Practice Crash Failures (Fail-Stop) - 3.1.1 | Module 5: Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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3.1.1 - Crash Failures (Fail-Stop)

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is a crash failure?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about processes that stop working suddenly.

Question 2

Easy

What is consensus?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how groups make decisions together.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What defines a crash (fail-stop) failure?

  • A process runs incorrectly
  • A process halts and stops communication
  • A process sends multiple conflicting messages

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember the key characteristics of this failure type.

Question 2

True or False: Consensus can be achieved with crash failures in synchronous systems.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how communication timing affects decisions.

Solve and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Analyze how a crash failure in a distributed database system could affect data consistency, and propose solutions to mitigate resulting issues.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how data is stored and replicated.

Question 2

Design a simple consensus protocol that can handle crash failures effectively. Discuss its key features.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how decision-making should occur under uncertain conditions.

Challenge and get performance evaluation