Computer Networks Unit 5 – Application Layer: AKTU previous year questions
25 AKTU questions from Unit 5 (Application Layer) asked in 2018–2025, tagged by marks, year and topic. In short: about 29 marks of every paper come from this unit; the most asked topic is Network Management and SNMP (8 times); 23 questions came back in a later year. The latest ones are listed below; on the page you can filter them by 2-mark or long questions, topic and repeats.
Unit 5 previous year questions
- What is the role of stub in Remote Procedure Call (RPC) mechanism? (2 marks, 2025, Remote Login and Telnet)
- Explain public key cryptography. List its advantages and disadvantages. Explain the working of RSA algorithm with suitable example. (7 marks, 2025, Data Compression and Cryptography)
- Describe the following: (i) SNMP (ii) DNS (iii) Data Compression (7 marks, 2025, Network Management and SNMP)
- Explain how SMTP can handle transfer of videos and images? Also, explain the advantages of IMAP4 over POP3 mail access protocols. (7 marks, 2025, Electronic Mail and SMTP)
- Explain the following: (i) FTP (ii) HTTP (iii) Telnet (7 marks, 2025, File Transfer Protocol)
- What is Telnet? (2 marks, 2024, Remote Login and Telnet)
- Define Compression. (2 marks, 2024, Data Compression and Cryptography)
- Explain SNMP in detail. (10 marks, 2024, Network Management and SNMP)
- Differentiate between FTP and HTTP. (10 marks, 2024, File Transfer Protocol)
- Explain Cryptography. Write about RSA Algorithm with example. (10 marks, 2024, Data Compression and Cryptography)
- State difference between HTTP and HTTPS. (2 marks, 2023, File Transfer Protocol)
- Explain Asymmetric cryptography. Also, write the steps used in RSA algorithm, demonstrate the transmission of character F using RSA. (10 marks, 2023, Data Compression and Cryptography)
Most asked Unit 5 topics
- Network Management and SNMP – asked 8 times
- File Transfer Protocol – asked 7 times
- Data Compression and Cryptography – asked 4 times
Unit 5 question pattern
- 2-mark questions: 7 asked in 2018–2025
- 7-mark questions: 7 asked in 2018–2025
- 10-mark questions: 11 asked in 2018–2025
- About 29 marks from Unit 5 in every paper
- 23 questions were asked again in a later year
Unit 5 questions year by year
- 2025: 5 Unit 5 questions asked (30 marks across that year's papers)
- 2024: 5 Unit 5 questions asked (34 marks across that year's papers)
- 2023: 5 Unit 5 questions asked (42 marks across that year's papers)
- 2022: 2 Unit 5 questions asked (12 marks across that year's papers)
- 2019: 4 Unit 5 questions asked (23 marks across that year's papers)
- 2018: 4 Unit 5 questions asked (32 marks across that year's papers)