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Final Assessment Test (FAT) – July 2019

Programme : B Tech Semester : WINTER2020
Code : CSE1004
Course Title : Network and Communication
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Faculty : Dr. Neelanarayanan V Class Nbr :
Time : Three Hours Max. Marks : 100

Answer ALL questions

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Q.No. Question Description Marks Unit No. Level Hot? criteria
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1. Indicate whether you think TCP or UDP would be better suited for
each of the following applications and briefly explain why. State
any assumptions that you are making for each application.
a) Streaming video client/server 10 6 M Y 2
b) Multiplayer online first-person shooting game
c) IRC (chat) client/server
d) Internet telephony voice channel
2. Consider sending the message 101010101101 with the CRC
generator polynomial x5 + x2 + 1. What sequence of bits would be 10 3 D Y 5
sent on the wire?
3. Two requirements of the Domain Name System (DNS) are (1) to
scale to large numbers of computers, and (2) to allow local
10 7 M N 2
organizations to administer their own naming systems. How does
DNS achieve these two goals?
4. Show the operation of Dijkstra’s algorithm for computing the least
cost path from E to all destinations.

10 5 D Y 5, 6

5. a Name one networking function that is implemented only at the

application layer, one function that is implemented only at the
5 1 E Y 2
transport layer and one that is implemented only at the network
layer of the Internet stack.
b Explain the differences between circuit switching and packet 5 2 E N 2

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 switching in terms of:
i. The use of network resources.
ii. Transmission rate
6. Please classify each of the following as a violation of (A)
confidentiality, (B) integrity, (C) authentication, or (D) non-
repudiation:
a) A reads B’s email that is sent to C. 10 8 M Y 5
b) A sends an email on behalf of B to C.
c) A denies sending an email to C (although it was sent).
d) A modifies the email sent from B to C.
7. Describe two fundamentally different ways that standards can be
developed in communication. Give examples of standards groups 10 1 M Y 2
and their standards that use these two different ways.
8. Compare between distance-vector and link-state routing protocols in
10 5 E Y 5, 6
terms of how protocol messages are sent?
9. Suppose that you have been assigned IP address 132.128.0.0 and
have 9 networks in your organization that you wish to remain
10 4 D Y 5, 6
distinct. Give the subnet mask. Give the subnet addresses of the 9
distinct networks.
10. a What is the difference between a bridge and a repeater? Describe
what a repeater does and what its purpose is. Does a bridge achieve 5 2 M N 2
this same purpose?
b We have seen that SNMP uses UDP as its transport protocol. Why
5 7 D Y 2
was UDP chosen over TCP?
Total marks [100]
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