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Unit 3 and 4 Questions

The document contains questions related to networking concepts like unicast, multicast and broadcast communication; responsibilities of the network layer; datagrams; distance vector routing; IPv6 addressing; functions of the network layer; time-to-live; connection establishment; socket programming; subnet masking; purpose of subnetting; difference between routers and bridges; features of TCP; TCP three-way handshake; frame relay congestion control; transport layer multiplexing strategies; difference between connection-oriented and connectionless protocols; UDP flow control; significance of port numbers; advantages of TCP vs UDP for different applications; TCP and UDP sequence numbers. It also contains longer questions related to circuit switching vs packet switching; distance vector routing; RIP; comparison of IPv

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Unit 3 and 4 Questions

The document contains questions related to networking concepts like unicast, multicast and broadcast communication; responsibilities of the network layer; datagrams; distance vector routing; IPv6 addressing; functions of the network layer; time-to-live; connection establishment; socket programming; subnet masking; purpose of subnetting; difference between routers and bridges; features of TCP; TCP three-way handshake; frame relay congestion control; transport layer multiplexing strategies; difference between connection-oriented and connectionless protocols; UDP flow control; significance of port numbers; advantages of TCP vs UDP for different applications; TCP and UDP sequence numbers. It also contains longer questions related to circuit switching vs packet switching; distance vector routing; RIP; comparison of IPv

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UNIT 3 and 4

2 Marks Question

1. Compare unicast, multicast and broadcast.

2. What are the responsibilities of network layer ?

3. What are datagrams ?

4. Write the keys for understanding the distance vector routing.

5. What is the need of IPV6 addressing?

6. Present an outline of IPV6 addressing.

7. Why IPv6 is preferred over IPv4 ?

8. What are the main functions of network layer?

9. Define Time-to-live.

10. What is the drawback of distance vector routing?

11. What are the three events involved in the connection establishment between source
and destination

12. write the function of socket programming.

13. Define subnet mask

14. What is the purpose of subnetting ?

15. Compare between routers and bridges

16. Mention the features of TCP.

17. Diagrammatically represent the 3-way handshake for TCP connection establishment.

18. What happens in the three way handshaking between any two devices ?

19. What are the frame relay congestion control techniques ?

20. How congestion occurs in a network ?

21. What are the two multiplexing strategies used in transport layer ?

22. Differentiate connection oriented and connectionless protocols.


23. How does UDP address flow control mechanism.

24. What is the significance of port number in Transport layer when adopting TCP?

25. What would be preferable over other (TCP/UDP),


a) Streaming a live video over the internet TCP/UDP.
b) Large file transfer TCP/UDP.

26. state the difference between TCP and UDP.

27. Suppose a TCP connection is transferring a file of 5000 bytes. The first byte is
numbered 10,001. What are the sequence numbers for each segment if data are
sent in five segments, each carrying 1000 bytes?

16 Marks Questions

1. Describe Circuit-switching and Packet-switching with an example.

2. Outline Distance Vector Routing with an example and relevant diagrams.

3. Explain the working mechanism of Routing Information Protocol.

4. Discuss the mechanism involved in IPV6 addressing. Also compare IPV4 with IPV6.

5. In a network, the weights are given by link-state packets and contain information
such as the routers, traffic costs. Find the shortest path from node F to all others.

6. Illustrate the working mechanism of distance vector routing with suitable example.

7. Illustrate the working mechanism of link state routing with an example.

8. Explain the issues in connection establishment and connection tear down in


transport layer. (6)
9. Explain the packet structure of UDP. (6)

10. Explain any two TCP congestion control mechanisms with an example.

11. Compare the features of TCP and UDP. (6)


Explain the TCP header format. (4)

12. Explain various congestion control techniques adopted in transport layer.(10)

13. What is congestion control? Why it is more important in communication networks?


(4)

14. Explain the congestion control technique in TCP.

15. Explain the segment formats for TCP and UDP.

16. Discuss about the UDP with necessary diagram. (8)


Describe the TCP connection establishment and termination. (8)

17. Explain the different channel allocation mechanisms used in TCP congestion
avoidance.

18. Explain the concept of Link state routing.

19. Explain routing table creation, updating the table and updating algorithm of distance
vector routing.

20. Explain the issues in connection establishment and connection tear down in
transport layer.

21. Explain how data is transmitted using TCP.(8)


Why UDP is said to be unreliable ? Discuss.(8)

22. Explain any one congestion control mechanism with a neat sketch.

23. Explain the characteristic features of network routing algorithms. (8)


Write short notes on IP addressing. (8)

24. Explain how TCP uses a congestion window and a congestion policy that avoid
congestion and detect congestion after it has occurred.

25. For the following network, develop the datagram forwarding table for all the nodes.
The links are labelled with relative costs. The tables should forward each packet via
the least cost path to destination. (10)
26. With a neat diagram of TCP header format, explain the function and need of the
attributes that helps in connection establishment, data transmission and connection
termination. (8)
Describe in different congestion avoidance techniques. (8)

27. How adaptive retransmission is working ? Explain. (8)


Explain UDP functions with the neat diagram. (8)

28. Differentiate Distance Vector Routing and Link State Routing. Discuss how these
routing work.

29. Describe the operation of TCP connection in detail.

30. With an example network scenario explain the mechanism of Routing Information
Protocol and specify the routing table contents.

31. Discuss the fundamentals and advantages of open shortest path first protocol.

32. Explain the congestion control techniques used to improve QOS of the computer
network.

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