Practice Physical Clock Drift (1.2.1) - Classical Distributed Algorithms and the Industry Systems
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Physical Clock Drift

Practice - Physical Clock Drift

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is clock drift?

💡 Hint: Think about how clocks can vary from each other.

Question 2 Easy

Explain clock skew.

💡 Hint: It reflects a status at a specific point in time.

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Question 1

What is physical clock drift?

A process to synchronize systems
The rate at which a clock deviates over time
A method for debugging

💡 Hint: Focus on the definition of drift.

Question 2

True or False: NTP is designed for synchronizing clocks in a single machine.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember its purpose in distributed environments.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a tabletop simulation to illustrate how clock drift can affect event ordering in a distributed system.

💡 Hint: No hint provided

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the efficiency of the Berkeley algorithm in minimizing clock drift using a case study.

💡 Hint: No hint provided

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