DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Kumbalagodu, Mysore Road, Bengaluru – 560074
z Department of Computer Science & Engineering
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS-1
Academic Year:-2024-2025(ODD Sem)
Course Name: -COMPUTER NETWORKS Course Code: BCS502
Date of Given:- 16-10-2024 Semester : 5
Date of Submission: - 25-10-2024 Max.Marks:-10
Q Group-A CO RBTL Marks
NO
1 Compare LAN vs WAN vs MAN on basis of Speed, Congestion, Maintenance, 1 2 10
Area Coverage.
2 Compare UTP with STP on basis of Noise, Ease of Handling, Cost, and Speed. 1 2 10
3 Discuss short note on Microwave with diagram. 1 2 10
4 What are the five components of data communication system and its representation? 1 2 10
Explain.
5 Elicit types of guided transmission media with their merits and demerits. 1 2 10
6 Write a short note on Bus and Star Topology with a neat diagram. 2 2 10
7 Given the data word 1010011110 and the divisor 10111, show the generation of the 2 2 10
CRC codeword at the sender using binary division.
8 2 2 10
Group-B 2
1 Discuss a short note on Radio Waves 1 2 10
2 Explain in detail about Addressing, multiplexing and demultiplexing in the TCP/IP 2 2 10
Protocol suite.
3 Elicit types of unguided transmission media with their merits and demerits. 1 2 10
4 Draw a neat diagram of Fiber optic cable & state its types. 1 2 10
5 Explain Circuit switched network and packet switched network 1 2 10
6 Differences between Single bit error and burst error. 2 2 10
7 Solve using Division in CRC encoder with given data word 100111001 and the 2 2 10
divisor 1011.
a. Show the generation of the codeword at the sender site.
b. Show the checking of the codeword at the receiver site
8 Explain checksum algorithm to calculate a traditional checksum and its other 2
approaches
Group-C 2
1 Explain TCP/IP protocol suite with diagram and brief about the layers. 1 2 10
2 Explain LAN and WAN 2 2 10
3 Define Topology and explain two types of topologies with advantages and 2 2 10
disadvantages
4 Explain the types of errors and the process of error detection in block coding 2 2 10
5 Explain coaxial cable and fiber optic cable. 1 2 10
6 Write a short note on Infrared in Unguided media 1 2 10
7 Given the data word 101001111 and the divisor 10111, show the generation of the 2 2 10
CRC codeword at the sender site (using binary division).
8 Explain Hamming distance & CRC encoder and decoder with diagram 2 2 10
Course Outcome:-
1. Explain the fundamentals of computer networks and working of network layers. CO1
2. Describe the principles of protocol layering in communication networks. CO2
Name & Signature of the Course Instructor HOD Signature