University of Aden

Faculty of Engineering
Odd Semester Examination (2014-2015)
Subject: Computer Network I
Date: / 2 /2015
Class: B4CS/B4CSE ODD
Time: 2 hours
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS
1# (a) How to find the Maximum window size in the Selective_Repeat protocol?
(b) Explain the functions of the Terminator?
(c) Given the IP address 172.16.12.54, with the mask of 255.255.255.240. Which of the
following are valid host address on same subnet?
(i) 172.16.12.64
(iv) 172.16.12.63

(ii) 172.16.12.57
(v) 172.16.12.48

(iii) 172.16.12.45
(vi)172.16.12.49

2# (a) Let the transmission time Tt is 1msec and the propagation time Tp is 24.5 msec.
Assume the sender window is Ws is 10. Calculate the efficiency and the throughput
for the network with bandwidth 40 Mbps?
(b) Show the number of the Network id (nid) bits and the host id (hid) bits of the
following layer 3 protocols:
(i) Novell IPx

(ii) DECNet

(c) Identify the number of collision domains and broadcast domains?

3# (a) What is the purpose of a DHCP server on a network?

(b) A host adaptor connected through a switch receives and accepts:
(i) Frame addressed to its own address.
(ii) Frame addressed as broadcast address.
(iii) All the frames if the host has been placed in promiscuous mode.
(iv) None of above.
(c) A signal is measured at two different points. The power is P1 at the first point and P2 at the
second point. The dB is 0. This means
(i) P2 is larger than P1
(iii) P2 is smaller than P1

(ii) P2 equals P1
(iv) P2 is zero

(d) Which of the following IEEE specifications refers to the CSMA/CD access method?
(i) 802.11a

(ii) 803.2,

(iii) 802.3,

(iv)802.4

4# (a) What is the maximum number of bytes that can be contained in the data field of a frame? And
what is the minimum number of bytes in the IP header field?
(b) List the different switching methods that are supported by a switch? Explain one of them.
(c) In the Go_Back_3 protocol, if every 5th packet transmitted is lost, and if we have to
send 10 packets. How many transmissions are required?
5# (a) Name three types of transmission Impairments.
(b) Using the hamming code technique, find the codeword for the data 1001?
(c) Refer to the Figure. The switches and the hubs have default configurations, and the
switches have built their CAM tables.
Which of the hosts will receive the data when host _X sends a unicast packet to the host_Y ?

6# (a) How the packet size (length) affects the efficiency of the packet_switching network?
(b) What is a baseband Transmission?
(c) With regard to bridges and switches, which of the following statements are true?
(i) Switches are primarily software based while bridges are hardware based.
(ii) Both bridges and switches forward Layer 2 broadcasts.
(iii) Bridges are frequently faster than switches.
(iv) Bridges define broadcast domain while switches define collision domains.
(v) Both bridges and switches make forwarding decisions based on MAC addresses.


University of Aden
Faculty of Engineering
Odd Semester Re-Examination (2014-2015)
Subject: Computer Network I
Date: / /2015
Class: B4CS/B4CSE ODD
Time: 2 hours
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS
1# (a) What are these words stand for: VLAN, VPN, ARP, ARQ, DHCP , NACK
(b) Sketch the Open System Interconnection (OSI) reference model, identifying each layer.
(c) What is a Proxy server?
2# (a) Why we need the time-out timer in the Stop & Wait protocol.
(b) Mention the key advantages of Packet Switching technique.
3# (a) Which switching mode, where the switch reads the destination MAC address of the frame
and immediately starts forwarding the frame.
(b) Given the power of a signal in dBm as -40, Calculate the power in Watt?
(c) What is the maximum number of bytes that can be contained in the Data field of an
Ethernet frame?
4# (a) Give format description of IP address classes.
(b) Fill the blanks with the number of bytes in the Data link header?

(c) Compare between the network Switch and Bridge?

5# (a) Explain the Cut_through switching mode ?
(b) What is a NAT router?
6# (a) Describe what are the information exist in the TCP header of a Packet.
(b) In the Selective Repeat protocol, if every 5th packet transmitted is lost, and if we have to
send 10 packets. How many transmissions are required?
(c) By using the classfull IP addresses, find the Network id (nid) and the host id (hid) for
each of the following addresses ;
(i) 192.15.10.5

(ii) 30.67.12.1

(iii) 129.23.4.0