UNIT -1

2 Marks

1. Define Computer Network?

2. Define Internet?
3. What is Protocol?
4. What do mean by network topology?
5. Define multiplexing and demultiplexing?
6. What are the different transmission media?
7. Explain various modes of transmission.
8. What is OSI Reference model and list the layers of OSI model.
9. What are the concerns of the Physical Layer?
10. What are the responsibilities of Data Link Layer?
11. What are the responsibilities of Network Layer?
12. What are the responsibilities of Transport Layer?
13. What are the responsibilities of Session Layer?
14. What are the responsibilities of Presentation Layer?
15. What are the responsibilities of Application Layer?

Essay Questions

1. What is OSI reference model? Explain the functions of various layers in ISO-OSI
reference model with neat diagram.
2. Explain different topologies of the network.
3. Explain in detail about Transmission media in computer networks
4. Discuss about TCP/IP model with neat diagram?
5. Compare OSI Reference model and TCP/IP model
6. What is ARPANET? Explain about Internet.
7. Discuss WAN, LAN and MAN .
8. Explain the ATM reference model and describe the functions performed by each
layer.

UNIT – 2

2 Marks

1. Define Multiplexing? What are FDM, and TDM?

2. Define checksum?
3. What is an error? Define Error detection and error correction?
4. Define framing?
5. What is Piggybacking?
 6. Define flow control?
7. Define CRC?
8. What do mean by error control?
9. What is Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA)?
10. What are the functions of Datalink Layer?
11. What are the two sublayers of Data link layer?
12. What is pure ALOHA ?

Essay Questions

1. Explain in detail about design issues of datalink layer.

2. Explain about Sliding Window Protocols?
3. What is CSMA? Explain about CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA.
4. What is Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)? Explain with an example problem?
5. What is IEEE 802.11? Explain in detail about the architecture of IEEE 802.11.
6. Explain about Frame format of IEEE 802.11?
7. Explain about datalink layer protocols for noisyless channel?
8. What is framing? Explain in detail about framing.
9. What is high level data link control (HDLC)? Explain HDLC frame format in detail.

Unit – 3

2 Marks

1. What is switching? Mention types of Switching.

2. Define congestion?
3. What do mean by congestion control?
4. What is datagram?
5. What is Routing?
6. What are the responsibilities of Network Layer?
7. What is the need of internetwork?
8. What do you mean by ARP and RARP?
9. What is IP address?
10. What is Internetworking?

Essay Questions

1. Discuss about design issues of Network layer.

2. Write short notes on circuit switching, packet switching and message switching.
3. What is Routing algorithm? Explain about Distance Vector Routing Algorithm (DVR).
4. Explain about Shortest path routing algorithm and flooding.
 5. Explain in detail about Hierarchical routing algorithm.
6. Write a short note on Multicast routing and broadcast routing.
7. What is congestion? Explain different congestion control techniques.
8. Explain in detail about congestion control algorithms.
9. A) Explain the IPV4 header.
b) What is packet fragmentation?

UNIT – 4

2 Marks

1. What are the functions of Transport Layer.

2. What is segment?
3. What is three way handshake mechanism.
4. What is TCP? Why TCP is called connection oriented and Reliable protocol.
5. Define UDP?
6. What is Connection Control?
7. What is Port?
8. What is the flow characteristics related to QoS?
9. Define Socket Address?
10. What is Round Trip Time (RTT)?

Essay Questions

1. Discuss in detail about the connection establishment and release in TCP.

2. What is UDP Protocol? Explain the structure of UDP Header format.
3. Explain TCP Connection management Finite State Machine. Explain all states in it.
4. What is TCP Protocol and explain TCP header format with neat diagram.
5. Write a short note on Remote Procedure Call (RPC).
6. Discuss the transport layer service primitives. What do you understand by 3 way
hand shake Technique? Also discuss the TCP connection management.

UNIT – 5

2 Marks

1. Write short notes on E-Mail.

2. Explain the WWW.
3. What is the significance of DNS?
4. What are the responsibilities of Application Layer?
5. What is SMTP?
 6. State the Purpose of SNMP
7. Define HTTP.
8. What is the use of FTP?

Essay Questions

1. What is an Electronic mail? Explain the two scenarios of architecture of E-Mail.

2. What is the use of DNS? Explain how it works?
3. Explain the architecture of WWW. Discuss client and server side functionality of this
architecture.
4. What is SNMP? Briefly discuss the SNMP model components.
5. A) Explain about streaming audio.
B) Explain about HTTP.