CN Important questions
CN Important questions
CS
UNIT-I
1. What are the different the categories of networks? Compare them.
2. Assume 6 devices are arranged in a mesh topology. How many cables are needed? How
many ports are needed for each device? Discuss with suitable diagram.
3. What are the different layers of OSI reference model? Discuss about top order layers.
4. Describe the relative advantages and disadvantages of the following media: i) Satellite links
ii) Optical fiber transmission
5. What are the objectives of computer networks? What are the network components? Explain
Mention the advantages of co-axial cables over twisted pair and fiber optic cables.
7. What are the different layers of TCP/IP reference model? Discuss with neat sketch.
8. Explain the Mesh and Tree topologies of the network. Compare their performance.
9. State the major functions performed by the presentation layer of the ISO OSI model
11. Explain the various media used for data transmission in computer networks.
3. What are the responsibilities of data link layer? Describe the issues in data link
layer.
5. Describe the selective repeat &stop and wait sliding window protocols
10. What is the need for error detection? Explain with typical examples
12. What is framing? Explain different types of framing protocols with their
Format.
13. Suppose we want to transmit the message 11001001 and protect it from errors
using the CRC polynomial x3 + 1. Use polynomial long division to determine
the message that should be transmitted.
15.What are the two different types of errors occurred during data transmission?
Explain
UNIT-III.
1 .Discuss about the following: i)Reservation ii) Polling
9. Discuss about the frame structure of TDMA. Compare it with that of TDMA.
UNIT-IV
1. What are the salient features of IPV6? Mention various protocols used in it
5. What is the network address in a class A subnet with the IP address of one of
the hosts as 25.34.12.56 and mask 255.255.0.0?
6. Explain the distance vector routing algorithm.
7. What are classful and classless addressing? Find the class of the following
addresses
227.13.14.88
227.13.14.88
UNIT-V
1. Explain addresses used in different layers of network protocol
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