Data Communication and Networking Question Bank 1.

What is data communication and what are the data communication components. ? 2. How the communication can take place between two devices. ? 3. Explain point to point and multipoint connection. 4. Explain five physical Topologies for netw orking. 5. Explain Different categories of network. 6. Explain in brief seven la yers of the OSI model. 7. Explain TCP/IP protocol suite. 8. What do you mean by logical addressing and explain how it is differed from port addressing. 9. Defin e following terms (Also write equation for necessary terms). a. Analog Data b. D igital Data c. Analog Signal d. Digital Signal e. Periodic and Non-Periodic sign al f. Peak Amplitude g. Period h. Frequency i. Phase j. Wavelength k. Bandwidth l. Bit Rate m. Bit Length n. Fundamental frequency. o. Throughput p. Latency(Del ay) q. Propagation Time r. Transmission Time s. Router t. Switch u. Hub v. Bridg e w. Gateway

10. What do you mean by time and frequency domains of a signal? 11. What is comp osite signals and Draw signals for composite periodic signal. 12. What is Digita l signal and how it is represented with more than one signal levels Explain with example. 13. Explain Transmission impairments in brief with suitable figures an d equation. 14. What is signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) 15. Enlist factor which is ef fecting to Data Rate and explain how it can be calculated using Nyquist Bit Rate for Noiseless Channel and Shannon Capacity for Noisy Channel. 16. Explain Signa l Element Vs Data Elements. 17. Explain Data Rate Vs Signal Rate. 18. Explain in brief Base line Wandering , DC Components and Self Synchronization. 19. Explain Line Coding schemes to convert Digital signal into Digital signal. * 20. Explai n Block Coding schemes to convert Digital signal into Digital signal. * 21. Expl ain Scrambling schemes to convert Digital signal into Digital signal. * 22. What is analog to digital conversion and which technique is used to convert From Ana log signal into Digital Signal. 23. Explain Pulse Code Modulation Technique(PCM) . 24. Explain Delta Modulation(DM) 25. Explain various Transmission modes. 26. W hat is Digital to analog conversion? 27. Explain three mechanism for modulating digital data into an analog signal. 28. What is analog to analog conversion and explain three modulation techniques. 29. What is Multiplexing and De-multiplexin g. 30. Explain FDM, WDM and TDM. 31. Write short note on Transmission Media. Notes : *Any coding scheme can be asked individually in the examination and also prepare examples which we did in the class lectures.