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The document outlines various concepts and components of computer networking, categorized into sections including introduction, physical layer, data link layer, MAC sub-layer, and network layer. It includes short, medium, and long answer questions covering topics such as protocols, topologies, switching technologies, error control, and routing algorithms. The content serves as a comprehensive guide for understanding fundamental networking principles and practices.

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Computer Networking Questions

The document outlines various concepts and components of computer networking, categorized into sections including introduction, physical layer, data link layer, MAC sub-layer, and network layer. It includes short, medium, and long answer questions covering topics such as protocols, topologies, switching technologies, error control, and routing algorithms. The content serves as a comprehensive guide for understanding fundamental networking principles and practices.

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Computer Networking

1. INTRODUCTION

SHORT ANSWER TYPES


1. What is protocol?
2. What is the difference between internet and intranet?
3. What is the function of Network Interface Card (NIC)?
4. Why do we need a modem in a computer network?
5. If a mesh topology contains five nodes then how many communication links are
required?
6. What is multicasting?
7. What is flow control?
8. In how many ways stuffing can be done?
9. What is a packet?
10. What is synchronization point?

MEDIUM ANSWER TYPES


1. Differentiate between computer network and distributed system.
2. What are the applications of computer network in a financial institution?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of star topology?
4. In which topology central and secondary hubs are used? What are these hubs
5. Explain the elements of a protocol.
6. Discuss the mechanical characteristics of physical layer.
7. What is end to end delivery?
8. What is the function of a MAC sub-layer?
9. Discuss the function of data link layer.
10. Discuss the function of presentation layer.

LONG ANSWER TYPES


1. Explain LAN, MAN and WAN.
2. Explain the difference between computer networks and distributed system.
3. Explain the requirements of layered protocol architecture.
4. Explain TCP/IP reference model.
5. Explain OSI reference model.

2. PHYSICAL LAYER

SHORT ANSWER TYPES


1. What is baud?
2. What is the difference between bit rate and BER?
3. What is the significance relays in a crossbar switch?
4. What is clad?
5. What is the remedy to overcome the problems of a single stage crossbar switch?
6. What is total internal reflection?
7. What is multipath fading?
8. Which rays cannot penetrate through obstacles?
9. What is multimode fiber?
10. What is critical angle?

MEDIUM ANSWER TYPES


1. Differentiate between cat3 and cat5 twisted cables.
2. What are the features of circuit switching technology?
3. Convert a single stage crossbar switch into a multiple stage crossbar switch
where input and output of single stage crossbar switch is 12?
4. How is packet switching more advantageous than message switching?
5. Explain the positive sides of using microwave signals.
6. Discuss the application of infrared signals.
7. What is maximum data rate of a noiseless channel where bandwidth is 5KHz and
number of levels in which samples are quantized is 2?
8. Explain Shanon's Criteria?
9. Discuss the structure of a coaxial cable.
10. Discuss different types of optical fiber cables.

LONG ANSWER TYPES


1. Explain Fourier series.
2. Explain radio transmission.
3. Explain the different phases of circuit switching technology.
4. Explain TDM bus.
5. Explain TSI.

3. DATA LINK LAYER

SHORT ANSWER TYPES


1. What is payload?
2. What is the difference between frame header and frame trailer?
3. What is flow control?
4. What is burst error?
5. Expand CRC?
6. What is checksum?
7. What is piggy backing?
8. What is the difference between command and responses?
9. Expand ARM?
10. What is stuffing?

MEDIUM ANSWER TYPES


1. Explain LRC.
2. Write down the different steps of generating checksum?
3. Explain bit stuffing?
4. Differentiate between Go-back-N ARQ and Select Reject ARQ?
5. Explain the control field in HDLC
6. Explain different types of stations in HDLC.
7. Explain different types of data transfer mode in HDLC?
8. What are the possibilities of an error while transmitting a frame?
9. Discuss the services provided by data link layer to network layer.
10. Discuss different functions of data link layer.

LONG ANSWER TYPES


1. Explain CRC with the help of an example.
2. Explain Hamming code with the help of an example.
3. Explain sliding window protocols.
4. Explain the operation of HDLC.
5. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of bit stuffing.

4. MAC SUB-LAYER

SHORT ANSWER TYPES


1. Expand MAC.
2. Expand LLC.
3. What is ALOHA?
4. What is back-off?
5. What is vulnerable period?
6. What is CSMA?
7. What is CSMA/CD?
8. What is the size of Field Control field?
9. Expand FDDI?
10. Which transmission is used in FDDI?

MEDIUM ANSWER TYPES


1. What are the steps performed by 1-persistent CSMA?
2. What are the steps performed by non-persistent CSMA?
3. What are the steps performed by p-persistent CSMA?
4. Justify CSMA/CD is better than CSMA?
5. Explain the control field in HDLC.
6. Discuss the method of passing tokens in token ring.
7. What is ring monitoring?
8. Explain different time registers of FDDI?
9. What are the different timers used in FDDI.
10. What is CDDI?

LONG ANSWER TYPES


1. Explain the efficiency of slotted ALOHA.
2. Explain binary exponential back-off algorithm.
3. Explain CSMA/CD.
4. Explain the operation of token ring.
5. Discuss FDDI.

5. NETWORK LAYER

SHORT ANSWER TYPES


1. What is the function of a Hub?
2. What is Routing Information Field (RIF)?
3. What is hop?
4. How many bits are there in the network part of class C network?
5. What is tentative label?
6. What is selective flooding?
7. What is sequence number wrapping?
8. What is congestion?
9. What is choke packet?
10. What is the function of a hop counter?
11. What is load shedding?
12. Expand RED.
13. Expand QOS.
14. What is gateway?
15. What is the difference between amplifier and repeater?

MEDIUM ANSWER TYPES


1. Differentiate between transparent and source routing bridge.
2. Discuss store and forward switch.
3. Explain five classes of IP addresses.
4. Explain Shortest Path Routing Algorithm.
5. Discuss count to infinity problem with the help of an example.
6. Differentiate between static and dynamic routing algorithm.
7. Discuss the Problems related to link state routing algorithm.
8. What are the solutions of the problems originated in link state routing?
9. Explain Choke packets.
10. Discuss QOS.

LONG ANSWER TYPES


1. Explain Distance Vector Routing algorithm with the help of an example.
2. Explain Hop by hop choke packets with the help of a labeled diagram.
3. Explain the different phases of link state routing algorithm.
4. Explain different types of routers.
5. Explain different types of bridges.

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