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Enrollment No......................................

Faculty of Engineering
End Sem (Odd) Examination Dec-2019
CS3CO12 Computer Networks
Programme: B.Tech. Branch/Specialisation: CS
Duration: 3 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 60

Note: All questions are compulsory. Internal choices, if any, are indicated. Answers of
Q.1 (MCQs) should be written in full instead of only a, b, c or d.
Q.1 i. The portion of physical layer that interfaces with the media access 1
control sublayer is called
(a) Physical signalling sublayer
(b) Physical data sublayer
(c) Physical address sublayer
(d) None of these
ii. Automatic repeat request error management mechanism is provided 1
by
(a) Logical link control sublayer
(b) Media access control sublayer
(c) Network interface control sublayer
(d) None of these
iii. In virtual circuit network each packet contains 1
(a) Full source and destination address
(b) A short VC numbers
(c) Only source address
(d) Only destination address
iv. A subset of a network that includes all the routers but contains no 1
loops is called
(a) Spanning tree (b) Spider structure
(c) Spider tree (d) None of these
v. User datagram protocol is called connectionless because 1
(a) All UDP packets are treated independently by transport layer
(b) It sends data as a stream of related packets
(c) It is received in the same order as sent order
(d) None of these
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vi. An endpoint of an inter-process communication flow across a 1 ii. Exactly how many class A, B and C network can exist? Exactly how 6
computer network is called many hosts can a network in each class have? Be careful to allow
(a) Socket (b) Pipe (c) Port (d) None of these for broadcast as well as class D and E addresses.
vii. Packet of the same session may be routed through different paths in: 1 OR iii. An organization is granted the block 164.25.25.192/26. The 6
(a) TCP but not UDP (b) TCP and UDP organization needs eight subnets. Determine the following:
(c) UDP but not TCP (d) Neither TCP nor UDP (a) Subnet id of each subnet.
viii. In the slow start phase of the TCP congestion control algorithm, the 1 (b) First and last host address of each subnet.
size of the congestion window (c) What is the prefix length of each subnet?
(a) Does not increase (b) Increases linearly
(c) Increases quadratically (d) Increases exponentially Q.5 i. What is count-to-infinity problem? Explain one algorithm which 4
ix. Which among the below mentioned protocols provides a mechanism 1 suffers from this problem.
of acquiring an IP address without manual intervention in addition ii. With neat sketch explain connection establishment and connection 6
to plug and play type of networking? release using three -way handshaking in transport layer.
(a) BOOTP (b) DHCP OR iii. Explain the difference between TCP, IP and UDP in detail with 6
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these certain examples.
x. Which of the following is an application layer service? 1
(a) Network virtual terminal Q.6 i. What is meant by network management? Explain the instruments 4
(b) File transfer, access, and management supporting network management.
(c) Mail service ii. What is HTTP? Why is HTTP known as stateless protocol? 6
(d) All of these Describe any three HTTP commands.
OR iii. What is meant by application server? Differentiate it from web 6
Q.2 i. What is meant by error detection and correction? Explain it with 4 server. Explain it with certain examples.
certain examples.
ii. Explain the different types of cables required for networks. Make a 6 ******
brief comparison between them.
OR iii. Draw and explain the frame format of IEEE 802.3 Standard. 6

Q.3 i. What is meant by routing protocol? Write the difference between 4

distance vector routing and link state routing protocol
ii. What are some weaknesses of packet-filtering router? What is an 6
application level gateway and circuit level gateway? Explain.
OR iii. Explain leaky bucket and token bucket approaches of the traffic 6
shaping. How these techniques help to achieve certain QoS
parameters? Explain.

Q.4 i. Draw and explain ARP packet format. How will you find the size of 4
an ARP packet if the protocol is IP and hardware is Ethernet?
Explain.
 Marking Scheme ii. Some weaknesses of packet-filtering router 2 marks 6
CS3CO12 Computer Networks Application level gateway 2 marks
Circuit level gateway 2 marks
Q.1 i. The portion of physical layer that interfaces with the media access 1 OR iii. Leaky bucket 2 marks 6
control sublayer is called Token bucket 2 marks
(a) Physical signalling sublayer Explaination 2 marks
ii. Automatic repeat request error management mechanism is provided 1
by Q.4 i. Packet format 2 marks 4
(a) Logical link control sublayer Explanation 2 marks
iii. In virtual circuit network each packet contains 1 ii. How many Class A, B and C network can exist 2 marks 6
(b) A short VC numbers Hosts can a network in each class have? Be careful to allow for
iv. A subset of a network that includes all the routers but contains no 1 broadcast as well as class D and E addresses. 4 marks
loops is called OR iii. An organization is granted the block 164.25.25.192/26. The 6
(a) Spanning tree organization needs eight subnets. Determine the following:
v. User datagram protocol is called connectionless because 1 (a) Subnet id of each subnet. 2 marks
(a) All UDP packets are treated independently by transport layer
(b) First and last host address of each subnet. 2 marks
vi. An endpoint of an inter-process communication flow across a 1 (c) What is the prefix length of each subnet 2 marks
computer network is called
(a) Socket Q.5 i. Count-to-infinity problem 2 marks 4
vii. Packet of the same session may be routed through different paths in: 1 Algorithm 2 marks
(b) TCP and UDP
ii. Connection establishment 6
viii. In the slow start phase of the TCP congestion control algorithm, the 1 Diagram 1 mark
size of the congestion window Theory 2 marks
(d) Increases exponentially Connection release
ix. Which among the below mentioned protocols provides a mechanism 1 Diagram 1 mark
of acquiring an IP address without manual intervention in addition Theory 2 marks
to plug and play type of networking? OR iii. Difference between TCP, IP and UDP (2 mark*3) 6
(b) DHCP If difference point 6 then- (1 mark*6)
x. Which of the following is an application layer service? 1
(d) All of these Q.6 i. Network management (Definition) 2 marks 4
Explaination the instruments 2 marks
Q.2 i. Error detection with examples 2 marks 4 ii. HTTP 1 marks 6
Correction with examples. 2 marks
HTTP known as stateless protocol 2 marks
ii. Different types (1 mark*6) 6 Any three HTTP commands. 3 marks
OR iii. Frame format 3 marks 6 OR iii. Application server 2 marks 6
Explanation 3 marks Difference 3 marks
Example 1 mark
Q.3 i. Routing protocol 1 mark 4
Distance vector routing 1.5 marks
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Link state routing protocol 1.5 marks