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Demystifying Networking Week 1 Nptel Assignment Answers (July-Dec 2025)
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Question 1. Represent the following IP address in binary octet form: 193.8.16.142.
a) 11110000.00001000.01101111.10001111
b) 11000001.00011000.01000111.10001110
c) 11000001.00001000.00010000.10001110
d) 11100010.00010000.01001111.11001111
Question 2. For the IP Address 10.0.0.0/24, the subnet mask is:
a) 255.255.255.0
b) 255.255.255.2
c) 255.255.255.24
d) 255.255.255.226
Question 3. Which of the following is Incorrect with respect to IP Address?
a) IP Address is a number that uniquely identifies any computer on the Internet.
b) IP address has 4 octet
c) IP address is a 64 bit binary number
d) IP address enables routers to gradually forward a message from a network to sub-network to the destination computer.
Question 4. Select the statements that best describe the Router (multiple correct answers possible):
a) Router marks the end point of a network
b) Router may have multiple interfaces but on each interface there is a separate network
c) Two interfaces of a router cannot fall in the same network
d) Two interfaces of a router can fall in the same network
Question 5. Which of the following best describes the concept of Interfaces? (multiple correct answers possible)
a) Are used to interact with a layer above/below it
b) Are used to interact with a peer layer on the other end of the network
c) Do not abstract away the details
d) Specify services provided by that layer
Question 6. If an IP packet is sent on a __________, it is intended for all devices of that network.
a) Broadcast address
b) Network address
c) Multicast address
d) Unicast address
Question 7. __________ is used to address the Internet resources placed on the internet or it provides an abstraction that allows the resources to be moved from one place to another in hierarchy.
a) Domain Name Service (DNS)
b) Network Address Translator (NAT)
c) MAC Address
d) IP Address
Question 8. How many trailing zeros are there in a subnet mask of category 224?
a) 30
b) 32
c) 36
d) 31
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Question 9. Represent the following IP address in binary octet form: 252.192.16.128.
a) 11111100.11000000.00010000.10000000
b) 11111000.11000000.00110000.10000000
c) 11111100.11100000.00100000.10000000
d) 11111100.11010000.00010000.10000000
Question 10. Gateway means
a) IP address of the DHCP router which assigns the IP address
b) IP address of the router to which the device is connected
c) Network address of the network where device is present
d) Address of the edge router
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