Trends in Question Patterns (2022-2024)

1. Increasing Focus on Specific Standards

• Earlier papers (2022): More general networking concepts
• Recent papers (2023-2024): More specific standards like IEEE 802.3, TCP/IP details
• Trend implication: Study technical specifications and standard organizations

2. Growing Emphasis on Wireless Technologies

• Earlier papers: Primarily focused on wired/guided media
• Recent papers: More questions on wireless transmission methods, propagation modes
• Trend implication: Pay special attention to wireless networking concepts

3. IP Addressing Focus

• New addition in 2023: Questions about class-based IP addressing
• Continuing in 2024: IP addressing and subnetting concepts
• Trend implication: Master IP address classes, subnetting, and addressing schemes

4. Protocol-Level Details

• Earlier papers: Basic protocol functions
• Recent papers: More detailed protocol specifications, operations
• Trend implication: Study protocol headers, message formats, and operational details

5. Integration of Concepts

• Earlier papers: Isolated topic questions
• Recent papers: Questions requiring integration of multiple concepts