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PSG POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, COIMBATORE - 641 004

SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, FEB 2022
DIP – COMPUTER ENGINEERING SEMESTER : 5
Z18501 – COMPUTER NETWORKS

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75

Instructions:
1. Answer all questions by choosing either (a) division or (b) division.
2. Each question carries 15 marks.
3. Division (a) and (b) have three subdivisions (i), (ii) and (iii) which carries 2 marks, 3 marks and 10
marks respectively.

Q. Div. Sub. Questions Bloom’s Marks Total Course

No. div. Taxonomy Marks Outcome

1 a i What are the categories of networks? R 2 15 CO 1

ii Explain the key elements of protocol. R 3

iii Explain Briefly about OSI layers and its U 10

functions with necessary diagram.

OR

b i What are the three criteria necessary for an R 2

effective and efficient network?

ii Explain the advantages and disadvantages of R 3

Bus topology.

iii Explain in detail about coaxial cable and fiber U 10

optic cable.

2 a i What is piggybacking? R 2 15 CO 2

ii How does a single bit error differ from a burst R 3

error?

iii Explain in detail about Error detection U 10

Techniques.

OR

b i What is the purpose of the Hamming code? R 2

ii What are the four types of redundancy check R 3

used in data communications?

iii Explain the various error control mechanism in U 10

detail.
 3 a i What are the elements of distance vector R 2 15 CO 3
routing?

ii Explain IP Addressing. R 3

iii Explain briefly about Link state routing. U 10

OR

b i Define bridges. R 2

ii Explain the features of Routers. R 3

iii Explain in detail about ICMP. U 10

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4 a i Define Demultiplexing. R 2 15 CO 4

ii Explain the Duties of Transport Layer. R 3

iii Explain Briefly about TCP congestion control U 10

Techniques in detail.

OR

b i What is congestion? R 2

ii Explain open loop Congestion Control. R 3

iii Explain User Datagram protocol in detail. U 10

5 a i What are the types of DNS records? R 2 15 CO 5

ii Explain the categories of Web document. R 3

iii Explain in detail about Domain name System. U 10

OR

b i What are the three transmission modes of R 2

FTP?

ii Draw the general format of HTTP request R 3

message.

iii Write Short notes on the following: U 10

(i) Bluetooth
(ii) WWW

Total 75
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