Practice Recap: Agreement, Faults, And Tolerance (2.1) - Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds
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Recap: Agreement, Faults, and Tolerance

Practice - Recap: Agreement, Faults, and Tolerance

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the definition of agreement in distributed systems?

💡 Hint: Think about how groups reach a common conclusion.

Question 2 Easy

List two types of faults found in distributed systems.

💡 Hint: Recall the major categories discussed.

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Question 1

What are Byzantine failures known for?

Predictable behavior
Arbitrary and malicious behavior
Stopping communication

💡 Hint: Think about the unpredictability of malicious actions.

Question 2

True or False: Crash failures are when a process continues to operate unpredictably.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the definition of crash failures.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a fault-tolerant distributed system architecture that explains how it can handle at least two kinds of failures.

💡 Hint: Think about how systems can verify and ensure consistency.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze a case study of a distributed system failure and propose improvements for preventing similar failures in the future.

💡 Hint: Consider historical incidents in distributed systems as examples.

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