USN Sub Code:21IST403

B. E. Degree (Autonomous) Fourth Semester End Examination (SEE), June 2023

COMPUTER NETWORKS

Model Question Paper-1

[Time: 3 Hours] [ Maximum Marks: 100]

Q No Questions Mark C RBT

s O Cognit
ive
Level
1 a) Compare LAN,WAN & MAN with example. 10 CO1 L4
b) Explain the functions of OSI layer with neat diagram. 10 CO1 L2
OR
2 a) Explain the TCP/IP protocol Suite with diagram 10 CO1 L2
b) What are the different types of transmissions in physical layer, 5 CO1 L2
explain

3 a) What is CRC, check whether the data word is accepted or not, given 10 CO2 L3
generator polynomial is x3+x+1 and information sequence is x3+1
b) Define HDLC. With a neat diagram. Explain HDLC frame format. 10 CO2 L2
OR
4 a) Mention algorithm of simplest and stop & wait protocol. 10 CO2 L3
b) Explain PPP frame format. Also briefly describe different transition 10 CO2 L2
phases of PPP in establishing a connection from home PC to ISP.

5 a) A block of address is granted to a small organization. the 10 CO3 L1,L5

addresses is 205.16.37.39/28.To find the first address, the last
address, and the number of addresses is to represent the mask as a
32-bit binary (or 8-digit hexadecimal) number. to find these
pieces of information. the /28 can be represented as
11111111 11111111 11111111 11110000
(twenty-eight 1s and four 0s).
Evaluate
a. The first address
b. The last address
c. The number of addresses.

b) An ISP is granted a block of addresses starting with 10 CO3 L2,L5

190.100.0.0/16 (65,536 addresses). The ISP needs to distribute
these addresses to three groups of customers as follows:
 a. The first group has 64 customers; each needs 256 addresses.
b. The second group has 128 customers; each needs 128
addresses.
c. The third group has 128 customers; each needs 64 addresses.
Design the subblocks and find out how many addresses are still
available after these allocations.

OR
6 a) Describe IPV4 and IPv6 formats 10 CO3 L3
b) Discuss Dijakstra Algorithm with an appropriate example network 10 Co3 L2

7 a) Discuss UDP Operation along with uses of UDP 10 CO4 L4

b) Describe TCP Segment Format 06 CO4 L6
c) Explain leaky bucket algorithm. 04 CO4 L1
OR
8 a) Discuss congestion control 10 CO4 L2
b) Discuss the techniques to improve QOS 06 CO4 L3
c) Describe the Connection Establishment of TCP 04 CO4 L2

9 a) Explain E-Mail 08 CO5 L2

b) What is DNS? Explain. 04 CO5 L3
c) Paraphrase the working of remote login. 08 CO5 L3
OR

10 a) Bring out the difference between static ,dynamic and active documents 10 CO5 L3
b) Discuss HTTP Transactions 10 CO5 L2
 USN Sub Code:21IST403

B. E. Degree (Autonomous) Fourth Semester End Examination (SEE), Jun2 2023

COMPUTER NETWORKS

Model Question Paper-2

[Time: 3 Hours] [ Maximum Marks: 100]

Q No Questions Mark C RBT

s O Cognit
ive
Level
1 a) What is data communication. Explain the components of data 08 CO1 L4
communication system.
b) We have a channel with 1-Mhz bandwidth.The SNR for this 06 CO1 L2
channel is 63.What are the appropriate BIT RATE and SIGNAL
LEVEL?
c) With a neat diagram ,Explain TCP/IP Protocol suite. 06 CO1 L1
OR
2 a) Discuss in detail about differential types of digital to analog conversion. 08 CO1 L2
b) What are the propogation time and the transmission time for a 2.5kbyte 06 CO1 L4
message (an e-mail) if the bandwidth of the network is 1 Gbps?Assume
that the distance between the sender and the receiver is 12000km and
that light travels at 2.4x108 m/s
c) Describe transmission modes. 06 CO1 L4

3 a) Describe with a neat diagram, error detection and error correction in 10 CO2 L3
block coding.
b) Describe selective repeat ARQ. Justify how selective repeat ARQ 10 CO2 L2
outperforms Go-Back-N and stop and wait ARQ.
OR
4 a) Define framing. Explain why byte stuffing and bit stuffing are needed. 06 CO2 L3
b) Define internet checksum with its working. 08 CO2 L2
c) Define Random access and channelization. 06 CO2 L2

5 a) An ISP is granted a block of addresses starting with 8 CO3 L1,L3

150.80.0.0/16.The ISP needs to distribute these blocks to 2600
customers as follows:
a. The first group has 200 medium size businesses; each needs 16
addresses.
 b. The second group has 400 small size businesses; each needs 8
addresses.
c. The third group has 2000 houseolds; each needs 4 addresses.
Design the subblocks and find out how many addresses are still
available after these allocations.

b) What are the differences between classful addressing and 4 CO3 L2

classless addressing in IPV4..
c) Write the following masks in slash notation 8
a.255.0.0.0
b.255.255.224.0
c.255.255.255.0
d.255.255.240.0
OR
6 a) What is a mask in IPV4 addressing. 8 CO3 L3
b) Explain routing table along with routing protocols 8 CO3 L3
c) Discuss intra and inter domain routing protocols. 4

7 a) Discuss three way handshaking example in TCP Connection. 10 CO4 L4

b) Differentiate between connection oriented and connectionless 06 CO4 L6
service
c) Paraphrase client/server paradigm 04 CO4 L1
OR
8 a) Write short notes on i) Data traffic 10 CO4 L2
ii)QOS
b) Differentiate between open loop and closed loop control. 10 CO4 L3

9 a) Paraphrase the working of Telnet. 08 CO5 L2

b) Discuss the working of FTP. 08 CO5 L3
c) What is DNS? Explain Resolution. 04 CO5 L3
OR
10 a) Explain Message transfer agent,pop3 and imap4. 10 CO5 L3
b) Explain E-mail architecture. 10 CO5 L2
 USN Sub Code:21IST403

B. E. Degree (Autonomous) Fifth Semester End Examination (SEE), June 2023

COMPUTER NETWORKS

Model Question Paper-3

[Time: 3 Hours] [ Maximum Marks: 100]

Q No Questions Mark C RBT

s O Cognit
ive
Level
1 a) Why is layering required ? Discuss the advantages 06 CO1 L4
b) What is the propagation time if the distance between the two points is 06 CO1 L2
12000km.assume the propagation speed to be 2.4*108 m/s in cable.
c) What are different topologies in computer networks 08 CO1 L1
OR
2 a) A telephone line normally has a bandwidth of 3000. The signal-to-noise 06 CO1 L2
ratio is usually 3162. calculate the theoretical highest bit rate of a
regular telephone line. What are the factors on which data rate depends
in data communications?
b) Mention different dataflow & explain the categories of topology. 06 CO1 L4
c) Explain the OSI reference model 08 CO1 L2

3 a) Discuss the working of Cyclic codes with a suitable example. 10 CO2 L3

b) Discuss the working of Block Coding along with example. 10 CO2 L2
OR
4 a) What is framing ? What is bit stuffing. 08 CO2 L3
b) Design a selective repeat ARQ algorithm. 06 CO2 L2
c) Check whether the data word is accepted or not .given Generator 06 CO2 L2
polynomial 1011 and augmented data word is 1001.

5 a) An ISP is granted a block of addresses starting with 10 CO3 L1

150.80.0.0/16.The ISP needs to distribute these blocks to 2600
customers as follows:
a. The first group has 200 medium size businesses; each needs 16
addresses.
 b. The second group has 400 small size businesses; each needs 8
addresses.
c. The third group has 2000 households; each needs 4 addresses.
Design the subblocks and find out how many addresses are still
available after these allocations.

b) Discuss network address translation. 6 CO3 L2

c) Change the following IP addresses from dotted decimal notation to CO3 L5
binary notation
4
a)127.24.6.8
b)242.34.54.15
OR
6 a) Discuss distance vector routing protocol with example 10 CO3 L3
b) Discuss IPV6 packet format along with its advantages. 10 CO3 L3

7 a) Describe features, services and application of SCTP. 10 CO4 L4

b) Describe FIFO Queuing and Weighted Fair queuing. 06 CO4 L6
c) Define process to process delivery. Mention the uses of UDP 04 CO4 L1
OR
8 a) Discuss UDP format and checksum with examples. 10 CO4 L2
b) Discuss leaky bucket and token bucket with example. 10 CO4 L3

9 a) Define MIME,POP3 and IMAP4. 08 CO5 L2

b) Mention the types of record and explain DNS messages. 04 CO5 L3
c) Bring out the difference between static ,dynamic and active 08 CO5 L3
documents
OR
10 a) Explain E-Mail 10 CO5 L3
b) Define URL and Cookies. Discuss the services of user agent. 10 CO5 L2