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Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology
Computer Engineering Department
Computer Network
Question Bank
Chapter 5
1. Explain OSI and TCP/IP reference model.
2. Compare OSI reference model with TCP/IP.
3. Explain various network layer design issues in detail.
4. Compare virtual circuit with datagram subnets.
5. Explain optimality principle used in routing.
6. Differentiate between forwarding and routing.
7. Define two different class of routing algorithms.
8. Explain Dijkstras shortest path routing algorithm with example.
9. Explain the concept of flooding in detail.
10. Explain distance vector routing algorithm in detail.
11. What is count-to-infinity problem in distance vector routing algorithm?
12. Explain link state routing algorithm in detail.
13. Explain hierarchical routing algorithm in detail with neat figure.
14. Explain broadcast routing algorithm in detail.
15. Explain multicast routing algorithm in detail.
16. Explain routing in mobile hosts.
17. Explain the registration process for the new user in mobile ad-hoc network.
18. Differentiate between wired-network and ad-hoc network.
19. Explain route discovery and route maintenance phase for routing in ad-hoc network.
20. What is congestion? List all the congestion prevention policies available at data link
layer, network layer and transport layer.
21. Give difference between congestion control and flow control.
22. How congestion control can be done in open loop and close loop system?
23. What is implicit feedback and explicit feedback?
24. What is piggybacking?
25. Explain congestion control in virtual circuit in detail.
26. Explain various methods (warning bit, Choke packet, hop-by-hop choke packet, load
shedding, RED (Random Early Detection, Jitter Control) for congestion control in datagram
subnets in detail.
27. What is Quality of Service (QoS)? Explain why quality of service is required?
28. List different techniques used to achieve good quality of service.
29. Explain Overprovisioning, buffering and traffic shaping technique in detail.
30. Explain leaky bucket algorithm in detail.
31. Explain token bucket algorithm in detail.
32. Can token bucket algorithm is used after leaky bucket algorithm? If yes, why it is used?
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33. Why there is a need for resource reservation? Which are the various resources that can be
reserved?
34. What is admission control? Explain in detail.
35. Explain proportional routing in detail.
36. What is packet scheduling? Explain various packet scheduling algorithms.
37. What is internetwork? How two different networks can be connected with each other at
different layer?
38. Explain the concept of concatenated virtual circuit in detail.
39. Explain how packet is routed in connection less internet work.
40. Compare concatenated virtual circuit with datagram approach.
41. Explain the concept of tunnelling in detail with example.
42. What is internetwork routing? What is an Autonomous System? What is the difference
between internetwork routing and intranetwork routing?
43. What is the need for fragmentation in routing? Which are the various types of
fragmentation? Explain each type in detail with neat figure.
44. Compare transparent fragmentation with non-transparent fragmentation.
45. Explain various principles used for designing the network layer.
46. How transport layer process of one machine will communicate with transport layer
process of second machine in internetwork?
47. Explain IPv4 header with neat diagram.
48. Explain classful IP addresses in detail.
49. Explain classless IP addresses in detail.
50. Explain the concept of Network Address Translation (NAT) with neat figure. Also list
various problems of NAT.
51. Explain ICMP protocol with various message types used in it.
52. Explain Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) with pros and cons.
53. Explain RARP and BOOTP protocol in detail.
54. Explain DHCP protocol in detail.
55. Differentiate interior gateway routing and exterior gateway routing.
56. Explain OSPF routing protocol in detail.
57. Explain BGP routing protocol in detail.
58. What is internet multicasting? Explain in detail.
59. Why mobile IP is needed? Explain goals, working and advantages of mobile IP in detail.
60. Explain goals of IPv6 protocol.
61. What are the advantages of IPv6 over IPv4 protocol?
62. Explain IPv6 fixed header in detail with neat figure.
63. Explain various IPv6 extension headers.
64. Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 problems or similar problems


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Chapter 6
1. Explain various services provided by transport layer to the upper layer in protocol stack.
2. List various transport service primitives. Also describe the method for establishing a new
connection using these primitives.
3. Which are the two different variants of DISCONNECTION phase? Explain in detail.
4. Draw and explain the state diagram for simple connection management scheme.
5. List the various duties of the transport layer and explain each in brief. Compare UDP and
TCP.
6. Explain various Quality of service parameters for transport layer.
7. Explain crash recovery of transport protocol.
8. Write about elements of transport layer
(1) Connection establishment
(2) Connection release.
(3) Connection Release
(4) Flow Control and Buffering
(5) Multiplexing
(6) Crash Recovery
9. Explain User Datagram Protocol (UDP) in detail.
10. Explain Real Time Transport Protocol (RTP) in detail. Also explain RTP header with neat
diagram.
11. Explain TCP service model.
12. Write about flow control and buffering mechanism in Transport protocols.
13. Explain TCP protocol. Which are the problems in TCP protocol?
14. Drew TCP segment header. Explain each field of TCP segment header in detail.
15. Explain connection establishment and connection release in Transport protocols.
16. How connections are managed in TCP? Explain with the help of connection management
modelling.
17. Explain TCP transmission policy. Write Nagles theorem for transmission.
18. Explain Silly Window Syndrome problem in TCP transmission.
19. What is the solution available to solve the problem of Silly Window Syndrome?
20. Explain congestion control mechanism available for TCP protocol.
21. Explain various timers applicable in TCP. Explain the Jacobsons method for measuring
round trip time.
22. Explain Jacobsons improved method for determining timeout interval.
23. Write Karns algorithm.
24. Is it possible to apply TCP protocol to wireless network? Explain Indirect TCP solution
for wireless network.
25. What is the problem with Indirect TCP solution? Explain the solution to solve this
problem or explain Balakrishnan approach to solve this problem.
26. Explain Transitional TCP in detail.