Q1. What is data communication? Identify and explain the five components of a data communication system. Q2.

What are the basic elements of a communication system Q3. Explain communication protocols. Q4. What are the advantages of Computerized Communication Q5. Explain data transmission modes. Q6 Discuss digital and analog signal transmission. Q7. What are the advantage of Digital Transmission over Analog Transmission Q8. Explain different Transmission Modes i.e. Simplex, Half-duplex and Full-duplex. Q9 Explain Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission. Q10. Compare between Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission: Q11. What are the types of communication services? Q12. Describe the communication media. Q13. What is Computer Network? Q14. What are the types of networks. Q14(a). Explain local area network (LAN). Q15. How does a packet from one LAN node find its way to a recipient on the same LAN? How does a packet find its way to a recipient on another LAN? Q16. Explain wide area network (WAN). Q17. Describe the CSMA/CD media access protocol. Q18. Describe different types of Network Topologies. Q19. Explain different types of Network Architecture. Q20. Explain Fibre optics communication system. Q21. Explain Propagation of light in fibre optics. or Q22. Explain different types of fibre optics. Q23. Q24. Q25. Q26. Q27. Q28. Q29. Q30. Q31. Q32. Q33. Q34. Explain FDDI ( Fibre Distributed Data Interface) . Explain the network layers of the OSI reference model. Why are communication satellites launched in geosynchronous orbit? What is the function of a bridge? How does it differ from a router? How does it differ from a switch? What is Ethernet? Write the difference between circuit switching and packet switching. What is the difference between Server and Client? What is the importance of Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) in Synchronous communication? What are the advantages and disadvantages of twisted pair. Why ethernet is still popular and being used in networking. Why twisted pair wire is having less noise than parallel wire? What is the form of the signal in twisted pair cable? How does this differ from the signal in fibre optics cable? Q35. Explain with justification why the light passing through is reflective instead of refractive in fibre optics. Q36. Explain cyclic redundancy checking (CRC). Q37. Explain the light source in optical cable. Q38. What are the advantages of coaxial cable? Q39. On a transmission channel, 600 character message using ASCii7 bit code is used. For synchronous data stream, there are two SYN characters and a single error detection character is added. In case of asynchronous data transmission, there is one start bit and one stop bit and a single error detection character is added. Calculate the efficiency of transmission in the above two types of transmission mode. Q40. A message of 2000 characters has to be transmitted from station A to station B. Calculate the time taken for transmission by synchronous communication scheme in which a 16 bit sync is sent after every block of 10 characters. Assume each character is represented by a 7 bit ASCII and also assume the speed to be 1200bps. Q41. How long does it take to transmit an ASCII file of size 20 KB using asynchronous transmission? (i) 300 bits per second (ii) 1200 bps (iii) 9600 bps Q42. Write some factors that determine whether a communication system is a LAN, MAN or WAN? Q43. For n devices in a network, what is the number of cable links required for each of the four (4) basic network topologies? Q44. What is the significance of twisting in twisted pair cable? Q45. What are the major advantages of shielded twisted pair over unshielded twisted pair cable? Q46. How does FDM combine multiple signals into one? Is bit padding a technique of FDM or TDM? Is the framing bit used in FDM or TDM? Q47 How does TDM combine multiple signals into one? Discuss the duration of a data unit before and after the TDM process. Q48. What is the difference between a root bridge and a designated bridge? Q49. What are the three major switching methods? What are the two types of switches used in circuit switching? Q50. Name the three ways for wireless data to be propagated. Q51. What is the purpose of cladding in fibre optics?

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What is refraction and reflection? How do guided media differ from unguided media? What are the major three classes of guided media? Name the two major categories of transmission media? Name the advantages of optical fibre over twisted pair and coaxial cable. What is the difference between omni-directional waves and unidirectional waves? What is an IrDA? What do you understand by intrusion detection? Explain connectionless and connection oriented communication. Define (a) Refractive index (b) Gateway (c) Ethernet (d) Mesh topology Explain the factors that differentiate between any two fibre optics. Explain the characteristic of BRI and PRI separately with their importance. In what manner , a bridge operates in data communication? What do you mean by MAC layer( Media access control)?

Q66. What is a MAC Address? Q66(a). What is the difference between physical address and logical address? Q67. Explain time division multiplexing(TDM). Q68. Explain frequency division multiplexing(FDM). Q69. What are the advantages of time division multiplexing(TDM) over frequency division multiplexing(FDM)? Q70. A system is designed to sample analog signals, convert them to digital form with a 3-bit converter, and transmit them. What bit rate is required if the analog signal contains frequencies between 300Hz to 3400Hz. Q71. What is the advantage and disadvantage of twisted pair wires. Q72. What is the difference between an amplifier and a repeater? How is hub related to repeater? Q73. What is firewall and explain the characteristics of a good firewall system. Q74. What is the difference between Bit Rate and Baud? Q75. What is Virtual Private Network (VPN)? Q76. What are the different types of computer attacks? Q77. What is multiplexing? Q78. Explain IP4 and IP6. Q79. What is the difference between IP4 and IP6? Q80. Explain datagram of IPv4. Q81. Explain the internet protocol version 4 address classes. Q82. What do you mean by datagram? Q83. What do you mean by ISDN? Q84. What are the differences between circuit switching and packet switching?