Network and System Administration - Unit Wise Questions

1a) Compare OSI with TCP/ IP. 

1. a) Explain the OSI network layer functionalities and compare it with TCP/IP layer.

1. a) Differentiate between windows and Linux Networking system.

    b) What are the major difference between switching and routing? Explain

1. a) Explain the OSI reference model.

1. [a] What do you mean by Networking Protocols? Compare TCP/IP with OSI Reference Model.[3+3]

[b] How many ways a Linux client acquire IPv4 address? Explain.[6]

1. a) Explain the Reference Model.

    b) What do you mean by switching and routing? Explain the routing algorithm.

1. a) Explain the TCP/IP and its application. What do you mean by Routing?

    b) Explain the process of linux client/server installation.

1. a) How do you convince that packet switching is better than circuit switching? List the functionality of IP layer and Host to network layer under TCP/IP framework.

1. a) Explain the protocol standards with example.

    b) What do you mean by Routing? Explain with example.

1.a) Explain the protocol standard. Differentiate between OSI and TCP/IP.

b) Explain the routing algorithm with example.

b) Explain the File systems and Quota management. 

1b) Explain Routing and its applications.

b) How do you create and manipulate accounts in Linux? Explain with example.

2. a) Explain the job scheduling with crontab.

    b) Differentiate between Linux and windows firewall configuration.

b) What are the difference between client and server? How do you perform portioning of Disk while installing Linux client?

2. a) Explain the process of online sever upgrade.

    b) Explain steps of server and client installation.

2. a) Explain the quota management in UNIX system.

    b) How to use network troubleshooting commands? Explain.

2. a) Explain the job scheduling with cron.

    b) Explain the network interface configuration.

2. [a] Explain the Linux booting process with server installation steps.[6]

[b] What are the usage and importance of cron, anacron and at? Explain the steps to configure and enable system logging in Linux.[3+3]

2a) Explain the process of linux client/server installation process.

2. a) What is xinetd? How does it differ from inetd?

3. a) Explain the network interface configuration.

    b) Explain the DHCP server configuration.

2. a) How do you create Corn job in Linux? Explain with example.

3. [a] What is NATng? Describe iptables configuration for NATng in Linux with example. [3+3]

[b] Explain with principle the DHCP server and client communication process. [6]

3. a) How can you configure the DHCP server? Explain.

    b) Differentiate between DNS zone transfers and DNS delegation.

b) Explain the managing accounts in server administrations.

3. a) How can you diagnose network startup problem? Explain.

    b) How can you use network troubleshooting command? Explain.

2. a) How can you configure the windows firewalls system?

3. a) Explian the steps of DHCP server  configuration.

    b) What do you mean by DNS zone transfers? Explain.

2.a) Explain the linux client/server installation process.

b) How do you identify that MySQL process is running on Linux? Discuss the steps to backup all the tables of mysql database name ‘StudentDB’.

4. a) How can you configure the proxy server? Explain.

    b) What is virtual hosting? Explain the HTTP caching.

2b) Explain system management with partition creation and deletion.

b) Explain the DHCP principle and applications.

4. a) Differentiate between IPV4 and IPV6 addressing.

    b) Explain the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) principle.

3a) Differentiate between IPV4 and IPV6 addressing.

b) What is SeLinux? How do you configure firewall in Linux? Explain.

4. [a] Explain how cashing-only name server works? What is the difference between iterative and recursive approach of DNS queries.[3+3]

[b] What is HTTP? Explain the steps to configure HTTP-APACHE server for Linuxvirtual hosting of the website www.tu.edu.np. [1+5]

4. a) Explain the proxy caching server configuration.

    b) Explain the HTTP Server configuration.

4. a) How can you secure the DNS server? Explain.

    b) Explain the DNS principle and operations.

5. a) What do you mean by virtual hosting? Explain with example.

    b) Explain the proxy-Authentication Mechanisms.

3. a) How does of client machine get IP address via DHCP lease? Explain.

5. a) Define the SAMBA. Explain the process of SAMBA with SAMBA-SWAT.

    b) What do you mean by FTP? Why is FTP used?

3. a) What do you mean by DNS delegation? Explain.

b) Explain the process to use network troubleshooting commands.

3.a) Explain the firewall configuration in windows.

5. [a] What is SAMBA? How do you administer SAMBA with SAMBA-SWAT? Compare SAMBA with NFS. [2+4]

[b] Define the term MUA, MTA, MDA and MAA with protocol example. What do you mean by SMTP relay? [4+2]

5. a) Explain the FTP principles with example.

    b) What are the process of SAMBA configuration? Explain.

3.a) What is difference between IPV4 and IPV6 in terms of router processing?

5. a) What do you mean by primary and slave name server? Explain.

    b) Explain the DNS and its principles.

 b) What do you mean by DHCP lease? How DHCP relay works? Explain.

4a) How can you configure DHCP server? Explain the process.

6. a) What do u mean by SPAM? Explain the steps of SPAM filtering.

    b) Explain the process of mail server configuration.

6. a) Explain the NFS client configuration with example.

    b) Explain the process of CUPS configuration.

6. a) Explain the SMTP relaying principles.

    b) How can you control the SPAM in mail server? Explain.

6. a) What do you mean by primary and slave name server? Explain.

    b) Explain the DNS and its principles.

6. [a] What are the features of webmin? How do you maintain the security while remote administrating of the Linux server. [2+4]

[b] Differentiate between routed and routing protocol. Explain the process of DR/BDR election process in OSPF routing. [2+4]

3b) What do you mean by IPV6 addressing? Explain with example.

b) Explain about Virtual Hosting Methods.

b) Why do we need slave name server? How does primary and slave server communicate with each other?

7. Write short Motes on (Any Three) [4+4+4]

[a] Cashing Only Name Server

[b] Proxy-ACL

[c] NFS Client Configuration

[d] SSH Configuration Basics

[e] Properties and features of IMAP server

7. Write short notes on (any three):

   a. MySQL

   b. IPv6

   c. HTTP caching

   d. SCP

   e. SPAM control

4.a) Define DHCP. Explain the DHCP server configuration.

4. a) Explain the process of CUPS configuration process.

 4. a) What are the difference types of DNS queries? How does DNS zone transfer occur?

7. Write short notes on (any three):

    a. TCP|IP

    b. DNS Delegation

    c. Proxy ACL

    d. IMAP principles

    e. Team Viewer

b) Explain the process of DHCP troubleshooting.

7. a) Explain the configuration process of HTTP server.

    b) Explain the proxy-authentication mechanisms.

7. Write short notes on (any three):

   a. MySQL

   b. ICP wrappers

   c. DNS Cache

   d. IMAP

   e. SCP

4. a) What is FQDN? How does DNS delegation work? Explain.

b) How can you manage the mail domain administration?

b) Discuss Name based and IP based virtual hosting with example

5a) Explain about DNS principles and operations.

4b) Explain the DNS principles and operations.

5.a) How can you configure the HTTP server? Explain.

b) Explain NFS operation with its architecture.

5. a) How can you process of SAMBA with SAMBA – SWAT? Explain.

 5. a) What is ACL? How do you apply Proxy Authentication with RADIUS? Explain.

b) What do you mean by caching only name server?

6a) Explain the process of proxy caching server configuration.

5. a) What is proxy? How does HTTP proxy work?

 b) What are the features of SAMBA-SWAT? Discuss the NFS operation basics.

b) How can you control SPAM in the mail server? 

5b) Explain the proxy caching server configuration.

b) How can you configure NFS? Explain.

6.a) Explain the process of NFS and NFS client configuration.

6. a) Explain about SMTP relaying principles.

 b) How do you configure HTTP server? Explain the main configuration steps.

6. a) what are the different mail agents and their functions?

6b) What do you mean by SAMBA SWAT? Explain the FTP principles.

b) Explain about POP and IMAP principle. 

7a) What do you mean by SPAM control and filtering? Explain.

 b) How does SMTP relay work? Explain 

6. a) How do you share files between Linux and Windows Machine? Explain

 b) Explain and compare the features with respect to its complexity between postfix and exchange.

7) Write short notes on (any three):

a) HTTP caching

b) FTP server

c) Telnet

d) SSP

e) SCP

7. Write short notes on (any three):

a. Proxy ACL

b. CUPS configuration

c. RAID

d. Static and Dynamic Routing

e. SPAM control

b) What is dynamic routing? How is it different from static routing? Explain.

7. Write short notes on (any three):

a) Disk quota management in Linux

b) DNS Cache

c) Operations of Interior Routing Protocol

d) SCP

7. Write short notes on (any three):

a) SPAM filtering

b) SSH configuration

c) FTP communication

d) Webmin configuration and its features