Module -1

Q.1
a) Identify the five components of a data communication system.
b) What are the advantages of a multipoint connection over a point-to-point connection?
c) What is the difference between half-duplex and full duplex transmission modes?
d) Assume ‘n’ number of devices connected in a mesh topology; find the total no. of connections /cables
required and how many network I/O ports required for each device?
e) What is the difference between internet and Internet?
f) Which layers in the internet model are network support layers and user support layers?
g) What is the difference between network layer delivery and transport layer delivery?
h) What are the responsibilities of the data link layer in the internet model?
i) What is the difference between port address, logical address and physical address?
j) How do the layers of the internet model correlate with the layers of the OSI model?
k) Distinguish between Analog and digital signal?
l) What are the main functions of a data link layer?
m) What is the significance of modulation?
n) Calculate the baud rate of a 64kbps 64QAM signal?
o) Draw the time domain plot of a sine wave for 1 sec with a maximum amplitude “A” a frequency of 4 and a
phase of 180o
p) What is meant by topology?
q) What is the relationship between period and frequency?
r) What is MAC address?
s) What is bandwidth?
t) What is line coding?
u) Define block coding?
v) How does NRZ-L differ from NRZ-I?
w) Compare and Contrast RZ and Bipolar AMI.
x) What is Nyquist Theorm?
y) What is the difference between bit rate and baud rate? Give an example of where both are same?
z) What is digital to analog modulation?
aa) What is analog to digital modulation?
bb) What is the significance of twisting a twisted pair cable?
cc) How does sky propagation differ from line of sight propagation?
dd) What are the advantages of optical fiber over twisted pair and coaxial cable?
ee) Comapare TSI and TDM bus.
ff) Name the two technologies used in a time division switch.
gg) What is the limiting factor of a cross bar switch? How does a multistage switch alleviate the problem?
hh) What is the function of a control unit in a TSI and TDM bus.
ii) How are telephone services between LATAS handled?
jj) Define Spread spectrum.

Module -1
Q.2
a) Explain different layers of ISO-OSI model.
b) Specify different media for transmission used in computer network? Explain in brief about the twisted
pair and co-axial cable. Which one is better and why?
c) Describe about FDM and synchronized TDM?
d) Distinguish between baseband transmission and broadband transmission.
e) Differentiate OSI reference model and TCP/IP.
f) Compare circuit switching and packet switching?
g) Distinguish between multilevel TDM, multiple slot TDM and pulse-Stuffed TDM.
 h) Draw the signals for Manchester and differential Manchester encoding. Given the bit sequence
‘1101010010’. Write the advantage and disadvantages of each of them.
i) State how spread spectrum is different from multiplexing. Discuss the different techniques associated
with spread spectrum.
j) Compare the relative advantage and disadvantages of polar schemes used for line coding.
k) Compare and contrast bipolar AMI and RZ encoding schemes?
l) What do you mean by block coding? Discuss various encoding schemes with suitably with suitable
examples?
m) Write short notes on:
(i) Fiber Optic Cables
(ii) Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.
n) What are the two reasons for using layered protocols?
o) Give an advantage and a disadvantage of frame relay over a leased telephone line.
p) List two advantages and two disadvantages of having international standards for a network protocols.
q) Is Nyquist theorm true for optical fiber or only for copper wire?
r) Compare the maximum data rate of a noiseless 4-KHz channel using
(a) Analog encoding with 2 bits per sample.
(b) The T1 PCM system?
s) Why has the PCM sampling time been set at 125µsec?

Module -2
Q.1
a. What is hamming distance? What is minimum hamming distance?
b. Distinguish forward error correction versus error correction by retransmission?
c. What is the defination of a linear block code? What is defination of a cyclic code?
d. How does a single bit error differ from a burst error?
e. What kind of error is undetectable by the checksum?
f. Compare and contrast byte oriented and bit oriented protocols? Which category has been popular
in the past and which category has been is popular nowadays?
g. Define piggybacking and its usefulness.
h. Compare and contrast byte stuffing and bit stuffing? Which technique is used in byte-oriented protocols?
Which technique is used in bit-oriented protocols.
i. Compare and contrast HDLC with PPP. Which technique is bit oriented protocols which technique is byte
oriented?
j. Compare and contrast flow control and error control.
k. Explain the reason for moving from the Stop-and-Wait ARQ protocol to the Go-Back-N-ARQ
protocol.
l. Briefly descrie the services provided by the data link layer.
m. Compare and contrast a controlled access protocol with a channelization protocol.
n. Explain why collission is an issue in a random access protocol but not in controlled access or
channelization protocols.
o. Can you explain why the vulnerable time in ALOHA depends on TFr but in CSMA depends on Tp?
p. In analyzing ALOHA we use only one parameter, time; in analysing CSMA, we use two parameters,
space and time. Can you explain the reason?
Module 3
1.
a. What are the common Ten-Gigabit Ethernet implementations?
b.What is the relation between the switch and a bridge?
c. What are the common fast Ethernet implementations?
d.What is the purpose of an NIC?
 e.What is the difference between the Unicast, multicast and broadcast address?
f. How is a repeater different from an amplifier?
g.How does a VLAN reduce network traffic?
h.How is a hub related to a repeater?
i. What is the number of bits in an IPV4 address? What is the number of bits in an IPV6 address?
j. What is NAT? How can NAT help in address translation?
k. What is the difference between classful addressing and classless addressing in IPV4?
l. Briefly, define subnetting and supernetting? How does the subnet mask and the supernet mask differ from
the default mask in classful addressing?
m. What is a mask in IPV4 addressing? What is a default mask in IPV4 addressing?
n. Write about Forwarding and Routing.
o. How would you describe packetizing?

Module -3
1. Discuss name address resolution in detail.
a. Can you summarize the two different classes of routing protocol?
b. Differentiate IPv4 and IPv6?
c. How would you define your understanding of Multicast?
Module -4
a. How is HTTP similar to SMTP?
b. What are URL and what are its components?
c. What are three FTP transmission modes
d. Define hypertext and hyper media.
e. Explain the frame format of Ethernet.
f.
Module -4
a. Tabulate security of DNS?
b. Illustrate in details about DNS messages.
c. What is Bluetooth? Give an account of the detailed architecture of Bluetooth and discuss the various layers.
d. Explain how FTP have a message format for exchanging commands and responses during control connection?
e. Explain how FTP have a message format for exchanging commands and responses during control connection?
f. Summarize how SMTP transfers message from one host toanother host with suitable illustration.
g. Write short notes on FTP
h. Write notes on URLS.