GLOBAL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

Affiliated to VTU, Accredited by NAAC with 'A' grade
RR Nagar, Bengaluru – 560 098
21ADS642: Computer Networks
Question Bank

Sl. No. Questions Marks

Module 1

1 What is Data Communication? Explain the four fundamental characteristics of data communication.

2 With a neat diagram explain the different components of data communication system

3 Explain the following physical topologies mesh, star, bus, and ring

4 Explain the following in detail i) LAN ii) WAN

5 Explain the history of Internet

6 With a neat diagram, explain internet standards

7 With a neat diagram, explain internet administrations

8 Explain TCP/IP model in detail.

9 List the differences between TCP/IP and OSI Model
10 Explain in detail about transmission impairment causes

11 Explain OSI model in detail,

12 A signal travels from point A to point B. At point A, the signal power is 100 W. At point B, the
power is 90 W. What is the attenuation in decibels?

13 A line has a signal-to-noise ratio of 1000 and a bandwidth of 4000 KHz. What is the maximum data
rate supported by this line?

14 The attenuation of a signal is −10 dB. What is the final signal power if it was originally 5 W?

15 A signal travels through an amplifier, and its power is increased 10 times. Find attenuation.

Module 2
1 Explain with a neat diagram, the working of circuit switched network

2 Explain with a neat diagram, the working of datagram network

3 Explain with a neat diagram, the working of virtual circuit network

4 Find the output port and the output VCI for packets with the following input port and input VCI
addresses: a) Packet 1: 3, 78 b) Packet 2: 2, 92 c) Packet 3: 4, 56 d) Packet 4: 2, 71

5 With a neat block diagram explain error detection in block coding

6. With a neat block diagram explain error detection using checksum

8 With neat block diagram explain error detection using Cyclic redundancy check (CRC)

9 Let us assume the dataword is 1001 and the divisor is 1011 find codeword using CRC

10. Define Framing. Explain byte stuffing and bit stuffing

11 Byte-stuff the following frame payload in which E is the escape byte, F is the flag byte, and D is a
data byte other than an escape or a flag character.

12. Write bit stuffed and unstuffed for the following data assume flag is 01111110

0001111111001111101000

13 From the following received codeword check whether the dataword is accepted or not. The divisor is
1011

i) 1001110 ii) 1000110 iii) 1100010

14. Generate a codeword for the dataword using CRC if divisor is 1011

1) 1101 2) 0111 3) 0101

Module 3
1. Explain Standard Ethernet with a neat diagram

2. Explain Fast Ethernet with a neat diagram

3. Explain Gigabit Ethernet with a neat diagram

4. With a neat diagram explain the frame format of standard ethernet

5.

6. Explain the Characteristics of wireless LANs

7. With a neat diagram explain the architecture of wireless LANs

8. With a neat diagram explain the exchange of data and control frames in time

9. With a neat diagram explain the frame format of MAC layer

10. Explain the different frame types of IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN

11. Explain with a neat diagram the addressing mechanism of IEEE 802.11

12. With a neat diagram explain format of the three frame types in Bluetooth.

13. With a neat diagram explain the Bluetooth layers.

14. With a neat diagram explain the architecture of Bluetooth.

Module 4
1. Explain IPv4 datagram format with a neat diagram

2. Explain ICMPv4 messages with a neat diagram

3. Explain IPV6 datagram format with a neat diagram

4. Explain IPv6 extension header types with a neat diagram

5. List out the differences between IPv4 and IPv6

6. With a neat diagram, explain any two methods of transition from IPv4 to IPv6

7. With a neat diagram, explain how TCP/IP uses a DNS client and a DNS server to map a
name to an address.
8. Explain recursive resolution and iterative resolution with a neat diagram.
9. Rewrite the following IP addresses using binary notation.
a. [Link]
b. [Link]
c. [Link]
10. Find the class of the following classful IP addresses.
a. [Link]
b. [Link]
c. [Link]
11. An organization is granted a block of addresses with the beginning address [Link]/24.
The organization needs to have three subblocks of addresses to use in its three subnets: one
subblock of 10 addresses, one subblock of 60 addresses, and one subblock of 120 addresses.
Design the subblocks.
12. Each of the following addresses belongs to a block. Find the first and last address in each
block.
a. [Link]/24
b. [Link]/18
 c. [Link]/16
13. Rewrite the following IP addresses using dotted-decimal notation.
a. 01011110 10110000 01110101 00010101
b. 10001001 10001110 11010000 00110001
c. 01010111 10000100 00110111 00001111
14. An ISP is granted the block [Link]/21. The ISP needs to allocate addresses for two
organizations each with 500 addresses, two organizations each with 250 addresses, and three
organizations each with 50 addresses.
a. Find the number and range of addresses in the ISP block.
b. Find the range of addresses for each organization and the range of unallocated addresses

Module 5
1 With a neat diagram explain the overview of wireless ad-hoc networks.
2 Explain the applications of ad-hoc networks
3 With a neat diagram, explain Destination-Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV) protocol
4 With a neat diagram, explain Cluster-Head Gateway Switch Routing (CGSR) Protocol

5 Explain security vulnerabilities of ad-hoc networks

6 Explain different types of attacks in ad-hoc networks
7 Explain Criteria for a Secure Routing Protocol

8 With a neat diagram, explain the sensor node structure

9 Explain LEACH Clustering Protocol in detail.

10 Explain DEEP Clustering Protocol in detail.

11 Explain Zigbee technology in detail.