DATA COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER NETWORKS

BCA5
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Compare between the TCP/IP and OSI reference model.

What are baud rate and bit rate? Establish the relationship between these two.
Describe the structure of HDLC frame in detail.
Describe the difference between TCP and UDP.
State the advantages of IPv6 over IPv4.
Differentiate between bit rate and baud rate with examples.
Write a note on pure and slotted ALOHA.
What is IP addressing? What are the different classes of IP addressing? What is the difference
between static and dynamic IPs.
9) Explain Leaky Bucket algorithm
10) What are the advantages of digital transmission over analog transmission?
11) Briefly explain IPv6 datagram.
12) Explain the concept of LAN, MAN & WAN.
13) Why is class of IP address needed?
14) a) Compare between packet switching and circuit switching. b) Compare among ASK, FSK and
PSK with the help of the sketch.
15) a) What is network topology? Write the advantages of ring topology over star topology. b) What
do you mean by piggy backing? c) Write the functions of preamble field of 8023 frame. Describe
the priority scheme of Token Ring LAN.
16) Write short notes on a) Virtual packet switching b) Public key and private key c) X.25 d) TCP
segment format. e) Public key cryptography f) DNS g Functions of each layer of OSI model. h)
ARP. i) Multiplexing j) ATM k) Transmission impairment l) HDLC m) FDDI.
17) Explain IPV4 frame format.
18) Write down RSA algorithm.
19) Differentiate between symmetric key and asymmetric key cryptography.
20) For the bit string 10101101 draw the line coding using Unipolar NRZ, Polar RZ, Manchester and
differential Manchester.
21) What is unicast, multicast and broadcast?
22) a) Explain the functions of router, bridge, gateways. b) What is QOS? c) What are the needs of
modulation?
23) Discuss the concept of redundancy in error detection. What is the formula to compute the number
of redundancy bits required to correct a bit error in a given a number of data bits. What is the
purpose of the Hamming code?
24) What are the functions of DTE and DCE ? Give an example of each. What does MODEM stand
for ? What is null modem ?
25) Distinguish between i) Baseband and Broadband transmission ii) Guided and unguided media iii)
Synchronous and asynchronous transmission.