QUESTION BANK

COMPUTER NETWORKS (BCA-503)

Questions

1.What is the difference between Synchronous and Asynchronous communication?

2.Explain the function of presentation and application layer.
3.Explain the various network topologies.
4.What is ISDN?
5.(a) What is computer networking? What are its benefits?
(b) Discuss stop and wait protocol.
6. Write a short note on quality of service of transport layer.
7. Explain the connection management of transmission control protocol.
8. (a) What is twisted pair cable? In what situations are they suitable for use in data communication?
(b) Describe the function of data link layer.
9. What do you mean by routing algorithm? Discuss any one routing algorithm.
10. Explain error detection and error correction code.
11. What is congestion in a computer network? Write general principle of congestion control.
12. Write a short note on the following:
a) Repeaters b) Router c) Gateways d) TDM
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. ARQ is _____________________.
2. ICMP stands for ______________________.
3. Which OSI layer corresponds to the IP layers?
a) Physical b) Data link c) Network d) Transport
4. Which file transport protocol uses TCP and establishes two virtual circuits between the local and
remote server?
a) FTP b) TFTP c) TELNET d) NFS
5. The Hamming code is a method of _____________________
a) Error correction b) Error detection c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these
6. Which of the topologies is more convenient for peer-to-peer relationships?
a) Tree b) Star c) Ring d) None of these
7. TCP/IP’s __________________ layer corresponds to the OSI model’s top three layers.
a) Application b) Presentation c) Session d) Transport
8. The unwanted energy from sources other than the transmitter is called :
a) Attenuation b) Noise c) Delay distortion d) None of the above
9. HDLC is a __________ protocol whereas BSC is a ______________ Protocol.
a) bit oriented, character oriented c) character oriented, bit oriented
b) byte oriented, count oriented d) count oriented, byte oriented
10. Hub is a ___________ device and switch is a ____________ device.
a) Unicast, multicast b) multicast, unicast c) Broadcast, unicast d) None of above
11. Which of the following communication modes support two-way traffic but in only one direction
at a time?
a) Simplex b) half duplex c) three-quarters duplex d) all of the above
12. Which of the following performs modulation and demodulation?
a) Fiber optics b) satellite c) coaxial cable d) modem
13. A distributed network configuration in which all data/information pass through a central computer
is
a) Bus network b) Star network c) Ring network d)Point-to-point network
14. In The IEEE standards 802.5 standard is also called:
a) Ethernet b) Token bus c) Wireless token area network d) token ring
15. Which protocol is used to transfer web pages?
a) TCP/IP b) SMTP c) POP3 d) HTTP
16. If one link fails, only that link is affected. All other links remain active. Which topology does this?
a) Mesh topology b) Star topology c) Bus topology d) Physical topology
17. OSI model means
a) Open systems interconnection b)Operating system interconnection
c) Open source interconnection d) Operating source interconnection
18. Twisted pair wires, coaxial cable, optical fiber cables are the examples of
a) Wired Media b) Wireless Media c) Both a & b d) None of the above
19. What is the difference between ring & bus topology?
a) In ring, all nodes are connected with another in a loop while in bus they are connected to a central
cable.
b) In ring all nodes are connected with another loop while in bus they are connected to a central
cable.
c) In bus all nodes are connected with another in a loop while in star they are connected to a central
node.
d) In bus all nodes are connected with another loop while in star they are connected to a central
cable.
20. A network router joins two ____ together.
a) Computers b) Switches c) Networks d) Gateway
21. The time required to examine the packet’s header and determine where to direct the packet is part
Of-
a) Processing delay b) Queuing delay c) Transmission delay d) All of these
22. This topology requires multipoint connection
a) Star b) Mesh c) Ring d) Bus
23.DNS database contains-
a) Name server records b) Host name to address records c) Host name aliases d) All of these
24. Which of the following is an application layer service?
a) Network virtual terminal b) File transfer c) Mail service d) All of these
25. Multiplexing technique that shifts each signal to a different carrier frequency-
a) FDM b) TDM c) Both FDM & TDM d) None of these
26. The first network---------------------------.
27. Network congestion occurs
a) In case of traffic overloading
b) When a system terminate
c) When connection between two node terminates
d) None of these.
28. In the layer hierarchy as the data packet moves from the upper to the lower layers, header are-
a) Added b) Removed c) Rearranged d) Modified
29. Communication channel is shared by all the machines on the network in
a) Broadcast network b) Unicast network c) Multicast network d) None of these
30. In-------------- switching resources are allocated on demand.