Practice - Context and Purpose
Practice Questions
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What is clock synchronization?
💡 Hint: Think about the importance of timing in events.
Name one challenge of capturing a global state.
💡 Hint: Consider how processes communicate with each other.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary purpose of clock synchronization in distributed systems?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens without synchronized times.
True or False: A global state in a distributed system captures only the local states of processes.
💡 Hint: Think about what constitutes a 'global' perspective.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a hypothetical distributed system and outline how it would handle clock synchronization challenges. Include potential failures and their impacts.
💡 Hint: Think about the role of the NTP and how banks may require high precision.
Using the Chandy-Lamport algorithm, explain how you would implement a consistent state capture during active transactions, detailing how to manage in-transit messages.
💡 Hint: Recall the process of marking and recording states clearly.
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