Practice Network Failures - 3.1.5 | Module 5: Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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3.1.5 - Network Failures

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What happens in a message loss scenario?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what can happen when a message is not delivered.

Question 2

Easy

Define message corruption in your own words.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what might happen to data when it is sent over a network.

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 type of failure occurs when messages are lost in transmission?

  • Message Loss
  • Message Duplication
  • Message Reordering

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens when a message simply disappears.

Question 2

True or False: Network partitioning can lead to independent decisions being made by different parts of the same system.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the effects of isolation in communication.

Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Analyze a scenario in a distributed database where a network partition occurs. What steps would you take to ensure the system can recover from potential inconsistencies?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how to identify and resolve discrepancies caused by concurrent updates in separate segments.

Question 2

Propose a set of principles to design a distributed system that minimizes the impact of network failures.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider ways to ensure messages are tracked and validated at each step to prevent loss or corruption.

Challenge and get performance evaluation