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FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2008
CS610- Computer Network
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Time: 120 min
Marks: 70
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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The number of connections needed for N computer in direct point to point communication is
equal to:
► (N2 –N)/2
► N(N- 1)
► N2
► None of the given
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When an application--------------- data, it makes a copy of the data available to all other
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Ethernet uses a ------ bit static addressing scheme in which each device is assigned a unique
address by the manufacturer.
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A system with redundant bridges might have a problem with_______ in the system.
► Loop
► Filters
► Spanning Trees
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Connectionless service, Message-Oriented protocol, best effort delivery service, arbitrary
interaction and operating system independent are the characteristics of _____________
► TCP
► UDP
► IP
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Connection-oriented service, Point-to-point, Complete reliability, Full-duplex communication,
Stream interface, Reliable connection startup and Graceful connection shutdown are the services
provided by__________
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The process of using a routing table to select a next hop for a given datagram is called_________
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____________ uses distance vector approach to define routing
► BGP
► OSPF
► RIP
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A multicast routing scheme in which the protocol software builds a delivery tree from a central
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One repeater _______, two repeaters ________ the maximum cable length limitation.
► doubles, cancel
► doubles, triple

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► square roots, cude roots
► and, triple
Whenever it handles a packet, IP software needs to separate the destination address into a
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► postfix, Infix
► non of these
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Although message exchange can be used to bind addresses, sending a request for each binding is
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ARP is almost always used to bind a ___-bit IP address to a ___-bit Ethernet address.
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End-to-end delivery service is connection oriented.
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A single networking technology is best for all needs.

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In the 1970s large organizations began to acquire multiple networks. Each network in the
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Which method of Address Resolution Protocol is useful with any hardware?

Were "T" stands for Table lookup, "C" for Closed-form Computation and "D" for Data
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In which method of Address Resolution Protocol the protocol address is determined by hardware
address?
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► routing metric
► routing
► switching

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Is there a comparision between TCP/IP reference model and ISO reference model.
Does OSPF only share information within an area or does it allow communication
between areas?
What are the implimentations of Network Address Translation?

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Describe the difference between static and dynamic routing?
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What is the first address in the block if one of the addresses is 140.120.84.24/20?
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Write three new features of IPV6.
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What is the difference between an interior gateway protocol and an exterior gateway protocol?
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As the Internet grew, the original Classful addressing scheme became a limitation, what is was
the designed solution.
What are IPv6 ADDRESS NOTATION?
LIST SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF A CLIENT.
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With help of the diagram below, explain TCP Segment Format:
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CS610 Computer Networks

Final Term Examination – Spring 2005
Time Allowed: 150 Minutes
Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting any

question:
1. This examination is closed book, closed notes, closed neighbors.
2. Answer all questions.
a. There is no choice.
b. You will have to answer correctly all questions in this
examination to get the maximum possible marks.
3. Do not ask any questions about the contents of this examination
from anyone.
a. If you think that there is something wrong with any of the
questions, attempt it to the best of your understanding.
b. If you believe that some essential piece of information is
missing, make an appropriate assumption and use it to solve
the problem.
**WARNING: Please note that Virtual University takes serious note

of unfair means. Anyone found involved in cheating will get an `F`
grade in this course.
Total Marks: 75 Total Questions: 06
Question No. 1 Marks : 10
Given the following technologies, determine which characteristics apply by placing

an 'X' in the appropriate place.
Fill in the blanks.

1. TCP/IP protocols use the name ____________ to refer to an internet packet.
2. The process of using a routing table to select a next hop for a given datagram is called
__________.
3. The translation from a computer's protocol address to the equivalent hardware address is
known as ____________.
4. The ________ field in frame header specifies that the frame contains an ARP message.
5. The basic hardware component used to connect heterogeneous networks is known as
________.
6. TCP/IP protocol is organized into _______ conceptual layers.
7. The Suffix part of a Class 'B' network contains _______ octets.
8. 224.49.53.9 is a class _________ address.
9. If congestion in a network persists, the entire network can become unusable. This condition is
known as ____________.
10. __________ is a measure of the rate at which data can be sent through the network.
Answer the following questions briefly?
a) Briefly define the two main points of the "Locality of Reference

Principle"?
b) Briefly define the function of a Network Analyzer with an elaboration of
the term "Promiscuous Mode"?
c) What is the difference between a Bridge and a Repeater?
d) Name the three Address Resolution Techniques?
e) Differentiate between Static and Dynamic Routing?

Convert the following 32-Bit Binary addresses into their equivalent Dotted Decimal
Notation?
Draw the OSPF Graph for the following network?
Given the IP address and subnet mask 192.168.10.0 and 255.255.255.224

a) What is the maximum number of subnets in the network?
b) What is the number of hosts?
c) What are the valid subnets?
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FINAL SPRING 2007
(1):Given the IP address 18.250.31.14 and subnet mask 255.240.0.0, what is the
subnet address?
• 18.9.0.14
• 18.240.0.0
• 18.31.0.14
• 18.0.0.14
Answer the following questions:

a. Why would an internet need an Autonomous System? [3]
b. What is the difference between an interior gateway protocol and an exterior gateway
protocol? Name an example of each [4]
c. What is the difference between unicast routing and multicast routing? [3]
Answer the following questions:

i. What is meant by Virtual Private Networks and how guarantee absolute privacy
of packets in it? [3]
ii. What information are obtained from network sniffer and in which mode Network
sniffer operates? [3]
iii. How does a bridge know on which segment a destination computer is attached?[2]
iv. What is the difference between private network and public network? [2]
Suppose an ISP has class B address i.e. 130.8.0.0/16. If the ISP has three customers
with only six computers each then determine the following parameters:
a. Network prefixes assigned to three customers?[3]
b. Address Mask for each Network prefix?[3]
c. Lowest Host Address and Highest Host Address of one customer?[4]
In IP datagram header format, what is the value of the data field given H.LEN value
of 12 and TOTAL LENGTH value of 40,000?
• 39,952
• 10,048
• 40,012
• 39,988
Which of the following is an exterior routing protocol?
• RIP and OSPF

• BGP
• OSPF
• RIP
Given are the five networks connected to each other via routers.
Networks1 is connected to Network 2 through R1-2, Network 2 is connected to the

Network3 through R2-3 and so on. W represents the weights between network nodes.
Host A belongs to Network 1 whereas Host B belongs to Network 5
The MTU size of each network is as follows
Network MTU size

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1 256 bits
2 16 bits
3 32 bits
4 16 bits
5 8 bits
Host A sends a datagram of size 256 bits to Host B.
a. Find out which path will the datagram be adopting in reaching to the destination B
by Distance Vector Routing algorithm. [4]
b. Which of the routers in the path needs to fragment the datagram? [4]
c. The original datagram is finally split into how many datagrams to reach at the
destination? [4]
An ARP reply is ------- to ----
• Unicast: one host

• Unicast: all hosts
• Multicast: one host
• Broadcast: all hosts
CS610-Computer Networks
MID FALL 2007
a. Explain how the CSMA/CD protocol answers the following questions: (Marks:
08)
i. When should the station access the medium?
ii. What should be done if the medium is busy?
iii. How should the station determine the success or failure of the transmission?
iv. What should the station do if there is an access conflict?
b. Imagine the length of a 10Base5 cable is 2500 m. If the speed of propagation in a

thick coaxial cable is 400,000,000 m/s, how long does it take for a bit to travel from
the beginning to the end of the network? Ignore any propagation delay in the
equipment. (Marks: 06)
Ethernet uses a ____________ static addressing scheme in which each device is

assigned a unique address by the manufacturer.
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48
32
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Consider the six computers connected to a pair of bridged LAN segments as shown
below: (Marks:14)
Fill the segments list as given below according to the events occurs (How a bridge can
learn the locations of computers when a sequence of events occurs).
Event Segment 1 List Segment 2 List

Bridge boots
A sends to B
B sends to A
F broadcast
E sends to B
E sends to D
D sends to C
C sends to F
a. Answer the following question: (Marks: 08)

i. What are the main reasons for which PING command is not used for probing in
the large network?
ii. What is a ring network technology that is designed to overcome severe failure,
explain its working briefly?
iii. What is difference byte stuffing and bit stuffing?
b. What is the ratio of useful data to the entire packet for the smallest Ethernet
frame? What is the ratio for the largest frame? What is the average ratio?(Marks:
06)
An interface for twisted pair Ethernet must have a ____________ connector, and
must generate signals according to the_____________ specification.
BNC- t base 10
Rj 45- t base 10
BNC-t base 5
Rj 45-t base 2
A bridge uses the ___________ to determine which computers connect to which

segment, and uses the __________ to determine whether to forward a copy of frame.
Source , destination
Source , source
Destination, source
None from above
A system with redundant bridges might have a problem with_______ in the system.
Loop
Filters
Spamming
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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2008
CS610- Computer Network (Session - 2)
Time: 60 min
Marks: 38
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typical port on an ATM switch operates at __________ or higher.
► OC-2 speed (155Mbps)
► OC-3 speed (155Gbps)
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product of delay and throughput measures the _____ of data that can be present on the network.
► Area
► Volume
► Length
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__________is used for compressed audio and video where the data rate depends on the level of
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bridges function in the _________ layers(s).
►Physical (MAC)
►Data link
►Network
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IEEE LLC/SNAP header is --------, which is used to specify the type of data.
►8 octets
►8 bytes
►8 bits

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third field of the header consists of ------ bit Ethernet frame type.
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-----------method, the network hardware designers specify how type information is included in
the frame and the value use to identify various frame types.
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Local Talk is a LAN technology that employs -------------
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Fast Ethernet hardware operates at a rate of --------
►10 Mbps
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►1000 Mbps

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--------- scheme, which is designed to help detect transmissions errors, send one extra bit of
information with each character
►Parity
►Checksums
►CRC
►None of given
Computer networks are often called -------------- because they use packet technology.
►Ethernet
►Switch networks
►Packet networks

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-------, network occupies larger areas like cities & countries.
►WAN . v
►MAN
►None of the given W
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-----------, network occupies the smaller area like a room a floor or a building
In --
►LAN
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Point-to-Point topology there are two topologies.
►Tree and Ring
►Star and Ring
►Star and Tree
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Why 10-base T wiring scheme is called star shaped bus wiring scheme.
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and a segment was limited to 500 meters. Assume the signals propagate down the cable at 66
percent of the speed of light.
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CS610 Computer Networks

Mid Term Examination – Spring 2005
Time Allowed: 90 Minutes
Please read the following instructions carefully before

attempting any of the questions:
1. Attempt all questions. All Questions carry Different Marks.
2. Do not ask any questions about the contents of this
examination from anyone.
a. If you think that there is something wrong with any of
the questions, attempt it to the best of your understanding.
missing, make an appropriate assumption and use it to
solve the problem.
3. Exam is Closed Book. No handouts or extra material is allowed
in exam hall other than rough sheet which will be provided by the
examiner.
**WARNING: Please note that Virtual University takes serious

note of unfair means. Anyone found involved in cheating will
get an `F` grade in this course.
Total Marks: 100 Total Questions: 10
A popular LAN Technology that uses a shared Bus Topology.
o Star
o CSMA
o WAN
o Ethernet
o Multicast
An electronic device that connects LAN segments.
o Ethernet
o NIC
o 10Baset
o Bridge
o 10Base5
Question No. 3 Marks :30
[15 + 15 Marks]
For the packet switched network below:
a. Determine the routing table.

b. Determine the collapsed routing table using default route.
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A form of addressing in which a set of computers is assigned one address.

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o Broadcast
o Multicast
o Packet Switch
o Bandwidth
o CRC
Draw and label all the components for a 10Base5 Network.

A network technology that uses Collision Avoidance.
o Bridge
o CRC
o Broadcast
o WAN
o Wireless LAN
[15 Marks]
Assume a 10Mega Byte file must be transmitted across a network. Ignoring delays caused
by waiting for access and other overhead, how long will it take to send the file across?
a. Ethernet (10Mbps)
b. Fast Ethernet (100Mbps)
c. Token Ring (16Mbps)
d. Local Talk (230Kbps)
e. ATM (155Mbps)
Draw an example of 'Cycle of Bridges' with the segments. (At least 6 segments)
[15 Marks]
As discussed in the lecture, each ATM Switch rewrites or switched the Label. Assuming the
sending computer 'S' uses a VPI/VCI value of 3 and the receiving computer 'R' uses a
VPI/VCI value of 6, use a table containing the old VPI/VCI, the Interface and the new
VPI/VCI to complete the tables for each of the switches below?
Question No.10 Marks : 03
Formal name for Thick Ethernet.

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o Star
o TDM
o Bandwidth
o Network Analyzer
o Broadcast
FINALTERM EXAMINATION
SPRING 2006 Marks: 60
CS610 - COMPUTER NETWORK (Session - 1 ) Time: 120min
StudentID/LoginID: ______________________________
Student Name: ______________________________
Center Name/Code: ______________________________
Exam Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting any

of the questions:
1. Attempt all questions. Marks are written adjacent to each question.
2. Do not ask any questions about the contents of this examination
from anyone.
a. If you think that there is something wrong with any of the
questions, attempt it to the best of your understanding.
missing, make an appropriate assumption and use it to solve the
problem.
c. Write all steps, missing steps may lead to deduction of marks.
**WARNING: Please note that Virtual University takes serious note of
unfair means. Anyone found involved in cheating will get an `F` grade
in this course.
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Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Marks
Two computers E and F are expected to communicate frequently, in a LAN. While designing a
LAN which of the following is the way through which the traffic between E and F, will be least
affected to the other computers/traffic on the network
► Make the two computers in different LAN segment and connect both the segments via
bridge
► Make the computer in a single LAN segment
► Connect both the computers using switch in between them
► Make the two computers in different LAN segments and connect both the segments
via router
In which of the following OSI reference layers, does repeater operates?
► Physical
► Data link
► Network
► Session
Which of the following is not true about OSPF?
► Allows routers introduce routes learned from other means
► Similar to IGP
► An address mask is attached with each address

► Allows classful and classless addresses but not subnetted
Static routing is more flexible than dynamic routing.
► True
► False
UDP provides connectionless data delivery.
► True
► False
Write the use of token in-case of ring or star topology, how it works?

Consider the above figure, in which there is a cloud of networks having various networks.
Suppose there are 7 routers in between Host A and Host B.

Identify
a. How come host A knows the addresses of all the routers between A to B?
b. What will be the value of the TTL field when the source host A sends the datagram 7th
time towards the destination B, and the third router in the path receives that datagram?
c. How many times does the source A needs to send the datagram so that it finally reaches at
destination host B?
d. What will be the value of the TTL field when the source host A sends the datagram 4th
time towards the destination B, and the second router in the path receives that datagram?
e. What will be the value of the TTL field when the source host A sends the datagram first
time towards the destination B, and the first router in the path receives that datagram?

Given are the five networks connected to each other via routers.
Networks1 is connected to Network 2 through R1-2, Network 2 is connected to the Network3

through R2-3 and so on. W represents the weights between network nodes. Host A belongs to
Network 1 whereas Host B belongs to Network 5
The MTU size of each network is as follows

Network MTU size
No.
1 128bits
2 32 bits
3 64 bits
4 32 bits
5 16 bits
Host A sends a datagram of size 128 bits to Host B.
a. Find out which path will the datagram be adopting in reaching to the destination B by
Djikstra’s algorithm.
b. Which of the routers in the path needs to fragment the datagram?
c. The original datagram is finally split into how many datagrams to reach at the destination.

Consider the IP addresses and the corresponding subnet masks,
i- 187.199.127.5 , 255.255.255.0
ii- 72.32.10.4 , 255.240.0.0
Find out the following against both of the above IP addresses
a. The network class in which the IP address falls.

b. The number of bits used for subnetting.
c. Total number of host in the subnet
d. The network address of the subnet.
e. The subnet address of the IP address.

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Given the following technologies, determine which characteristics apply by placing

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Answer the following questions briefly?

a) Briefly define the two main points of the "Locality of Reference

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Draw the OSPF Graph for the following network?

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Given the IP address and subnet mask 192.168.10.0 and 255.255.255.224

Answer the following questions:

Answer the following questions:

Which of the following is an exterior routing protocol?

• RIP and OSPF

Networks1 is connected to Network 2 through R1-2, Network 2 is connected to the

The MTU size of each network is as follows

Network MTU size

An ARP reply is ------- to ----

• Unicast: one host

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Ethernet uses a ____________ static addressing scheme in which each device is

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