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Indus Institute of Technology & Engineering,

Ahmedabad - 382115

Subject: Computer Network Semester: 5th
Computer
QUESTION BANK II

1. Explain Error Correction Codes at data link layer.
2. Explain different types of Errors?
3. Explain the use of parity check for error detection?
4. What are the different types of errors detected by parity check?
5. Why is flow control needed?
6. Define checksum.
7. What is Bit Stuffing?
8. What is Byte Stuffing?
9. Define ARQ.
10. Explain Hamming Code with an example.
11. Explain CRC with an example.
12. On what parameters the quality of transmission depends in case of
guided transmission media?
13. Why wires are twisted in case of twisted pair of transmission medium?
14. What is crosstalk? How is it minimized in case of twisted-pair of wire?
15. Compare and contrast. Go-back-N and selective repeat ARQ
16. What kind of errors can VRL determine and what kinds of errors it
cannot determine?
17. Discuss stop and wait protocol. Mention the advantage and disadvantage
of it.
18. Discuss go-back N sliding window protocol.
19. What is selective reject ARQ?
20. What is piggy backing? What are its advantages and disadvantages?
21. Write short notes on
1. Packet Switching
2. Message Switching
3. Circuit Switching
22. Explain the various media used for data transmission in computer
networks.
23. What is the purpose of cladding in an optical fiber? Discuss its density
relative to the core.
24. Name the advantage of optical fiber over twisted-pair and coaxial cable.
25. When are frames discarded in the three ARQ methods?
26. What kinds of errors can vertical redundancy check determine? What
kind of errors it cannot determine?
27. Write a short note on HDLC. (Jun-2008/09)
28. What is bit stuffing?
29. Explain framing.
30. What is character stuffing?
31. Explain error control and flow control mechanism provided by data link
layer.
32. Explain stop and wait protocol.
33. Explain sliding window protocol.
34. Explain one bit sliding window protocol.
35. What is pipelining.
36. What is selective repeat in terms of protocol using go back n.
37. Explain high level data link control.
38. Explain Utopia protocol
39. Write a program for sender and receiver for utopia protocol and stop and
wait protocol.
40. Explain the GO-Back N protocol
41. What should be the size of sender window and receiver window in
sliding window protocol
42. Write the disadvantage of utopia protocol

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