ANDHRA LOYOLA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

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Department of Information Technology
Academic Year 2017-18
UNIT Wise Question Bank
Name of the faculty : K.Sowmya Course Name : Computer Networks
Program : B.Tech Course Code : R13
Class : III B.Tech Semester : Even

UNIT I - Introduction
PART A
1. Explain in detail about the MAN.
2. Write a short note on ARPANET.
3. Explain briefly about the Novell Networks.
4. Explain line configurations
5. Explain types of data flow
6. Explain in briefly about different methods of data representation?
7. Explain in briefly about the components of data communication?
8. Write short notes on protocols and their standards?
PART B
1. Explain in detail about the Novell Network.
2. Discuss how Internet has revolutionized many aspects of our daily lives
3. Explain different Layers and their functionalities in TCP/IP Model.
4. Discuss in detail about the LAN and WAN.
5. Compare OSI Reference Model with the TCP/IP Model.
6. Differentiate network topologies.
7. What are the different Layers in the OSI Reference Model? Explain the
8. Functionalities of each Layer.
9. Explain network categories in detail.
10. What are the different types of addressing? Explain them in briefly?

UNIT II - Physical Layer and overview of PL Switching

PART A
1. Discuss briefly about the multilevel multiplexing.
2. Compare and contrast a circuit-switched network and a packet-switched
3. network.
4. What is the role of the address field in a packet traveling through a datagram
5. network? Explain.
6. Compare synchronous time division multiplexing with statistical time division
7. multiplexing
8. Explain in briefly about circuit switching?
9. What is packet switching
10. Write about pulse stuffing
PART B
1. Explain in detail about the statistical time division multiplexing.
2. Compare and contrast a circuit-switched network and a packet-switched network
3. Explain briefly about the applications of FDM
4. Explain in detail about the synchronous time division multiplexing.
5. Explain in detail about the Efficiency and Delay in Datagram Networks.
 6. What is Frequency Division Multiplexing? Explain Multiplexing process in Frequency Division
Multiplexing with a suitable example.
7. What are the two phases required in the Setup phase in Virtual Circuit? Explain.
8. What is multiplexing? Explain the basic format of multiplexed system.
9. Explain in detail about the Wavelength Division Multiplexing
10. Discuss briefly about the multiple slot allocation.
11. Explain in briefly about frequency division multiplexing?
12. Explain in briefly about time division multiplexing?
13. Explain virtual circuit network

UNIT III - Data link layer, Elementary Data Link Layer protocols, Sliding window protocol
PART A
1. What is Piggybacking? Explain the advantage of it
2. Describe the significance of error detection and error correction mechanisms in
3. data link layer.
4. Compare and contrast flow control and error control.
5. What is the need of Framing? Explain.
6. What are the different types of framing? Explain them?
7. Write short notes on block coding and linear block coding?
8. Explain in briefly about cyclic codes?
9. Explain in briefly about stop and wait protocol?
10. Explain in briefly about simplex protocol?
PART B
1. What are the services provided to the Network Layer by Data Link Layer? Explain.
2. Given 1101011011 data frame and generator polynomial G(x) = x4 + x + 1.Derive the transmitted
frame.
3. Explain in detail about the Simplex protocol for Noisy channel.
4. Explain in detail about the sliding window protocol using Selective Repeat.
5. Give a brief note on the Multilink Point to point protocol.
6. What is the problem in Go-Back-N protocol? How it can be solved. [8M]
7. Draw and explain HDLC frame format
8. Write short notes on one-bit protocol?
9. Write short notes on go-back N?
10. Explain in briefly about selective repeat stop and wait protocol?
11. Explain in briefly about HDLC?
12. Explain in briefly about point-to-point protocol?

UNIT IV - Random Access & Network Layer

PART A
1. Explain in detail about the Broadcasting
2. Write a short note on Medium Access Control.
3. Compare and contrast the differences between broadcast routing and multicast routing.
4. Discuss the drawbacks of flooding and distance vector routing algorithms
5. What is CSMA?
6. Explain Collision avoidance
7. Explain Collision detection
8. What is channelization
PART B
1. Describe in detail about the Frequency Division Multiple Access.
2. Explain briefly about the shortest path routing algorithm.
 3. Explain how slotted aloha improves the performance of pure aloha.
4. Discuss briefly about the token passing.
5. What is Count to infinity problem? Explain with suitable example.
6. With a suitable example explain Distance Vector Routing algorithm. What is
7. the serious drawback of Distance Vector Routing algorithm? Explain.
8. Describe in detail about the Hierarchical routing.
9. What is ALOHA? Explain it in briefly?
10. Differentiate Collision avoidance and Collision detection techniques
11. Explain in briefly about controlled access?
12. Explain Time division multiple access
13. Explain Frequency division multiple access
14. Explain Code division multiple access

UNIT V - IEEE Standards

PART A
1. Explain in detail about the Logical Link Control
2. Explain in detail about the Time division Multiple Access.
3. Discuss in detail about the Manchester Encoding
4. Explain maximum and minimum frame lengths in Ethernet
5. Explain in briefly about Standard Ethernet?
PART B
1. Explain in detail about the Physical layer in the Fast Ethernet.
2. Discuss briefly about the MAC layers in the 802.11 standard.
3. Compare HDLC Frame with the LLC and MAC frame formats.
4. Explain in detail about the addressing mechanism in 802.11.
5. What are the common Standard Ethernet implementations?
6. Explain the fields in the 802.11 Frame Structure.
7. Explain briefly about one-bit sliding window protocol.
8. Explain in detail about the point-to-point protocol frame format.
9. Explain in detail about the 802.3 MAC frame format and its fields.
10. What are the common Fast Ethernet implementations?
11. Write a short note on Fast Ethernet.
12. What are the IEEE standards for physical layer and data link layers?
13. Explain in briefly about IEEE-802.11?

UNIT VI - Application layer (WWW and HTTP), WAP

PART A
1. Explain in detail about the HTTP Response Message format
2. Explain the need of Uniform Resource Locator in WWW.
3. Discuss the HTTP Generic Message format.
4. Discuss in detail about the HTTP Request Message format.
PART B
1. Explain in detail about the Client and Server in World Wide Web.
2. Describe briefly about the HTTP Operational Model.
3. Explain briefly about the Architecture of WWW.
4. What are the different request types available in HTTP? Explain.
5. What is the use of Uniform Resource Locater for the Client? Explain.
6. Give a brief note on Wireless application protocol.
7. Give a brief note on the HTTP Transaction.
8. What are the different Status Codes available in HTTP? Explain.