data transfer rates, in cable TVs, ethernet LANs and MANs. (Ans. –
Coaxial Cables)

201.The coaxial cables are best fitted in LANs. (True/False)

202.The _____________ cables use frequency modulation for data transfer. (Ans. Fibre
Optic)

203.Which of the following is not a part of fibre optic cable?

1. The cladding
2. The Core
3. Foil or Shield
4. The proactive coating

204. Which of the following wireless medium consists of a parabolic antena mounted on
towers?

1. Sattelite
2. Radiowave
3. Microwave
4. Infrared

205. The ____________ type of unguided media use Radio Frequency Modulation for data
transmission. (Ans. -Radio Wave)

206.The ______________ is considered as a relay system of microwave. (Ans. – Sattelite)

207.The ___________ type of unguided media generally found in homes which uses special
kinds of light for data transmission with a point to point attachment. (Ans. Infrared)

208.The ____________ unguided media requires light-of-sight. (Ans. Laser)

209.Bluetooth cannot penetrate the walls. (True/False)

210. Enlist the types of guided and unguided media used in the network.

211.Explain the following guided media in short with advantages and disadvantages.
 1. Twisted Pair
2. Coaxial
3. Fibre Optic

212. Enlist the types of twisted pair cables categories used in the network with its type, speed
and use.

213.Where the coaxial cables are useful in the network? Explain in detail.

214.What are the three main subcomponents of fibre optic cable?

215.What is the microwave? Explain in detail with advantages and disadvantages.

216.What do you mean radio wave? Explain in detail with advantages and disadvantages.

217.How the satellite used in wireless technology? Explain in the detail with advantages and
disadvantages.

218.What types of wireless connectivities are helpful to share the files at a personal level?
Explain them in detail.

219. Be Happy Corporation has set up its new centre at Noida, Uttar Pradesh for its office
and web-based activities. It has 4 blocks of buildings.

The distance between the various blocks is as follows:

Numbers of computers in each block

(a) Suggest and draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various blocks of buildings
within the Noida centre for connecting the digital devices.

(b) Suggest the placement of the following device with justification

(i) Repeater

(ii)Hub/Switch

(c) Which kind of network (PAN/LAN/WAN) will be formed if the Noida office is connected
to its head office in Mumbai?

(d) Which fast and very effective wireless transmission medium should preferably be used to
connect the head office at Mumbai with the centre at Noida?

220. Define computer networks? Discuss various types of networks topologies in computer
network. Also discuss various advantages and disadvantages of each topology.

221. What are the applications of Computer Networks?

222. What is TCP/IP Model? Explain the functions and protocols and services of each layer?
Compare it with OSI Model.

223. What is IP addressing? How it is classified? How is subnet addressing is performed?

224. Explain the following: i. TCP ii. UDP

225. Explain coaxial cable & fiber optics.

226. Explain about Ethernet.

227. Explain the two approaches of packet switching techniques.

228. Explain IP addressing method.

229. Define bridge and explain the type of bridges.

230. Write short notes about repeaters, routers and gateways.

231. Explain the functions of SMTP.

232. Write short notes on FTP.

233. Explain about HTTP.

235. What are Routers, Hubs, Switches, Bridges?

236. Which protocol is used to creating a connection with a remote machine?

238. Which protocol is used to create a connection to a remote machine? Give any two
advantages of using optical fibers.

239. Which type of network (out of LAN, PAN and MAN) is formed, when you connect two
mobiles using Bluetooth to transfer a video?

240. Write two advantages of using an optical fibre cable over an Ethernet cable to connect
two service stations, which are 200 m away from each other.

241. Write one advantage of bus topology of network. Also illustrate how four (4) computers
can be connected with each other using bus topology of network.

242. Give one suitable example of each URL and Domain Name.

243. Write one advantage of star topology network? Also, illustrate how five (5) computers
can be connected to each other using star topology of network.
244. Name any two components required for net-working.

245. What is VoIP?

246. Define the term bandwidth. Give any one unit of bandwidth.

247. What is the importance of URL in networking ?

248. What was the role of ARPANET in the computer network?

249. Identify the type of topology from the following:

1. Each node is connected with the help of a single cable

2. Each node is connected with the help of independent cable with central
switching.

250. Why is a switch called an intelligent hub?