Here are some questions that were on past midterms along with the directions. 
In the regular midterm there are 50 questions graded at 2 pts each.

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Sample Midterm Exam - CSCI E.132 - Scott Bradner

Please edit your answers into this file - please leave the original
questions - it makes it much easier to grade.

If you write more than a few sentences you are probably on the wrong track.
Note that I want answers not just descriptions.  If I ask "Why does X do
Y?" I do not want a description of action "Y" - I want an explanation of
***why*** action "Y" happened.

Some of the questions have two parts - remember to answer both parts.

( I think all of the questions should be knowable to anyone who has been to
the lectures & has read the assignments but if everyone misses a specific
question I'll remove it from the grade calculations )

Scott

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What is the robustness principle?

In IP, why must a fragmented packet only be reassembled by the destination
node?

What nodes in an IPv6 network can fragment a packet and under what conditions.

What do the TCP and UDP checksum protect against?

How does a node determine that a destination address is on the same LAN In
IPv4?  In IPv6?

Why is a 3-way handshake used in TCP? (more than one reason)

What does a payload length of 0 mean in an IPv6 packet?

What does the C bit mean in an IPv6 option?