paper 1
Q.1 – Attempt any four of the following:
a) What are frames? Explain any 2 framing methods in detail.
b) Explain TCP Timers.
c) Explain the need of DNS? What are DNS name spaces?
d) Compare the OSI & TCP/IP reference models.
e) What is the use of checksum? Explain the CRC steps to calculate the checksum.
f) Compare Subnet and Supernet? A network on the Internet has a subnet mask of
[Link]. What is the maximum number of hosts it can handle?
Q.2 – Attempt the following:
a) Compare and contrast coaxial cable & fiber optics cable? A 2 km long broadcast LAN uses
CSMA has \(10^9\) bps bandwidth and uses CSMA/CD. The signal travels along the wire at
400000 km/s. What is the minimum packet size that can be used on this network?
b) Explain the open loop congestion control and closed loop congestion control policies in detail.
Q.3 – Attempt the following:
a) An ISP is granted a block of addresses starting with [Link]/16 (65,536 addresses). The
ISP needs to distribute these addresses to three groups of customers as follows:
a. The first group has 64 customers: each need 256 addresses.
b. The second group has 128 customers: each need 128 addresses.
c. The third group has 128 customers: each need 64 addresses.
Design the subblocks and find out how many addresses are still available after these
allocations.
b)Explain the TCP connection establishment and Connection release.
Q.4 – Attempt the following:
a) Compare and Contrast TCP and UDP protocol? Explain the header format used at the
transport layer by TCP protocol.
b) Enlist and elaborate the issues in designing the layered protocol architecture.
Q.5 – Attempt the following:
a) Explain the concept of sliding protocol? Explain the selective repeat protocol with example?
Compare the performance of Selective repeat & Go-back-N protocol.
b) Explain Distance vector routing? Also elaborate the count to infinity problem and its solution.
Q.6 – Write a short note on:
- ARP & RARP
- DNS
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paper 2
Q.1
a) State and explain the design issues of OSI layers.
b) Compare the performance characteristics of coaxial, twisted pair and fiber optic transmission
media.
c) List the types of Error Detection and Correction techniques with the help of example.
d) Compare the Network layer protocols IPv4 and IPv6.
Q.2
a) Explain ISO-OSI reference model with diagram.
b) Illustrate TCP protocol for establishing a connection using 3-way handshake technique in the
transport layer.
Q.3
a) What is the throughput of the system both in Pure ALOHA and Slotted ALOHA, if the network
transmits 200 bits frames on a shared channel of 200 Kbps and the system produces?
a) 1000 frames per second
b) 500 frames per second
b) Analyze the steps involved in Token and Leaky bucket algorithm by quoting the need and
benefit in the network layer with suitable diagrams.
Q.4
a) Explain Linked State Routing with the help of example.
b) An ISP is granted a block of addresses starting with [Link]/16 (65,536 addresses). The
ISP needs to distribute these addresses to three groups of customers as follows:
a. The first group has 64 customers; each need 256 addresses.
b. The second group has 128 customers; each need 128 addresses.
c. The third group has 128 customers; each need 64 addresses.
Design the subblocks and find out how many addresses are still available after these
allocations.
Q.5
a) What is Congestion control? Explain Open loop and Close loop Congestion control.
b) Draw and summarize the structure of HTTP request and response.
Q.6 – Write Short Note on (Any Two):
(a) Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
(b) Classful and Classless Addressing
(c) Distance Vector Routing (DVR)
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paper 3
1 – Attempt any FOUR:
A) Explain with examples the classification of IPv4 addresses.
B) Create 7-bit hamming code for the message bit 1110 with even parity.
C) List the advantages of fiber optics as a communication Medium.
D) What are sockets and its different types?
E) What is the use of DNS in networking?
2 – Attempt the following:
A) For the class C network [Link] having subnet mask [Link] finds the
number of subnet created and Number of host per subnet.
B) What is network traffic congestion? How congestion is controlled?
3 – Attempt the following:
A) Explain different framing methods? What is the advantage of variable length frame over fixed
layer frame?
B) How collision is controlled at MAC layer using CSMA/CD?
4 – Attempt the following:
A) What is use of ARP protocol? And also discuss header structure for ARP packet.
B) Which algorithms are useful for dynamic routing?
5 – Attempt the following:
A) Explain the process of connection management at TCP layer.
B) With the help TCP segment header structure, discuss importance of sequencing.
6 – Attempt the following:
A) Compare FTP and Telnet.
B) What are the benefits of Selective repeat ARQ protocol over Go-back N ARQ protocol?
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paper 4
Q.1 – Solve any four:
(a) Explain principle differences between connection less and connection oriented
communication.
(b) What is channel allocation problem?
(c) Find the error, if any, in the following IPv4 addresses.
(i) [Link].20.
(ii) [Link].
(d) Differentiate between TCP and UDP.
(e) Write short note on SMTP.
Q.2
(a) Describe OSI reference model with a neat diagram.
(b) Explain different framing methods.
Q.3
(a) Explain different types of guided transmission media in detail.
(b) Explain sliding window protocol using selective repeat technique.
Q.4
(a) Explain Link State Routing with suitable example.
(b) What is need of DNS and explain how DNS works?
Q.5
(a) Explain IPv4 header format in detail.
(b) Explain Three Way Handshake Technique in TCP.
Q.6
(a) Explain leaky bucket algorithm and compare it with token bucket algorithm.
(b) Write short notes on:
(i) TCP Timers
(ii) HTTP
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paper 5
Q.1 – Attempt any four of the following:
a) What is subnetting? Compare subnetting and supernetting.
b) What are three reasons for using layered protocols? What is two possible disadvantages of
using layered protocols?
c) Explain the count to infinity problem in detail.
d) List two ways in which the OSI reference model and the TCP/IP reference model are the
same. Now list two ways in which they differ.
e) 4-bit data bits with binary value 1010 is to be encoded using even parity Hamming code.
What is the binary value after encoding?
Q.2
a) Define guided transmission media? Illustrate with diagram the details for coaxial cable? State
any 5 comparative characteristics of coaxial cable with fiber optics and twisted pair cables.
b) Explain how collision handled in CSMA/CD? A 5 km long broadcast LAN uses CSMA has 10
7 bps bandwidth and uses CSMA/CD. The signal travels along the wire at 5 × 10 8 m/s. What is
the minimum packet size that can be used on this network?
Q.3
a) An organization has granted a block of addresses starting with [Link]/24, organization
wanted to distribute this block to 11 subnets as follows:
1. First Group has 3 medium size businesses, each need 16 addresses
2. The second Group has 4 medium size businesses, each need 32 addresses.
3. The third Group has 4 households, each need 4 addresses.
Design the sub blocks and give slash notation for each subblock. Find how many addresses
have been left after this allocation.
b) Explain classful IP addressing scheme in detail? List the advantages and disadvantages of
classless IP addressing scheme.
Q.4
a) Explain the open loop congestion control and closed loop congestion control policies in detail.
b) Explain the TCP connection establishment and Connection release.
Q.5
a) Explain the concept of sliding protocol? Explain the selective repeat protocol with example?
Compare the performance of Selective repeat & Go-back-N protocol.
b) Explain the link state routing algorithm with example?
Q.6 – Write a short note on following:
a) ARP & RARP
b) DNS
paper 7
Q1 – Solve any Four out of Five:
a. Explain the need of layering in reference model for communication and networking?
b. Explain one bit sliding window protocol.
c. Explain IPv4 header format with diagram.
d. Differentiate between TCP and UDP.
e. What is the need of DNS? Explain DNS Name Space.
Q2
a. Explain following transmission medias - Twisted Pair, Coaxial Cable (baseband and
broadband), Fiber Optic.
b. What is channel allocation problem? Explain CSMA/CD protocol. Consider building a
CSMA/CD network running at 1Gbps over a 1-km cable with no repeaters. The signal speed of
the cable is 200,000 km/sec. What is the minimum frame size?
Q3
a. Explain Classful and Classless IPv4 addressing.
b. Explain TCP connection establishment and TCP connection release.
Q4
a. Explain Selective Repeat Protocol for flow control.
b. Explain shortest path (Dijkastra’s Algorithm) routing algorithm.
Q5
a. A large number of consecutive IP address are available starting at [Link]. Suppose that
four organizations, A, B, C, and D, request 4000, 2000, 4000, and 8000 addresses,
respectively, and in that order. For each of these, give the first IP address assigned, the last IP
address assigned, and the mask in the w.x.y.z/s notation.
b. Explain Slow-Start algorithm for TCP’s congestion handling policy.
Q6
a. Explain DHCP message format and its operation in detail.
b. Explain ARP protocol in detail.
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