Set No: 1: Code No: V3224/R07
Set No: 1: Code No: V3224/R07
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Set No: 2
Code No: V3224/R07
III B.Tech II Semester Regular & Supplementary Examinations, April/May - 2012
COMPUTER NETWORKS
(Common to Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology &
Electronics and Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 Hours
Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Describe the main functionality of the session layer.
b) Differentiate between virtual circuit and data gram subnet.
2. a) Compare between token bus and token ring protocols.
b) What is the significance of twisting in twisted pair cable? What are the different
categories of a twisted pair cables and their features.
3. a) Describe the stop and wait flow control technique.
b) Explain the term sliding window. Also illustrate and explain the operation of
selective repeat.
4. a) An ALOHA network user 19.2 kbps channel for sending message packets of 100
bit long size. Calculate the maximum throughput for pure ALOHA network.
b) What is congestion? Why does it happen? List all its factors and explain.
5. a) Discuss Virtual Circuit Packet Switching?
b) Explain the Count- to- infinity problem and solution in distance vector routing.
6. a) What is meant by congestion in network? Explain any algorithm for congestion
avoidance.
b) With neat diagram, explain ATM cell header format.
7. a) Briefly describe the use of each field of TCP header.
b) How are connection establishment and crash recovery managed at the transport
layer? Explain.
8. a) Explain the message authentication operation used in RSA technique.
b) If a DNS domain name is XXX.YYY.edu, how many labels are involved in here?
What is the lowest level domain and what is the highest level domain in this example?
Explain.
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Set No: 3
Code No: V3224/R07
III B.Tech II Semester Regular & Supplementary Examinations, April/May - 2012
COMPUTER NETWORKS
(Common to Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology &
Electronics and Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 Hours
Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
*****
1. Differentiate between OSI reference model and TCP/IP model with neat diagrams.
2. a) Discuss about guided and unguided transmission media.
b) Illustrate simplex, half-duplex and full duplex modes. What mode is used when
two people are communication by a telephone line?
3.
Two neighboring nodes A and B use sliding window protocol with 3-bit sequence
number. As the ARQ mechanism Go Back N is used with window size of 4. Assume
A is transmitting and B is receiving , show window position for the following events:
i)
before A send any frame
ii)
After A send frame 0, 1, 2 and receive ACK from B for 0 and 1.
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Set No: 4
Code No: V3224/R07
III B.Tech II Semester Regular & Supplementary Examinations, April/May - 2012
COMPUTER NETWORKS
(Common to Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology &
Electronics and Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 Hours
Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
*****
1. a) Differentiate between connection oriented and connection less service.
b) What is internetworking? Explain the purpose of internetworking devices used to
connect different LAN segments.
2. a) Describe the characteristics of broad band co-axial cable.
b) Differentiate between data gram packet switching and virtual circuit switching.
3. a) Draw and ATM network structure and differentiate between different kinds of
interfaces supported by ATM switches.
b) List and explain the services provided by data link layer.
4. a) Explain the functions of repeaters and bridges. What are their limitations?
b) Discuss in brief MAC frame structure for IEEE 802.3?
5. a) Explain the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol.
b) Discuss the various goals of routing algorithms?
6. a) Give the general principles of various congestion control algorithms.
b) Discuss about the role of network layer in internet.
7. a) Does the efficiency of ATM using AAL depend on the size of the packet? Explain
and justify the answer.
b) Define UDP and discuss the different fields of the format of a used datagram?
Also, list some of the uses of the UDP protocol?
8. a) What is Electronic mail? Explain the two scenarios of architecture of E-Mail.
b) What is a name server? List and explain the characteristic features of various name
servers.
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