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This document contains questions about data communication and computer networks. It asks about topics like data communication, network criteria, protocols, transmission mediums, DCE/DTE functions, data link layer responsibilities, redundancy, checksums, bit stuffing, and piggybacking. It also contains questions about the ISO/OSI model, transmission mediums, error detection, network topologies, sliding window protocol, and HDLC.

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Answer Any Nine Questions

This document contains questions about data communication and computer networks. It asks about topics like data communication, network criteria, protocols, transmission mediums, DCE/DTE functions, data link layer responsibilities, redundancy, checksums, bit stuffing, and piggybacking. It also contains questions about the ISO/OSI model, transmission mediums, error detection, network topologies, sliding window protocol, and HDLC.

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Answer Any Nine questions

1. What is mean by data communication?


2. What are the three criteria necessary for an effective and efficient network?
3. Why protocols are needed?
4. What are the disadvantages of optical fiber as a transmission medium?
5. What are the functions of a DCE?
6. What are the three fundamental characteristics determine the effectiveness of the data
communication system?
7. What are the responsibilities of data link layer?
8. What is redundancy?
9. Write short notes on VRC.
10. Define checksum.
11. What is meant by bit stuffing?
12. What is piggy backing?
PART B (3 x 14 = 42 Marks)
13 a) Explain ISO/OSI Model in detail.
b) Explain briefly about the Transmission Medium in Computer Networks.
14 a) Explain the Error Detection Mechanisms in detail.
b) Explain the different types of Network Topologies in detail.
15 a) Explain Sliding Window Protocol in detail.
b) Explain HDLC in detail.

1. What is mean by data communication?


Data communication is the exchange of data (in the form of 1s and 0s) between two
devices via some form of transmission medium (such as a wire cable).

What are the three fundamental characteristics determine the effectiveness of the data
communication system?
The effectiveness of the data communication system depends on three fundamental characteristics:
Delivery: The system must deliver data to the correct destination.
Accuracy: The system must deliver data accurately.
Timeliness: The system must deliver data in a timely manner.
What are the functions of a DTE? What are the functions of a DCE? Data terminal equipment
is a device that is an information source or an information sink. It is connected to a network through
a DCE. Data circuit-terminating equipment is a device used as an interface between a DTE and a
network.

2. Why are protocols needed?


In networks, communication occurs between the entities in different systems. Two entities cannot just
send bit streams to each other and expect to be understood. For communication, the entities must
agree on a protocol. A protocol is a set of rules that govern data communication

2. What are the three criteria necessary for an effective and efficient network?
The most important criteria are performance, reliability and security. Performance of the network
depends on number of users, type of transmission medium, the capabilities of the connected h/w and
the efficiency of the s/w. Reliability is measured by frequency of failure, the time it takes a link to
recover from the failure and the networks robustness in a catastrophe. Security issues include
protecting data from unauthorized access and viruses.
4. What are the disadvantages of optical fiber as a transmission medium?
The disadvantages of optical fiber are Very expensive. Installation and maintenance is difficult.
Fragility
5. What is redundancy?
It is the error detecting mechanism, which means a shorter group of bits or extra bits may be
appended at the destination of each unit.

6. What are the responsibilities of data link layer?


Specific responsibilities of data link layer include the following. a) Framing b) Physical addressing c)
Flow control d) Error control e) Access control
7. What is piggy backing?
Piggy backing means combining data to sent and acknowledgement of the frame received in one
single frame. Piggy backing can save bandwidth because the overhead from a data frame and an
ACK frame can be combined into just one frame

Bit stuffing is the insertion of one or more bits into a transmission unit as a way to provide
signaling information to a receiver. The receiver knows how to detect and remove or disregard
the stuffed bits
A checksum is a count of the number of bits in a transmission unit that is included with the unit
so that the receiver can check to see whether the same number of bits arrived. If the counts
match, it's assumed that the complete transmission was received. Both TCP and UDP
communication layers provide a checksum count and verification as one of their services.

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