Practice Messages (Handling In-Transit Messages) - 3.2.4 | Module 5: Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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3.2.4 - Messages (Handling In-Transit Messages)

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What are in-transit messages?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the simultaneous actions in a distributed system.

Question 2

Easy

Why is logging important for in-transit messages?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens during a rollback.

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 are in-transit messages?

  • Messages sent and received
  • Messages sent but not yet received
  • Messages only received

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on the definition of messages in relation to timing.

Question 2

Why is it important to log in-transit messages?

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how systems restore states.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

You are tasked with designing a system that handles in-transit messages effectively. What strategies would you implement to ensure messages are logged correctly without significantly impacting performance?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about balancing performance with data integrity.

Question 2

Describe how ignoring in-transit messages in a financial transaction system could potentially lead to fraud or loss. Provide a sample scenario.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Imagine a double transaction scenario where one operation reflects the incorrect state of the system.

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