Practice The Leader Election Problem (1.1) - Leader Election in Cloud, Distributed Systems and Industry Systems
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The Leader Election Problem

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the purpose of leader election in distributed systems?

💡 Hint: Think about the role of a leader in a team.

Question 2 Easy

Name a requirement of the leader election process.

💡 Hint: Remember, only one leader should exist.

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Question 1

What is the main purpose of leader election in distributed systems?

To ensure multiple leaders exist
To manage shared resources
To simplify network communication

💡 Hint: Think about the key role a leader plays in coordination.

Question 2

True or False: The LCR algorithm is efficient with a message complexity of O(N).

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the implications of growing the number of messages.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design an election protocol for a distributed system that can handle dynamic membership changes and illustrate how it maintains fault tolerance.

💡 Hint: Think about how processes could communicate their statuses effectively.

Challenge 2 Hard

Critically analyze the limitations of existing leader election algorithms in the context of real-world cloud applications.

💡 Hint: Consider how failure recovery might be managed differently in practical use cases.

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