FT- 305I COMPUTER NETWORKS

UNIT 1
1. Define computer network and draw its architecture.
2. What do you mean by distributed system? What are its advantages?
3. Discuss the applications and goals of network?
4. What are the necessary criteria for an effective and efficient network?
5. Explain the classification of network.
6. What do you mean by protocol? Why are protocol needed?
7. Define the three transmission modes - Simplex, Half- duplex and Full- duplex.
8. Differentiate between Simplex, Half- Duplex and Full-Duplex mode.
9. What do you mean by interface?
10. Explain Connection- oriented and Connection - less services.
11. What is the difference between Connection- oriented and Connection- less services?
Explain with examples.
12. What are some of the factors that determine whether a communication system is a LAN,
MAN, or WAN?
13. What do you mean by Network Topology? Explain all its types.
14. Give advantages of each type of network topology.
15. For n devices in a network, what is the number of cable links required for a mesh, ring,
bus and star topology?
UNIT 2
1. Draw the architecture of OSI model and explain it briefly.
2. Which OSI layers are the network support and user support layers?
3. What are the difference between network layer delivery and transport layer delivery?
4. List the layers of OSI model.
5. How does information get passed from one OSI layer to the next?
6. What are headers and trailers and how do they get added and removed?
7. What are the responsibilities of physical layer, data link layer, network layer and transport
layer?
8. The transport layer creates a connection between the source and destination. What are the
three events involved in a connection?

9. What is the difference between a service point address, a logical address and a physical
address?
10. What are the responsibilities of the session layer and presentation layer?
11. What is purpose of the dialog controller?
12. Name some services provided by the application layer.
13. Draw the TCP/IP protocol suite.
14. How do the layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite correlate to the layer of the OSI model?

UNIT 3
1. What do you mean by Data Transmission? Name the two major categories of transmission
media.
2. How do guide media differ from unguided media?
3. What are the three major classes of guided media?
4. Define Digital and Analog transmission. And differentiate between them.
5. What do you mean by Transmission Impairments? Name three types of
Transmission Impairments.
6. What do you mean by Multiplexing? What are the three major Multiplexing
techniques?
7. How does FDM combine multiple signals into one?
8. How is WDM similar to FDM? How are they different?
9. Define TDM. What are the two types of TDM?
10. Discuss the concept of switching as it relates to the problems involved in the connection
of devices.
11. What are the three switching methods? Which is more efficient, circuit switching or
virtual circuit switching? Why?
12. What are the two types of switches used in circuit switching?
13. What does the term modem stand for? What is the function of a modulator and
demodulator?
14. Discuss about wireless transmission and its advantages.
15. How does cable modem achieve such a high data rate?
16. Explain each word in Integrated services Digital Network.
17. Contrast the three categories of services provided by ISDN.

18. Classify all three channels of ISDN.

19. What kind of information can a B channel, D channel and H channel transmit?
20. What are functions of ISDN layers? What is the relationship between the ISDN
layers and OSI model layers?
21. Short note on: communication satellite, N-ISDN and B-ISDN.
UNIT 4
1. Explain the term framing, error control and flow control with respect to data link
layer.
2. What do you mean by stop and wait protocol?
3. Explain HDLC, SLIP and PPP protocol.
4. Describe the three HDLC station types.
5. For each of the HDLC configurations, discuss commands and responses.
6. How do the three HDLC frames types differ from one another?
7. In HDLC, what is bit stuffing and why is it needed?
8. Which type of user needs PPP? Describe each of the states of a PPP connection.
9. Discuss the physical and data link layer of PPP.
10. Discuss the control field of the PPP.
11. What do you mean by routing and congestion?
12. Explain the shortest path and multipath method of routing.
13. What do you mean by congestion control algorithm?
14. What are services of network layer? Which protocols are used at this layer?
15. What are the five main categories of transport layer services?
16. Explain all the protocols of transport layer.
17. What are five transport classes defined by the OSI model?
18. What do you understand by end to end delivery of transport layer?

UNIT 5
1. Discuss the function of session layer.
2. In what situation would synchronization points be important?
3. Discuss the function of presentation layer.

4. Explain the following terms- Translation, Authentication and Data Compression

5. Discuss about the message handling system and file transfer access and
management function of application layer.
6. What are some of the factors that determine whether a communication system is a
LAN, MAN or WAN?
7. What do you mean by broadcasting of network?
8. Differentiate between network and internetwork.
9. What is the function of a router? How does a router differ from a bridge?
10. What is the difference between a simple bridge and a transparent bridge?
11. Why is adaptive routing superior to non adaptive routing?
12. What is the routers role in controlling the packet lifetime?
13. What is the function of a Gateway?
14. How is repeater different from an amplifier?
15. What do you mean by: NOS, Window NT and Novell Netware?