CN Practice Questions

Module 1:Introduction
Q Explain various advantages ,disadvantages and applications of Computer Network.
Q. Describe different network topologies? Explain each topology with advantages &
disadvantages.
Q. Compare Mesh topology with Bus topology.
Q. Compare Ring topology with Star topology.
Q. What is the need of Layered Architecture .Draw and explain ISO/OSI Layered
Architecture .
Q.Differentiate between OSI model and TCP/IP model.
Q. What are the five layers of Internet protocol stack (TCP/IP model) ?What are the principal
responsibilities of each of the layers.
Q.Explain the functionality of following layers: Network layer, Application layer, Transport
layer.
Q.Explain different network addresses: MAC add, IP add, PORT add and specific add.
Q.Discuss various types of Networks (PAN,LAN,MAN,WAN) with the features and
advantages/disadvantages.
Q. Explain the functions of different connecting devices Hub, Bride, Repeater, Switch and
Router.

Module 2:Application Layer

Q. Write note on: Application layer paradigms.
Q. How can we access the remote terminal using TELNET ? Explain with example.
Q.Explain FTP in detail? Explain any six FTP commands and responses with example.
Q. Explain HTTP Request message and HTTP Response Message format.
Q.Differentiate between persistent and non-persistent HTTP.
Q.Explain DNS service with example.What is resource record ?
Q.Explain Email system with different components UA, MTA and SMTP Protocol.
Q.How Telnet works? Draw handshaking diagram for two systems .
Q. Explain how mail can be send over Internet using SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ).
Q Explain working of HTTP protocol with request and response message formats.
Q What are different protocols used in Application Layer ? What are five mandatory
commands used in SMTP protocol.
Q Which Protocol is used for fetching a web page ? Explain its working with command and
response message formats .
Q Explain the need of DNS .What are different services provided by DNS ? Explain DNS
message and record formats .
Q. Differentiate between Telnet and FTP protocols.
Q. Which application layer protocol is used by TCP/IP for copying a file from one host to
another? Explain it.

Module 3:Transport Layer

Q. How transport layer manages to perform application multiplexing and demultiplexing
Explain with examples.
Q.What do you understand by “3-Way Handshake” in TCP? Explain.
Q. Explain the default timer (Retransmission ,Persistent ,keep alive ,Time wait ) mechanism
followed in TCP.
Q. Explain in detail about open loop & close loop congestion control techniques in transport
layer with a suitable example.
Q.Draw the Header format for TCP and explain all fields in detail.
Q.Draw the Header format for UDP and explain all fields in detail.
Q Compare TCP & UDP header. Explain TCP header in detail.
Q What is Congestion ? What are causes of Congestion ?Explain congestion control
mechanisms in TCP.
Q Which transport layer protocol ensures reliability ? What are the mechanism used to ensure
reliability ?
Q Why UDP User Datagram Protocol is unreliable ?Explain various fields in UDP header
format .
Q What is Socket in Transport layer. How it helps to identify different applications in
transport layer
Q In which Networking applications UDP is preferred ? What are advantages &
disadvantages of UDP over TCP.
Q Perform Internet Checksum on given data and calculate Checksum to be send along with
given data at transmitter side
0110011001100110 0110011001100110 0000111100001111
Q Describe Threshold condition in TCP congestion .Explain congestion control policies in
TCP.

Module 4 :Network Layer

Q Explain IPV4 header format with Diagram.
Q What is subnetting? What are the default subnetmasks?
Q Explain the difference between static and dynamic routing. Explain distance vector routing
in detail.
Q Explain with examples the classification of IPV4 addresses.
Q Explain the need of subnet mask in subnetting.
Q What is ICMP protocol? Explain the ICMP header format with diagram.
Q Explain the need for subnetting? A company is granted the site address 201.70.64.0 (class
C). The company needs six subnets, Design the subnets.
Q Write short note on IPV4 Vs IPV6
Q Why subnetting is required and how it is done in classful and classless IP addressing
Q What is subnetting? Given the class C network 192. 168.10.0 use the subnet mask
255.255.255.192 to create subnets and answer the following
What is the number of subnets created? How many hosts per subnet? Calculate the IP
address of the first host, the last host and the broadcast address of each subnet.
Q for a given block of addresses calculate the IP address of the first host, the last host and the
broadcast address of each subnet and total number of addresses if one of the address is given
as 204.17.34.56/28
Q Explain Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR).
Q An ISP is granted a block of addresses starting with 150.80.0.0/16.
The ISP wants to distribute these blocks to 2600 customers as follows.
a. The first group has 200 medium-size businesses; each needs 128
b. The second group has 400 small businesses; each needs 16
c. The third group has 2000 households; each needs 4 addresses. Design the subblocks and
give the slash notation for each subblock. Find out how many addresses are still available
after these allocations.
QDifferentiate between an IP address and a MAC or physical address. What is the need to
map IP address to MAC address? Explain which protocol does this. Similarly give a protocol
which does reverse mapping.
Q What is subnetting? What are the default subnet masks? Find the subnet address if the IP
address is 129.31.72.24 and subnet mask is 255.255.192.0.
Q Explain IPv4 header format in detail. If value at HLEN field is 1101 find the size of option
and padding field?

Q Problems based on Dijkstra’s algorithm on a given Network graph

Examples
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Module 5 :Data Link Layer
Q Explain ARP, RARP protocols in detail
Q Why is an ARP query sent within Broadcast frame.
Q Classify various multiple access methods . Explain how collision are handled in
CSMA/CD.
Q Explain different Framing methods? What are the advantages of variable length and fixed
length frame?
Q Explain design issues of Data Link layer. Explain Sliding Window protocol Selective
Repeat.
Q Explain Go-back n protocol?
Q Explain in short different framing methods.
Q Explain the purpose of Flow control and Error Control from DLL perspective
Q Enumerate the main responsibilities of Data link layer.
Q With suitable example explain sliding window protocol with selective reject. Compare its
performance to sliding window with Go-back-n technique.
Q Explain 1-persistent, p-persistent and 0-persistent CSMA giving strong and weak points of
each.
Q Explain any four functions of Data Link layer with example.
Q Write in brief about PPP Frame format
Q Explain how performance is improved in CSMA/CD compared to CSMA protocol.
Q Encode a binary word 1100 in to even parity Hamming code.

Module 6 : Physical layer

Q Classify transmission media and compare them.
Q List the advantages of Fiber optics as communication medium.
Q Compare Guided media w.r.t unguided media.
Q Compare and contrast Circuit switching and Packet switching network.
Q Write a short notes on Bluetooth Architecture.
Q Explain with example how packets are sent over the network using packet switching List
out advantages & disadvantages of packet switching
Q Explain how packets are sent over the network using Circuit switching List out advantages
& disadvantages of packet switching
Q Explain various Guided (Wired ) Transmission media (Coaxial cable,Twisted pair cable
,Optical fiber etc )
Q Explain various Guided (Wireless) Transmission media ( Radio frequency,Microwave
,Satellite,Bluetooth etc)