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Shree Swaminarayan Institute of Technology,Bhat

Department of CE/IT
Subject: Computer Networks(3150710)
Mid Semester Exam - Question Bank

CHAPTER 1 : Introduction to computer networks and Internet


1. What is protocol? How is it different from standard? 1.2
2. Explain different networking devices. modem/router/hub/switch
3. What is Network Topology? Explain Mesh and Star Topology. 1.8/1.9/1.11
4. Define delay, loss, and throughput in the context of packet-switching networks. 1.23
5. Draw the OSI reference model. Explain the functionality of each layer in brief. 1.31
6. What is a computer network? Describe the various types of networks. 1.2/1.3
7. Find transmission delay for transmission of 1500 bytes (12000 bits) using a
transmission rate of 100Mbps. eg 1.5.1 1.22

CHAPTER 2 : Application Layer


8. What is HTTP? Explain Nonpersistent and Persistent connections of HTTP. 2.19/2.23
9. What is the URL? What are its identifiers? Explain them. 2.54
10. Explain SMTP Protocol. 2.11
11. How does recursive queries in DNS work? Explain message format of DNS. 2.36
12. Define following socket function call 1) Connect 2) Bind 3) Listen 4)Send2.62/2.63/2.64/
13. Explain the purpose of DNS and its role in translating domain names into IP 2.72
2.28
addresses. 2.28
14. What is the web? Explain its architecture. 2.46

CHAPTER 3 : Transport Layer


15. What is socket? Explain its importance at transport layer protocols. 2.56
16. Explain User Datagram Protocol (UDP) in detail and discuss how it differs from
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). 3.19
17. What is multiplexing and demultiplexing in the transport layer? 3.16
18. What are the functions of the transport layer in the OSI reference model? How
segmentation and reassembly is performed in the transport layer? 1.34
19. Differentiate Congestion Control, Flow control and Error Control.
3.71
20. Explain the various fields of TCP header. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of TCP? 3.51/3.63
21. What is flow control? How does stop-n-wait protocol perform flow control?
22. Compare TCP and UDP. 3.64
23. Explain Go-back N protocol? What is the limitation of it? How selective
repeat protocol does overcome the limitation of Go back N protocol? 3.41
24. Explain RDT 2.0 and RDT 3.0 3.31/3.35

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