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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD B.Tech III Year COMPUTER NETWORKS Previous Question Paper (December - 2018 - R15)

B.Tech | III Year | II Semester | R15 | December - 2018

Answer PaperPaper Code: 126YHMaximum Marks: 75Time: 3 hours

Note: This question paper contains two parts A and B. Part A is compulsory which carries 25 marks. Answer all questions in Part A. Part B consists of 5 Units. Answer any one full question from each unit. Each question carries 10 marks and may have a, b, c as sub questions.

PART - A

125 marks
a
What are the key components of optical transmission system?
2 marks

Answer

The key components of an optical transmission system are the Optical Transmitter (converts electrical signals to optical signals), the Optical Fiber Cable (the transmission medium), and the Optical Receiver (converts optical signals back into electrical signals).
b
Discuss about the relationship between packets and frames.
3 marks

Answer

Packets and frames are units of data at different layers of the OSI model. A packet is a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) at the Network Layer, containing logical addressing. A frame is a PDU at the Data Link Layer, which encapsulates the packet by adding a header and trailer (including physical addresses and error checking) for transmission over a specific physical link.
c
Compare pure ALOHA and slotted ALOHA.
2 marks

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d
Dedifferentiate about bridge and a switch.
3 marks

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e
What is Flooding?
2 marks

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f
Explain the concept of store and forward packet switching.
3 marks

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g
Write briefly about the tunneling technique.
2 marks

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h
What is classful addressing?
3 marks

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i
What is the use of client server model?
2 marks

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j
What is upward multiplexing and downward multiplexing?
3 marks

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PART - B

210 marks
a
Compare OSI model with TCP/IP model.
5 marks

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b
Explain Go Back N protocol.
5 marks

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310 marks
a
Explain about electromagnetic spectrum.
5 marks

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b
Calculate the CRC code by dividing
x7+x5+1
by the generator polynomial
x3+1
.
5 marks

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410 marks
a
Discuss about the spanning tree bridge.
5 marks

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b
Describe the fields of Ethernet frame format.
5 marks

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510 marks
a
Explain about the Token ring algorithm.
5 marks

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b
Write short notes on i) Repeaters ii) Hubs.
5 marks

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610 marks
a
Explain link state routing algorithm.
5 marks

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b
What are the metrics used to monitor the congestion?
5 marks

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710 marks
a
What do you mean by optimality principle?
5 marks

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b
Discuss about count to infinity problem.
5 marks

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810 marks
a
What are the advantages of Transparent and nontransparent fragmentation?
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b
Explain the process of connection release in transport layer.
5 marks

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910 marks
a
Explain IPv4 header format.
5 marks

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b
Discuss about crash recovery in transport layer.
5 marks

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1010 marks
a
Explain about the file transfer protocol.
5 marks

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b
Explain about the TCP header.
5 marks

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1110 marks
a
How the congestion is handled by TCP?
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b
Explain different message formats of e-Mail.
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