Practice Clock Skew And Clock Drift: Quantifying Time Discrepancies (1.3) - Classical Distributed Algorithms and the Industry Systems
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Clock Skew and Clock Drift: Quantifying Time Discrepancies

Practice - Clock Skew and Clock Drift: Quantifying Time Discrepancies

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is clock skew?

💡 Hint: Think of two clocks showing different times.

Question 2 Easy

Define clock drift.

💡 Hint: Consider how a clock may gain or lose time over a duration.

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Question 1

What is clock skew?

A) The difference in rates of clocks
B) The instantaneous difference in time between two clocks
C) The divergence from UTC

💡 Hint: Consider how different time readings can represent skew.

Question 2

True or False: Clock drift can accumulate over time leading to clock skew.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how continuous drifting affects difference.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Calculate the final clock skew given that Clock A drifts at a rate of 2 ms/s for 3 hours compared to Clock B which is perfectly synchronized.

💡 Hint: Convert hours to seconds!

Challenge 2 Hard

Propose a synchronization strategy to minimize clock drift in a large distributed system.

💡 Hint: Think about incorporating both redundancy and regular updates in your strategy.

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