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It-307, Computer Networks Tutorial Sheet-1

This document contains 56 questions across 8 tutorial sheets related to computer networks. The questions cover topics such as connection-oriented vs connectionless services, transport layer functions, addressing, switching vs multiplexing, Ethernet standards, error control mechanisms, ISDN, quality of service, and asynchronous communication. The questions are meant to test understanding of fundamental network concepts.

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It-307, Computer Networks Tutorial Sheet-1

This document contains 56 questions across 8 tutorial sheets related to computer networks. The questions cover topics such as connection-oriented vs connectionless services, transport layer functions, addressing, switching vs multiplexing, Ethernet standards, error control mechanisms, ISDN, quality of service, and asynchronous communication. The questions are meant to test understanding of fundamental network concepts.

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IT-307, COMPUTER NETWORKS

TUTORIAL SHEET-1
Q.1 What is the difference between Connection-Oriented & Connectionless Service ?
Q. 2 Why is the Transport Layer not present inside the Network ?
Q.3 What is the difference between a Physical Address, a Network address, a Domain name ?
Q.4 Can a connection- oriented , reliable message transfer service be provided

across a

connectionless packet Network ?Explain ?


Q.5 Does ehernet provide connection-oriented/connectionless service ?
Q.6 Difference in network layer of connection oriented Packet Switching network & connectionlessPacket switching network ?
Q.7 Identify session layer & Presentation layer functions in HTTP Protocol ?

TUTORIAL SHEET-2

Q.8

Explain the Difference among unicast, multicast, & Broadcast Messages ?

Q.9 Explain the concept of state-and-forward & give an example of this concept
in a noncomputer N/W context ?
Q.10 Why do you think the concept of addressing is implementation in computer network
Q.11 Explain the Routing? What function do you think routing has on a bus network ?
Q.12 Explain the difference between client/server & Peer-to-Peer Networks ?
Q.13 Contrast Synchronous, Asynchronous, and Isochronous communication ?
Q.14 What is the difference b/w a connection-oriented service & a connectionless service ?

TUTORIAL SHEET-3
Q.15 What is Switching & how does it differ from Multiplexing ?
Q.16 Do you think attenuation is higher in solid conductor cables or standard conductor cables? Why ?
Q.17 Describe & contrast the various UTP Category types ?
Q.18 What is Crosstalk & What impact can it have on data transmissions ?
Q.19 Describe the Difference b/w copper-based media & fibre-optic cable?
Q.20 Why does Fibre-optic cable have greater capacity than copper-based media ?
Q.21 Explain the purpose of Framing ?

TUTORIAL SHEET-4
Q.22 What is Parity & how can Parity be used for error control ?
Q.23 Explain the various fields of an IEEE 802.3 frame ?
Q.24 Difference b/w 1-persistent & Non-Persistent CSMA ?
Q.25 What is the purpose of a BNC Terminator ?
Q.26 Explain Purpose & Operation of a NIC ?
Q.27 Explain how Bridges can be used to filter traffic ?
Q.28 What is average no. of hops needed to transmit data b/w any two nodes on each network ?

TUTORIAL SHEET-5
Q.29 What Possible problems will arise if the information is not updated in a timely manner ?
Q.30 Are the individual LANs are considered subnetworks? Why or why not ?
Q.31 Explain difference b/w Routing & Switching ?
Q.32 Why do you think the designers of UDP made the checksum field optional ?
Q.33 Which TCP/IP Transport Protocol do you think lends itself more to LANs ? why ?
Q.34 Subnet the Class C, network address 198.69.25.0 into eight subnets ?
Q.35 Ethernet/802.3 is based on 1-persistent CSMA/CD. Explain what this mean ?

TUTORIAL SHEET-6
Q.36 What is the purpose of Preamble & Start Frame Delimiter fields of Ethernet/ 802.3 Frames ?
Q.37 Discuss advantages & disadvantages of upgrading a 10-Mbps Ethernet LAN to Fast Ethernet ?
Q.38 Explain the difference b/w network diameter & collision domain relative to 10-BASE-T ?
Q.39 Why the concept of collision domain not applicable to switched Ethernet LAN ?
Q.40 In what way does switched token ring improve token ring LAN performance ?
Q.41 Compare Token rings & Token buss Priority schemes ?
Q.42 In what way does FDDIs counter rotating rings promote network reliability ?

TUTORIAL SHEET-7
Q.43 Explain the concept of autowrapping relative to an FDDI network ?
Q.44 Describe how FDDI is able to maintain a 100 Mbps data rate at 125 MHz ?
Q.45 Compare & contrast the MAC Sublayers of token ring & FDDI networks ?
Q.46 Describe operation of an FDDI network ?
Q.47 What purpose does all the various ISDN interfaces provide & why are these
so many of them ?
Q.48 Describe the difference among ISDN B<D & H channels ?
Q.49 Difference between CoS & QoS ?

TUTORIAL SHEET-8
Q.50 How is VRC related to LRC ?
Q.51 What is the relationship b/w size of CRC remainder and the divisor ?
Q52 What are the conditions for the polynomial used by the CRC generator ?
Q.53 What is the mechanism of poll/select ?
Q.54 What are two types of sliding window ARQ error control? How they differ form each other ?
Q.55 When frames are discarded in the three ARQ methods ?
Q.56 What is the mechanism of ENQ/ACK ?

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