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QUESTION BANK

UNIT-I
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Differentiate between Bridges and Routers.


Write the name of address used at different layer of TCP/IP protocol suit.
What is frame bursting?
What are the types of stations based on their mobility in a wireless LAN?
Explain Multiplexing in ATM.

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6. Write short note on the followings:
a. CSMA/CD
b. Hidden-Station Problem
7. What is ATM? Explain its architecture.
8. What is CSMA/CA? Explain with its flow diagram. How it is different from CSMA/CD?
9. Differentiate between the OSI model and TCP/IP protocol suite.
10. Write short note on the followings:
a. Hidden Station Problem
b. Exposed Station Problem
UNIT-II
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1. What is Longest Mask Matching? Explain.
2. One of the addresses in a block is 17.63.110.114/24. Find the network address and
number of addresses in this block.
3. Write the name of phases involved in connection-oriented service.
4. One of the addresses in a block is 167.199.170.82/27. Find the network address and
number of addresses in this block.
5. What is Limited Broadcast Address? How does router deal with packets having this
address?
6. Write the name of different components of a router.
Long Type
7. What is Router? Explain its structure.
8. Write short note on the followings:
a. Hierarchical Routing
b. Classful Addressing
c. Loopback Address

d. Two-level Addressing
9. What are the services provided by network layer at the destination computer? Explain.
10. Write short note on the followings:
a. Address Aggregation
b. Geographical Routing
c. Loopback Address
d. Classless Addressing
11. What are the services provided by network layer at the source computer? Explain.
12. Explain the whole process of communication of a connection-oriented service.
UNIT-III
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An ARP request is broadcast; an ARP reply is unicast. Explain.


What are the types of ICMP messages?
Differentiate between static and dynamic address mapping.
What is MTU (Maximum Transfer Unit)?
In IP datagram, for what purpose fragmentation offset is used?

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1. What are the components of an ARP package? Explain its working.
2. What are the types of ICMP messages? Explain each with example.
3. What is Checksum? Explain calculation of checksum at the sender and at the receiver
side with example.
4. What is Fragmentation? Explain fragmentation in Datagram with an example.
UNIT-IV
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What is STOP-and-WAIT protocol?


What is Silly Window Syndrome in sliding window operation?
What is Go-Back-N protocol?
In Slow-start algorithm, how does the size of congestion window increase, until it reaches
a threshold?
5. What is three-way handshaking?
6. Write the name of timers used by TCP.
Long Type
1. Write short note on the following:
a. Piggybacking
b. Selective-Repeat Protocol

2. How syndrome is created by the receiver? What is the solution proposed by Clark for
this? Explain.
3. Write short note on the followings:
a. Three-Way Handshaking
b. Stop-and-Wait protocol
4. Explain Congestion control in TCP. Explain role of congestion window and congestion
policy in this.
5. How syndrome is created by the sender? What is the solution proposed by Nagle for this?
Explain.
6. Write short note on followings:
a. Go-Back-N protocol
b. Slow-Start algorithm for congestion control

UNIT-V
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Which routing technique is implemented by RIP (Routing Information Protocol)?


What is the reason for delay in adoption of IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6)?
Write the name of different mode of operation in TELNET.
Normal FTP protocol is insecure. Explain.
Write the name of phases of mail transfer in SMTP.
What is POP?

Long Type
1. What is Distance-Vector Routing algorithm? Explain with an example. What is Count-toInfinity problem? What are different solutions used to overcome this problem?
2. What is SNMP? What are other protocols used by SNMP for management? Explain role
of each protocol.
3. What is IPSec (IP security)? What are different modes of operation for IPSec? Explain.
4. What is DNS? What is Namespace? What is Name-address resolution? What is Inverse
Domain? What is Recursive Resolution? Explain.
5. What is OSPF? Explain the algorithm used by it.
6. What is IGMP protocol? What is the position of this in TCP/IP layers? Explain different
types of IGMP messages.

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