Data Communication and Networking Questions

1. List and explain the fundamental characters and components of data communication
systems. (CO1, L1)

2. Describe the basic topologies of a network with the help of relevant sketches. (CO1, L2)

3. What is ISO’s OSI reference model? Explain its purpose and illustrate the information
exchange using this model while summarizing the functionalities of every layer. (CO1, L2)

4. List and explain the fundamental characters and components of data communication
systems. (CO1, L1)

5. Describe the basic topologies of a network with the help of relevant sketches. (CO1, L2)

6. What is ISO’s OSI reference model? Explain its purpose and illustrate the information
exchange using this model while summarizing the functionalities of every layer. (CO1, L2)

7. Give an analogy between TCP/IP and OSI Reference models and explain ARP, ICMP, TCP,
and UDP. (CO1, L1)

8. Categorize today’s networks based on switching methods, critically compare between

9. Calculate the theoretical maximum bit rate for HDTV and for a regular telephone line.
(CO1, L3)

10. List all the functions of a data link layer and explain the important methods of framing
with examples. (CO2, L2)

11. What is Stop-and-Wait ARQ? Write, and analyze the receiver site algorithm for the same.
(CO2, L4)

12. Illustrate the design of a technique used to improve the efficiency of bidirectional
protocols of a data link layer. (CO2, L4)

13. Explain the strategies behind CSMA protocols with collision avoidance and explain
CSMA/CA protocol in detail. (CO2, L2)

14. Outline the salient features of controlled and random access. Also discuss all the popular
controlled access methods. (CO2, L4)

15. 100 stations on a pure ALOHA network share a 1 Mbps channel. If frames are 1000 bits
long, compute the throughput if each station is sending 10 frames per second. (CO2, L3)
16. What is Gigabit Ethernet? Summarize its design goals and common implementations.
(CO3, L5)

17. With suitable sketches, discuss the functions of: Repeater, Hub, Bridge, Gateway, and a
Router. (CO3, L2)

18. A network with CSMA/CD has a bandwidth of 10Mbps. If the maximum propagation
time is 25.6µSec, compute the minimum size of the frame. (CO3, L2)

19. Compare between: i) Unicast, Multicast and Broadcast addresses ii) Fast, Gigabit, and
Ten-Gigabit Ethernets (CO3, L5)

20. Give and analyze the frame format of Ethernet. (CO3, L4)

21. Discuss the physical layer implementation of the standard Ethernet with the help of neat
sketches. (CO3, L2)

22. Describe IPV4 addresses, Classful addressing, Netid, Hostid, Subnetting and
Supernetting. Also, find netid and hosted of the following IP addresses: (i) 117.34.3.8 (ii)
132.57.8.6 (CO4, L2)

23. Illustrate Distance Vector Routing with the help of neat sketches. (CO4, L2)

24. Outline the theme behind Multicast Routing? What are its complexities and the
approaches to solve these complexities? Explain with the aid of relevant illustrations. (CO4,
L2)

25. Briefly explain DVMRP protocol. What decision-making strategies it uses? Discuss RPM
in detail. (CO4, L2)

26. What is TCP? List its services and features. Discuss connection establishment using
three-way handshaking. (CO5, L2)

27. How does a sliding window helps TCP to handle flow control? Explain. Also compute the
value of receiver window (rwnd) for host ‘A’ if the receiver, host ‘B’, has buffer size 2000
bytes and 500 bytes of received and unprocessed data? (CO5, L5)

28. Discuss about the UDP operation with respect to various transport layer concepts. Give
the list its important uses. (CO5, L5)

29. What is SCTP? List its services and features. Also, explain the concept of flow control.
(CO5, L2)

30. Define the following terms in the context of CCN: Protocols, Interface, Entity, Peer entity,
Syntax, Semantics, Multiplexing, Data Translation, Data Encryption, OSI, Switching, Subnet.

31. What is CCN? List its goals, applications and attributes.

32. Explain various network topologies and compare between them.

34. What is ISO’s OSI Reference model? List important functions of each layer and illustrate
data flow with the aid of conceptual diagram.

35. How does TCP/IP reference model compare itself with OSI model? Give an analogy.

36. How do you determine the theoretical data rate of noisy and noise less channels?
Explain.

37. Explain the need for switching in networks. List and compare between various
switching methods. Which method is most commonly used today and why?

38. Write a note on: Multiplexing, Internet and Transmission Impairments.

39. Draw a hybrid network topology with a star backbone and four ring networks.

40. Compare between: a) Service and Protocol b) Circuit and Packet Switching c) Point-to-
Point and Broadcast Networks.

41. Explain TCP/IP Reference model and various protocols contained by all the layers. Also
compare between OSI and TCP/IP reference models quoting various salient features of
each.

42. Explain the following terms w.r.t. data-link layer with the help of suitable illustrations
and sketches: (a) Piggybacking (b) Protocol using Go-Back ‘n’ (c) Protocol using Selective-
Repeat (d) Pipelining and its implications.

43. Compute the throughput of pure ALOHA and slotted ALOHA systems and comment on
the results obtained. Use neat sketches and graphs.

44. A communication channel of 3 KHz bandwidth and 30,000 bps capacity is used in the
data network. Compute the SNR offered by the system for the data transfer.

45. Discuss about various methods of framing used by the data link layer.

46. What is Computer Communication Network? List its goals, applications and attributes.
(CO1)

47. What is ISO’s OSI Reference model? List the important functions of each layer and give
the conceptual diagram of information flow. (CO1)

48. Explain the need for switching in networks. Also compare between the traditional
switching techniques. What is the most common today and why? (CO1)

49. Write a note on: i) Internet ii) Multiplexing iii) Network layer protocols of TCP/IP
reference model. (CO1)