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Enrollment No......................................

Faculty of Engineering
End Sem (Odd) Examination Dec-2019
IT3CO10 Computer Networks
Programme: B.Tech. Branch/Specialisation: IT
Duration: 3 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 60

Note: All questions are compulsory. Internal choices, if any, are indicated. Answers of
Q.1 (MCQs) should be written in full instead of only a, b, c or d.
Q.1 i. Transmission media lie below the _______ layer. 1
(a) Physical (b) Network (c) Transport (d) Application
ii. Number of wires required in Mesh topology network for n nodes 1
(a) n (b) n*2 (c) n(n-1)/2 (d) None of these
iii. In the Go-Back-N protocol, the maximum send window size is 1
______ and the maximum receive window size is _______, where
m is related to the number of bits in the sequence number.
(a) 1; 1 (b) 1; 2m (c) 2m – 1; 1 (d) 2m – 1; 2m – 1
iv. If the ASCII character G is sent and the character D is received, 1
what type of error is this?
(a) Single-bit (b) Multiple-bit
(c) Burst (d) Recoverable
v. In the p-persistent approach, when a station finds an idle line, it 1
_______.
(a) Sends immediately
(b) Sends with probability p
(c) Sends with probability 1 - p
(d) Waits 1 s before sending
vi. The minimum frame length for Ethernet is _______ bytes. 1
(a) 32 (b) 80 (c) 128 (d) None of these
vii. Routers in the path are not allowed to ______________. 1
(a) Fragment the packet they receive
(b) Decapsulate the packet
(c) Change source or destination address
(d) All of these
P.T.O.
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viii. An HLEN value of decimal 10 means _______. 1 OR iii. What is IEEE 802.3 Ethernet? Draw its frame format and explain. 7
(a) There are 10 bytes of options
(b) There are 10 bytes in the header Q.5 i. Compare IPv4 and IPv6. 2
(c) There are 40 bytes of options ii. What is DHCP? Draw its transition diagram and explain. 8
(d) There are 40 bytes in the header OR iii. An IP datagram has arrived with the following information in the 8
ix. The source port number on the UDP user datagram header defines 1 header (in hexadecimal):
_______. 45 00 00 54 00 03 00 00 20 06 00 00 7C 4E 03 02 B4 0E 0F 02
(a) The sending computer (a) Are there any options?
(b) The receiving computer (b) Is the packet fragmented?
(c) The process running on the sending computer (c) What is the size of the data?
(d) None of these (d) Is a checksum used?
x. In TCP, an ACK segment, if carrying no data, consumes ______ 1 (e) How many more routers can the packet travel to?
sequence number(s). (f) What is the identification number of the packet?
(a) No (b) One (c) Two (d) None of these (g) What is the type of service?
(h) What is the size of the header?
Q.2 i. Define computer network. Write its application areas. 2
ii. What are different network topologies? Explain. 3 Q.6 Attempt any two:
iii. Discuss ISO-OSI model in detail. Why it is called reference model? 5 i. What is TCP connection establishment and termination process? 5
OR iv. Describe TCP/IP model in detail. How it is differ from ISO-OSI 5 Explain.
model? ii. What is Checksum? How it is calculated in UDP? Justify your 5
answer with example.
Q.3 i. What are different design issues of Data Link Layer? 4 iii. Write short note with suitable diagram on: 5
ii. A 20 Kbps satellite link has a propagation delay of 400 ms. The 6 (a) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
transmitter employs the “go back n ARQ” scheme with n set to 10. (b) Telnet
Assuming that each frame is 100 bytes long, what is the maximum
data rate possible? ******
OR iii. A 3000 km long trunk operates at 1.536 Mbps and is used to 6
transmit 64 byte frames and uses sliding window protocol. If the
propagation speed is 6 μsec / km, how many bits should the
sequence number field be? How many maximum sequence numbers
are possible and also find out how many sequence numbers remains
unused?

Q.4 i. Discuss 802.4 token bus and 802.5 token ring 3

ii. How does CSMA / CD work? Justify your answer with suitable 7
diagram.
 Marking Scheme OR iv. TCP/IP model 5
IT3CO10 Computer Networks Diagram 2 marks
Differ from ISO-OSI model 3 marks
Q.1 i. Transmission media lie below the _______ layer. 1
(a) Physical Q.3 i. Design issues of Data Link Layer 4
ii. Number of wires required in Mesh topology network for n nodes 1 1 mark for each issue (1 mark * 4)
(c) n(n-1)/2 ii. Transmission delay (Time) 1 mark 6
iii. In the Go-Back-N protocol, the maximum send window size is 1 Calculating value of ‘a’ 1 mark
______ and the maximum receive window size is _______, where Calculating efficiency 2 marks
m is related to the number of bits in the sequence number. Maximum data rate possible 2 marks
(c) 2m – 1; 1 OR iii. Maximum sequence numbers bits 4 marks 6
iv. If the ASCII character G is sent and the character D is received, 1 Sequence numbers 1 mark
what type of error is this? Unused sequence numbers 1 mark
(c) Burst
v. In the p-persistent approach, when a station finds an idle line, it 1 Q.4 i. 802.4 token bus 1.5 marks 3
_______. 802.5 token ring 1.5 marks
(b) Sends with probability p ii. CSMA / CD working principle 4 marks 7
vi. The minimum frame length for Ethernet is _______ bytes. 1
Diagram 3 marks
(a) 32 (b) 80 (c) 128 (d) None of these
OR iii. Definition of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 1 mark 7
vii. Routers in the path are not allowed to ______________. 1
Frame format 3 marks
(d) All of these
Explanation 3 marks
viii. An HLEN value of decimal 10 means _______. 1
(d) There are 40 bytes in the header
Q.5 i. Compare IPv4 and IPv6. 2
ix. The source port number on the UDP user datagram header defines 1
0.5 mark for each comparison (0.5 mark * 4)
_______. ii. Definition of DHCP 1 mark 8
(c) The process running on the sending computer Transition diagram 4 marks
x. In TCP, an ACK segment, if carrying no data, consumes ______ 1
Explanation 3 marks
sequence number(s).
OR iii. An IP datagram has arrived with the following information in the 8
(b) One
header (in hexadecimal):
45 00 00 54 00 03 00 00 20 06 00 00 7C 4E 03 02 B4 0E 0F 02
Q.2 i. Defining computer network 1 mark 2
1 mark for each (1 mark * 8)
Its application areas 1 mark
ii. Network topologies 3
Q.6 Attempt any two:
0.5 mark for each topology (0.5 mark * 6)
i. TCP connection establishment process 1.5 marks 5
iii. ISO-OSI model 5
Diagram 1 mark
Diagram 2 marks
TCP connection termination process 1.5 marks
Explanation 2 marks
Diagram 1 mark
Reference model reason 1 mark ii. Definition of Checksum 1 mark 5
Calculation in UDP using example 4 marks
iii. Write short note with suitable diagram on: 5
(a) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Description 1.5 marks
Diagram 1 mark
(b) Telnet
Description 1.5 marks
Diagram 1 mark

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