Code: 13A05601 R13

B.Tech III Year I Semester (R13) Regular & Supplementary Examinations November/December 2016
COMPUTER NETWORKS
(Information Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
PART – A
(Compulsory Question)
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1 Answer the following: (10 X 02 = 20 Marks)
(a) Explain briefly about local area network.
(b) Define unicasting and multicasting.
(c) Define Piggybacking.
(d) What are the features of Point-to-Point protocol?
(e) Differentiate adaptive and non-adaptive routing algorithms.
(f) What is the drawback of flooding?
(g) Describe Ports and their use.
(h) What is silly window syndrome problem in TCP?
(i) Define Hypertext and URL.
(j) What is the use of Name Servers in DNS?

PART – B
(Answer all five units, 5 X 10 = 50 Marks)
UNIT – I
2 With a neat diagram, describe the layers of TCP/IP protocol suite and differentiate it with OSI reference
model.
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3 (a) Describe Twisted Pair cable and explain its performance.
(b) How the data is transferred in Packet Switching? Explain its advantages.
UNIT – II
4 (a) How errors can be detected by using block coding? Explain.
(b) A pure ALOHA network transmits 200 bit frames on a shared channel of 200 kbps. What is the
throughout if the system (all stations together) produces: (i) 1000 frames per second. (ii) 500 frames per
second. (iii) 250 frames per second.
OR
5 Explain Go-Back-N Automatic Repeat protocol. What are the pros and cons of Go-Back-N ARQ
protocol?
UNIT – III
6 With suitable example, explain distance Vector Routing algorithm. What is the drawback of this Routing
algorithm? Explain.
OR
7 (a) What is the need of Tunneling? Explain the operation of Tunneling.
(b) List and explain principal ICMP message types in detail.
UNIT – IV
8 (a) What are the primitives for a simple transport service? Explain in detail.
(b) Discuss in detail about the performance problems in computer networks.
OR
9 (a) Draw and explain the header format for a user datagram protocol.
(b) What is a two army problem? How can we solve it? Explain.
UNIT – V
10 (a) What are the various built-in-HTTP request methods? Explain.
(b) Explain in detail about the TELNET.
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11 Write short notes on the following:
(a) HTML.
(b) Resource Records in DNS.
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