Practice Lamport Timestamps (logical Clocks) (1.6.2) - Classical Distributed Algorithms and the Industry Systems
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Lamport Timestamps (Logical Clocks)

Practice - Lamport Timestamps (Logical Clocks)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the happens-before relation?

💡 Hint: Think about how events relate to one another in time.

Question 2 Easy

What does a Lamport Timestamp consist of?

💡 Hint: Consider how each process keeps track of time.

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Question 1

What does a Lamport Timestamp ensure?

It provides synchronized clocks.
It ensures causality among events.
It records all events in real time.

💡 Hint: Consider the role of causality in event ordering.

Question 2

True or False: Lamport Timestamps can identify concurrent events.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about what 'concurrent' means in this context.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create a distributed application using Lamport Timestamps for managing events. Explain how you would handle message passing and state updates without global timestamps.

💡 Hint: Think about how to maintain order without a central control.

Challenge 2 Hard

Hypothesize a scenario where relying solely on Lamport Timestamps could lead to an inconsistency in a distributed application.

💡 Hint: What could happen if events are perceived as ordered, but they aren't?

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