Networking Questions and Answers for Interview

11. Name the factors that affect the performance of the network?
a) Hardware
b) Software
c) Number of Users
d) Type of transmission medium

12. Name the factors that affect the reliability of the network?
a. Frequency of failure
b. Recovery time of a network after a failure
c. Catastrophe

13. What is Protocol?
A protocol is a standard used to define a method of exchanging data over a computer network, such as local area network, Internet, Intranet, etc. Each protocol has its own method of how data is formatted when sent and what to do with it once received, how that data is compressed, or how to check for errors in the data.

14. What are the key elements of protocols?
The key elements of protocols are
a) Syntax : The term syntax refers to the structure or format of the data, meaning the order in which they are presented. For example, a simple protocol might expect the first 8 bits of data to be the address of the sender, the second 8 bits to be the address of the receiver and the rest of the stream to be the message itself.
b) Semantics : The word semantics refers to the meaning of each section of bits. How is a particular pattern to be interpreted, and what action is to be taken based on that interpretation? For example, does an address identify the route to be taken or the final destination of the message?
c) Timing : The term timing refers to two characteristics. First when data should be sent and second, how fast they can be sent. For example, if a sender produces data at 100 Mbps but the receiver can process data at only 1 Mbps, the transmission will overload the receiver and some data will be lost.

15. What are the key design issues of a computer Network?
a) Connectivity
b) Cost-effective Resource Sharing
c) Support for common Services
d) Performance

16. Define Bandwidth?
Bandwidth is also defined as the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time. For digital devices, the bandwidth is usually expressed in bits per second(bps) or bytes per second.

17. Define Latency?
Latency is the amount of time a message takes to traverse a system. In a computer network, it is an expression of how much time it takes for a packet of data to get from one designated point to another. It is sometimes measured as the time required for a packet to be returned to its sender.

18. Define Routing?
When a device has multiple paths to reach a destination, it always selects one path by preferring it over others. This selection process is termed as Routing. Routing is done by special network devices called routers or it can be done by means of software processes.

19. What is a peer-peer process?
In its simplest form, a peer-to-peer (P2P) network is created when two or more PCs are connected and share resources without going through a separate server computer. A P2P network can be an ad hoc connection—a couple of computers connected via a Universal Serial Bus to transfer files.

20. When a switch is said to be congested?
It is possible that a switch receives packets faster than the shared link can accommodate and stores in its memory, for an extended period of time, then the switch will eventually run out of buffer space, and some packets will have to be dropped and in this state is said to congested state.

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Networking Questions and Answers for Interview